scholars' semester in oxford
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Scholars' Semester in Oxford program brochureTRANSCRIPT
Oxford has been a center of academic excellence and is one of the
most prestigious research centers in the world. The city’s medieval
halls and colleges have housed some of the world’s greatest and most
famous minds. Within its ancient walls, buried within a maze of
cobblestones and alleyways, you can find over 100 libraries, some over
500 years old. You can become part of this tradition: become a part
of history and let this city inspire you as it has done for such people
as Roger Bacon, Isaiah Berlin, Robert Boyle, Alan Bullock, Richard
Burton, Charles Dodgson, John Donne, Edmund Haley, Stephen
Hawking, Robert Hook, CS Lewis, John Locke, Iris Murdoch, William
Penn, Dorothy Sayers, JRR Tolkien, William Tyndale, Charles and
John Wesley and John Wycliffe ... to name only a few!
Go to lectures with other students who, like you, have become part of
an elite academic community with access to unparalleled resources.
Sharpen your thinking, focus your mind, hone your style and learn
more about how to think than you ever have before.
www.bestsemester.com/sso/overview/
are given a question and have seven days to justify your answer in a one-on-one
tutorial with a world expert in the field. For answers you have books: in oxford there are over 11 million of them to help direct you, not to mention many of the best scholarly databases in the world with articles from countless journals. You start by reading a game-changing book on your question before getting to your lecture, perhaps given by that same author. You write and re-write, and before you know it the moment arrives. You are sitting across from your tutor (with a cup of tea in hand) but will they agree with your position? You start to summarize different scholarly views but your tutor interrupts you. she wants to know what you think, what view you have, and how the other scholars have influenced your conclusion. You feel uncertain, but you do know that in 60 minutes you will be walking out knowing more than when you walked in.
for over 900 years
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Become part of oxford University for a single semester or a full year.
First semester Courses
Primary tutorial 6 creDitS
SeconDary tutorial 3 creDitS
integrative Seminar 4 creDitS
the britiSh lanDScaPe 4 creDitS
total CrEDitS 17 CrEDitS
seCond semester Courses
SSo staff welcomes students who want to spend a second semester in oxford to build on the skills they have learned in their first term. the second semester (normally but not necessarily the spring semester) keeps tutorials at the heart of the program, allowing students to deepen their understanding of british culture and to pursue independent research.
Primary tutorial 6 creDitS
SeconDary tutorial 3 creDitS
theSiS 4 creDitS
Further StuDieS in the britiSh lanDScaPe
or alternative Seminar 4 creDitS
total CrEDitS 17 CrEDitS
For more specific information download the prospectus: www.bestsemester.com/sso/overview/page/prospectus
in Oxford is for students who want to study intensively and to a high standard.
Students develop their academic writing and research skills while exploring
the disciplines and interests of their choice. Students can build a coherent
program of study by selecting options within a concentration. SSO students
enroll in a primary and secondary tutorial, an integrative seminar (or thesis in
the case of second term students), and the British landscape course.
SSO is designed for students interested in art history, classics, English
language and literature, history, musicology, theology and the study of religion,
modern languages, social sciences and philosophy — though all majors
may apply. Applicants are generally honors and other very high-achieving
students. Applicants must have a 3.5 GPA to be considered for the program.
Tutorials » The tutorial is the heart of undergraduate teaching at Oxford. It is
an hour long conversation between a tutor who is engaged in research and one
student who has spent the week reading and writing an essay in answer to an
assigned, searching question.
The program offers 17 hours of credit and a transcript from Wycliffe Hall,
University of Oxford.
The scholar’s semesTer
www.bestsemester.com/sso/academics/
directed bY scio... scholarship & christianitY in oxFord, the UK sUbsidiarY
oF bestsemester and oFFered Under the aUthoritY oF wYcliFFe hall,
UniversitY oF oxFord, which enrols stUdents as registered visiting stUdents.
parTicipaTe incollege acTiviTesin the common room; join a sports team; sing in a choir or be in a play. Attend concerts, theatre productions or see original works of Michelangelo at the Ashmolean. Read and relax in the gardens of the SSO first residence, Crick Road, or play football, croquet or ultimate Frisbee at the second residence, The Vines. And with London only an hour away, your opportunities are endless!
There is an intentional focus on nurturing the student community that develops over the course of the semester. Every semester, SSO participants form life-long friendships with their fellow students. The opportunity to live with like-minded people in one of the most beautiful cities in the world is exciting, profound, life changing and simply stated … fun.
www.bestsemester.com/sso/student_life/
alUmni oF sso have gone
on to masters and doctoral
level study in the humanities
and social sciences, law school
and medical school. alums
have secured places at top tier
institutions including oxford,
cambridge, University of
london, st andrews, University
of edinburgh, harvard,
princeton, Yale, University of
chicago, Uc berkeley, University
of texas and Ucla. others have
gone on to major seminaries
including princeton, Yale, duke,
gordon-conwell, talbot, Fuller
and trinity evangelical divinity
school.
others have gone into the
peace corps, secondary
education, mission field,
government, military and many
other professions.
