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St Clare's, Oxford
139 Banbury Road,
Oxford OX2 7AL, UK
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Each semester students are encouraged to attend the Senior Seminar Series. Go to Seminar Series for the current semester schedule.
AUTUMN SEMESTER  SPRING SEMESTER
English Literature  English Literature
EL1 Shakespeare – Survey  EL1 Shakespeare – Survey
EL2 Shakespeare – Detailed Study  EL2 Shakespeare – Detailed Study
EL3 Oxford through Literature  EL3 Oxford through Literature
EL4 Modern British Novelists  EL9 The British Short Story
EL5 Women in Literature  EL10 Victorian Readings
EL6 18th Century Literature: Studies in Satire  EL11 Contemporary Women Novelists
EL7 Romantic Poets  EL12 Twentieth Century British Poetry
EL8 Modern Drama  EL8 Modern Drama
History  History
HI1 Introduction to British History from 1484  HI1 Introduction to British History from 1484
HI2 Topics in European History 1714-1870  HI6 Topics in British History 1714-1990
HI3 Topics in British History 1485-1714  HI7 Topics in European History 1870-1945
HI4 Topics in World History since 1945  HI4 Topics in World History since 1945
HI5 Topics in European History since 1945  HI5 Topics in European History since 1945
Social Science  Social Science
SSC1 Introduction to Sociology  SSC1 Introduction to Sociology
SSC2 Comparative World Political Systems  SSC2 Comparative World Political Systems
SSC3 The European Union  SSC3 The European Union
SSC4 Urban Sociology of Oxford  SSC4 Urban Sociology of Oxford
Economics and Business  Economics and Business
EB1 Introduction to Economics  EB1 Introduction to Economics
EB2 International Economics  EB2 International Economics
EB3 Development Economics  EB3 Development Economics
EB4 Introduction to Business I  EB5 Introduction to Business II
Philosophy  Philosophy
PHL1 Introduction to Philosophy  PHL1 Introduction to Philosophy
PHL2 Ethics  PHL2 Ethics
PHL3 Comparative Religion  PHL3 Comparative Religion
  PHL4 Ethics, Values and the Law
Psychology  Psychology
PSY1 Introduction to Psychology  PSY1 Introduction to Psychology
  PSY2 Theories of Personality
Mathematics  Mathematics
MA1 College Algebra  MA2 Introduction to Probability & Statistics
Art History/Studio Art Art History/Studio Art
AHI1 Art History Survey(Egypt to Gothic)  AHI4 Art History Survey(Renaissance to Modern)
AHI2 English Art & Architecture 1066-1600  AHI5 English Art & Architecture 1600-1850
AHI3 Movements in Twentieth Century Art  AHI6 Comparative Contemporary Art
STA1 Fundamentals of Drawing or STA1 Fundamentals of Drawing or
LSTA2 Advanced Drawing  STA2 Advanced Drawing
STA3 Painting I or STA6 Advanced Painting The Body as Source
TA4 Advanced Painting  STA7 Three-dimensional Design
STA5 Textiles   
teaching
TUTORIAL COURSES
All Tutorials and Foreign Language Tutorial Courses are normally offered in each semester. Students are reminded that Tutorial Courses make different demands on them in order to extend their academic experience on a more individual basis. The emphasis in Tutorials is on argument, discussion and effective communication and less upon the ransfer of factual information. Considerably more reading, research and individual reparation is required from students for this intense form of teaching.
English Literature
Pre-requisite:
Lower Level or introductory course in English beyond Freshman English.

ELT1 Modern European Fiction
ELT2 Literature and Social Change
ELT3 Gothic Fiction
ELT4 Special Topics or Authors (A study of 1 or 2 authors or special topic)
ELT5 Contemporary British Fiction
ELT6 Russian Fiction of the Nineteenth Century
ELT7 Twentieth Century British Poetry
ELT8 Playwriting
ELT9 Studies in Biography  
History
Pre-requisite:
Lower Level or introductory course in History.

HIT1 Facism and Communism
HIT2 End of European Empires
HIT3 East-West Relations since 1945
HIT4 Tsarist Russia
HIT5 Russia: The Soviet Union and After
HIT6 Medieval England
HIT7 Europe of the Renaissance, Reformation and Counter-Reformation
HIT8 Irish History
HIT9 Oxfordshire in the English Civil War
HIT10 Africa since 1885  
Social Science
Pre-requisite:
Introductory course in Political Science or Sociology, as appropriate.

SST1 Sociology of Crime and Deviance
SST2 20th Century War Studies
SST3 20th Century British (UK) Government & Politics
SST4 Political Thought from the Greeks to the Renaissance
SST5 Political Thought from the Renaissance to the Enlightenment
SST6 Political Thought in the 19th and 20th Centuries
SST7 Introduction to Political Thought
Economics and Business
Pre-requisite:
Lower Level course in Economics.

EBT1 Product and Labour Markets
EBT2 Public Sector Economics  
Philosophy
The emphasis on the Tutorial Courses on Philosophy will be very much on how the individual student's capacity to think imaginatively and critically can be developed, and in consequence the particular topics selected by each student will constitute a major part of the course. The reading list given in each is a general one and, on the whole, introductory. Individual reading lists will be distributed to students in line with their topic choices.

Pre-requisite:
Lower Level or introductory course in Philosophy.

PHLT1 The Philosophy of Religion
PHLT2 Medical Ethics
PHLT3 Philosophy of History
PHLT4 The Philosophy of Love & Personal Relationships
PHLT5 Mind, Death and Immortality
PHLT6 Ancient Philosophy
PHLT7 British Empiricists
PHLT8 Naming the Divine
PHLT9 Special Topics (a study of 1 or 2 philosophers or specialist philosophical topics)
 
Psychology
Pre-requisite:
Lower Level or introductory course in Psychology.

PSYT1 Social Psychology  
Mathematics
Pre-requisite:

MAT1 Special Topics (a study of a particular mathematic topic)

Note: specific Tutorial Courses by arrangement with the individual student and institution concerned.  
Art History/Studio Art
Pre-requisite:
Lower Level or introductory course in Art History.

AHIT1 Art Gallery Studies
AHIT2 English Country Houses and Gardens
AHIT3 Oxford Art and Architecture
AHIT4 Modern Art and Primitivism
AHIT5 History of Photography
AHIT6 Film Studies
AHIT7 Artistic Identity
AHIT8 Special Topics: (a study of an individual artist, movement or group)
Tutorial Language Courses
As St. Clare's is an international College, you will be in daily contact with a wide range of different nationalities. Therefore it is an ideal place for you to study a language. Please note that only one language course may normally be studied.

Courses are offered in Italian, Spanish, French, and German to students at all levels.

These are divided into four main categories:  
French
French I (Beginners/Introduction)
French II (Intermediate)
French III (Lower Advanced-Advanced)
French Literature Courses (arranged on request)
German
German I (Beginners/Introduction)
German II (Intermediate)
German III (Lower Advanced-Advanced)
German Literature Courses (arranged on request)
Italian
Italian I (Beginners/Introduction)
Italian II (Intermediate)
Italian III (Lower Advanced-Advanced)
Italian Literature Courses (arranged on request)
Spanish
Spanish I (Beginners/Introduction)
Spanish II (Intermediate)
Spanish III (Lower Advanced-Advanced)
Spanish Literature Courses (arranged on request)
Within the general levels and categories given above, the Liberal Arts Programme offers Language Tutorials in Russian, Chinese (Mandarin), Portuguese and Modern Greek.