SUMMER STUDY

2018
Grades 8–12

PARIS
OXFORD NEW YORK
MONTPELLIER
CAMBRIDGE LOS ANGELES
BARCELONA
ST ANDREWS BOSTON
SALAMANCA
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Welcome from the Founder

Dear Students, Parents, and Teachers,

I am delighted to introduce Oxbridge Academic Programs, an organization that, for

33 years, has brought thousands of bright, enthusiastic eighth-through-twelfth grade
students to study first in Oxford, then in Paris, Cambridge, Barcelona, Montpellier, New
York, Salamanca, St Andrews, Los Angeles, and Boston. As we look forward to 2018,
we continue to emphasize our founding principles: imaginative teaching, experiential
learning, and cultural enrichment, all charged with the excitement of living in some of
the most fascinating cities in the world.

One key to our success over the years has been our truly outstanding faculty. I cannot
be modest about a group of teachers whose credentials include Rhodes, Gates, Marshall,
and Fulbright Scholarships, as well as Mellon Fellowships, teaching posts at Oxford,
Cambridge, the Sorbonne, Pompeu Fabra, Harvard, Columbia, and other top institutions,
not to mention awards for excellence in the arts and sciences, in scholarship, and in
teaching. If you could see them in the classroom, where their energy and passion for
their subjects and their talent for inspiring students shine so brilliantly, then you would
understand why I believe they are the finest faculty assembled anywhere for this kind of
program.

ABOUT THE FOUNDER Ultimately, the program depends on the students who enroll, the interests they bring,
and the energy they contribute. Our students come from everywhere in North America -
Educated at Harvard (AB), Cambridge from New York to Los Angeles - and the world - Australia, Brazil, England, France, Italy,
(MA), and Oxford (DPhil), where he was India, South Africa, Japan, China, Singapore, Turkey, the Philippines, the UAE, Lebanon,
a Rhodes Scholar, Professor Basker
taught at Harvard for seven years before and more than 80 other countries.
coming to Barnard College, Columbia
University, where he was appointed Some students come to pursue a subject they love, others to try one they’ve never done;
the Richard Gilder Professor of Literary some to polish their writing or build a background for college; others to escape the
History in 2006. Professor Basker pressures of GPA and class rank; and others to experience living in a foreign country
has directed student programs in
Oxford, Cambridge, Paris, Montpellier, or to indulge their love of different cultures. Most bring a mixture of purposes. But
Barcelona, Salamanca, and New York. judging from the feedback of thousands of students we have had over the years, they
He has written many books on history all have a special experience. Not just an incremental increase in factual knowledge, but
and literature (including most recently a transformation in their sense of themselves, their own capabilities, and the place of
American Anti-Slavery Writings, 2012) learning and creativity in their lives.
and he has been an invited guest
lecturer at the Sorbonne, Cambridge,
and Oxford, a Visiting Fellow at Sidney This coming year will be especially exciting. In all the programs there are new courses
Sussex College, Cambridge, and a and more distinguished guest speakers than ever. I hope that as you read this literature
James Osborn Fellow at Yale. Professor and talk to our former students, you will come to share their feeling about the unique
Basker is also President of the Gilder opportunities our programs offer. For the right student, there is nothing like it. I look
Lehrman Institute of American History
in New York City, where he advises forward to meeting many of you this year, or, even better, in 2018 in Europe or the U.S.
on educational projects in the public
school system and on teacher seminars Sincerely,
at Yale, Harvard, Oxford, Cambridge,
and a dozen other universities.

James G. Basker
Founder

A WorldStrides Organization
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Contents
Oxbridge at a Glance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Student Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

A Day in the Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Oxford . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Cambridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
St Andrews . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Barcelona . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Salamanca . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Paris . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Montpellier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
New York . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Los Angeles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Boston . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Seminars & Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Oxford Seminars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
New York College Seminar . . . . . . . . . . . 42
New York Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Paris Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Directors and Faculty. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Directors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Faculty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Guest Speakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Outreach and Scholarships . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Application Process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Application Form . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
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Oxbridge at a Glance
The Oxford Prep Experience For over 30 years Oxbridge has been offering outstanding spring and summer programs for
Grades 8-9 June 30 - July 26 middle and high school students in Europe and America. Whether in Oxford, Cambridge,
New York, Paris, Montpellier, Barcelona, Salamanca, St Andrews, Boston, or Los Angeles,
The Oxford Tradition students work with world-class teachers to broaden their horizons and enjoy life-changing
Grades 10-12 July 1 - July 28 experiences.
Oxbridge by the Numbers
The Cambridge Prep Experience
Grades 8-9 July 7 - August 2
33 years Our student 36 Rhodes, In 2017, 95%
of outstanding
The Cambridge Tradition programs in
body includes Gates, Marshall, of faculty held
Grades 10-12 July 8 - August 4 participants and Fulbright advanced degrees
10 cities in from over Scholars on and 58 held
Europe and 80 countries faculty doctorates
Oxbridge at St Andrews the US
Grades 9-12 June 27 - July 24

