OSPOXFRD 12:
Oxford University Yesterday and Today
Introduction to the history and culture of Oxford University, where the Stanford Programme is located . How the University's 800-year history has left its mark on the buildings for which Oxford is famous and how it also helps explain the unique characteristics of the modern University: its collegiate structure, individualistic method of tutorial teaching, and idiosyncratic culture celebrated by writers such as Lewis Carroll, Gerard Manley Hopkins and Evelyn Waugh. Lectures and walking-tours, mostly in the first three weeks of the term.
| Units: 2
OSPOXFRD 13:
Politics and Economics of the Euro Zone
The political origins of the common European currency, how the idea of a shared currency spread throughout the community, and why some members, in particular, Britain, chose not to participate. How challenges to the dollar by the Euro and the Yuan have affected the world economy. Instances of financial instability of nations since 1990 and the extent to which bankers can act to stabilize world trade and investment flows.
Terms: Win
| Units: 5
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci
OSPOXFRD 14:
Independent Study: Selected Topics
Students can select from three potential areas of independent study. If more than three students are interested in a particular topic, the class will move to a seminar format. Topics are: The European Perspective on Trade; European Integration and the World Economy; The Expansion of the EU: Will the EU Survive?
Terms: Win
| Units: 1-5
OSPOXFRD 15:
British Architecture and the Renaissance: 1500-1850
The influence of classicism and the Renaissance. Insights into European art and architecture and the history of Britain from the Tudor era to the Industrial Revolution. Study trips to London and elsewhere in England.
| Units: 4-5
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum
OSPOXFRD 17:
Novels of Sensation: Gothic, Detective Story, Prohibition, and Transgression in Victorian Fiction
Literary and moral value of transgressive sub-genres of the novel; what they reveal about Victorian society's anxiety over prohibited elements in the domestic and public spheres. Sources include gothic and detective novels.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 5
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, WAY-A-II
OSPOXFRD 18:
Making Public Policy: An Introduction to Political Philosophy, Politics, and Economics
UK and U.S. What should society look like? How should incomes be distributed? How should it be taxed? How much inequality is acceptable? The overlap of economics with practical politics through political philosophy behind the government decisions; how public policy ought to be formulated. Issues include poverty, environmental policy, trade and globalization, and transport.
Terms: Win
| Units: 4-5
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci
OSPOXFRD 24:
British and American Constitutional Systems in Comparative Perspective
Introduction to the study of constitutions and constitutional systems of government. The workings of the British and American systems of government. Comparative study of the most important constitutional issues facing Britain and the U.S. such as how suspected terrorists should be treated in a time of war. How to think about fundamental constitutional questions.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 4-5
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci
OSPOXFRD 35:
Modern UK and European Government and Politics
Background of main political systems in Europe and recent developments in European politics. Topics: Blair's constitutional reforms; the consequences of the German reunification; Berlusconi's rise to power in Italy; the extreme right in France and elsewhere; the single currency; the enlargement of the EU; and proposals for a constitution and their recent rejection by the French and Dutch electorates.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 4-5
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci
OSPOXFRD 45:
British Economic Policy since World War II
Development of British economic policy making from 1945, focusing on political economy including: ideological motives of governments; political business cycle; and the influence of changing intellectual fashions. Policy areas: attitude to the pound; control of the business cycle; and the role of the state in the economy. Prerequisite: ECON 50.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 5
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci, WAY-SI
OSPOXFRD 57:
The Rise of the Woman Writer 1660-1860
Emergence and rise of the professional woman writer from playwright and Royalist spy Aphra Behn (1640-89) to novelist and proto-feminist Charlotte Bronte (1816-55). How women writers dealt with criticism for writing publicly, placing each author and text in its historical and literary context. Range of poets, playwrights, and novelists including Eliza Haywood, Frances Burney, and Mary Elizabeth Braddon. Topics: gender roles and proto-feminism, the public versus the private sphere, sexuality, courtship and marriage.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 5
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, GER:EC-Gender, WAY-A-II
OSPOXFRD 58:
British Science and Technology
Current status of science and technology in Britain, particularly with regard to the decision-making process. Focus on biological and physical sciences. Comparisons with equivalent processes and institutions in the US.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 3
OSPOXFRD 59:
Soccer and English Society
Changes in English Society as mirrored by changes in soccer. English social history over the past 150 years with particular regard to the working class struggle and more modern-day development of cosmopolitan Britain.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 5
OSPOXFRD 61:
Castles and Satanic Mills: the Medieval in British Art, Architecture and Literature, 1750-1914
Changing visions of the Middle Ages in British culture through painting and poetry, novels, architecture and sculpture. Beginning with Horace Walpole¿s Strawberry Hill and his Castle of Otranto and later Thomas Beckford¿s house Fonthill, interpretations of the Middle Ages up to the First World War. Includes Walter Scott, Victorian Gothic, Thomas Carlyle, John Ruskin, Charles Darwin, Gerald Hopkins, George Bodley and Ninian Comper.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 4
OSPOXFRD 67:
Art in Oxford
Paintings and drawings in the collections of the University and colleges of Oxford and how they relate to key themes and critical approaches in the history of art. Themes include collecting and patronage, the impact of art historical scholarship on collections, drawing and its purposes, changing approaches to Renaissance art, symbolism and realism in 19th-century painting, and romantic and modern landscapes. Limited Enrollment.
