Oxford has been a center of academic excellence and is one of the

most prestigious research centers in the world. The city’s medieval

halls and colleges have housed some of the world’s greatest and most

famous minds. Within its ancient walls, buried within a maze of

cobblestones and alleyways, you can find over 100 libraries, some over

500 years old. You can become part of this tradition: become a part

of history and let this city inspire you as it has done for such people

as Roger Bacon, Isaiah Berlin, Robert Boyle, Alan Bullock, Richard

Burton, Charles Dodgson, John Donne, Edmund Haley, Stephen

Hawking, Robert Hook, CS Lewis, John Locke, Iris Murdoch, William

Penn, Dorothy Sayers, JRR Tolkien, William Tyndale, Charles and

John Wesley and John Wycliffe ... to name only a few!

Go to lectures with other students who, like you, have become part of

an elite academic community with access to unparalleled resources.

Sharpen your thinking, focus your mind, hone your style and learn

more about how to think than you ever have before.

www.bestsemester.com/sso/overview/

are given a question and have seven days to justify your answer in a one-on-one

tutorial with a world expert in the field. For answers you have books: in oxford there are over 11 million of them to help direct you, not to mention many of the best scholarly databases in the world with articles from countless journals. You start by reading a game-changing book on your question before getting to your lecture, perhaps given by that same author. You write and re-write, and before you know it the moment arrives. You are sitting across from your tutor (with a cup of tea in hand) but will they agree with your position? You start to summarize different scholarly views but your tutor interrupts you. she wants to know what you think, what view you have, and how the other scholars have influenced your conclusion. You feel uncertain, but you do know that in 60 minutes you will be walking out knowing more than when you walked in.

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First semester Courses

Primary tutorial 6 creDitS

SeconDary tutorial 3 creDitS

integrative Seminar 4 creDitS

the britiSh lanDScaPe 4 creDitS

total CrEDitS 17 CrEDitS

seCond semester Courses

SSo staff welcomes students who want to spend a second semester in oxford to build on the skills they have learned in their first term. the second semester (normally but not necessarily the spring semester) keeps tutorials at the heart of the program, allowing students to deepen their understanding of british culture and to pursue independent research.

Primary tutorial 6 creDitS

SeconDary tutorial 3 creDitS

theSiS 4 creDitS

Further StuDieS in the britiSh lanDScaPe

or alternative Seminar 4 creDitS

total CrEDitS 17 CrEDitS

For more specific information download the prospectus: www.bestsemester.com/sso/overview/page/prospectus

in Oxford is for students who want to study intensively and to a high standard.

Students develop their academic writing and research skills while exploring

the disciplines and interests of their choice. Students can build a coherent

program of study by selecting options within a concentration. SSO students

enroll in a primary and secondary tutorial, an integrative seminar (or thesis in

the case of second term students), and the British landscape course.

SSO is designed for students interested in art history, classics, English

language and literature, history, musicology, theology and the study of religion,

modern languages, social sciences and philosophy — though all majors

may apply. Applicants are generally honors and other very high-achieving

students. Applicants must have a 3.5 GPA to be considered for the program.

Tutorials » The tutorial is the heart of undergraduate teaching at Oxford. It is

an hour long conversation between a tutor who is engaged in research and one

student who has spent the week reading and writing an essay in answer to an

assigned, searching question.

The program offers 17 hours of credit and a transcript from Wycliffe Hall,

University of Oxford.

The scholar’s semesTer

www.bestsemester.com/sso/academics/

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parTicipaTe incollege acTiviTesin the common room; join a sports team; sing in a choir or be in a play. Attend concerts, theatre productions or see original works of Michelangelo at the Ashmolean. Read and relax in the gardens of the SSO first residence, Crick Road, or play football, croquet or ultimate Frisbee at the second residence, The Vines. And with London only an hour away, your opportunities are endless!

There is an intentional focus on nurturing the student community that develops over the course of the semester. Every semester, SSO participants form life-long friendships with their fellow students.  The opportunity to live with like-minded people in one of the most beautiful cities in the world is exciting, profound, life changing and simply stated … fun.

www.bestsemester.com/sso/student_life/

alUmni oF sso have gone

on to masters and doctoral

level study in the humanities

and social sciences, law school

and medical school. alums

have secured places at top tier

institutions including oxford,

cambridge, University of

london, st andrews, University

of edinburgh, harvard,

princeton, Yale, University of

chicago, Uc berkeley, University

of texas and Ucla. others have

gone on to major seminaries

including princeton, Yale, duke,

gordon-conwell, talbot, Fuller

and trinity evangelical divinity

school.