La Academia de Barcelona Academic Philosophy

Grades 9-12 July 4 - July 31
Our academic faculty is drawn from some of the world’s leading universities, including
La Academia de España Oxford and Cambridge, Yale, Harvard, Columbia, NYU, the Sorbonne, and Pompeu Fabra
Grades 9-12 July 3 - July 30 in Barcelona. Last year our faculty included 36 Rhodes, Gates, Marshall, and Fulbright
Scholars. Our creative courses, meanwhile, are taught by professionals selected for their
L’Académie de Paris talent, experience, and ability to inspire our students. Led by these outstanding teachers,
Grades 9-12 July 2 - July 29 and working in small classes, our courses immerse students in subjects about which they
are passionate while helping them discover the spectacular cities and cultures in which they
L’Académie de France are living.
Grades 9-12 July 2 - July 29
A strong emphasis on experiential learning turns exceptional cities into living classrooms.
New York College Experience Every day, our classes set out to use their resources as teaching aids. Teachers hold classes in
Grades 9-12 June 25 - July 22 some of the world’s greatest museums and galleries - MoMA, the Metropolitan Museum of
Art, the Louvre, or the Ashmolean. Students hone their debating skills in Oxford’s famous
Oxbridge at UCLA Union, unravel the mysteries of the human genome in Cambridge, and refine their writing
Grades 10-12 June 29 - July 26 skills in venues that inspired J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Baudelaire, and Hemingway. They
investigate the mysteries of Marine Biology on the shores of the Mediterranean, learn about
The College Experience in Boston business and finance on Wall Street, study architecture by visiting Gaudí’s masterpieces,
Grades 9-12 June24 - July21 confront the manifold challenges of musical theater on Broadway, and discover philosophy
in the cafés in which Sartre argued with Camus. They perfect their French in the medieval
The New York College Seminar heart of Montpellier and practice their Spanish in the cloisters of Salamanca.
Grades 9-12 July 31 - August 6
To make the experience even more meaningful, and to consolidate the learning process,
The Oxford Spring Seminar each course culminates in a final performance piece, presentation, portfolio, project, or
Grades 10-12 April 1 - April 8 staged exhibition.
April 8 - April 15

The Oxford Summer Seminar After the Program

Shortly after the program all students and their parents receive a comprehensive
Grades 10-12 July 30 - August 6
set of grade-reports, presenting their course syllabus and highlighting their
August 6 - August 13
specific efforts and contributions during the month. Most of our alums later ask
for additional copies to include in their college applications.

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Student Life
Accommodation
Rooms: In Oxford, Cambridge, Barcelona, Salamanca, New York, St Andrews, Boston, and Los Angeles, students live in rooms that
are occupied by undergraduates during the year. In Paris and Montpellier, they live in centrally-located boarding schools. Students
are housed in singles, doubles, or, occasionally, triples. In Oxford and Cambridge students can, for a fee, request a private bathroom,
on a first-come, first-served basis. In Spain, all rooms have private bathrooms. In France, New York, Los Angeles, and Boston, the
rooms are dorm-style and have shared facilities.

Facilities: Students have access to common areas within the residences as well as a variety of sporting and educational facilities
(gyms, basketball courts, tennis courts, pitches, libraries). Oxbridge provides every program with computers, so students have daily
access to email and social media. The program staff maintains message boards and distributes mail every day.

Meals: Students enjoy breakfast and dinner in their residence’s dining halls. Breakfast is primarily continental-style with choices
such as cereal, yogurt, fruit, toast, coffee, and tea. Several options are available at dinner, including a vegetarian dish and a salad
bar. Special dinners are regularly held and each program ends with a formal banquet. Students are responsible for their own lunch,
which can be purchased from a college snack bar or one of the many sandwich shops, small restaurants, crêperies, patisseries, or
boquerias near each residence.

Safety
Arrival and Departure: Every student is met at the airport upon arrival and escorted to the residence. At the end of the program
students are accompanied to the airport where our staff oversee check-in and departure. A representative remains at the airport
until all the flights have departed.

Safety and Supervision: Our programs take place in secure residences, situated in safe neighborhoods, with twenty-four hour
security. Day-to-day life is overseen by Deans - professional educators from leading schools in the US, Canada, and Australia. Each
program has an office, which is open and staffed from before 8am until well past midnight, where students and their parents can
seek advice or assistance. Every student checks in every evening with the Deans on duty. The Program Director, Deans, and some
members of faculty live in the residences, ensuring round-the-clock care and supervision. The rules about exploring the cities vary
from program to program. Generally, students are free to discover the surrounding area in groups without adult supervision during
the day and, in the programs for older students, in the evening. At other times staff are available to accompany students.

Curfew: On the Oxford and Cambridge Prep programs, all students must check in with a Dean between 9 and 10pm. Program staff
then perform bedroom checks at lights-out, which is at 11pm. On the other programs, students check in with the Deans between 10
and 11pm. They can then make use of the common areas, watch movies, or socialize quietly until midnight, when they are expected
to be in their own rooms.

Medical Emergencies: Oxbridge has close relationships with doctors on every program and with leading hospitals in the cities in
which they take place. Through its parent organization, WorldStrides, Oxbridge also has twenty-four hour access to a doctor.