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Oxford has been a center of academic excellence and is one of the
most prestigious research centers in the world. The city’s medieval
halls and colleges have housed some of the world’s greatest and most
famous minds. Within its ancient walls, buried within a maze of
cobblestones and alleyways, you can find over 100 libraries, some over
500 years old. You can become part of this tradition: become a part
of history and let this city inspire you as it has done for such people
as Roger Bacon, Isaiah Berlin, Robert Boyle, Alan Bullock, Richard
Burton, Charles Dodgson, John Donne, Edmund Haley, Stephen
Hawking, Robert Hook, CS Lewis, John Locke, Iris Murdoch, William
Penn, Dorothy Sayers, JRR Tolkien, William Tyndale, Charles and
John Wesley and John Wycliffe ... to name only a few!
Go to lectures with other students who, like you, have become part of
an elite academic community with access to unparalleled resources.
Sharpen your thinking, focus your mind, hone your style and learn
more about how to think than you ever have before.
www.bestsemester.com/sso/overview/
are given a question and have seven days to justify your answer in a one-on-one
tutorial with a world expert in the field. For answers you have books: in oxford there are over 11 million of them to help direct you, not to mention many of the best scholarly databases in the world with articles from countless journals. You start by reading a game-changing book on your question before getting to your lecture, perhaps given by that same author. You write and re-write, and before you know it the moment arrives. You are sitting across from your tutor (with a cup of tea in hand) but will they agree with your position? You start to summarize different scholarly views but your tutor interrupts you. she wants to know what you think, what view you have, and how the other scholars have influenced your conclusion. You feel uncertain, but you do know that in 60 minutes you will be walking out knowing more than when you walked in.
for over 900 years
www.bestsemester.com/sso/overview/
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Still
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know
mor
e?
w w w. b e S t S e m e S t e r .c o m /S S o
SSOSCholarS’ SEmEStEr iN oxforD
thE
Become part of oxford University for a single semester or a full year.
First semester Courses
Primary tutorial 6 creDitS
SeconDary tutorial 3 creDitS
integrative Seminar 4 creDitS
the britiSh lanDScaPe 4 creDitS
total CrEDitS 17 CrEDitS
seCond semester Courses
SSo staff welcomes students who want to spend a second semester in oxford to build on the skills they have learned in their first term. the second semester (normally but not necessarily the spring semester) keeps tutorials at the heart of the program, allowing students to deepen their understanding of british culture and to pursue independent research.
Primary tutorial 6 creDitS
SeconDary tutorial 3 creDitS
theSiS 4 creDitS
Further StuDieS in the britiSh lanDScaPe
or alternative Seminar 4 creDitS
total CrEDitS 17 CrEDitS
For more specific information download the prospectus: www.bestsemester.com/sso/overview/page/prospectus
in Oxford is for students who want to study intensively and to a high standard.
Students develop their academic writing and research skills while exploring
the disciplines and interests of their choice. Students can build a coherent
program of study by selecting options within a concentration. SSO students
enroll in a primary and secondary tutorial, an integrative seminar (or thesis in
the case of second term students), and the British landscape course.
SSO is designed for students interested in art history, classics, English
language and literature, history, musicology, theology and the study of religion,
modern languages, social sciences and philosophy — though all majors
may apply. Applicants are generally honors and other very high-achieving
students. Applicants must have a 3.5 GPA to be considered for the program.
Tutorials » The tutorial is the heart of undergraduate teaching at Oxford. It is
an hour long conversation between a tutor who is engaged in research and one
student who has spent the week reading and writing an essay in answer to an
assigned, searching question.
The program offers 17 hours of credit and a transcript from Wycliffe Hall,
University of Oxford.
The scholar’s semesTer
www.bestsemester.com/sso/academics/
directed bY scio... scholarship & christianitY in oxFord, the UK sUbsidiarY
oF bestsemester and oFFered Under the aUthoritY oF wYcliFFe hall,
UniversitY oF oxFord, which enrols stUdents as registered visiting stUdents.
parTicipaTe incollege acTiviTesin the common room; join a sports team; sing in a choir or be in a play. Attend concerts, theatre productions or see original works of Michelangelo at the Ashmolean. Read and relax in the gardens of the SSO first residence, Crick Road, or play football, croquet or ultimate Frisbee at the second residence, The Vines. And with London only an hour away, your opportunities are endless!
There is an intentional focus on nurturing the student community that develops over the course of the semester. Every semester, SSO participants form life-long friendships with their fellow students. The opportunity to live with like-minded people in one of the most beautiful cities in the world is exciting, profound, life changing and simply stated … fun.
www.bestsemester.com/sso/student_life/
alUmni oF sso have gone
on to masters and doctoral
level study in the humanities
and social sciences, law school
and medical school. alums
have secured places at top tier
institutions including oxford,
cambridge, University of
london, st andrews, University
of edinburgh, harvard,
princeton, Yale, University of
chicago, Uc berkeley, University
of texas and Ucla. others have
gone on to major seminaries
including princeton, Yale, duke,
gordon-conwell, talbot, Fuller
and trinity evangelical divinity
school.
others have gone into the
peace corps, secondary
education, mission field,
government, military and many
other professions.