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peace corps, secondary

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government, military and many

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most prestigious research centers in the world. The city’s medieval

halls and colleges have housed some of the world’s greatest and most

famous minds. Within its ancient walls, buried within a maze of

cobblestones and alleyways, you can find over 100 libraries, some over

500 years old. You can become part of this tradition: become a part

of history and let this city inspire you as it has done for such people

as Roger Bacon, Isaiah Berlin, Robert Boyle, Alan Bullock, Richard

Burton, Charles Dodgson, John Donne, Edmund Haley, Stephen

Hawking, Robert Hook, CS Lewis, John Locke, Iris Murdoch, William

Penn, Dorothy Sayers, JRR Tolkien, William Tyndale, Charles and

John Wesley and John Wycliffe ... to name only a few!

Go to lectures with other students who, like you, have become part of

an elite academic community with access to unparalleled resources.

Sharpen your thinking, focus your mind, hone your style and learn

more about how to think than you ever have before.

www.bestsemester.com/sso/overview/

are given a question and have seven days to justify your answer in a one-on-one

tutorial with a world expert in the field. For answers you have books: in oxford there are over 11 million of them to help direct you, not to mention many of the best scholarly databases in the world with articles from countless journals. You start by reading a game-changing book on your question before getting to your lecture, perhaps given by that same author. You write and re-write, and before you know it the moment arrives. You are sitting across from your tutor (with a cup of tea in hand) but will they agree with your position? You start to summarize different scholarly views but your tutor interrupts you. she wants to know what you think, what view you have, and how the other scholars have influenced your conclusion. You feel uncertain, but you do know that in 60 minutes you will be walking out knowing more than when you walked in.

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Become part of oxford University for a single semester or a full year.

First semester Courses

Primary tutorial 6 creDitS

SeconDary tutorial 3 creDitS

integrative Seminar 4 creDitS

the britiSh lanDScaPe 4 creDitS

total CrEDitS 17 CrEDitS

seCond semester Courses

SSo staff welcomes students who want to spend a second semester in oxford to build on the skills they have learned in their first term. the second semester (normally but not necessarily the spring semester) keeps tutorials at the heart of the program, allowing students to deepen their understanding of british culture and to pursue independent research.

Primary tutorial 6 creDitS

SeconDary tutorial 3 creDitS

theSiS 4 creDitS

Further StuDieS in the britiSh lanDScaPe

or alternative Seminar 4 creDitS

total CrEDitS 17 CrEDitS

For more specific information download the prospectus: www.bestsemester.com/sso/overview/page/prospectus

in Oxford is for students who want to study intensively and to a high standard.

Students develop their academic writing and research skills while exploring

the disciplines and interests of their choice. Students can build a coherent

program of study by selecting options within a concentration. SSO students

enroll in a primary and secondary tutorial, an integrative seminar (or thesis in

the case of second term students), and the British landscape course.

SSO is designed for students interested in art history, classics, English

language and literature, history, musicology, theology and the study of religion,

modern languages, social sciences and philosophy — though all majors

may apply. Applicants are generally honors and other very high-achieving

students. Applicants must have a 3.5 GPA to be considered for the program.

Tutorials » The tutorial is the heart of undergraduate teaching at Oxford. It is

an hour long conversation between a tutor who is engaged in research and one

student who has spent the week reading and writing an essay in answer to an

assigned, searching question.

The program offers 17 hours of credit and a transcript from Wycliffe Hall,

University of Oxford.

The scholar’s semesTer

www.bestsemester.com/sso/academics/

directed bY scio... scholarship & christianitY in oxFord, the UK sUbsidiarY

oF bestsemester and oFFered Under the aUthoritY oF wYcliFFe hall,

UniversitY oF oxFord, which enrols stUdents as registered visiting stUdents.

parTicipaTe incollege acTiviTesin the common room; join a sports team; sing in a choir or be in a play. Attend concerts, theatre productions or see original works of Michelangelo at the Ashmolean. Read and relax in the gardens of the SSO first residence, Crick Road, or play football, croquet or ultimate Frisbee at the second residence, The Vines. And with London only an hour away, your opportunities are endless!

There is an intentional focus on nurturing the student community that develops over the course of the semester. Every semester, SSO participants form life-long friendships with their fellow students.  The opportunity to live with like-minded people in one of the most beautiful cities in the world is exciting, profound, life changing and simply stated … fun.

www.bestsemester.com/sso/student_life/

alUmni oF sso have gone

on to masters and doctoral

level study in the humanities

and social sciences, law school

and medical school. alums

have secured places at top tier

institutions including oxford,

cambridge, University of

london, st andrews, University

of edinburgh, harvard,

princeton, Yale, University of

chicago, Uc berkeley, University

of texas and Ucla. others have

gone on to major seminaries

including princeton, Yale, duke,

gordon-conwell, talbot, Fuller

and trinity evangelical divinity

school.

others have gone into the

peace corps, secondary

education, mission field,

government, military and many

other professions.