ZERO-TOLERANCE POLICY: Students accepted into our programs must sign an agreement not to purchase, possess, or
consume alcohol or drugs or associate with any student who does. Any student found in violation of this policy will immediately
be expelled and sent home at the family’s expense.

A panorama of Pembroke College, Oxford, which was founded by King James I in 1624.

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A Day in the Life

Students and staff eat breakfast together, exchange ideas, and gear up for the day ahead. As the meal ends, everyone hurries off to
their Major classes. Of course, for many, the classroom that day might be a local museum, a research lab, the market square, or a
nearby park. Some days, the teacher’s expertise is supplemented by discussions, workshops, and demonstrations run by visiting
guest speakers, professionals at the top of their field. After the Major there is a brief lunch break. Students use this time to explore
their neighborhood and discover places that tourists might miss: perhaps the artisan boulangerie just down the road, or the local
deli two blocks over. Three days a week, there is a Minor class/Workshop in the afternoon. This can be an opportunity for students
to immerse themselves in something they have never studied before, but have always been curious about, or to delve even deeper
into their Major field by taking a related course.

After class, students are free to choose from a wide variety of activities organized by the program staff. From sports to concerts,
museum visits to movie nights, there are activities to suit all interests. There might be a visit to the Fitzwilliam Museum’s exceptional
art collection in Cambridge, an outing to Highland Games in St Andrews, a journey to the top of the Empire State Building in New
York, or a trip to the beach in Barcelona, Montpellier, or Los Angeles. Students are also welcome to head out with friends to explore
their new home for the summer, from famous landmarks to medieval byways.

In the evenings the entire program once again comes together for a meal. Over dinner stories are told of the day’s adventures,
knowledge is shared, and plans are made for the coming week or month. Most importantly, friendships are forged and deepened
between students who remain friends long after the program is past.

Ars longa, vita brevis or, in other words, The Oxford Prep Studio Art class working on its anatomical drawing.

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Schedule
The Oxford, Oxbridge at
The Oxford, New York The College
Cambridge La Academia La Academia L’Académie L’Académie UCLA, Oxbridge at
Cambridge College Experience
Prep de Barcelona de España de Paris de France The Summer St Andrews
Traditions Experience in Boston
Experiences Seminars

- - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 7:45 - 8:45 - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Breakfast

9:00-12:00 9:00-12:30 9:00-12:30 9:00-12:30 9:00-12:30 9:00-12:30 9:00-12:30 9:00-12:30 9:00-12:30 9:00-12:30 Major Class
12:00-1:30 12:30-2:00 12:30-3:00 12:30-3:00 12:30-2:00 12:30-2:30 12:30-2:00 12:30-2:00 12:30-2:00 12:30-2:00 Lunch

1:30-3:30 2:00-4:00 3:00-5:30 3:00-5:00 2:00-4:00 2:30-4:30 2:00-4:00 2:00-4:00 2:00-4:00 2:00-4:00 Minor Class
Activities/
3:30-6:00 4:00-6:00 5:30-6:30 5:00-6:30 4:00-6:30 4:30-6:30 4:00-6:00 4:00-6:30 4:00-6:00 4:00-6:30
Free Time
- - - - - - 6:00-7:00 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 6:30-7:30 - - - -- - - - - - - - - - 6:00-7:00 - - - - - - - - - - - - 6:00-7:00 - - - - - - - - - - - - Dinner

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Evenings - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Activities
9:00-10:00 - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - -10:00-11:00 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Check-in
11:00 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - Midnight - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Room Check

Dr. Max Lau and the Oxford Prep War and World History class take a break from their studies to attend the final banquet.

