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

AN ACADEMIC GUIDE FOR THE ASSOCIATE MEMBERS

Libraries

You should ask your tutor right away which libraries are the best for the books he or she will assign. All the libraries are decentralized and each has its own admissions policy

Associate Members may thus be admitted to the faculty (departmental) libraries in most cases. Each such library has its own policies. Normally, as in the Bodleian, borrowing is not permitted.

Your college libraries offer you free use on the same basis as matriculated students. Borrowing is permitted. As you were told, it is normal to spend about $150 a term on books in Oxford. If you have any difficulties, you should consult with your own tutor, with the academic advisor, or with our staff, all of whom will do thier best to help.

Naturally, like all other students, you should obey the rules of each library. All libraries have the right to ban students from admission if the rules are violated. Your college will take a dim view of this if they are informed, as they would be. As a courtesy to other students, you should not borrow more books than you can read in three days, and you should return those books as soon as you have finished with them. Oxford students "use" (skim) a great many books each week, far more than is usual at most U.S. colleges.

As you have been told very clearly, Associate Members are permitted to use the main university library (the Bodleian) between 9.00 am and 10.00 pm on weekdays and between 9.00 am and 1.00 pm on Saturdays on the same basis as degree candidates.

No one may borrow from the Bodleian Library.

The advisers and tutors we have talked to agree that many (not all) of your tutors will be able to lend you hard-to-get books.

Your advisers are convinced this system will make it easier for you to gain access to the books you will need in Oxford. As you know, you will also be able to borrow from the Oxford Union (if you decide to join), which has a large lending library, our own library of 3000 frequently used books (we buy back academic books at half-price) and the Oxford City Library. As in all colleges, it is customary to buy frequently used books, especially paperbacks. You will have access to at least 7 million books while you are in Oxford. You will have to be prepared to make use of a large system which is sometimes not easy to use.

The authorities at Oxford, like all universities, change their policies from time to time, so a change in these policies is always a possibility.