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Oxford has been a center of academic excellence and is one of the

most prestigious research centers in the world. The city’s medieval

halls and colleges have housed some of the world’s greatest and most

famous minds. Within its ancient walls, buried within a maze of

cobblestones and alleyways, you can find over 100 libraries, some over

500 years old. You can become part of this tradition: become a part

of history and let this city inspire you as it has done for such people

as Roger Bacon, Isaiah Berlin, Robert Boyle, Alan Bullock, Richard

Burton, Charles Dodgson, John Donne, Edmund Haley, Stephen

Hawking, Robert Hook, CS Lewis, John Locke, Iris Murdoch, William

Penn, Dorothy Sayers, JRR Tolkien, William Tyndale, Charles and

John Wesley and John Wycliffe ... to name only a few!

Go to lectures with other students who, like you, have become part of

an elite academic community with access to unparalleled resources.

Sharpen your thinking, focus your mind, hone your style and learn

more about how to think than you ever have before.

www.bestsemester.com/sso/overview/

are given a question and have seven days to justify your answer in a one-on-one

tutorial with a world expert in the field. For answers you have books: in oxford there are over 11 million of them to help direct you, not to mention many of the best scholarly databases in the world with articles from countless journals. You start by reading a game-changing book on your question before getting to your lecture, perhaps given by that same author. You write and re-write, and before you know it the moment arrives. You are sitting across from your tutor (with a cup of tea in hand) but will they agree with your position? You start to summarize different scholarly views but your tutor interrupts you. she wants to know what you think, what view you have, and how the other scholars have influenced your conclusion. You feel uncertain, but you do know that in 60 minutes you will be walking out knowing more than when you walked in.

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Become part of oxford University for a single semester or a full year.

First semester Courses

Primary tutorial 6 creDitS

SeconDary tutorial 3 creDitS

integrative Seminar 4 creDitS

the britiSh lanDScaPe 4 creDitS

total CrEDitS 17 CrEDitS

seCond semester Courses

SSo staff welcomes students who want to spend a second semester in oxford to build on the skills they have learned in their first term. the second semester (normally but not necessarily the spring semester) keeps tutorials at the heart of the program, allowing students to deepen their understanding of british culture and to pursue independent research.

Primary tutorial 6 creDitS

SeconDary tutorial 3 creDitS

theSiS 4 creDitS

Further StuDieS in the britiSh lanDScaPe

or alternative Seminar 4 creDitS

total CrEDitS 17 CrEDitS

For more specific information download the prospectus: www.bestsemester.com/sso/overview/page/prospectus

in Oxford is for students who want to study intensively and to a high standard.

Students develop their academic writing and research skills while exploring

the disciplines and interests of their choice. Students can build a coherent

program of study by selecting options within a concentration. SSO students

enroll in a primary and secondary tutorial, an integrative seminar (or thesis in

the case of second term students), and the British landscape course.

SSO is designed for students interested in art history, classics, English

language and literature, history, musicology, theology and the study of religion,

modern languages, social sciences and philosophy — though all majors

may apply. Applicants are generally honors and other very high-achieving

students. Applicants must have a 3.5 GPA to be considered for the program.

Tutorials » The tutorial is the heart of undergraduate teaching at Oxford. It is

an hour long conversation between a tutor who is engaged in research and one

student who has spent the week reading and writing an essay in answer to an

assigned, searching question.

The program offers 17 hours of credit and a transcript from Wycliffe Hall,

University of Oxford.

The scholar’s semesTer

www.bestsemester.com/sso/academics/

directed bY scio... scholarship & christianitY in oxFord, the UK sUbsidiarY

oF bestsemester and oFFered Under the aUthoritY oF wYcliFFe hall,

UniversitY oF oxFord, which enrols stUdents as registered visiting stUdents.

parTicipaTe incollege acTiviTesin the common room; join a sports team; sing in a choir or be in a play. Attend concerts, theatre productions or see original works of Michelangelo at the Ashmolean. Read and relax in the gardens of the SSO first residence, Crick Road, or play football, croquet or ultimate Frisbee at the second residence, The Vines. And with London only an hour away, your opportunities are endless!

There is an intentional focus on nurturing the student community that develops over the course of the semester. Every semester, SSO participants form life-long friendships with their fellow students.  The opportunity to live with like-minded people in one of the most beautiful cities in the world is exciting, profound, life changing and simply stated … fun.

www.bestsemester.com/sso/student_life/

alUmni oF sso have gone

on to masters and doctoral

level study in the humanities

and social sciences, law school

and medical school. alums

have secured places at top tier

institutions including oxford,

cambridge, University of

london, st andrews, University

of edinburgh, harvard,

princeton, Yale, University of

chicago, Uc berkeley, University

of texas and Ucla. others have

gone on to major seminaries

including princeton, Yale, duke,

gordon-conwell, talbot, Fuller

and trinity evangelical divinity

school.

others have gone into the

peace corps, secondary

education, mission field,

government, military and many

other professions.