Terms: Win
| Units: 3
OSPOXFRD 70:
The History of London
London's physical growth, emphasizing characteristics which set it apart from other capitals, and its economic, social and political development, including the problems of poverty and the inner city, the provision of public services, and the growth of suburbs and public transport. Challenges facing London in modern times. Walking tours, especially less frequented areas.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 4-5
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci, GER:EC-GlobalCom, WAY-SI
OSPOXFRD 71:
Oxford Trans-Idiomatic Arts Practicum
Work of art as a noun: observation, appreciation and criticism of local artistic landscape through field trip examinations of architecture, theater, opera, experimental music, jazz, popular music, painting, sculpture, installation art, photography, film, dance, and cuisine. Work of art as a verb: creation of original works of art inspired by local environment; projects might include recording of Oxford's sound ecology to transform into electronic music works, group performance art, original dance or movement pieces, found object sculpture, and public poetry readings related to and staged throughout the city.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 3
OSPOXFRD 72:
The British Invasion
How the British have been effective at celebrating, appropriating, reinterpreting, and exporting American popular music culture. Understanding not only British culture, but also America as seen through British eyes and heard through British voices through examination of rich legacy of British popular music. Three generations of British popular music in the 1960s and 1970s: the music of the ¿British Invasion,¿ focusing on the Beatles; development of progressive rock (art rock) as embodied in groups such as Pink Floyd; the emergence of punk in both its revolutionary (e.g., the Clash) and nihilistic (e.g., the Sex Pistols) forms.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 3
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum
OSPOXFRD 92:
Britain and the Second World War
Britain's economy, society, and culture after its participation throughout the whole length of the war, 1939-1945; subsequent relations with rest of the world. Chronological account and interpretation of participation; effect of the war on British people, especially civilians. Historical scholarship, contemporary writings, propaganda films and feature films, art and photography, and recent television documentaries with reminiscences of participants.
| Units: 5
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum
OSPOXFRD 98:
Creative Writing Workshop
Selection and combination; poetic language; metaphor and cohesion; setting and the pathetic fallacy; sentence variety; genres; dialogue; point of view; narrative positions; colors and senses; time management; plotting. Limited enrollment based on writing sample.
Terms: Win, Spr
| Units: 3
| Repeatable
for credit
OSPOXFRD 117W:
Gender and Social Change in Modern Britain
Changes in the social institutions, attitudes, and values in Britain over the past 20 years with specific reference to shifts in gender relations. Demographic, economic and social factors; review of theoretical ideas. Men's and women's shifting roles in a fast-moving society.
Terms: Win
| Units: 4-5
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci, GER:EC-Gender, WAY-EDP, WAY-SI
OSPOXFRD 163X:
Shakespeare: Critical Commentary
For English majors or minors only. Topics include the use of soliloquy, epilogues, alternation of prose and verse, rhetoric, meta-theatricality. Close reading technique.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 5
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum
OSPOXFRD 195A:
Tutorial in Anthropology
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 6-7
| Repeatable
for credit
OSPOXFRD 195B:
Tutorial in Biology
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 6-7
| Repeatable
3 times
(up to 18 units total)
OSPOXFRD 195E:
Tutorial in Drama
| Units: 6-7
| Repeatable
3 times
(up to 7 units total)
OSPOXFRD 195F:
Tutorial in Economics
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 6-7
| Repeatable
3 times
(up to 14 units total)
OSPOXFRD 195G:
Tutorial in Economic History
| Units: 6-7
| Repeatable
for credit
OSPOXFRD 195J:
Tutorial in Jurisprudence
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 6-7
| Repeatable
for credit
OSPOXFRD 195L:
Tutorial in Health Care
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 6-7
| Repeatable
3 times
(up to 7 units total)
OSPOXFRD 195M:
Tutorial in History of Science
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 6-7
| Repeatable
for credit
OSPOXFRD 195N:
Tutorial in Human Biology
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 6-7
| Repeatable
3 times
(up to 18 units total)
OSPOXFRD 195P:
Tutorial: Interdisciplinary
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 6-7
| Repeatable
for credit
OSPOXFRD 195R:
Tutorial in International Relations
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 6-7
| Repeatable
for credit
OSPOXFRD 195T:
Tutorial in Literature
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 6-7
| Repeatable
for credit
OSPOXFRD 195U:
Tutorial in Music
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 6-7
| Repeatable
for credit
OSPOXFRD 195V:
Tutorial in Philosophy
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 6-7
| Repeatable
for credit
OSPOXFRD 195W:
Tutorial in Physics
Terms: Spr
| Units: 6-7
| Repeatable
for credit
OSPOXFRD 195Z:
Tutorial in Political Science
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 6-7
| Repeatable
for credit
OSPOXFRD 196A:
Tutorial in Psychology
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 6-7
| Repeatable
for credit
OSPOXFRD 196B:
Tutorial in Religion
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 6-7
| Repeatable
for credit
OSPOXFRD 196C:
Tutorial in Sociology
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 6-7
| Repeatable
for credit
OSPOXFRD 196E:
Tutorial in History
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 6-7
| Repeatable
for credit
OSPOXFRD 196F:
Tutorial in History of Art
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 6-7
| Repeatable
for credit
OSPOXFRD 196G:
Tutorial in Chemistry
Terms: Aut, Spr
| Units: 6-7
| Repeatable
for credit
OSPOXFRD 196K:
Tutorial in Zoology
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 6-7
| Repeatable
for credit
OSPOXFRD 196M:
Tutorial in Public Policy
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 6-7
| Repeatable
for credit
OSPOXFRD 196N:
Tutorial in Mathematics
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 6-7
| Repeatable
for credit
OSPOXFRD 197A:
Tutorial in Anthropology
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 6-7
| Repeatable
for credit
OSPOXFRD 197B:
Tutorial in Biology
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 6-7
| Repeatable
for credit
OSPOXFRD 197C:
Tutorial in Classics
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 6-7
| Repeatable
for credit
OSPOXFRD 197E:
Tutorial in Drama
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 6-7
| Repeatable
for credit
OSPOXFRD 197F:
Tutorial in Economics
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 6-7
| Repeatable
for credit
OSPOXFRD 197J:
Tutorial in Jurisprudence
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 6-7
| Repeatable
for credit
OSPOXFRD 197L:
Tutorial in Health Care
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 6-7
| Repeatable
for credit
OSPOXFRD 197M:
Tutorial in History of Science
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 6-7
| Repeatable
for credit
OSPOXFRD 197N:
Tutorial in Human Biology
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 6-7
| Repeatable
for credit
OSPOXFRD 197P:
Tutorial: Interdisciplinary
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 6-7
| Repeatable
for credit
OSPOXFRD 197R:
Tutorial in International Relations
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 6-7
| Repeatable
for credit
OSPOXFRD 197T:
Tutorial in English Literature
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 6-7
| Repeatable
for credit
OSPOXFRD 197U:
Tutorial in Music
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 6-7
| Repeatable
for credit
OSPOXFRD 197V:
Tutorial in Philosophy
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 6-7
| Repeatable
for credit
OSPOXFRD 197Z:
Tutorial in Political Science
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 6-7
| Repeatable
for credit
OSPOXFRD 198A:
Tutorial in Psychology
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 6-7
| Repeatable
for credit
OSPOXFRD 198B:
Tutorial in Religion
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 6-7
| Repeatable
for credit
OSPOXFRD 198C:
Tutorial in Sociology
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 6-7
| Repeatable
for credit
OSPOXFRD 198E:
Tutorial in History
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 6-7
| Repeatable
for credit
OSPOXFRD 198F:
Tutorial in History of Art
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 6-7
| Repeatable
for credit
OSPOXFRD 198K:
Tutorial in Zoology
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 6-7
| Repeatable
for credit
OSPOXFRD 198M:
Tutorial in Public Policy
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 6-7
| Repeatable
for credit
OSPOXFRD 198N:
Tutorial in Mathematics
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 6-7
| Repeatable
for credit
OSPOXFRD 199A:
Directed Reading A
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 2-4
| Repeatable
for credit
OSPOXFRD 199B:
Directed Reading B
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 2-5
| Repeatable
for credit
OSPOXFRD 199D:
Directed Reading
Terms: Win, Spr
| Units: 1-3
| Repeatable
for credit
OSPOXFRD 195C:
Tutorial in Classics
| Units: 6-7
| Repeatable
3 times
(up to 7 units total)
OSPOXFRD 195D:
Tutorial in Communication
| Units: 6-7
| Repeatable
3 times
(up to 7 units total)