Credits
a p
ro
gr
am
oF
th
e
Oxford has been a center of academic excellence and is one of the
most prestigious research centers in the world. The city’s medieval
halls and colleges have housed some of the world’s greatest and most
famous minds. Within its ancient walls, buried within a maze of
cobblestones and alleyways, you can find over 100 libraries, some over
500 years old. You can become part of this tradition: become a part
of history and let this city inspire you as it has done for such people
as Roger Bacon, Isaiah Berlin, Robert Boyle, Alan Bullock, Richard
Burton, Charles Dodgson, John Donne, Edmund Haley, Stephen
Hawking, Robert Hook, CS Lewis, John Locke, Iris Murdoch, William
Penn, Dorothy Sayers, JRR Tolkien, William Tyndale, Charles and
John Wesley and John Wycliffe ... to name only a few!
Go to lectures with other students who, like you, have become part of
an elite academic community with access to unparalleled resources.
Sharpen your thinking, focus your mind, hone your style and learn
more about how to think than you ever have before.
www.bestsemester.com/sso/overview/
are given a question and have seven days to justify your answer in a one-on-one
tutorial with a world expert in the field. For answers you have books: in oxford there are over 11 million of them to help direct you, not to mention many of the best scholarly databases in the world with articles from countless journals. You start by reading a game-changing book on your question before getting to your lecture, perhaps given by that same author. You write and re-write, and before you know it the moment arrives. You are sitting across from your tutor (with a cup of tea in hand) but will they agree with your position? You start to summarize different scholarly views but your tutor interrupts you. she wants to know what you think, what view you have, and how the other scholars have influenced your conclusion. You feel uncertain, but you do know that in 60 minutes you will be walking out knowing more than when you walked in.
for over 900 years
www.bestsemester.com/sso/overview/
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Still
wan
t to
know
mor
e?
w w w. b e S t S e m e S t e r .co m /S S o
SSOSCholarS’ SEmEStEr iN oxforD
thE
Become part of oxford University for a single semester or a full year.
First semester Courses
Primary tutorial 6 creDitS
SeconDary tutorial 3 creDitS
integrative Seminar 4 creDitS
the britiSh lanDScaPe 4 creDitS
total CrEDitS 17 CrEDitS
seCond semester Courses
SSo staff welcomes students who want to spend a second semester in oxford to build on the skills they have learned in their first term. the second semester (normally but not necessarily the spring semester) keeps tutorials at the heart of the program, allowing students to deepen their understanding of british culture and to pursue independent research.
Primary tutorial 6 creDitS
SeconDary tutorial 3 creDitS
theSiS 4 creDitS
Further StuDieS in the britiSh lanDScaPe
or alternative Seminar 4 creDitS
total CrEDitS 17 CrEDitS
For more specific information download the prospectus: www.bestsemester.com/sso/overview/page/prospectus
in Oxford is for students who want to study intensively and to a high standard.
Students develop their academic writing and research skills while exploring
the disciplines and interests of their choice. Students can build a coherent
program of study by selecting options within a concentration. SSO students
enroll in a primary and secondary tutorial, an integrative seminar (or thesis in
the case of second term students), and the British landscape course.
SSO is designed for students interested in art history, classics, English
language and literature, history, musicology, theology and the study of religion,
modern languages, social sciences and philosophy — though all majors
may apply. Applicants are generally honors and other very high-achieving
students. Applicants must have a 3.5 GPA to be considered for the program.
Tutorials » The tutorial is the heart of undergraduate teaching at Oxford. It is
an hour long conversation between a tutor who is engaged in research and one
student who has spent the week reading and writing an essay in answer to an
assigned, searching question.
The program offers 17 hours of credit and a transcript from Wycliffe Hall,
University of Oxford.
The scholar’s semesTer
www.bestsemester.com/sso/academics/
directed bY scio... scholarship & christianitY in oxFord, the UK sUbsidiarY
oF bestsemester and oFFered Under the aUthoritY oF wYcliFFe hall,
UniversitY oF oxFord, which enrols stUdents as registered visiting stUdents.
parTicipaTe incollege acTiviTesin the common room; join a sports team; sing in a choir or be in a play. Attend concerts, theatre productions or see original works of Michelangelo at the Ashmolean. Read and relax in the gardens of the SSO first residence, Crick Road, or play football, croquet or ultimate Frisbee at the second residence, The Vines. And with London only an hour away, your opportunities are endless!
There is an intentional focus on nurturing the student community that develops over the course of the semester. Every semester, SSO participants form life-long friendships with their fellow students. The opportunity to live with like-minded people in one of the most beautiful cities in the world is exciting, profound, life changing and simply stated … fun.
www.bestsemester.com/sso/student_life/
alUmni oF sso have gone
on to masters and doctoral
level study in the humanities
and social sciences, law school
and medical school. alums
have secured places at top tier
institutions including oxford,
cambridge, University of
london, st andrews, University
of edinburgh, harvard,
princeton, Yale, University of
chicago, Uc berkeley, University
of texas and Ucla. others have
gone on to major seminaries
including princeton, Yale, duke,
gordon-conwell, talbot, Fuller
and trinity evangelical divinity
school.
others have gone into the
peace corps, secondary
education, mission field,
government, military and many
other professions.
