The 40th annual summer program offered by Northern Illinois University and Oriel College Oxford features courses at all levels from General Education through Doctoral Seminars.
The program is designed to take advantage of the unique resources of the British setting including the Oxford libraries, scientific and historical field trip sites, museums, and theatres of London and Stratford-upon-Avon.
Instruction and seminars are provided by NIU and Oxford faculty. Participating students and instructors live and dine in the same halls, so that formal class meetings can be supplemented by individual tutorials and informal conversations.
Enrollment in all courses is deliberately kept low in order to permit maximum interaction between students and faculty. Where possible, classes meet from Monday through Thursday to allow students weekends to explore Great Britain, Ireland and the European Continent.
The program will take place in Oriel College, founded in 1326 and considered to be one of the most beautiful of the 34 colleges that make up Oxford University. Oxford is less than 60 miles from London and Stratford upon Avon, with frequent and inexpensive bus service to both cities. Cambridge, Canterbury and other places with historical, literary and scientific connections are within 100 miles, and there is virtually no place in Britain or Western Europe that cannot be visited on a weekend trip.
Dr. Gabriel Holbrook
NIU Department of Biological Sciences
(815) 753-3199
Email: gholbrook@niu.edu
Short-term Study Abroad
International Programs
(815) 753-0700
Email: niuabroad@niuedu
Also check the NIU Study Abroad Website
BIOLOGYExploration of Plant Science
Dr. Gabriel Holbrook (NIU)
Includes Field Trips to Marine Environments, Atlantic Coast and the Royal Botanical Gardens at Kew. Also, involves classes in Oxford University Botanical Gardens
ENGLISHShakespeare
Dr. Alexander Bennett (NIU) and
Dr. Glenn Black (Oxford)
Includes theatre trips to the Royal Shakespeare Company at Stratford-upon-Avon and the Globe Theatre, London
Language and Linguistics through a comparison of British and American English
Dr. Edward Callary (NIU)
Includes field trips to sites of literary and linguistic interest, and analysis of British media.
POLITICAL SCIENCE Law and courts in comparative perspective: Social Change. Comparative legal structures of the United States, Great Britain, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, India, South Africa, and Israel.
Dr. Artemus Ward (NIU)
Includes field trips to London including the Houses of Parliament, Royal Courts of Justice and Inns of Court, an International Law Firm, and Westminster Abbey.
ANTHROPOLOGYAncient Civilization
Dr. Winifred Creamer (NIU)
Includes trips to the Pitt Rivers, Ashmolean and British Museums, and sites of historical and anthropological interest.
2009 Course Fliers (pdf format)