Credits

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Oxford has been a center of academic excellence and is one of the

most prestigious research centers in the world. The city’s medieval

halls and colleges have housed some of the world’s greatest and most

famous minds. Within its ancient walls, buried within a maze of

cobblestones and alleyways, you can find over 100 libraries, some over

500 years old. You can become part of this tradition: become a part

of history and let this city inspire you as it has done for such people

as Roger Bacon, Isaiah Berlin, Robert Boyle, Alan Bullock, Richard

Burton, Charles Dodgson, John Donne, Edmund Haley, Stephen

Hawking, Robert Hook, CS Lewis, John Locke, Iris Murdoch, William

Penn, Dorothy Sayers, JRR Tolkien, William Tyndale, Charles and

John Wesley and John Wycliffe ... to name only a few!

Go to lectures with other students who, like you, have become part of

an elite academic community with access to unparalleled resources.

Sharpen your thinking, focus your mind, hone your style and learn

more about how to think than you ever have before.

www.bestsemester.com/sso/overview/

are given a question and have seven days to justify your answer in a one-on-one

tutorial with a world expert in the field. For answers you have books: in oxford there are over 11 million of them to help direct you, not to mention many of the best scholarly databases in the world with articles from countless journals. You start by reading a game-changing book on your question before getting to your lecture, perhaps given by that same author. You write and re-write, and before you know it the moment arrives. You are sitting across from your tutor (with a cup of tea in hand) but will they agree with your position? You start to summarize different scholarly views but your tutor interrupts you. she wants to know what you think, what view you have, and how the other scholars have influenced your conclusion. You feel uncertain, but you do know that in 60 minutes you will be walking out knowing more than when you walked in.

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Become part of oxford University for a single semester or a full year.

F i r s t s e m e s t e r C o u r s e s

Primary tutorial 6 creDitS

SeconDary tutorial 3 creDitS

integrative Seminar 4 creDitS

the britiSh lanDScaPe 4 creDitS

total CrEDitS 17 CrEDitS

s e C o n d s e m e s t e r C o u r s e s

SSo staff welcomes students who want to spend a second semester in oxford to build on the skills they have learned in their first term. the second semester (normally but not necessarily the spring semester) keeps tutorials at the heart of the program, allowing students to deepen their understanding of british culture and to pursue independent research.

Primary tutorial 6 creDitS

SeconDary tutorial 3 creDitS

theSiS 4 creDitS

Further StuDieS in the britiSh lanDScaPe

or alternative Seminar 4 creDitS

total CrEDitS 17 CrEDitS

For more specific information download the prospectus: www.bestsemester.com/sso/overview/page/prospectus

in Oxford is for students who want to study intensively and to a high standard.

Students develop their academic writing and research skills while exploring

the disciplines and interests of their choice. Students can build a coherent

program of study by selecting options within a concentration. SSO students

enroll in a primary and secondary tutorial, an integrative seminar (or thesis in

the case of second term students), and the British landscape course.

SSO is designed for students interested in art history, classics, English

language and literature, history, musicology, theology and the study of religion,

modern languages, social sciences and philosophy — though all majors

may apply. Applicants are generally honors and other very high-achieving

students. Applicants must have a 3.5 GPA to be considered for the program.

Tutorials » The tutorial is the heart of undergraduate teaching at Oxford. It is

an hour long conversation between a tutor who is engaged in research and one

student who has spent the week reading and writing an essay in answer to an

assigned, searching question.

The program offers 17 hours of credit and a transcript from Wycliffe Hall,

University of Oxford.

The scholar’s semesTer

www.bestsemester.com/sso/academics/

directed bY scio.. . scholarship & christianitY in oxFord, the UK sUbsidiarY

oF bestsemester and oFFered Under the aUthoritY oF wYcliFFe hall,

UniversitY oF oxFord, which enrols stUdents as registered visiting stUdents.

parTicipaTe in college acTiviTesin the common room; join a sports team; sing in a choir or be in a play. Attend concerts, theatre productions or see original works of Michelangelo at the Ashmolean. Read and relax in the gardens of the SSO first residence, Crick Road, or play football, croquet or ultimate Frisbee at the second residence, The Vines. And with London only an hour away, your opportunities are endless!

There is an intentional focus on nurturing the student community that develops over the course of the semester. Every semester, SSO participants form life-long friendships with their fellow students.  The opportunity to live with like-minded people in one of the most beautiful cities in the world is exciting, profound, life changing and simply stated … fun.

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alUmni oF sso have gone

on to masters and doctoral

level study in the humanities

and social sciences, law school

and medical school. alums

have secured places at top tier

institutions including oxford,

cambridge, University of

london, st andrews, University

of edinburgh, harvard,

princeton, Yale, University of

chicago, Uc berkeley, University

of texas and Ucla. others have

gone on to major seminaries

including princeton, Yale, duke,

gordon-conwell, talbot, Fuller

and trinity evangelical divinity

school.

others have gone into the

peace corps, secondary

education, mission field,

government, military and many

other professions.