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Oxford
Oxford has been one of the world's most important intellectual centers for over 900 years. It had acquired
a reputation as a gathering place for scholars by the time of the Norman Conquest, in 1066. The first
Oxford college was founded in the mid-1200s and today the University enrolls over 20,000 students in 38
colleges. Oxford has nurtured many figures who have shaped the world, including twelve saints, twenty-
seven British Prime Ministers, eight cardinals, and one antipope. The University has bred great writers
and thinkers like John Locke, Samuel Johnson, Dorothy Sayers, Percy Bysshe Shelley, J.R.R. Tolkien, and
Oscar Wilde, as well as scientists such as Stephen Hawking and Tim Berners-Lee, the inventor of the
Web. Oxford is a city in which our students sense that history lives in every building and on every street.
They rapidly come to feel, as John Keats did, that Oxford is “the finest city in the world.”
Programs
The Oxford Prep Experience Oriel College is located on a quiet, cobblestone square in the medieval center of Oxford and plays host
Grades 8-9 to The Oxford Prep Experience. Founded in 1326 by King Edward II, it was the first college in Oxford
June 30 - July 26 to be started by a monarch. Sir Walter Raleigh and Cecil Rhodes number among its illustrious alumni.
The Oxford Tradition Corpus Christi and Pembroke Colleges are located in the heart of Oxford and are home to The Oxford
Grades 10-12 Tradition. Corpus was founded in 1517 and boasts an elaborate sundial built in 1581. Early visitors
July 1 - July 28 included Catherine of Aragon and Erasmus of Rotterdam. College President John Rainolds led the
scholars who produced the King James Bible in 1611. King James I founded Pembroke College in
1624. Former members include Prime Minister William Pitt the Younger, American Senator J. William
Fulbright, Sir Roger Bannister, and Samuel Johnson.
Activities
Over the course of the month, students discover the colleges that make up the University - including the
ones used for Harry Potter and other movies filmed in Oxford. They visit the University’s extraordinary
museums: The Ashmolean, The Pitt Rivers, and The Natural History Museum. They sit in The Eagle and
Child, reenacting meetings of the Inklings; and they watch Shakespeare in college gardens. They can also
participate in a sports program that includes yoga, basketball, and English sports such as rowing, cricket,
lawn-tennis, soccer, and touch rugby.
Excursions
London The seat of Parliament and home of the Royal Family, London is truly one of the world’s great cities.
The Oxford Tradition Each Major class teacher crafts a unique visit for their students, combining subject-specific sites with
The Oxford Prep Experience sightseeing fun.
Stonehenge Stonehenge is believed to have been erected circa 2500 BC, which makes it one of the oldest monuments in
The Oxford Prep Experience the world. To this day the exact purpose of the site is unknown.
Broughton Castle Located in the Cotswolds, and surrounded by a moat, Broughton has stood since the 14th century, remaining
The Oxford Tradition in the same family since it was first built. Students receive a private tour from Lord Saye and Sele himself, who
explains the long history of his ancestral home.
Paris Connection
The Paris Connection is an optional extension program available to students in both Oxford programs.
For more information please see page 45.
The Oxford Prep Experience July 26 – July 30
The Oxford Tradition July 28 – August 3
Oxford Tradition Courses: Oxford Tradition Courses Oxford Prep Courses: Oxford Prep Courses:
Architecture Journalism Archeology Law and Society
Art History Latin: Poetry and Language Architecture Leadership
Banking and Markets Law and Society Biotechnology Literature and the Fantastic
The Biology of Disease Literature and the Fantastic Business and Finance Medical Science
British History Medical Science Communications and PR Philosophy
Business Management Molecular Medicine Computer Science and App Photography
Classical Civilization Neuropsychology Design Physics
Creative Writing Philosophy Creative Writing Psychology
Critical Thinking Photography CSI Oxford Robotics
CSI Oxford Physics and the Future Drama Skills for Success (Minor only)
Development Economics Politics and Economics Empires Speech and Debate
Drama Pop Culture as Knowledge Engineering Studio Art
Energy and the Future Psychology and Literature Genetics War in World History
Engineering Robotics International Relations Witchcraft and Heresy in
English Literature Screenwriting Journalism and Modern Media History
Entrepreneurialism Skills for Success (Minor only)
Filmmaking Slavery Past and Present
Human Rights Social Psychology
Immunology Speech and Debate Students choose any two courses, one as a Major, one as a Minor.
International Business Studio Art Major courses meet six mornings a week, Minor courses meet three
International Law War in World History 6 afternoons a week.
International Relations
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Courses Humanities

