Core courses

Core Courses represent the major concentration of study within each academic area. Some courses are offered each semester and others (especially in History and Art History) continue chronologically in the Spring semester so that students coming for a full academic year can plan a developing course of study. Core courses are identified as being Upper or Lower division; some of those in the Upper Division have prerequisites, which are given in the full course descriptions (available on request from the Liberal Arts Programme office email: manuela.williams@stclares.ac.uk).

Some courses are offered in both semesters, some are offered in just the Autumn or the Spring semester. Please check the semester details for each course in the brief descriptions.

Read brief descriptions of the courses by linking through the course code, eg. click on AHI7 to read a brief description of the Art Gallery Studies course, its level and when it is offered.

Core Courses
Interdisciplinary Course level
SSEM St. Clare's Seminar Series  
Art History
Course level
AHI1 Art History Survey: pre-History to 15th century Europe
L
AHI2 Art in England Survey: 1066-1600
U/L
AHI4 Art History Survey (Renaissance - Modern)
L
AHI5 English Art & Architecture 1600-1850
U
AHI7 Art Gallery Studies
L
AHI8 Modern and Contemporary Art
U
AHI9 African Art
L
Communications
CM1 European Media Analysis
U
CM2 Rhetoric
L
CM3 Film Studies
U
CM4 Cross-cultural Communication
U/L
Economics and Business
EB1 Introduction to Economics
L
EB2 International Economics
U
EB3 Development Economics
U
EB4 Introduction to Business I
L
EB5 Introduction to Business II
L
EB6 Economics of European Integration
U
EB7 Marketing in the European Union
U
English
EL1 Shakespeare
U
EL2 Shakespeare - Detailed study
U
EL3 Oxford and Fantasy Literature
L
EL4 Literature of the First World War
U
EL5 Gender and Literature
U
EL6 Victorian Readings
U
EL7 Romantic Poets
U
EL8 Modern Drama
L
EL9 Studies in World Literature: the Short Story
L
EL10 18th Century Literature
U
EL11 Contemporary Women Novelists
L
EL15 European Crime Writing
L
EL16 Renaissance Studies
U
EL17 Gothic Fiction
U
History
HI1 Kings, Queens, Parliaments and Peoples
U/L
HI2 Absolutism, Enlightenment and Revolutions
U/L
HI3 British History: Reform, Reaction and Rebellion
U
HI4 Political Globalisation: World History from 1945
U
HI5 Division and Reconciliation: European History since 1945
U
HI6 Britain: the Rise and Fall of a Great Power
U
HI7 War, Fascism & Communism: Europe Divided 1870-1945
U/L
HI8 War and Peace in the Middle East: 1900 to the present day
U/L
Mathematics
MA1 College Algebra
L
MA2 Introduction to Probability and Statistics
L
Philosophy
PHL1 Introduction to Philosophy
L
PHL2 Ethics
U
PHL4 Ethics, Values and the Law
U
PHL5 Business Ethics
U
PHL6 Philosophy of Human Nature
L
PHL7 Philosophy of Love & Personal Relationships
L
Psychology
PSY1 Introduction to Psychology
L
PSY2 Theories of Personality
U
PSY3 Social Psychology
U
PSY4 Cross-Cultural Psychology
L/U
PSY5 Development Psychology
U
PSY6 Abnormal Psychology
U
Religion
REL1 Comparative Religion
L
REL2 The Concept of God
U/L
REL3 Religion and Globalisation
L
Social Science
SSC1 Introduction to Sociology
L
SSC2 Comparative World Political Systems
U
SSC3 The European Union
U
SSC4 Urban Sociology of Oxford
L
SSC5 Political Ideologies
U/L
SSC6 Terrorism
U/L
SSC7 International Relations
U/L
SSC8 Sociology of Food
U/L
SSC9 Political Thought: Ancient to Modern
L
Studio Art
STA1 Fundamentals of Drawing
L
STA2 Advanced Drawing
U
STA3 Painting I
L/U
STA4 Advanced Painting
U
STA8 Photography
L

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