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Student
Course Load
Your academic programme should carry a minimum of nine units of
credit, and a normal maximum of fifteen units of credit. In addition,
students have the opportunity to earn extra credits if they successfully
complete the St. Clare's Seminar course.
The
Seminar Series
The St. Clare's Seminar Series is a forum for sustained academic
reflection for our undergraduate and other senior students. The
seminars offers students an opportunity to consider a range of stimulating
issues and ideas as well as a chance to interact with scholars from
Oxford University and other renowned academic institutions.
Each semester the Series is linked by a common theme which will
be explored from a variety of disciplinary perspectives. There are
nine seminars in the series. Students can earn three units of credit
for this series (if they fulfil certain conditions). Take a look
at the current series.
Internships
International work experience challenges your personal interests
and horizons. It also enables you to test your intended career field.
St. Clare's can arrange a variety of internships, all of which provide
many valuable opportunities for students.
If you wish to pursue an internship for credit you must secure
official approval from your home institution before coming to St.
Clare's. Furthermore, details of your proposed internship should
be sent to St. Clare's at least eight weeks prior to your arrival
for consideration. Please note that students are expected to devote
the equivalent of one academic day per week to the internship, that
there is no teaching support for internships, and that students
will receive no payment. Students taking an internship for credit
will receive full reports on their internship at the end of the
semester. Academic credit for internships is entirely at the discretion
of your home institution. Contact
the Liberal Arts Programme office for more details. 
Dropping
or adding a course
The first teaching week of the semester is Drop/Add Week and no
courses may be added after this time, unless specifically requested
by the home institution. After the first week you may still withdraw
from a course until the given date (six weeks after the start of
the semester). After this given date you cannot withdraw from a
course and, if you cease to attend, the course will be recorded
on the transcript as a Fail grade.
If you wish
to drop/add a course, you must submit a written request to do so
to the Liberal Arts Programme Assistant Director before the end
of the first teaching week of the semester. Only a course that is
on offer that semester, is already listed on your application form,
has the space to accommodate you, and fits your existing timetable
can be added to your programme.
Pass/Fail option
Students on the programme in good academic standing (with a grade
point average of at least 2.8) may opt to take some courses on a
pass/fail basis subject to the following regulations:
- They inform the Assistant Director in writing
before the end of drop/add week (the first week of classes).
- No pass/fail courses are allowed within
the student's major field of study.
- To secure a 'pass' on a pass/fail course,
a student must earn at least the equivalent of a grade C in the
course in question.
- Major or Minor pre-requisites may not be
taken on a pass/fail basis.
- Students who opt for a pass/fail must satisfy
all the requirements of that course (in the same way as if they
were to be awarded a regular grade).
- Students are also advised that they must
satisfy all regulations pertaining to the pass/fail option in
their home institution.
Auditing a course
If you wish to pursue a course without earning academic credit,
you may 'audit' a course if space permits your attendance. Please
note that neither examinations nor papers will be graded, and that
registered students for the course in question have automatic priority.
Workload
and requirements
The workload for each course (Core and Tutorial) together with the
relevant aims, requirements and methods, is detailed in the Long
Descriptions (syllabi). These descriptions are distributed during
the Course Registration Day, and you can also request them in advance
from the Liberal Arts
office or your Study Abroad office.
Generally speaking, each course (Core and Tutorial) will require
three assessable pieces of work during the semester. Although the
workload will vary from course to course and from week to week,
you should expect to do the equivalent of a day's work for each
course. This would include class or tutorial sessions (of between
one and three hours), in addition to an average preparation and
reading time of between three and five hours for each course each
week.
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