Credits
a p
ro
gr
am
oF
th
e
Oxford has been a center of academic excellence and is one of the
most prestigious research centers in the world. The city’s medieval
halls and colleges have housed some of the world’s greatest and most
famous minds. Within its ancient walls, buried within a maze of
cobblestones and alleyways, you can find over 100 libraries, some over
500 years old. You can become part of this tradition: become a part
of history and let this city inspire you as it has done for such people
as Roger Bacon, Isaiah Berlin, Robert Boyle, Alan Bullock, Richard
Burton, Charles Dodgson, John Donne, Edmund Haley, Stephen
Hawking, Robert Hook, CS Lewis, John Locke, Iris Murdoch, William
Penn, Dorothy Sayers, JRR Tolkien, William Tyndale, Charles and
John Wesley and John Wycliffe ... to name only a few!
Go to lectures with other students who, like you, have become part of
an elite academic community with access to unparalleled resources.
Sharpen your thinking, focus your mind, hone your style and learn
more about how to think than you ever have before.
www.bestsemester.com/sso/overview/
are given a question and have seven days to justify your answer in a one-on-one
tutorial with a world expert in the field. For answers you have books: in oxford there are over 11 million of them to help direct you, not to mention many of the best scholarly databases in the world with articles from countless journals. You start by reading a game-changing book on your question before getting to your lecture, perhaps given by that same author. You write and re-write, and before you know it the moment arrives. You are sitting across from your tutor (with a cup of tea in hand) but will they agree with your position? You start to summarize different scholarly views but your tutor interrupts you. she wants to know what you think, what view you have, and how the other scholars have influenced your conclusion. You feel uncertain, but you do know that in 60 minutes you will be walking out knowing more than when you walked in.
for over 900 years
www.bestsemester.com/sso/overview/
you
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Still want to know
more?
www.beStSemeSter.com/SSo
SSO SCholarS’ SEmEStEr iN oxforD
thE
Become part of oxford University for a single semester or a full year.
F i r s t s e m e s t e r C o u r s e s
Primary tutorial 6 creDitS
SeconDary tutorial 3 creDitS
integrative Seminar 4 creDitS
the britiSh lanDScaPe 4 creDitS
total CrEDitS 17 CrEDitS
s e C o n d s e m e s t e r C o u r s e s
SSo staff welcomes students who want to spend a second semester in oxford to build on the skills they have learned in their first term. the second semester (normally but not necessarily the spring semester) keeps tutorials at the heart of the program, allowing students to deepen their understanding of british culture and to pursue independent research.
Primary tutorial 6 creDitS
SeconDary tutorial 3 creDitS
theSiS 4 creDitS
Further StuDieS in the britiSh lanDScaPe
or alternative Seminar 4 creDitS
total CrEDitS 17 CrEDitS
For more specific information download the prospectus: www.bestsemester.com/sso/overview/page/prospectus
in Oxford is for students who want to study intensively and to a high standard.
Students develop their academic writing and research skills while exploring
the disciplines and interests of their choice. Students can build a coherent
program of study by selecting options within a concentration. SSO students
enroll in a primary and secondary tutorial, an integrative seminar (or thesis in
the case of second term students), and the British landscape course.
SSO is designed for students interested in art history, classics, English
language and literature, history, musicology, theology and the study of religion,
modern languages, social sciences and philosophy — though all majors
may apply. Applicants are generally honors and other very high-achieving
students. Applicants must have a 3.5 GPA to be considered for the program.
Tutorials » The tutorial is the heart of undergraduate teaching at Oxford. It is
an hour long conversation between a tutor who is engaged in research and one
student who has spent the week reading and writing an essay in answer to an
assigned, searching question.
The program offers 17 hours of credit and a transcript from Wycliffe Hall,
University of Oxford.
The scholar’s semesTer
www.bestsemester.com/sso/academics/
directed bY scio.. . scholarship & christianitY in oxFord, the UK sUbsidiarY
oF bestsemester and oFFered Under the aUthoritY oF wYcliFFe hall,
UniversitY oF oxFord, which enrols stUdents as registered visiting stUdents.
parTicipaTe in college acTiviTesin the common room; join a sports team; sing in a choir or be in a play. Attend concerts, theatre productions or see original works of Michelangelo at the Ashmolean. Read and relax in the gardens of the SSO first residence, Crick Road, or play football, croquet or ultimate Frisbee at the second residence, The Vines. And with London only an hour away, your opportunities are endless!
There is an intentional focus on nurturing the student community that develops over the course of the semester. Every semester, SSO participants form life-long friendships with their fellow students. The opportunity to live with like-minded people in one of the most beautiful cities in the world is exciting, profound, life changing and simply stated … fun.
w w w.b e s t s e m e s t e r.c o m /s s o /s t u d e n t _ l i f e /
alUmni oF sso have gone
on to masters and doctoral
level study in the humanities
and social sciences, law school
and medical school. alums
have secured places at top tier
institutions including oxford,
cambridge, University of
london, st andrews, University
of edinburgh, harvard,
princeton, Yale, University of
chicago, Uc berkeley, University
of texas and Ucla. others have
gone on to major seminaries
including princeton, Yale, duke,
gordon-conwell, talbot, Fuller
and trinity evangelical divinity
school.
others have gone into the
peace corps, secondary
education, mission field,
government, military and many
other professions.
