Tutorial Courses enable students to take more specialised courses. In the tutorial, students are taught singly or in pairs which allows them to progress at their own best speed, and extend their academic experience on a more individual basis.
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 the Tutorial is on argument, discussion and effective communication, and not solely the transfer of factual information. Considerably more reading, research and individual preparation are required from students for this intense form of teaching.
Students enrolled in the Liberal Arts Programme at St. Clare's take a course load of 4 Core courses plus either 1 Tutorial course or 1 Language Tutorial Course.
All Tutorial and Foreign Language Tutorial courses are normally offered in each semester. You are advised to take note of the prerequisites listed against the course and you are advised to discuss these courses with your advisor at your home institution prior to listing your preferences on your application form. Syllabii are available upon request in advance, if you or your advisor needs further detail, from the Liberal Arts Programme office email: manuela.williams@stclares.ac.uk
- U = upper level
- L = lower level
- U/L = Either Upper or Lower level (additional assignments would be set in the case of Upper division designation
Courses
| Art History / Studio Art Prerequisite:Lower level or introductory course in Art History |
Course level |
| AHIT2 |
English Country Houses and Gardens |
U/L |
| AHIT3 |
Oxford Art and Architecture |
U/L |
| AHIT4 |
Modern Art and Primitivism |
U |
| AHIT5 |
History of Photography |
U |
| AHIT7 |
Special Topics: (a study of an individual artist, movement or group |
U |
| AHI8 |
Critical Methods in Art History and Visual Art This is an introduction to current and historical art methodologies, scholars, theorists and `cultural producers'. It will examine the theory and philosophy of art history and its application in the past and present. Consideration will be given to the ways in which Marxism, Feminism, Deconstruction, Visual Linguistics and other critical methodologies have questioned and re-interpreted the `exclusivity' of western cultural practices. Fundamental questions concerning the nature and value of artefacts, exhibition practice, viewership and identity will be addressed. |
U |
| Economics and Business Prerequisite: Lower level course in Economics |
| EBT1 |
Product and Labour Markets |
U |
| EBT2 |
Public Sector Economics |
U |
| English Literature Upper Level Tutorials are primarily intended for English Majors. Prerequisite: Lower level or introductory course in English beyond Freshman English |
| ELT4 |
Special Topics or Authors (a study of 1 or 2 authors or special topic) |
U |
| ELT5 |
Contemporary British Fiction |
U |
| ELT7 |
Twentieth Century British Poetry |
U |
| ELT8 |
Playwriting |
U/L |
| ELT10 |
Making Sense of Poetry This tutorial is about learning to read, appreciate and find ways of talking about poetry. Aimed at the beginner, the emphasis will be on the experience of poetry, rather than on classification by date, genre or technique. |
L |
| ELT11 |
A Taste for Travel Reading a range of texts from the 18 th c to the present day. Beginning with the Grand Tour (forerunner of Study Abroad), moving onto the explorations of the Romantics, later 19 th c accounts of British travellers in America, the ‘last wave' of British travellers between the World Wars and ending with contemporary writers who have reinvented travel writing |
L |
| History These Tutorial Courses are primarily intended for History Majors. Prerequisite: normally a lower level or introductory course in History |
| HIT1 |
Fascism and Communism |
U |
| HIT2 |
Empires |
U |
| HIT3 |
The Cold War |
U |
| HIT4 |
Czarism to Leninism |
U |
| HIT5 |
From Stalinism to Democracy? |
U |
| HIT6 |
Merrie England |
U |
| HIT7 |
Europe of the Renaissance, Reformation & Counter-Reformation |
U |
| HIT8 |
Irish History |
U |
| HIT9 |
The English Civil War: Rebellion and Revolution 1640-1660 |
U |
| HIT10 |
Africa since 1885 |
U |
| Mathematics Note: specific Tutorial Courses by arrangement with the individual student and institution concerned. Prerequisite: normally a lower level or introductory course in Algebra and Calculus |
| MAT1 |
Special Topics: ( a study of a mathematical topic) |
U |
| Philosophy Prerequisite: Lower level or introductory course in Philosophy |
| PHLT2 |
Medical Ethics |
U |
| PHLT5 |
Mind, Death and Immortality |
U |
| PHLT6 |
Ancient Philosophy |
U |
| PHLT8 |
Special Topics: ( a study of 1 or 2 philosophers or specialist philosophical topics) |
|
| PHLT9 |
Philosophy and Ethics of Education. This tutorial focuses on the aims, content and methods of education appropriate to contemporary society. We will consider the work of contemporary theorists as well as theories of classic philosophers of education, such as Plato, Locke, Rousseau and Dewey. In so doing we will address such crucial questions as: What is the purpose of education? What are the ethical rights and responsibilities of students and teachers? Should education be multicultural? Should ethics and religion be taught in schools? Should mathematics and science be taught as neutral truths or as culturally specific approaches to understanding the world? |
U |
| Religion Prerequisite: Lower level or introductory course in Religion |
| RELT1 |
The Philosophy of Religion |
U |
| Social Science Prerequisite: Introductory course in Political Science or Sociology, as appropriate |
| SST1 |
Sociology of Crime and Deviance |
U |
| SST2 |
20th Century War Studies |
U |
| SST3 |
20th Century British (UK) Government & Politics |
U |
| SST4 |
Special Topic: a particular aspect of Political Thought |
U |