Archeology Prep English Literature Tradition Psychology and Literature Tradition

Students become historical detectives as This course examines some of the great This course explores human experience
they reconstitute the daily lives of ancient works of English literature from Chaucer through poetry, prose, and drama. Readings,
civilizations through a mixture of lab work, to Zadie Smith amidst the evocative discussions, and workshops examine
the investigation of artifacts in museums surroundings of Oxford. Students engage psychological themes in the Western
such as the Pitt Rivers, and visits to local with a wealth of writers in the literary canon, including narcissism, madness,
digs. They learn how to read evidence and pantheon to improve their skills in close tragedy, sexual dysfunction, and humor.
design their own research projects, even reading, textual criticism and clear, Freud and Jung provide a psychoanalytical
exploring how an archeologist of the future informed writing. Each student engages in
might view us. foundation for engaging with a variety of
a close study of a chosen text in the final literary works.
week.
Art History Tradition
Slavery Past and Present Tradition
Through frequent visits to museums and Latin: Poetry and Language Tradition
galleries to study canonical works, students Roman language, culture, belief, and Students consider the origins of slavery
receive a broad introduction to major artistic taste are examined through the before addressing its manifestations
schools of art and art theory, with special ancient world’s greatest texts, notably Ovid’s throughout the ages. They learn about the
emphasis placed upon exploring a variety of Metamorphoses and Martial’s Epigrams. slavery that made Athenian liberty and
critical and analytical approaches. Students A central feature of the course is providing Roman power possible; Arab slavery; the
learn to read works of art and understand students with the opportunity to improve Ottoman child-tribute system; the Atlantic
them according to different historical, their facility for translation. Prerequisites for trade; and modern-day slavery. At the same
cultural, and visual criteria. the Major: minimum two years of Latin and time they learn about the groups that fought
a letter of recommendation from your Latin slavery, looking at abolitionism on different
British History Tradition teacher. continents but also at the ongoing struggle,
This course explores some of the key led by NGOs and international organizations,
moments in British history from Roman against slavery and trafficking. Finally they
Literature and the Fantastic Tradition & study the socio-cultural consequences of
times to Brexit. Alongside carefully planned Prep
visits, students use primary, literary, slavery, contrasting the experiences of
archeological, and artistic evidence to This course examines the masterpieces different parts of the world.
analyze the contexts of epoch-defining of four Oxford authors: J.R.R. Tolkien’s
The Lord of the Rings, C.S. Lewis’s The War in World History Tradition & Prep
events in British history.
Chronicles of Narnia, Lewis Carroll’s Alice in War has been one of the greatest
Classical Civilization Tradition Wonderland, and Philip Pullman’s His Dark forces for change in human history and
Materials. Students examine their worlds, continues to shape the world. Violence
This course examines the literature, symbolic systems, and mythologies, as well
philosophy, history, art, and scientific in the Middle East and Africa, guerilla
as their influence on Harry Potter, through conflicts in South America and the Far
thought of Ancient Greece and Rome. From workshops, field trips, debates, and group
readings of classical authors to tours of the East, and the global ‘War on Terror’ are
readings. Prior knowledge of the stories is the most recent examples of mankind’s
Ashmolean and local Roman sites, students encouraged.
receive an imaginative introduction to long history of conflict and combat. While
Greco-Roman civilization, and explore why covering military history, this course
Philosophy Tradition & Prep also examines war from other aspects:
the classical world has been admired for
millennia, and how it continues to influence Students explore a host of topics drawn the political, economic, social, ethical,
society today. from major philosophical, literary, and and psychological. It examines how and
religious texts. They consider fundamental why wars are fought, what has changed,
Critical Thinking Tradition questions through ancients like Plato and and what has remained the same, from
Aristotle; Oxford philosophers like Hobbes conflicts in Ancient Greece to the war in
To what extent do people unconsciously and Locke; idealists like Kant; iconoclasts Syria.
take on ideas from the society in which like Nietzsche; and contemporary
they were raised? Are we all unwitting philosophers. Witchcraft and Heresy in History
products of forces we did not choose? Prep
This course combines philosophy with
critical theory to examine why the world By working from primary sources such as the
is the way it is. Students call on a range The Oxbridge Program has Malleus Maleficarum, sifting through the
of thinkers to analyze the political and records of famous trials - including animal
societal trends that define the 21st century. given our daughter insight into trials - and by investigating anthropology,
They learn to interrogate information, ethnography, and the history of religions,
her major and minor choices, students discover why, at different times,
discuss controversial topics sensitively, and
construct persuasive arguments. dorm living, friends, attending different societies have accused men,
women, children, and animals, of witchcraft
college, dealing with being and heresy. Did witches and witchcraft ever
Empires Prep
Students learn the history of Empires, away from home, and so much really exist, or was the whole phenomenon
simply an expression of the fevered
from the Akkadian to the Mongol to the more. She loved her professors imaginations of the victims as well as
Third Reich. But they also interrogate the
concept of Empire itself. What, if anything, and everyone involved in the accusers?
do Empires have in common? Do all Empires program. This program has
share fundamental characteristics? How are
they established and why do they collapse? exceeded our expectations.
Calling on examples from the contemporary
to the ancient worlds, students cross
disciplinary boundaries and blend subjects -Oxford Tradition Parent
as diverse as anthropology, drama, and the
social sciences.
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Oxford Courses Sciences and Social Sciences

Banking and Markets Tradition Biotechnology Prep Communications and PR Prep
Taught by experts, students discover how Students discover how biotechnology Students get to grips with a key element
the economy really works. They cover the combines principles of biology, chemistry, of success in business: information
evolution of commerce and banking from physics, and engineering to create the management. They discover the strategies
its ancient origins to the present, including products, processes, and technologies that businesses, NGOs, and governments,
the development of investment banking of the future. Through experiments use to advance, spin, and control
and venture capital, the financialization and seminars they engage with new communications, and how these succeed
of the economy, and high speed and pharmaceuticals, genetic diagnoses (and occasionally fail). Drawing on real-life
algorithmic trading. They learn how money and therapies, sustainable biofuels, and cases, and looking at all types of media,
itself is evolving with the emergence of non- JHQHWLFDOO\ PRGLÀHG IRRGV  6WXGHQWV DOVR they find out what it takes to deliver
fiat cryptographic currencies like Bitcoin.
Through visits to financial institutions explore the social, ethical, and economic messages effectively before creating and
ranging from local bank branches to the implications of biotechnology. running their own media campaigns for an
Bank of England and the trading floors in Business and Finance Prep issue or product of their choice.
London’s Square Mile, they investigate how Students are introduced to the world Computer Science and App Design Prep
money moves and markets operate, as well
as what makes a career in finance. RI FRUSRUDWH ÀQDQFH DQG LWV SULPDU\ Students explore the theoretical
institutions through dynamic workshops and foundations and concepts involved in
The Biology of Disease Tradition H[HUFLVHV7KH\FRYHUVWFHQWXU\ÀQDQFLDO modern computer systems and information
HIV, malaria, and tuberculosis alone are realities for budding entrepreneurs and technology before moving on to study
thought to result in ten percent of all deaths multinational corporations. Major course Application Design. Working in teams, they
every year. The ongoing search for new projects include real-life case studies, a identify a need, develop a concept, work
pathogens is being conducted against the stock exchange investment game, and the out user requirements, and create a design
backdrop of outbreaks of diseases such as design of a theoretical start-up venture. which they transfer to the screen. Lab fee of
Ebola, SARS, and Zika. This interdisciplinary Business Management Tradition $150 US for the Major; $75 US for the Minor.
medical course investigates the biology of CSI Oxford Tradition & Prep
disease. Topics include animal models How do business organizations start, grow,
of human disease; cancer; conventional and thrive? What analytical, interpersonal, Students discover how - from toxicology
therapy treatment strategies; the genetics and technical skills are required to make DQGÀQJHUSULQWVWR'1$VDPSOHVIRUHQVLF
of complex and simple traits; the interaction sense of and address the problems facing science has progressed over the past
between environment and genetics; companies of all sizes? This course includes 150 years to meet ever-changing legal
Karyotypic analysis; the molecular and visits to local businesses and Oxford’s Saïd standards. They learn how modern crime
cellular basis of genetic diseases; and the Business School and covers a diverse scenes are secured and searched, how
role of oncogenes in tumor initiation and range of topics that includes economics, material is treated in laboratories, and how
treatment. ÀQDQFH PDQDJHPHQW LQIRUPDWLRQ different types of evidence are used to sort
technology, marketing, law, and purchasing. OHJDO IDFW IURP FULPLQDO ÀFWLRQ %UDQFKLQJ
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business model. achieved breakthroughs in a multitude of
disciplines, such as archeology, history, and
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Oxford Courses Sciences and Social Sciences

