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English Courses
General English and Culture
This two week intensive course enables students to improve their spoken and written English through an exploration of English culture, tradition and customs.
General English and Oxford
This intensive two week course is for any non-native English speaker wishing to brush up their language skills, while at the same time finding out more about Oxford. Vocabulary covered relates to art, history, literature, architecture, politics and the university education system.
Business English
Business English provides a two week intensive course for non-native English speaking professionals focusing on understanding spoken English, speaking English in a business setting and reading and understanding business documents.
Legal English
Legal English is a two week intensive course designed for non-native English speakers studying law at university. Or legal practitioners at the start of their careers who wish to learn more about the English and UK legal system while improving their English skills.
Academic and Cultural Courses
What's in a Word? Introduction to Language Studies
Without language, who would you be? Arguably, language is who you are! This course explores fascinating aspects of language and language research. No previous knowledge is needed.
No Availability for 2013
Writers of the Great War
This course aims to examine the enduring mythic power exerted on the national consciousness by the events of 1914-1918 through a selection of the multiplicity of texts produced at the time and subsequently.
Introduction to Shakespeare
The course approaches Shakespeare from a variety of directions: personal, literary-critical, historical, and political, engaging with great themes of Shakespeare through reading some of his best works. Students will get a chance to see live performances.
Stately Homes and Country Gardens
This course will teach you how to read the floor plans and elevations of the country house and its surrounding landscape, and help you understand how the unique relationship between the client and architect can produce leaps of artistic greatness.
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Creative Writing - Fiction
The course is intended to develop the students' writing skills and literary analysis. The course will draw on a wide range of texts from different periods, but with a strong focus on the work of recent and current authors.
Jane Austen: Her Novels, Life and Times
The course focuses on discussing Austen's life and works. Students will have the chance to visit locations such as the Jane Austen Centre, Chawton Cottage and more.
9/11 and the Holocaust: How do we Remember the past?
This course looks at a variety of ways in which we remember events and people. By analysing famous, and obscure examples, we examine the social impact and enduring relevance of memorial culture.
No Availability for 2013
Introduction to Psychology
The course is designed to give students a basic grounding in modern psychology, including the relationship between genes and the environment (nature/nurture); the relationship between the mind and the brain; and the nature of consciousness.
Introduction to Victorian Literature
This course explores the historical, cultural and socio-economic contexts surrounding the production of a selection of literary texts. Students will examine the development of the novel at a time of unprecedented industrial and technological advance.
No Availability for 2013
Archaeology and Anthropology
This course explores the complex and fascinating phenomenon that is our human heritage, striving to go beyond the merely academic in order to throw light on the direct relevance of archaeology and anthropology to our modern everyday lives.
No Availability for 2013
British Monarchy Past and Present
This course provides the historical background to the modern institution of monarchy, explaining what the British monarchy has evolved from, and how it has been re-imagined over the centuries by kings and queens, politicians, writers and artists.
No Availability for 2013
Interface between Religion, Science and Philosophy
This course will examine topics in the philosophy of religion and science and issues that arise at the interface between these disciplines.