Credits

a p

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th

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Oxford has been a center of academic excellence and is one of the

most prestigious research centers in the world. The city’s medieval

halls and colleges have housed some of the world’s greatest and most

famous minds. Within its ancient walls, buried within a maze of

cobblestones and alleyways, you can find over 100 libraries, some over

500 years old. You can become part of this tradition: become a part

of history and let this city inspire you as it has done for such people

as Roger Bacon, Isaiah Berlin, Robert Boyle, Alan Bullock, Richard

Burton, Charles Dodgson, John Donne, Edmund Haley, Stephen

Hawking, Robert Hook, CS Lewis, John Locke, Iris Murdoch, William

Penn, Dorothy Sayers, JRR Tolkien, William Tyndale, Charles and

John Wesley and John Wycliffe ... to name only a few!

Go to lectures with other students who, like you, have become part of

an elite academic community with access to unparalleled resources.

Sharpen your thinking, focus your mind, hone your style and learn

more about how to think than you ever have before.

www.bestsemester.com/sso/overview/

are given a question and have seven days to justify your answer in a one-on-one

tutorial with a world expert in the field. For answers you have books: in oxford there are over 11 million of them to help direct you, not to mention many of the best scholarly databases in the world with articles from countless journals. You start by reading a game-changing book on your question before getting to your lecture, perhaps given by that same author. You write and re-write, and before you know it the moment arrives. You are sitting across from your tutor (with a cup of tea in hand) but will they agree with your position? You start to summarize different scholarly views but your tutor interrupts you. she wants to know what you think, what view you have, and how the other scholars have influenced your conclusion. You feel uncertain, but you do know that in 60 minutes you will be walking out knowing more than when you walked in.

for over 900 years

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SSO SCholarS’ SEmEStEr iN oxforD

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Become part of oxford University for a single semester or a full year.

F i r s t s e m e s t e r C o u r s e s

Primary tutorial 6 creDitS

SeconDary tutorial 3 creDitS

integrative Seminar 4 creDitS

the britiSh lanDScaPe 4 creDitS

total CrEDitS 17 CrEDitS

s e C o n d s e m e s t e r C o u r s e s

SSo staff welcomes students who want to spend a second semester in oxford to build on the skills they have learned in their first term. the second semester (normally but not necessarily the spring semester) keeps tutorials at the heart of the program, allowing students to deepen their understanding of british culture and to pursue independent research.

Primary tutorial 6 creDitS

SeconDary tutorial 3 creDitS

theSiS 4 creDitS

Further StuDieS in the britiSh lanDScaPe

or alternative Seminar 4 creDitS

total CrEDitS 17 CrEDitS

For more specific information download the prospectus: www.bestsemester.com/sso/overview/page/prospectus

in Oxford is for students who want to study intensively and to a high standard.

Students develop their academic writing and research skills while exploring

the disciplines and interests of their choice. Students can build a coherent

program of study by selecting options within a concentration. SSO students

enroll in a primary and secondary tutorial, an integrative seminar (or thesis in

the case of second term students), and the British landscape course.

SSO is designed for students interested in art history, classics, English

language and literature, history, musicology, theology and the study of religion,

modern languages, social sciences and philosophy — though all majors

may apply. Applicants are generally honors and other very high-achieving

students. Applicants must have a 3.5 GPA to be considered for the program.

Tutorials » The tutorial is the heart of undergraduate teaching at Oxford. It is

an hour long conversation between a tutor who is engaged in research and one

student who has spent the week reading and writing an essay in answer to an

assigned, searching question.

The program offers 17 hours of credit and a transcript from Wycliffe Hall,

University of Oxford.

The scholar’s semesTer

www.bestsemester.com/sso/academics/

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parTicipaTe in college acTiviTesin the common room; join a sports team; sing in a choir or be in a play. Attend concerts, theatre productions or see original works of Michelangelo at the Ashmolean. Read and relax in the gardens of the SSO first residence, Crick Road, or play football, croquet or ultimate Frisbee at the second residence, The Vines. And with London only an hour away, your opportunities are endless!

There is an intentional focus on nurturing the student community that develops over the course of the semester. Every semester, SSO participants form life-long friendships with their fellow students.  The opportunity to live with like-minded people in one of the most beautiful cities in the world is exciting, profound, life changing and simply stated … fun.

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level study in the humanities

and social sciences, law school

and medical school. alums

have secured places at top tier

institutions including oxford,

cambridge, University of

london, st andrews, University

of edinburgh, harvard,

princeton, Yale, University of

chicago, Uc berkeley, University

of texas and Ucla. others have

gone on to major seminaries

including princeton, Yale, duke,

gordon-conwell, talbot, Fuller

and trinity evangelical divinity

school.

others have gone into the

peace corps, secondary

education, mission field,

government, military and many

other professions.