Development Economics Tradition Human Rights Tradition Law and Society Tradition & Prep
This course applies economic concepts to What are human rights, who determines Students examine the British and American
social issues facing the developing world. them, and why? What are the key legal systems and how they reflect the
How can corporations and businesses help contemporary human rights issues? How values and institutions of their respective
to promote growth and societal change? can our thoughts about human rights societies. Emphasis is placed on legal history
How might global markets be restructured shape attitudes toward foreign aid, global and modes of thought, precedent-setting
to improve the lives of entire populations? inequality, intervention, justice, terrorism, cases, current controversies, and the kind
Using econometric and statistical tools, and war? How effectively can human rights of first-hand courtroom observation that
students gain a firm understanding of how be defended and enforced? Students brings them to life. Each course includes
economics, geography, and sociology can be address these questions through a mixture visits to a court and sessions with lawyers.
of classwork, lectures, and field trips to local Major courses culminate in a formal moot
harnessed to improve the fate of the world NGOs. In so doing they examine the role
while helping them devise development court competition.
and importance of human rights in modern
projects of their own. society, paying close attention to whether we Leadership Prep
Energy and the Future Tradition are ruled by law or by lawyers. Students gain a better understanding
of what they have to offer, and how to
Advised by industry and NGO experts, Immunology Tradition take action and lead, regardless of their
students address the problems associated Immunology is an increasingly significant interests or career paths. Interactive
with maintaining lifestyles and sustaining area of laboratory medicine that focuses on workshops on goal-setting, communication,
growth while eliminating dependency the immune system and its role in fighting negotiation, and team-building, as well as
on fossil fuels. They study the history disease. Participants study antigen-antibody a student-designed and led community
of energy production; analyze the reactions, autoimmunity and autoimmune service project, form the core of this course.
economic benefits of production while diseases, allergies, the development of Students learn from case studies drawn
assessing its environmental and political the immune system and its deficiencies, from history and business, meet with CEOs,
hematological malignancy, hypersensitivity, RIÀFLDOVSROLWLFLDQVDQGWKHKHDGVRIORFDO
consequences; and carry out thorough and immunoglobulin genetics and structures,
precise economic, political, and scientific QRQSURÀW DQG DGYRFDF\ RUJDQL]DWLRQV WR
and immune responses to infections and gain a perspective on what it takes to lead
evaluations of a wide range of alternatives tumors.
before writing a synthesis of their research. successfully in any arena.
International Business Tradition Medical Science Tradition & Prep
Engineering Tradition & Prep
This course introduces students to the world This hands-on course introduces students
Students learn the principles of engineering of international business and its practices.
science. Both world-renowned and local to key aspects of medicine and modern
They visit institutions such as Oxford’s Saïd medical practice. Combining specialist
examples are examined, and the findings Business School and engage with various
applied to a variety of case studies to solve lectures with experiments and class
financial and business topics. Course discussions, students learn the main
mechanical, structural, and architectural projects include real-life case studies, a real-
problems. They complete the course by principles of human anatomy and
time investment game, and the design of a physiology, the pathology and significance
designing a model engineering project of start-up venture.
their own. of certain diseases, the main challenges
International Law Tradition that medical science faces today, and the
Entrepreneurialism Tradition variety and changing nature of careers in
Through classes, discussions, and group medicine.
Students discover what drives entrepreneurs, activities, students are introduced to the
the rules they follow, and the ones they principles of international law and the Molecular Medicine Tradition
defy. They learn how to identify demand, institutions that animate it (the UN, the
determine fixed and marginal costs, This course focuses on recent advances
WTO, the ICC, and NGOs). They explore in molecular medicine and genetics. After
generate a business plan, canvas for topics that include regime change and
support, calculate overheads, estimate reviewing the molecular structure and
nation-building in a world in which the mechanisms of DNA, students analyze the
break-even and future value, and manage enforcement of international law is also
debts and depreciation. For their final project genetic factors underlying diseases such as
the exertion of international power. They cancer and Alzheimer’s. They examine how
students launch their own mini-businesses. conclude by staging mock trials involving information gained at the molecular level
Genetics Prep topical scenarios. translates into treatments and address
Students address the exciting findings that International Relations Tradition & Prep issues such as genetic engineering, cloning,
have emerged from recent genetic research and gene therapy. Prerequisites: One year
This course addresses International each of Biology and Chemistry.
and are transforming all our lives. Working Relations by focusing on key issues of the
on research projects, they study medical day. Subjects covered include globalization Neuropsychology Tradition
genetics, genetic linkage, DNA manipulation, and its political, economic, and social
sequencing, genomics, and inherited Using cognitive, experimental, and clinical
effects; environmental challenges; new approaches, students explore the structure
diseases. At the same time they address the forms of war and peace; the changing
medical and ethical consequences of our and function of the brain as it relates to
nature of security challenges; peacekeeping cognitive process and behavior. Students
ever-greater understanding of the cellular operations; the regional complexities of
keys to life. address the principles of neuroscience,
areas like the Middle East, Africa, and neurology, and psychiatry, learn select
South-East Asia; and the relationships and diagnostic techniques, and study brain
rivalries that define global order today. injuries and mental disorders. Classroom
experiments are complemented by visits to
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Oxford Courses Sciences and Social Sciences