Credits
a p
ro
gr
am
oF
th
e
Oxford has been a center of academic excellence and is one of the
most prestigious research centers in the world. The city’s medieval
halls and colleges have housed some of the world’s greatest and most
famous minds. Within its ancient walls, buried within a maze of
cobblestones and alleyways, you can find over 100 libraries, some over
500 years old. You can become part of this tradition: become a part
of history and let this city inspire you as it has done for such people
as Roger Bacon, Isaiah Berlin, Robert Boyle, Alan Bullock, Richard
Burton, Charles Dodgson, John Donne, Edmund Haley, Stephen
Hawking, Robert Hook, CS Lewis, John Locke, Iris Murdoch, William
Penn, Dorothy Sayers, JRR Tolkien, William Tyndale, Charles and
John Wesley and John Wycliffe ... to name only a few!
Go to lectures with other students who, like you, have become part of
an elite academic community with access to unparalleled resources.
Sharpen your thinking, focus your mind, hone your style and learn
more about how to think than you ever have before.
www.bestsemester.com/sso/overview/
are given a question and have seven days to justify your answer in a one-on-one
tutorial with a world expert in the field. For answers you have books: in oxford there are over 11 million of them to help direct you, not to mention many of the best scholarly databases in the world with articles from countless journals. You start by reading a game-changing book on your question before getting to your lecture, perhaps given by that same author. You write and re-write, and before you know it the moment arrives. You are sitting across from your tutor (with a cup of tea in hand) but will they agree with your position? You start to summarize different scholarly views but your tutor interrupts you. she wants to know what you think, what view you have, and how the other scholars have influenced your conclusion. You feel uncertain, but you do know that in 60 minutes you will be walking out knowing more than when you walked in.
for over 900 years
www.bestsemester.com/sso/overview/
you
Be
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me
ster
32
1 8th
St. N
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DC
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.co
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ov
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vie
w/
Pa
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ro
SP
ec
tu
S
Still want to know
more?
www.beStSemeSter.com/SSo
SSO SCholarS’ SEmEStEr iN oxforD
thE
Become part of oxford University for a single semester or a full year.
F i r s t s e m e s t e r C o u r s e s
Primary tutorial 6 creDitS
SeconDary tutorial 3 creDitS
integrative Seminar 4 creDitS
the britiSh lanDScaPe 4 creDitS
total CrEDitS 17 CrEDitS
s e C o n d s e m e s t e r C o u r s e s
SSo staff welcomes students who want to spend a second semester in oxford to build on the skills they have learned in their first term. the second semester (normally but not necessarily the spring semester) keeps tutorials at the heart of the program, allowing students to deepen their understanding of british culture and to pursue independent research.
Primary tutorial 6 creDitS
SeconDary tutorial 3 creDitS
theSiS 4 creDitS
Further StuDieS in the britiSh lanDScaPe
or alternative Seminar 4 creDitS
total CrEDitS 17 CrEDitS
For more specific information download the prospectus: www.bestsemester.com/sso/overview/page/prospectus
in Oxford is for students who want to study intensively and to a high standard.
Students develop their academic writing and research skills while exploring
the disciplines and interests of their choice. Students can build a coherent
program of study by selecting options within a concentration. SSO students
enroll in a primary and secondary tutorial, an integrative seminar (or thesis in
the case of second term students), and the British landscape course.
SSO is designed for students interested in art history, classics, English
language and literature, history, musicology, theology and the study of religion,
modern languages, social sciences and philosophy — though all majors
may apply. Applicants are generally honors and other very high-achieving
students. Applicants must have a 3.5 GPA to be considered for the program.
Tutorials » The tutorial is the heart of undergraduate teaching at Oxford. It is
an hour long conversation between a tutor who is engaged in research and one
student who has spent the week reading and writing an essay in answer to an
assigned, searching question.
The program offers 17 hours of credit and a transcript from Wycliffe Hall,
University of Oxford.
The scholar’s semesTer
www.bestsemester.com/sso/academics/
directed bY scio.. . scholarship & christianitY in oxFord, the UK sUbsidiarY
oF bestsemester and oFFered Under the aUthoritY oF wYcliFFe hall,
UniversitY oF oxFord, which enrols stUdents as registered visiting stUdents.
parTicipaTe in college acTiviTesin the common room; join a sports team; sing in a choir or be in a play. Attend concerts, theatre productions or see original works of Michelangelo at the Ashmolean. Read and relax in the gardens of the SSO first residence, Crick Road, or play football, croquet or ultimate Frisbee at the second residence, The Vines. And with London only an hour away, your opportunities are endless!
There is an intentional focus on nurturing the student community that develops over the course of the semester. Every semester, SSO participants form life-long friendships with their fellow students. The opportunity to live with like-minded people in one of the most beautiful cities in the world is exciting, profound, life changing and simply stated … fun.
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alUmni oF sso have gone
on to masters and doctoral
level study in the humanities
and social sciences, law school
and medical school. alums
have secured places at top tier
institutions including oxford,
cambridge, University of
london, st andrews, University
of edinburgh, harvard,
princeton, Yale, University of
chicago, Uc berkeley, University
of texas and Ucla. others have
gone on to major seminaries
including princeton, Yale, duke,
gordon-conwell, talbot, Fuller
and trinity evangelical divinity
school.
others have gone into the
peace corps, secondary
education, mission field,
government, military and many
other professions.
