Oxford Study Abroad Programme

The City of Oxford and Oxford University The Largest Oxford Program OSAP Meets NAFSA's Best Standard The Director of OSAP Previous Students from over 550 Colleges Associate Members of Oxford Colleges Full Use of Main Oxford University Library Law School Students
A New Program A New Consortium Live In The Very Center of Oxford

Apply Online Dates and Fees

Fees for Associate Members and Visiting Students Term Dates for 2007-2008

Lectures and Tutorials

Lecture Course in British Culture and Society Tutorial Request Form The Tutorial System Courses in International Relations Summer Course in Intl. Relations Winter Course in Intl. Relations

Evaluations of OSAP

Notes From A College Provost Best Overseas Study Program in the World Evaluations of the Intl. Relations Courses Visiting Student Evaluations of Oxford University Summer Session Student Evaluations

Four Distinguished Oxford Colleges

New College Magdalen College Trinity College Christ Church

Orientation and the Oxford Term

Why Thirteen Weeks of Residence is Important Essential Twelve-Day Orientation in Oxford

Housing

Map 6 Wilson Place 11a Little Clarendon Street Venneit Close (Modern Apartments) 2 Juxon Street (Jericho) 24 Walton Well Road (Jericho) 4 Kingston Road (Jericho) 37 St. Giles Street The Jericho Area Housing Request Form Housing Standards Notes from Housing Agents for Students Telephones

Summer Session 2008 OSAP Student Handbook Copyright Note

EDUCATIONAL TOURS AND OTHER ACTIVITIES

As OSAP students are in Oxford for a relatively short time, we make a special effort to encourage as much social and cultural integration as possible. (Many of these activities will be organized by your College, by individual British common rooms, by clubs and sports teams, by individual British friends, etc.).

We organize welcoming receptions of various sorts so that you all will have an opportunity to meet each other and some of your dons at the earliest possible moment. We organize informal parties--as ice-breakers--so you may meet other OSAP students and some of your British classmates. We also organize educational tours to places in Britain you should see--Cambridge University, Stratford-upon-Avon, London, etc.

In order for the tours to work smoothly, it is naturally necessary for everyone to cooperate. Most importantly, you should be sure to let our office know as soon as possible if you have to cancel. This will enable us to invite another student (or at least to cancel the ticket reservation, etc.) to avoid the waste of a place or money. Sometimes in order to get somewhere on time we will have to leave at 10 AM Saturday morning...this means planning your schedule accordingly. While on a tour it is necessary for everyone to stick together and not to leave the group. If you do leave the group, we naturally cannot be responsible for getting you back with the tour. For this reason (since getting "lost" is always possible) you should always carry 20 pounds in cash with you for emergencies (return bus fare etc.) A credit card is always helpful just in case.

Needless to say, you should always pay due attention to your British hosts (we will invite Britons to take part in our activities); it would not be courteous simply to chat among yourselves and not to mix with the British people who have (in part) invited you to a tour, reception, dinner, etc.

If we all cooperate, in the ways outlined in this handbook, you will find you will get a great deal more out of your stay in Britain and you will make friends and enjoy yourself. Some students will naturally be a bit less outgoing than others and these students will see the merit of making a special effort to mix with the British and exchange ideas.