KOMUNIKAT: zasady finansowania studiów undergraduate w roku akademickim 2006/07

 

Od nowego roku zostały wprowadzone nowe zasady finansowania studiów dla studentów angielskich z unii europejskiej.

Od nowego roku maxymalna opłata ustalona przez dany uniwersytet może wynosić 3000 funtów za rok nauki, jednakże osoby, które zostaną przyjęte na studia otrzymują automatycznie pożyczkę, która jest spłacana po ukończeniu studiów pod warunkiem, że dochód na osobę przekroczy 15 tysięcy funtów.  W przypadku pojęcia zatrudnienia w Wielkiej Brytanii na początku miesięczne raty wynoszą ok. 20 funtów miesięcznie.                                                                                                                                        

 

International Study Programme

 

W ramach ISP studenci łączą naukę języka angielskiego z przedmiotami następujących dziedzin: Humanities – nauki humanistyczne, Creative Studies – nauki artystyczne, Science – nauki ścisłe. Rok akademicki trwa od września do czerwca. Warunkiem przyjęcia jest dobra znajomość języka angielskiego IELTS 5.5. Nauka jest bezpłatna dla studentów z Unii Europejskiej

 

    

 

Więcej informacji o możliwości studiowania za granicą w portalu jezyki.net.pl

 

 

Are you interested in working hard and learning to think independently and analytically?  Have you finished your school education successfully?  Do you want to continue your studies at university?  Do you have IELTS 5.5 (please note the IELTS requirement in the brochure is for the 2004 entry and has since been updated for 2005) or ESOL entry level 1?  Can you live and study in Oxford full-time from September to June?  If you can answer ‘yes’ to these questions, then you are just the kind of student we are looking for on the International Study Programme.

 

The International Study Programme is a full-time course lasting one year, which prepares you for successful university entry or other vocational studies, either in the United Kingdom or in your own country.  A student on the ISP studies English for approximately six hours per week followed by three academic subjects for a total of nine hours per week, as well as Study Skills and Information Technology.

 

Academic Modules

You choose three academic modules; depending on the timetable (published in September) you will be able to mix modules from each pathway.

 

Humanities                                                           Creative Studies                  Science

Business Studies                                    Literature                                 Psychology

Tourism                                                   Performing Arts                       Programming

Law                                                         Critical Studies                        Chemistry

Culture and Society                                 Film & TV Studies                    Biology

European Studies                                                                                    Physics

 

As well as the academic modules, all students study the core modules of:

 

Reading and writing comprehension  Learn how to understand academic writing. We will give you training in proofreading and editing skills.

 

Grammar  Communicate accurately in English by learning and practising the main structures of English at an advanced level.

 

Presentation Skills  Debate the issues of the day in seminars and individual presentations.

 

Vocabulary  An in-depth introduction to the way words are formed and pronounced.

 

Study Skills  Develop your understanding of how YOU learn best, and practise techniques to improve your memory, note taking, and examination skills.

 

Information Technology  Learn how to use a computer to support your studies. Produce essays using a word processor and spreadsheet to a high standard of presentation.

 

 

 

Student Support                  Your Personal Tutor will help you make an effective application to British Universities and will give you feedback on your progress on the International Study Programme.  You will have access to the College’s well-stocked Library, Listening Centre and Open Access Computing Centre.  We will provide you with free Internet and e-mail accounts.  There are a number of cafes and shops on site and in the town centre nearby.  We also arrange host family accommodation for full-time students upon request.

 

Qualification awarded         At the end of July you will be issued with a certificate recording your credits.  If you have gained at least 15 credits at Level 3 and 5 credits at Level 2 then this certificate is accepted by universities as meeting their minimum requirements (some universities may set additional requirements for entry).

 

The course is accredited by the Oxfordshire Open College Network, and you will accumulate credits at Level 2 and Level 3 for the work you do during the course. Assessment is made based on a combination of coursework and examinations, which take place at the end of every term.  You may be able to enter for other nationally recognised qualifications, such as CLAIT.

 

Duration:One year, full-time.  You will need to be available between 9am and 5 pm, Monday to Friday.  Your timetable will depend on the modules you have chosen.

 

Dates:     5 or 12 September 2005 (to be confirmed) to July 2006 

 

Holidays:                To be advised

 

                                3 Self Study Days to be arranged

 

Fees*      European Union students: no examination or tuition fees if this is their first application and if the course tutor supports the application.  However if it is their second application then an examination fee of £150.00 is applicable.  International students pay tuition fees of £4,800.00 and an examination fee of £150.00.  The course fees do not include the cost of textbooks or incidental expenses incurred.  You can expect to pay approximately £100 on books and other expenses throughout the year.