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Oxford has been a center of academic excellence and is one of the
most prestigious research centers in the world. The city’s medieval
halls and colleges have housed some of the world’s greatest and most
famous minds. Within its ancient walls, buried within a maze of
cobblestones and alleyways, you can find over 100 libraries, some over
500 years old. You can become part of this tradition: become a part
of history and let this city inspire you as it has done for such people
as Roger Bacon, Isaiah Berlin, Robert Boyle, Alan Bullock, Richard
Burton, Charles Dodgson, John Donne, Edmund Haley, Stephen
Hawking, Robert Hook, CS Lewis, John Locke, Iris Murdoch, William
Penn, Dorothy Sayers, JRR Tolkien, William Tyndale, Charles and
John Wesley and John Wycliffe ... to name only a few!
Go to lectures with other students who, like you, have become part of
an elite academic community with access to unparalleled resources.
Sharpen your thinking, focus your mind, hone your style and learn
more about how to think than you ever have before.
www.bestsemester.com/sso/overview/
are given a question and have seven days to justify your answer in a one-on-one
tutorial with a world expert in the field. For answers you have books: in oxford there are over 11 million of them to help direct you, not to mention many of the best scholarly databases in the world with articles from countless journals. You start by reading a game-changing book on your question before getting to your lecture, perhaps given by that same author. You write and re-write, and before you know it the moment arrives. You are sitting across from your tutor (with a cup of tea in hand) but will they agree with your position? You start to summarize different scholarly views but your tutor interrupts you. she wants to know what you think, what view you have, and how the other scholars have influenced your conclusion. You feel uncertain, but you do know that in 60 minutes you will be walking out knowing more than when you walked in.
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Become part of oxford University for a single semester or a full year.
F i r s t s e m e s t e r C o u r s e s
Primary tutorial 6 creDitS
SeconDary tutorial 3 creDitS
integrative Seminar 4 creDitS
the britiSh lanDScaPe 4 creDitS
total CrEDitS 17 CrEDitS
s e C o n d s e m e s t e r C o u r s e s
SSo staff welcomes students who want to spend a second semester in oxford to build on the skills they have learned in their first term. the second semester (normally but not necessarily the spring semester) keeps tutorials at the heart of the program, allowing students to deepen their understanding of british culture and to pursue independent research.
Primary tutorial 6 creDitS
SeconDary tutorial 3 creDitS
theSiS 4 creDitS
Further StuDieS in the britiSh lanDScaPe
or alternative Seminar 4 creDitS
total CrEDitS 17 CrEDitS
For more specific information download the prospectus: www.bestsemester.com/sso/overview/page/prospectus
in Oxford is for students who want to study intensively and to a high standard.
Students develop their academic writing and research skills while exploring
the disciplines and interests of their choice. Students can build a coherent
program of study by selecting options within a concentration. SSO students
enroll in a primary and secondary tutorial, an integrative seminar (or thesis in
the case of second term students), and the British landscape course.
SSO is designed for students interested in art history, classics, English
language and literature, history, musicology, theology and the study of religion,
modern languages, social sciences and philosophy — though all majors
may apply. Applicants are generally honors and other very high-achieving
students. Applicants must have a 3.5 GPA to be considered for the program.
Tutorials » The tutorial is the heart of undergraduate teaching at Oxford. It is
an hour long conversation between a tutor who is engaged in research and one
student who has spent the week reading and writing an essay in answer to an
assigned, searching question.
The program offers 17 hours of credit and a transcript from Wycliffe Hall,
University of Oxford.
The scholar’s semesTer
www.bestsemester.com/sso/academics/
directed bY scio.. . scholarship & christianitY in oxFord, the UK sUbsidiarY
oF bestsemester and oFFered Under the aUthoritY oF wYcliFFe hall,
UniversitY oF oxFord, which enrols stUdents as registered visiting stUdents.
parTicipaTe in college acTiviTesin the common room; join a sports team; sing in a choir or be in a play. Attend concerts, theatre productions or see original works of Michelangelo at the Ashmolean. Read and relax in the gardens of the SSO first residence, Crick Road, or play football, croquet or ultimate Frisbee at the second residence, The Vines. And with London only an hour away, your opportunities are endless!
There is an intentional focus on nurturing the student community that develops over the course of the semester. Every semester, SSO participants form life-long friendships with their fellow students. The opportunity to live with like-minded people in one of the most beautiful cities in the world is exciting, profound, life changing and simply stated … fun.
w w w.b e s t s e m e s t e r.c o m /s s o /s t u d e n t _ l i f e /
alUmni oF sso have gone
on to masters and doctoral
level study in the humanities
and social sciences, law school
and medical school. alums
have secured places at top tier
institutions including oxford,
cambridge, University of
london, st andrews, University
of edinburgh, harvard,
princeton, Yale, University of
chicago, Uc berkeley, University
of texas and Ucla. others have
gone on to major seminaries
including princeton, Yale, duke,
gordon-conwell, talbot, Fuller
and trinity evangelical divinity
school.
others have gone into the
peace corps, secondary
education, mission field,
government, military and many
other professions.