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Oxford has been a center of academic excellence and is one of the

most prestigious research centers in the world. The city’s medieval

halls and colleges have housed some of the world’s greatest and most

famous minds. Within its ancient walls, buried within a maze of

cobblestones and alleyways, you can find over 100 libraries, some over

500 years old. You can become part of this tradition: become a part

of history and let this city inspire you as it has done for such people

as Roger Bacon, Isaiah Berlin, Robert Boyle, Alan Bullock, Richard

Burton, Charles Dodgson, John Donne, Edmund Haley, Stephen

Hawking, Robert Hook, CS Lewis, John Locke, Iris Murdoch, William

Penn, Dorothy Sayers, JRR Tolkien, William Tyndale, Charles and

John Wesley and John Wycliffe ... to name only a few!

Go to lectures with other students who, like you, have become part of

an elite academic community with access to unparalleled resources.

Sharpen your thinking, focus your mind, hone your style and learn

more about how to think than you ever have before.

www.bestsemester.com/sso/overview/

are given a question and have seven days to justify your answer in a one-on-one

tutorial with a world expert in the field. For answers you have books: in oxford there are over 11 million of them to help direct you, not to mention many of the best scholarly databases in the world with articles from countless journals. You start by reading a game-changing book on your question before getting to your lecture, perhaps given by that same author. You write and re-write, and before you know it the moment arrives. You are sitting across from your tutor (with a cup of tea in hand) but will they agree with your position? You start to summarize different scholarly views but your tutor interrupts you. she wants to know what you think, what view you have, and how the other scholars have influenced your conclusion. You feel uncertain, but you do know that in 60 minutes you will be walking out knowing more than when you walked in.

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F i r s t s e m e s t e r C o u r s e s

Primary tutorial 6 creDitS

SeconDary tutorial 3 creDitS

integrative Seminar 4 creDitS

the britiSh lanDScaPe 4 creDitS

total CrEDitS 17 CrEDitS

s e C o n d s e m e s t e r C o u r s e s

SSo staff welcomes students who want to spend a second semester in oxford to build on the skills they have learned in their first term. the second semester (normally but not necessarily the spring semester) keeps tutorials at the heart of the program, allowing students to deepen their understanding of british culture and to pursue independent research.

Primary tutorial 6 creDitS

SeconDary tutorial 3 creDitS

theSiS 4 creDitS

Further StuDieS in the britiSh lanDScaPe

or alternative Seminar 4 creDitS

total CrEDitS 17 CrEDitS

For more specific information download the prospectus: www.bestsemester.com/sso/overview/page/prospectus

in Oxford is for students who want to study intensively and to a high standard.

Students develop their academic writing and research skills while exploring

the disciplines and interests of their choice. Students can build a coherent

program of study by selecting options within a concentration. SSO students

enroll in a primary and secondary tutorial, an integrative seminar (or thesis in

the case of second term students), and the British landscape course.

SSO is designed for students interested in art history, classics, English

language and literature, history, musicology, theology and the study of religion,

modern languages, social sciences and philosophy — though all majors

may apply. Applicants are generally honors and other very high-achieving

students. Applicants must have a 3.5 GPA to be considered for the program.

Tutorials » The tutorial is the heart of undergraduate teaching at Oxford. It is

an hour long conversation between a tutor who is engaged in research and one

student who has spent the week reading and writing an essay in answer to an

assigned, searching question.

The program offers 17 hours of credit and a transcript from Wycliffe Hall,

University of Oxford.

The scholar’s semesTer

www.bestsemester.com/sso/academics/

directed bY scio.. . scholarship & christianitY in oxFord, the UK sUbsidiarY

oF bestsemester and oFFered Under the aUthoritY oF wYcliFFe hall,

UniversitY oF oxFord, which enrols stUdents as registered visiting stUdents.

parTicipaTe in college acTiviTesin the common room; join a sports team; sing in a choir or be in a play. Attend concerts, theatre productions or see original works of Michelangelo at the Ashmolean. Read and relax in the gardens of the SSO first residence, Crick Road, or play football, croquet or ultimate Frisbee at the second residence, The Vines. And with London only an hour away, your opportunities are endless!

There is an intentional focus on nurturing the student community that develops over the course of the semester. Every semester, SSO participants form life-long friendships with their fellow students.  The opportunity to live with like-minded people in one of the most beautiful cities in the world is exciting, profound, life changing and simply stated … fun.

w w w.b e s t s e m e s t e r.c o m /s s o /s t u d e n t _ l i f e /

alUmni oF sso have gone

on to masters and doctoral

level study in the humanities

and social sciences, law school

and medical school. alums

have secured places at top tier

institutions including oxford,

cambridge, University of

london, st andrews, University

of edinburgh, harvard,

princeton, Yale, University of

chicago, Uc berkeley, University

of texas and Ucla. others have

gone on to major seminaries

including princeton, Yale, duke,

gordon-conwell, talbot, Fuller

and trinity evangelical divinity

school.

others have gone into the

peace corps, secondary

education, mission field,

government, military and many

other professions.

