Saturday, March 8, 2014

The ACTC OSAP Student Summer Session in Oxford for 2014

The ACTC OSAP Student Summer Session in Oxford for 2014
The Association for Core Texts and Courses (ACTC) and the Oxford Study Abroad Programme (OSAP) jointly sponsor a Summer Session in Oxford in the liberal arts from May 20 to June 17, 2014. Offered in association with Oxford University’s New College, the program consists of a core text seminar on Human Nature and Technology, suitable to fulfill a core curriculum or elective requirement, and an Oxford tutorial, formed and chosen by each participating student in cooperation with an Oxford faculty member.

Students must apply on or before April 26, 2014.  The program’s entire description and its application form may be found at: http://www.coretexts.org/actc-oxford-study-abroad-programs/actc-osap-student-summer-session-in-oxford/

The Summer Session in Oxford program is offered exclusively to students of Member Institutions of ACTC. Potential participants and institutional administrators should check with their dean or provost and/or http://www.coretexts.org/organization/institutional-membership/ to see if their institution is a current members of ACTC.

The Human Nature and Technology seminar will be taught by Patrick Malcolmson, Ph.D., Professor of Political Science at St. Thomas University, former provost and experienced professor of an interdisciplinary core text program. Credit for both the tutorial and the seminar will be provided by St. Bonaventure University, as CLAR 101 (seminar) and CLAR 201 (tutorial) and should be transferable to American institutions. Students can earn six (6) credits, but they are urged to check with their home institution on accepting the transfer credits for a degree.

ACTC is a national association of about seventy liberal arts and science colleges, working together to promote higher education through a better understanding of core texts (world classics) of Western and other civilizations. Please see the ACTC website: http:www.coretexts.org.

If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to call or write:

J. Scott Lee, Ph.D.
Executive Director
Association for Core Texts and Courses
ACTC Liberal Arts Institute
1928 Saint Mary’s Road
Saint Mary’s College of California
Moraga, CA 94556
Office in VT: 802 222 4376
Office in CA: 925 631 8597


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