Credits
a p
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oF
th
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Oxford has been a center of academic excellence and is one of the
most prestigious research centers in the world. The city’s medieval
halls and colleges have housed some of the world’s greatest and most
famous minds. Within its ancient walls, buried within a maze of
cobblestones and alleyways, you can find over 100 libraries, some over
500 years old. You can become part of this tradition: become a part
of history and let this city inspire you as it has done for such people
as Roger Bacon, Isaiah Berlin, Robert Boyle, Alan Bullock, Richard
Burton, Charles Dodgson, John Donne, Edmund Haley, Stephen
Hawking, Robert Hook, CS Lewis, John Locke, Iris Murdoch, William
Penn, Dorothy Sayers, JRR Tolkien, William Tyndale, Charles and
John Wesley and John Wycliffe ... to name only a few!
Go to lectures with other students who, like you, have become part of
an elite academic community with access to unparalleled resources.
Sharpen your thinking, focus your mind, hone your style and learn
more about how to think than you ever have before.
www.bestsemester.com/sso/overview/
are given a question and have seven days to justify your answer in a one-on-one
tutorial with a world expert in the field. For answers you have books: in oxford there are over 11 million of them to help direct you, not to mention many of the best scholarly databases in the world with articles from countless journals. You start by reading a game-changing book on your question before getting to your lecture, perhaps given by that same author. You write and re-write, and before you know it the moment arrives. You are sitting across from your tutor (with a cup of tea in hand) but will they agree with your position? You start to summarize different scholarly views but your tutor interrupts you. she wants to know what you think, what view you have, and how the other scholars have influenced your conclusion. You feel uncertain, but you do know that in 60 minutes you will be walking out knowing more than when you walked in.
for over 900 years
www.bestsemester.com/sso/overview/
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www.beStSemeSter.com/SSo
SSO SCholarS’ SEmEStEr iN oxforD
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Become part of oxford University for a single semester or a full year.
F i r s t s e m e s t e r C o u r s e s
Primary tutorial 6 creDitS
SeconDary tutorial 3 creDitS
integrative Seminar 4 creDitS
the britiSh lanDScaPe 4 creDitS
total CrEDitS 17 CrEDitS
s e C o n d s e m e s t e r C o u r s e s
SSo staff welcomes students who want to spend a second semester in oxford to build on the skills they have learned in their first term. the second semester (normally but not necessarily the spring semester) keeps tutorials at the heart of the program, allowing students to deepen their understanding of british culture and to pursue independent research.
Primary tutorial 6 creDitS
SeconDary tutorial 3 creDitS
theSiS 4 creDitS
Further StuDieS in the britiSh lanDScaPe
or alternative Seminar 4 creDitS
total CrEDitS 17 CrEDitS
For more specific information download the prospectus: www.bestsemester.com/sso/overview/page/prospectus
in Oxford is for students who want to study intensively and to a high standard.
Students develop their academic writing and research skills while exploring
the disciplines and interests of their choice. Students can build a coherent
program of study by selecting options within a concentration. SSO students
enroll in a primary and secondary tutorial, an integrative seminar (or thesis in
the case of second term students), and the British landscape course.
SSO is designed for students interested in art history, classics, English
language and literature, history, musicology, theology and the study of religion,
modern languages, social sciences and philosophy — though all majors
may apply. Applicants are generally honors and other very high-achieving
students. Applicants must have a 3.5 GPA to be considered for the program.
Tutorials » The tutorial is the heart of undergraduate teaching at Oxford. It is
an hour long conversation between a tutor who is engaged in research and one
student who has spent the week reading and writing an essay in answer to an
assigned, searching question.
The program offers 17 hours of credit and a transcript from Wycliffe Hall,
University of Oxford.
The scholar’s semesTer
www.bestsemester.com/sso/academics/
directed bY scio.. . scholarship & christianitY in oxFord, the UK sUbsidiarY
oF bestsemester and oFFered Under the aUthoritY oF wYcliFFe hall,
UniversitY oF oxFord, which enrols stUdents as registered visiting stUdents.
parTicipaTe in college acTiviTesin the common room; join a sports team; sing in a choir or be in a play. Attend concerts, theatre productions or see original works of Michelangelo at the Ashmolean. Read and relax in the gardens of the SSO first residence, Crick Road, or play football, croquet or ultimate Frisbee at the second residence, The Vines. And with London only an hour away, your opportunities are endless!
There is an intentional focus on nurturing the student community that develops over the course of the semester. Every semester, SSO participants form life-long friendships with their fellow students. The opportunity to live with like-minded people in one of the most beautiful cities in the world is exciting, profound, life changing and simply stated … fun.
w w w.b e s t s e m e s t e r.c o m /s s o /s t u d e n t _ l i f e /
alUmni oF sso have gone
on to masters and doctoral
level study in the humanities
and social sciences, law school
and medical school. alums
have secured places at top tier
institutions including oxford,
cambridge, University of
london, st andrews, University
of edinburgh, harvard,
princeton, Yale, University of
chicago, Uc berkeley, University
of texas and Ucla. others have
gone on to major seminaries
including princeton, Yale, duke,
gordon-conwell, talbot, Fuller
and trinity evangelical divinity
school.
others have gone into the
peace corps, secondary
education, mission field,
government, military and many
other professions.