Credits

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Oxford has been a center of academic excellence and is one of the

most prestigious research centers in the world. The city’s medieval

halls and colleges have housed some of the world’s greatest and most

famous minds. Within its ancient walls, buried within a maze of

cobblestones and alleyways, you can find over 100 libraries, some over

500 years old. You can become part of this tradition: become a part

of history and let this city inspire you as it has done for such people

as Roger Bacon, Isaiah Berlin, Robert Boyle, Alan Bullock, Richard

Burton, Charles Dodgson, John Donne, Edmund Haley, Stephen

Hawking, Robert Hook, CS Lewis, John Locke, Iris Murdoch, William

Penn, Dorothy Sayers, JRR Tolkien, William Tyndale, Charles and

John Wesley and John Wycliffe ... to name only a few!

Go to lectures with other students who, like you, have become part of

an elite academic community with access to unparalleled resources.

Sharpen your thinking, focus your mind, hone your style and learn

more about how to think than you ever have before.

www.bestsemester.com/sso/overview/

are given a question and have seven days to justify your answer in a one-on-one

tutorial with a world expert in the field. For answers you have books: in oxford there are over 11 million of them to help direct you, not to mention many of the best scholarly databases in the world with articles from countless journals. You start by reading a game-changing book on your question before getting to your lecture, perhaps given by that same author. You write and re-write, and before you know it the moment arrives. You are sitting across from your tutor (with a cup of tea in hand) but will they agree with your position? You start to summarize different scholarly views but your tutor interrupts you. she wants to know what you think, what view you have, and how the other scholars have influenced your conclusion. You feel uncertain, but you do know that in 60 minutes you will be walking out knowing more than when you walked in.

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www.bestsemester.com/sso/overview/

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Become part of oxford University for a single semester or a full year.

F i r s t s e m e s t e r C o u r s e s

Primary tutorial 6 creDitS

SeconDary tutorial 3 creDitS

integrative Seminar 4 creDitS

the britiSh lanDScaPe 4 creDitS

total CrEDitS 17 CrEDitS

s e C o n d s e m e s t e r C o u r s e s

SSo staff welcomes students who want to spend a second semester in oxford to build on the skills they have learned in their first term. the second semester (normally but not necessarily the spring semester) keeps tutorials at the heart of the program, allowing students to deepen their understanding of british culture and to pursue independent research.

Primary tutorial 6 creDitS

SeconDary tutorial 3 creDitS

theSiS 4 creDitS

Further StuDieS in the britiSh lanDScaPe

or alternative Seminar 4 creDitS

total CrEDitS 17 CrEDitS

For more specific information download the prospectus: www.bestsemester.com/sso/overview/page/prospectus

in Oxford is for students who want to study intensively and to a high standard.

Students develop their academic writing and research skills while exploring

the disciplines and interests of their choice. Students can build a coherent

program of study by selecting options within a concentration. SSO students

enroll in a primary and secondary tutorial, an integrative seminar (or thesis in

the case of second term students), and the British landscape course.

SSO is designed for students interested in art history, classics, English

language and literature, history, musicology, theology and the study of religion,

modern languages, social sciences and philosophy — though all majors

may apply. Applicants are generally honors and other very high-achieving

students. Applicants must have a 3.5 GPA to be considered for the program.

Tutorials » The tutorial is the heart of undergraduate teaching at Oxford. It is

an hour long conversation between a tutor who is engaged in research and one

student who has spent the week reading and writing an essay in answer to an

assigned, searching question.

The program offers 17 hours of credit and a transcript from Wycliffe Hall,

University of Oxford.

The scholar’s semesTer

www.bestsemester.com/sso/academics/

directed bY scio.. . scholarship & christianitY in oxFord, the UK sUbsidiarY

oF bestsemester and oFFered Under the aUthoritY oF wYcliFFe hall,

UniversitY oF oxFord, which enrols stUdents as registered visiting stUdents.

parTicipaTe in college acTiviTesin the common room; join a sports team; sing in a choir or be in a play. Attend concerts, theatre productions or see original works of Michelangelo at the Ashmolean. Read and relax in the gardens of the SSO first residence, Crick Road, or play football, croquet or ultimate Frisbee at the second residence, The Vines. And with London only an hour away, your opportunities are endless!

There is an intentional focus on nurturing the student community that develops over the course of the semester. Every semester, SSO participants form life-long friendships with their fellow students.  The opportunity to live with like-minded people in one of the most beautiful cities in the world is exciting, profound, life changing and simply stated … fun.

w w w.b e s t s e m e s t e r.c o m /s s o /s t u d e n t _ l i f e /

alUmni oF sso have gone

on to masters and doctoral

level study in the humanities

and social sciences, law school

and medical school. alums

have secured places at top tier

institutions including oxford,

cambridge, University of

london, st andrews, University

of edinburgh, harvard,

princeton, Yale, University of

chicago, Uc berkeley, University

of texas and Ucla. others have

gone on to major seminaries

including princeton, Yale, duke,

gordon-conwell, talbot, Fuller

and trinity evangelical divinity

school.

others have gone into the

peace corps, secondary

education, mission field,

government, military and many

other professions.

