Arts Summer Programs at Oxford
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Location: Oxford, UK
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Dates: July & August 2011 dates tbc
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Price: Between $5850 and $6150*
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OS Help can be used to cover the program fee (see funding)
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Includes tuition, accommodation, breakfast and dinner daily, AIM Overseas activities and pre-departure support, membership to AXAN.
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Does not include Airfares, mandatory travel insurance
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* Please note fluctuations in currency exchange rates may affect these prices
Register your interest now for July 2011
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Whilst the courses are taught at a Masters level, advanced undergraduate students may also participate. Apply early. Places are limited and eligible students will be allocated a place on a first-come, first-served basis.
4/07/10
Programs Overview 
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The University of Oxford is an institution that needs no introduction. Consistently ranked in the top 4 universities world wide, its long history has bred an incredible list of scholars and noble laureates. Choose from one of the following programs:
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International Politics -
2 weeks, from 1st - 15th Aug 2010
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St Antony’s College, Oxford
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This program examines issues that shape politics in the modern world.Participants will have the opportunity to study in depth the politics of key countries and regions outside Western Europe and North America, and they will be encouraged to relate their knowledge of these regions to the discussion of broader questions affecting all parts of the globe. The program consists of:
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•A daily lecture program given by leading scholars and distinguished speakers of St Antony’s College.
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•Study in small seminar groups with a specialist tutor. Students choose two courses from: Democratisation and Multi-Party Politics in Africa, Democracy andAuthoritarianism in Russia, Political Transformation in the Contemporary Middle East, Politics, Development and Security in the Asia Pacific.
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•Each course has five two-hourmeetings per week and classes usually contain no more than 12 participants. Read more
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Cost: $5040*
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Creative Writing
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3 weeks, from 25th July - 14th Aug 2010
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Exeter College, Oxford
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The Creative Writing Summer Program is a broadly based course for anyone wishing to explore and enhance their ability as a writer. The program consists of:
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•A daily lecture program given by established authors, agents, editors and others.
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•Study in small workshops, led by tutors who are both published authors and experienced teachers. Students choose from two workshops: Reading for Writers; Writing Fiction; Writing for Young Adults; Biography and Autobiography; Writing Poetry.
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➡Workshops will involve writing exercises, group discussion, and the development of a portfolio of creative writing.
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➡Each course has two two-hour meetings per week and classes usually contain no more than 12 participants.
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A range of optional events including, walking tour of Oxford, after-dinner talks, a book club, open mic nights and weekend excursions to sites of literary and historical interests will be offered throughout the program.
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Cost: $4720*
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Literature
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3 weeks, from 4th - 24th July 2010
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Exeter College, Oxford
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This program focuses on a variety of significant literary figures and movements and provides insights into seven centuries of English Literature. The program consists of:
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•A daily lecture program given by leading scholars and distinguished speakers
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•Study in small seminar groups
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➡Applicants choose two courses from:
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Middle English Literature; Shakespeare (2 options); Romantic Poetry; Jane Austen; Victorian Fiction; Modernist Writing; Contemporary Fiction.
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➡Undergraduate students take a mandatory critical analysis course and may choose either Shakespeare or Jane Austen as their second seminar topic.
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➡Each course has two two-hour meetings per week and classes usually contain no more than 12 participants.
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A range of optional events including, walking tour of Oxford, after-dinner talks, a book club, a series of political debates and weekend excursions to sites of literary and historical interests will be offered throughout the program. Read more
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Cost: $4720*
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History, Politics, Society
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3 weeks, from 4th - 24th July 2010
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Exeter College, Oxford
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This program is for people with an interest in history, politics and international relations. The program consists of:
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•A daily lecture program given by leading scholars and distinguished speakers
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•Study in small seminar groups
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➡Applicants choose two courses from: British Politics 1900-1945; The Changing Face of Britain; The Contemporary Middle East; Empire and Decolonisation in the Twentieth Century; The European Union in Perspective; Globalisation - Evolution or Revolution?; Human Rights in Perspective; Post-Communist Europe; Warfare in the Modern World.
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➡Each course has two two-hour meetings per week and classes usually contain no more than 12 participants.
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A range of optional events including, walking tour of Oxford, after-dinner talks, a politicalphilosophy reading group, a series of political debates and weekend excursions to sites of historical interests will be offered throughout the program. Read more
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Cost: $4720*
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International Human Rights Law
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3 weeks, from 11th July - 7th Aug 2010
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New College, Oxford
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This four-week summer school offers participants the opportunity to follow an intensive programme of university-level study in human rights law within the beautiful surroundings of New College, Oxford. The programme was established by the University of Oxford and George Washington University in 1995 and almost 1000 students from all over the world have attended since that time. The 2010 session assembles an internationally recognised faculty offering courses on the practice, history, philosophy and doctrine of international human rights law.
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Cost: $10890*
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Oxford University is the oldest English speaking university in the world and is able to trace its origins back over at least nine centuries. During that time, Oxford has educated individuals who have gone on to excel in every sphere, including 40 Nobel prize-winners and 25 British Prime Ministers. The University's Bodleian Library, the second largest in Britain after the British Library, is almost seven centuries old and currently houses more than six and a half million documents on 169km (105 miles) of shelves in ten buildings and in a maze of underground tunnels that run beneath Broad Street and Radcliffe Square. The collection is growing at a rate of 300,000 documents every year!
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Today, the University comprises a federation of more than 40 fiercely independent colleges and halls, with more than 16,000 students from 130 countries in residence (from www.oxford-info.com ).