 

*Fees quoted are subject to review

 

Applications         You may be invited to attend an interview or asked to provide evidence of your English language level by July 31 2005 (normally by taking the British Council’s IELTS exam) before we offer you a place.  Places on the ISP are limited so you are strongly advised to apply before June 30 2005 to ensure your application is processed and that you can meet any language conditions in time for the start of the course.

 

 

Biology

 

 

Content

 

The module covers:

 

·       Foundation: cellular organisation, biological molecules, cell division and control

·       Central concepts: photosynthesis, respiration and genetic control

·       Transport and elective: mammalian circulation, immunity and individual elective study

 

 


What students do

 

Students will:

 

·          participate in laboratory experiments and investigations, both group and individual

·       undertake individual research

·       produce laboratory reports

·       participate in seminars, lectures and tutorials

·       produce written answers  and assignments

·       participate in end-of-unit examinations

 

 

Teaching and Learning methods

 

The units will be delivered by a combination of: lectures; laboratory practical work (involving both group and individual investigations); seminars; academic tutorials; and individual research.

 

 

Business Studies

 

 

Content

 

The Business Studies module offers students insight into the management of business functions in modern organisations by experiential learning, with each student actively engaging in real-world business practices in a team-based simulation exercise running through most of the year.

 

The module introduces the five main elements of the management of business functions in organisations of all kinds:

 

·          Organisation Management

·          People Management

·          Product Management

·          Money Management

·          Information Management

 

 

What students do

 

Students will:

 

§          Produce five written reports to a given brief ("written assignments")

§          Submit a Project Portfolio for a Course Project

§          Give two formal presentations

§          Participate in a long-term team-based business simulation exercise

§          Participate in plenary discussions and exercises

§          Attend all classes

 

 

Teaching and Learning methods

 

The basis of learning will be through simulation of real-world business practice. All students will help to create a simulated business-based organisation to a brief, enhanced by frequent additional briefings throughout the two terms of the project. They will work in teams of between 3 and 6 people, with elements of competition and co-operation between the teams, and will be encouraged to undertake a variety of operational roles within their team.

 

The student teams will undertake different research, analysis, planning, operational and review tasks in class and outside.

 

There will be supplementary presentations, workshops and class discussions as appropriate.

 

Support Material and Resources

 

Tutors have a wide range of support material available. The key textual resource is the 10th edition of "Contemporary Business" by Louis Boone and David Kurtz, relevant parts of which students are guided to in class; other texts are provided for teaching and self-study.

 

Other teaching support resources designed for or attached to the course include:

 

 

§          topic PowerPoint presentations

§          case study videos and texts

§          virtual (via website) or physical visits to organisations

 

 

 

How Students are Assessed

 

The units will be formally assessed by:

 

·          Five written assignments in standard business report format, between 1000 and 2000 words.

·          A Course Project Portfolio containing: a journal of activities, an overall Report, presentation notes, research notes and other relevant material.

·          Three examinations.

·          A formal presentation between five and eight minutes duration, supported by visual material.

·          Group work and class plenary discussion.

·          Individual participation in class exercises, recorded by the student in a class folder.

 

Assessment will be by the tutor.

 

 

Chemistry

 

 

Content

 

 

The module covers:

 

·       Foundation chemistry: compounds and mixtures; atoms, elements and molecules; electron energy levels and the Periodic Table; structure and bonding; chemical pollution.

·       Chemical reactions: equilibrium; kinetics; organic reactions; environmental chemistry;  formulae and equations; masses and volumes; thermochemistry; acids, bases and salts; organic chemistry, environmental chemistry



What students do

 

Students will:

 

·       participate in laboratory experiments and investigations, both group and individual

·       undertake individual research

·       produce laboratory reports

·       participate in seminars, lectures and tutorials

·       produce written answers  and assignments

·       participate in end-of-unit examinations

 

 

Teaching and Learning methods

 

The units will be delivered by a combination of : lectures; laboratory practical work (involving both group and individual investigations); seminars; academic tutorials; and individual research.

 

Critical Studies

 

Content

 

The module will cover two distinct, but related elements:

·          to present themes, debates and case studies to inform students of the key ideas in the subject; and

·          to equip them with critical and analytical skills by engaging with issues in design, communication and media, cultural currents and debates.

 

 

 

What students do

 

Students will:

 

·          Participate in interactive classes and presentations, making appropriate notes and records

·          Demonstrate extensive use of at least one written source

·          Analyse two paintings of their choice in their notebook

·          Make a presentation of 10 minutes’ duration on a painting of their choice

·          Write an essay of at least 1500 words on an subject of their choice

·          Undertake a piece of independent research into a subject of their choice

·          Participate in student-led seminars

 

 

Teaching and Learning Methods

 

Units will be delivered by a combination of the following methods: interactive classes, slides and videos; class discussion; group work; individual activities.

 

Museum and gallery visits will be an integral part of the course.