Physics Prep Pop Culture as Knowledge Tradition Robotics Tradition & Prep
By combining classroom work with Students examine the behaviors, tastes, How will robots develop in the future? What
experiments and lab visits, students are and technologies that influence the roles might artificial intelligence have in
introduced to the principles behind the entertainment industry, commercial education, entertainment, and healthcare?
awe-inspiring breadth of physics, including enterprise, and cultural trends – what This course combines theory with practice
motion, gravity, kinematics, classical we call pop culture. Fame and celebrity, to give students problem-solving skills and
mechanics, energy, electromagnetism, fashion, music, dance, and popular protest an understanding of analogue and digital
thermodynamics, and waves. are all examined as means of understanding electronics, hardware, microprocessors,
consumption. Students explore their own and software. It culminates with the
Physics and the Future Tradition notion of culture to gain perspectives on the design and construction of their own robot.
Students are exposed to university-level forces that shape their lives. Materials fee of $150 US for the Major;
physics, including Newtonian mechanics, $75 US for the Minor.
electromagnetism, and thermodynamics, Psychology Prep
Einstein’s theory of relativity, quantum Students investigate a wide range of Skills for Success (Minor only) Tradition & Prep
mechanics, and string theory. Touching on psychological topics, including dreams, This syllabus is built from the type of course
such diverse areas of knowledge, students memory, consciousness, anxiety, body typically taught on MBAs. Students learn
look at theoretical advances in science as a language, gender, and sexuality. Alongside, to organize their lives, to create realistic
means of imagining the future. Prerequisite: they uncover the history of the subject, schedules, to manage time-tables, and to
At least one year of Physics. study cases, and are introduced to define priorities. They learn how to collect
various disorders and different research and manage information, how to take notes,
Politics and Economics Tradition methodologies. They go on to design their and how to condense and file them. They
Oxford’s famous undergraduate degree, own experiments under the guidance learn how to build their profiles, not least
Politics, Philosophy, and Economics (PPE), of research specialists and practicing how to leverage their growing experience
is adapted for our students. They examine clinicians. and expertise as they take their first steps
the institutions and policies of modern into the job and university markets.
Britain and contrast the British, American,
European, and East Asian approaches Social Psychology Tradition
to global problems. Students engage
This was the best month of my This course focuses on behavior and
in practical exercises such as a fantasy life. I have created so many development in a social context. Students
stock portfolio competition and complete are introduced to major themes, including
the month by participating in a mock great memories with so many stereotyping and prejudice, cross-cultural
Parliament. differences, the dynamics of cooperation
amazing people and I don’t want and conflict, conformity and persuasion,
to leave. attraction, and the role of the individual
in the crowd. Through case studies and
interactive experiments, participants gain
an introduction to psychology and learn to
analyze their own peer-group dynamics.

