Difference between revisions of "Williams-Exeter Programme at Oxford"

(Grading at Oxford)
Line 6: Line 6:
  
 
== The Programme==
 
== The Programme==
 +
 +
It's not bad.  Sometimes the Director gives you porridge. And if you're lucky, a piece of bread.  But only when you do your work.  And that work will probably be making shoes.  Know how to use an awl?
  
 
===Housing===
 
===Housing===
 +
 +
Dormitory-style, 10 beds per room.
  
 
===Field Trips===
 
===Field Trips===
 +
 +
When the finished products get shipped down to London, some students get to ride with the cargo trucks.  In the cargo hold, of course.  Also once a year the more productive students get to go to Portsmouth to watch the container ships leave.
  
 
===Student Government===
 
===Student Government===
 +
 +
There is a "GovCom" (governance committee), chosen from the students, who serve as foremen for the factory floor.
  
 
===Subsidies, Mobile Phones, Etc.===
 
===Subsidies, Mobile Phones, Etc.===
  
 +
==Academics==
  
==Academics==
+
There's a library so in your free time you can read books.
  
 
===Tutorial System===
 
===Tutorial System===
Line 49: Line 58:
  
 
====Economics====
 
====Economics====
 +
 +
Economists do it with models.
  
 
====English====
 
====English====

Revision as of 14:06, November 4, 2005

For now, the Website is probably your best bet.

Oxford City

Exeter College

The Programme

It's not bad. Sometimes the Director gives you porridge. And if you're lucky, a piece of bread. But only when you do your work. And that work will probably be making shoes. Know how to use an awl?

Housing

Dormitory-style, 10 beds per room.

Field Trips

When the finished products get shipped down to London, some students get to ride with the cargo trucks. In the cargo hold, of course. Also once a year the more productive students get to go to Portsmouth to watch the container ships leave.

Student Government

There is a "GovCom" (governance committee), chosen from the students, who serve as foremen for the factory floor.

Subsidies, Mobile Phones, Etc.

Academics

There's a library so in your free time you can read books.

Tutorial System

Oxford is run on a tutorial system. That means you, one partner, and someone with a doctorate or close to it. Sometimes you have no partner. For a full tutorial, you meet one hour a week for eight weeks, with an essay prepared for class. For a half tutorial, it's every other week, four meetings total. Both types culminate in a final exam, essay, or presentation.

Grading at Oxford

Oxford students don't get grades. Williams students studying at Oxford do get grades...usually better grades than they would have gotten had they stayed at Williams.

Courses of Study

Alumni: let's try to get sections for as many subjects as we've taken. This is the most important part, probably.

American Studies

Anthropology

Arabic

Art History

Asian Studies

Chinese

Classics (Greek, Latin, Biblical Hebrew)

Comparative Literature

Computer Science

Economics

Economists do it with models.

English

French

German

History

Japanese

Lab Sciences

Literary Studies

Mathematics & Statistics

Music

Philosophy

Political Economy

Political Science

Psychology

Religion (Theology)

Russian

Sociology

Spanish

Theatre

Women's and Gender Studies

External Links