Credits

a p

ro

gr

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oF

th

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Oxford has been a center of academic excellence and is one of the

most prestigious research centers in the world. The city’s medieval

halls and colleges have housed some of the world’s greatest and most

famous minds. Within its ancient walls, buried within a maze of

cobblestones and alleyways, you can find over 100 libraries, some over

500 years old. You can become part of this tradition: become a part

of history and let this city inspire you as it has done for such people

as Roger Bacon, Isaiah Berlin, Robert Boyle, Alan Bullock, Richard

Burton, Charles Dodgson, John Donne, Edmund Haley, Stephen

Hawking, Robert Hook, CS Lewis, John Locke, Iris Murdoch, William

Penn, Dorothy Sayers, JRR Tolkien, William Tyndale, Charles and

John Wesley and John Wycliffe ... to name only a few!

Go to lectures with other students who, like you, have become part of

an elite academic community with access to unparalleled resources.

Sharpen your thinking, focus your mind, hone your style and learn

more about how to think than you ever have before.

www.bestsemester.com/sso/overview/

are given a question and have seven days to justify your answer in a one-on-one

tutorial with a world expert in the field. For answers you have books: in oxford there are over 11 million of them to help direct you, not to mention many of the best scholarly databases in the world with articles from countless journals. You start by reading a game-changing book on your question before getting to your lecture, perhaps given by that same author. You write and re-write, and before you know it the moment arrives. You are sitting across from your tutor (with a cup of tea in hand) but will they agree with your position? You start to summarize different scholarly views but your tutor interrupts you. she wants to know what you think, what view you have, and how the other scholars have influenced your conclusion. You feel uncertain, but you do know that in 60 minutes you will be walking out knowing more than when you walked in.

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First semester Courses

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SeconDary tutorial 3 creDitS

integrative Seminar 4 creDitS

the britiSh lanDScaPe 4 creDitS

total CrEDitS 17 CrEDitS

seCond semester Courses

SSo staff welcomes students who want to spend a second semester in oxford to build on the skills they have learned in their first term. the second semester (normally but not necessarily the spring semester) keeps tutorials at the heart of the program, allowing students to deepen their understanding of british culture and to pursue independent research.

Primary tutorial 6 creDitS

SeconDary tutorial 3 creDitS

theSiS 4 creDitS

Further StuDieS in the britiSh lanDScaPe

or alternative Seminar 4 creDitS

total CrEDitS 17 CrEDitS

For more specific information download the prospectus: www.bestsemester.com/sso/overview/page/prospectus

in Oxford is for students who want to study intensively and to a high standard.

Students develop their academic writing and research skills while exploring

the disciplines and interests of their choice. Students can build a coherent

program of study by selecting options within a concentration. SSO students

enroll in a primary and secondary tutorial, an integrative seminar (or thesis in

the case of second term students), and the British landscape course.

SSO is designed for students interested in art history, classics, English

language and literature, history, musicology, theology and the study of religion,

modern languages, social sciences and philosophy — though all majors

may apply. Applicants are generally honors and other very high-achieving

students. Applicants must have a 3.5 GPA to be considered for the program.

Tutorials » The tutorial is the heart of undergraduate teaching at Oxford. It is

an hour long conversation between a tutor who is engaged in research and one

student who has spent the week reading and writing an essay in answer to an

assigned, searching question.

The program offers 17 hours of credit and a transcript from Wycliffe Hall,

University of Oxford.

The scholar’s semesTer

www.bestsemester.com/sso/academics/

directed bY scio... scholarship & christianitY in oxFord, the UK sUbsidiarY

oF bestsemester and oFFered Under the aUthoritY oF wYcliFFe hall,

UniversitY oF oxFord, which enrols stUdents as registered visiting stUdents.

parTicipaTe incollege acTiviTesin the common room; join a sports team; sing in a choir or be in a play. Attend concerts, theatre productions or see original works of Michelangelo at the Ashmolean. Read and relax in the gardens of the SSO first residence, Crick Road, or play football, croquet or ultimate Frisbee at the second residence, The Vines. And with London only an hour away, your opportunities are endless!

There is an intentional focus on nurturing the student community that develops over the course of the semester. Every semester, SSO participants form life-long friendships with their fellow students.  The opportunity to live with like-minded people in one of the most beautiful cities in the world is exciting, profound, life changing and simply stated … fun.

www.bestsemester.com/sso/student_life/

alUmni oF sso have gone

on to masters and doctoral

level study in the humanities

and social sciences, law school

and medical school. alums

have secured places at top tier

institutions including oxford,

cambridge, University of

london, st andrews, University

of edinburgh, harvard,

princeton, Yale, University of

chicago, Uc berkeley, University

of texas and Ucla. others have

gone on to major seminaries

including princeton, Yale, duke,

gordon-conwell, talbot, Fuller

and trinity evangelical divinity

school.

others have gone into the

peace corps, secondary

education, mission field,

government, military and many

other professions.

Credits

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