Credits
a p
ro
gr
am
oF
th
e
Oxford has been a center of academic excellence and is one of the
most prestigious research centers in the world. The city’s medieval
halls and colleges have housed some of the world’s greatest and most
famous minds. Within its ancient walls, buried within a maze of
cobblestones and alleyways, you can find over 100 libraries, some over
500 years old. You can become part of this tradition: become a part
of history and let this city inspire you as it has done for such people
as Roger Bacon, Isaiah Berlin, Robert Boyle, Alan Bullock, Richard
Burton, Charles Dodgson, John Donne, Edmund Haley, Stephen
Hawking, Robert Hook, CS Lewis, John Locke, Iris Murdoch, William
Penn, Dorothy Sayers, JRR Tolkien, William Tyndale, Charles and
John Wesley and John Wycliffe ... to name only a few!
Go to lectures with other students who, like you, have become part of
an elite academic community with access to unparalleled resources.
Sharpen your thinking, focus your mind, hone your style and learn
more about how to think than you ever have before.
www.bestsemester.com/sso/overview/
are given a question and have seven days to justify your answer in a one-on-one
tutorial with a world expert in the field. For answers you have books: in oxford there are over 11 million of them to help direct you, not to mention many of the best scholarly databases in the world with articles from countless journals. You start by reading a game-changing book on your question before getting to your lecture, perhaps given by that same author. You write and re-write, and before you know it the moment arrives. You are sitting across from your tutor (with a cup of tea in hand) but will they agree with your position? You start to summarize different scholarly views but your tutor interrupts you. she wants to know what you think, what view you have, and how the other scholars have influenced your conclusion. You feel uncertain, but you do know that in 60 minutes you will be walking out knowing more than when you walked in.
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First semester Courses
Primary tutorial 6 creDitS
SeconDary tutorial 3 creDitS
integrative Seminar 4 creDitS
the britiSh lanDScaPe 4 creDitS
total CrEDitS 17 CrEDitS
seCond semester Courses
SSo staff welcomes students who want to spend a second semester in oxford to build on the skills they have learned in their first term. the second semester (normally but not necessarily the spring semester) keeps tutorials at the heart of the program, allowing students to deepen their understanding of british culture and to pursue independent research.
Primary tutorial 6 creDitS
SeconDary tutorial 3 creDitS
theSiS 4 creDitS
Further StuDieS in the britiSh lanDScaPe
or alternative Seminar 4 creDitS
total CrEDitS 17 CrEDitS
For more specific information download the prospectus: www.bestsemester.com/sso/overview/page/prospectus
in Oxford is for students who want to study intensively and to a high standard.
Students develop their academic writing and research skills while exploring
the disciplines and interests of their choice. Students can build a coherent
program of study by selecting options within a concentration. SSO students
enroll in a primary and secondary tutorial, an integrative seminar (or thesis in
the case of second term students), and the British landscape course.
SSO is designed for students interested in art history, classics, English
language and literature, history, musicology, theology and the study of religion,
modern languages, social sciences and philosophy — though all majors
may apply. Applicants are generally honors and other very high-achieving
students. Applicants must have a 3.5 GPA to be considered for the program.
Tutorials » The tutorial is the heart of undergraduate teaching at Oxford. It is
an hour long conversation between a tutor who is engaged in research and one
student who has spent the week reading and writing an essay in answer to an
assigned, searching question.
The program offers 17 hours of credit and a transcript from Wycliffe Hall,
University of Oxford.
The scholar’s semesTer
www.bestsemester.com/sso/academics/
directed bY scio... scholarship & christianitY in oxFord, the UK sUbsidiarY
oF bestsemester and oFFered Under the aUthoritY oF wYcliFFe hall,
UniversitY oF oxFord, which enrols stUdents as registered visiting stUdents.
parTicipaTe incollege acTiviTesin the common room; join a sports team; sing in a choir or be in a play. Attend concerts, theatre productions or see original works of Michelangelo at the Ashmolean. Read and relax in the gardens of the SSO first residence, Crick Road, or play football, croquet or ultimate Frisbee at the second residence, The Vines. And with London only an hour away, your opportunities are endless!
There is an intentional focus on nurturing the student community that develops over the course of the semester. Every semester, SSO participants form life-long friendships with their fellow students. The opportunity to live with like-minded people in one of the most beautiful cities in the world is exciting, profound, life changing and simply stated … fun.
www.bestsemester.com/sso/student_life/
alUmni oF sso have gone
on to masters and doctoral
level study in the humanities
and social sciences, law school
and medical school. alums
have secured places at top tier
institutions including oxford,
cambridge, University of
london, st andrews, University
of edinburgh, harvard,
princeton, Yale, University of
chicago, Uc berkeley, University
of texas and Ucla. others have
gone on to major seminaries
including princeton, Yale, duke,
gordon-conwell, talbot, Fuller
and trinity evangelical divinity
school.
others have gone into the
peace corps, secondary
education, mission field,
government, military and many
other professions.
Credits
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