 

Culture and Society

 

Content

 

This module encompasses an introduction to what is variously called social or cultural anthropology or sociocultural anthropology. In its contemporary impersonation this academic discipline is in danger of being all and nothing and students are from the outset encouraged to be critical of the anthropological ideal : that through the study and interpretation of cultural diversities as well as similarities, we may come better to understand ourselves as much as to appreciate the otherness (alterity) of other cultures, subcultures, ethnicities, people and peoples.

 

The module will investigate:

 

·          how data can be gathered and then interpreted

·          whether the comparative method is a noble failure or an effective force in the laboratories of the social sciences

·          students’ ‘own’ cultural backgrounds on the scales of comparison and interpretation of other cultures or subcultures, in the expectation that such key concepts as individuality/individualism and human rights can be placed in the arena of  everyday cultural, social, political, and economic activity

·          whether cultures and societies are, as Evans-Pritchard proposed, morally conceived and enacted, or bound by structural bipolarities, as Levi-Strauss promoted

·          the exotic made familiar and the familiar made exotic

 

Indicative Reading  and Resources

 

Baumann, Gerd, Contesting Culture, Cambridge 1996

Carrithers, Michael, Collins, Steven. Lukes, Steven, The category of the person, Cambridge University Press, 1985.

Eriksen, Thomas Hylland, Small Places, Large Issues, 2nd edition, Pluto Press, 2000.

Hendry, Joy, An Introduction to Social Anthropology : Other People’s Worlds, Macmillan Press Limited, 1999.

Layton, Robert, An introduction to theory in anthropology, Cambridge University Press, 1997.

Nugent, Stephen, and Shore, Chris, Anthropology and Cultural Studies, Pluto Press, 1997.

 

Students will also use a tutor module handbook and complementary materials from newspapers and journals, and, whenever and wherever possible, contemporary video material, e.g. on racism in Britain today.

 

 

What students do

 

Students will:

 

·          Participate in interactive lectures and class discussions , making appropriate notes and records

·          Participate in fieldtrip visits within Oxford

·          Write nine short and three long assignments



 

Teaching and Learning Methods

 

This module is based on class teaching, discussion, and debate.  In addition fieldtrips to various localities and neighbourhoods in Oxford, although necessarily brief, will be an essential key to the way students are expected to use their anthropological eyes and ears in what Edmund Leach called ‘subjective objectivity’(personal communication, 1972).

 

 

How Students are Assessed

 

Assessment is based on

 

·          Nine short written assignments (500 words each)

·          Three long written assignments (1500 –2000 words) per term

·          Lecturer and peer assessment of student participation in class discussion and debate

·          Tutor assessment of a student’s fieldtrip activities.

·          Three examinations


 

European Studies

Content

 

This module is in essence an attempt to outline and interpret the politics, economics, history, and sociocultural patternings of Europe since 1945, with necessary forays into earlier historical moments. Ever in danger of falling into the overdrawn and generalising tendencies of ‘Plato to Nato’, students are expected to focus on:

 

·          the divisions of the Cold War and their consequences

·           the origins, evolution, and current state of the European Union

·          Europe in regional, national, and international contexts, as a ‘global player’, and in a state of what Raymond Aron characterised as ‘perpetual flux’ (an interview in ‘Le Monde’, November 23rd, 1973)

·           European nationalisms, ethnicities, and cultural and linguistic identities past, present, and future

 

 

Indicative Reading and Resources

 

Brubaker, R., Nationalism Reframed : Nationhood and the National Question in the New Europe, Cambridge University Press, 1996.

Cole, J., and Cole, F, A geography of the European Union, 2nd edition, Routledge, London, 1997.

Gowland, David, O’Neill, Basil, and Dunphy, Richard, The European Mosaic :

Contemporary Politics, Economics, & Culture, Longman, 2nd edition, 2000..

Jervis, J., Exploring the Modern : Patterns of Western Culture and Civilisation, Blackwell, Oxford, 1998.

Seidentop, Larry, European Democracy, Penguin Books. 2000.

 Thody, Philip, Europe since 1945, Routledge, 2000.

 

 

Students will also use a tutor module handbook and complementary materials from newspapers and journals, and, whenever and wherever possible, contemporary video material, e.g. ‘Newsnight’ reports.

 

 

What students do

 

Students will:

 

·          Participate in interactive lectures and class discussions, making appropriate notes and records

·          Write nine short and three long assignments

 

 

Teaching and Learning Methods

 

This module is based on class teaching, discussion, and debate, the use of a tutor/lecturer course handbook, a textbook, complementary materials from newspapers and journals, and frequent use of current video materials, e.g. from BBC 2 ‘Newsnight’. Students will be expected to take part in role play exercises, e.g. federalist Europeans versus sovereignty association Europeans. Class time will, as much as is practicable, be student-centred.

 

 

How Students are Assessed

 

Assessment is based on