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Courses Production and Workshop

Architecture Tradition & Prep Filmmaking Tradition Photography Tradition & Prep
With its stunning variety of architectural With instruction from professional Photographers of all levels of expertise
styles, Oxford provides students with the screenwriters and directors, students work spend much of their time in the field,
perfect environment to find inspiration, in small groups to brainstorm, conceive, pursuing assignments designed to improve
appreciate architectural history and write, and produce short films (fiction, non- their landscape, portraiture, art, and fashion
aesthetics, and improve their design fiction, documentary, or experimental), photography skills. Students exhibit their
and model-making skills. They develop which they shoot with digital video cameras best work at the end of the program. They
a portfolio of sketches before turning and edit with professional software. require their own DSLR camera with USB
ideas and designs into three-dimensional Students screen their films at the end of cable, charger, manual, and at least one 8
models to display at the program exhibition. the program. Lab fee of $300 US for the GB memory card. Lab fee of $175 US for
Materials fee of $150 US for the Major; Major; $150 US for the Minor. the Major; $100 US for the Minor.
$75 US for the Minor. Screenwriting Tradition
Journalism Tradition Using examples drawn from a wide range of
Creative Writing Tradition & Prep Students become full-time journalists, fiction, students discover how screenwriters
Students compose fiction and poetry acquiring and perfecting their research, interpret, innovate, and reinvent original
under the guidance of a published writer, composition, editing, and formatting skills works. They also look at how adaptations
with Oxford’s rich literary history as their as they publish a class magazine and blog. shape the perceptions of an audience,
inspiration. They explore their own potential They address key topics in contemporary examine parodies of original texts, ideas, and
by experimenting with new forms and journalism as well as ethical issues genres, and conclude the course by scripting
styles of writing. Successful authors give surrounding journalistic responsibility and storyboarding their own adaptations of
workshops in which students learn about and risk. Interview access to outstanding a famous work.
the creative process and the practicalities of guest speakers deepens this fascinating Speech and Debate Tradition & Prep
publication. Students develop a portfolio of introduction to the world of the working Students explore major debating styles and
their best writing and collaborate to design, journalist. Production fee of $100 US for strategies, engage in daily speaking exercises,
edit, and publish a literary magazine. the Major; $50 US for the Minor. orations, and dialogues, and prepare and
present regular debates. The culmination of
Drama Tradition & Prep Journalism and Modern Media Prep the course is a formal debate in the historic
Taught by classically-trained actors and Responding to the dramatic rise in debating chamber of the Oxford Union Society,
directors, and addressing areas as diverse popularity of digital media, students founded in 1823 and one of the oldest
as theory, technique, improvisation, analyze the new ways in which we obtain university debating societies in the world.
voice, mime, movement, and script and process information. They learn the Studio Art Tradition & Prep
analysis, students master the nuances of fundamentals of investigative reporting,
Shakespearean verse and interpretation data visualization and analysis, and social Beginners and more advanced students
as they prepare for a full performance at media for journalists. As a class, they create receive instruction in a variety of media. They
spend much of their time outside, sketching
the end of the program. From auditions and run a news website. Production fee medieval towers, capturing pastoral
and casting to the final curtain call, Major of $100 US for the Major; $50 US for the landscapes, practicing their portrait skills, or
class students participate in a full-scale Minor. discovering masterpieces in locations such
Shakespeare production in the same way as the Christ Church Picture Gallery. Students
as a professional repertory company. exhibit their best pieces at the end of the
Production fee of $175 US for the Major. program. Materials fee of $250 US for the
Major; $150 US for the Minor.
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Cambridge
A charming medieval market town that grew from a first-century Roman settlement, Cambridge has an
unbroken tradition of scholarly excellence stretching back to 1209, when students fled riots in Oxford
to pursue their work in the sanctuary of the Fens. Today it consists of more than 30 colleges and enjoys
a reputation as a world leader in scientific research. Its scholars have included Isaac Newton, Charles
Darwin, and James Watson and Francis Crick, co-discoverers of the DNA double helix. The University
has won more Nobel Prizes than any other and, in 2010 and 2012, it was rated the best university in the
world. Cambridge has nurtured great writers such as John Milton, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, William
Wordsworth, Lord Byron, and Lord Tennyson, as well as 20th-century figures like E.M. Forster, Bertrand
Russell, Sylvia Plath, and Virginia Woolf. The aura of human achievement lives on in every courtyard.
Programs
The Cambridge Prep Experience Peterhouse, which hosts The Cambridge Prep Experience, is the oldest College in Cambridge, founded
Grades 8-9 in 1284 by the Bishop of Ely. The dining hall is the oldest space in the University to have remained in
July 7 - August 2 continuous use. The college gardens include an extensive former deer park. Over the course of its history
Peterhouse has produced scores of illustrious graduates and fellows, including five Nobel laureates.
The Cambridge Tradition Jesus College is the perfect venue for The Cambridge Tradition. Situated minutes from the marketplace
Grades 10-12 in the city center, students have access to the most spacious grounds of any Cambridge college. Founded
July 8 - August 4
in 1496, the College stands on the site of a 12th-century nunnery. Famous alumni include Thomas
Cranmer, Laurence Sterne, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, and Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex.
Activities
From the Shakespeare Festival to a Cambridge United football match, students enjoy a wide range of
activities. They can visit the University’s collections, from art at the Fitzwilliam Museum to the Museums
of Zoology, and Archeology and Anthropology. They might go punting on the River Cam, or take a
stroll to Grantchester Meadows and The Orchard Tea Garden, where Bloomsbury Group members met.
Students can participate in sports, arts, and performances, with exciting options offered each day.
Excursions
London The seat of parliament, the home of the Royal family, London is truly one of the world’s
The Cambridge Prep Experience greatest cities. It offers students unforgettable sites and experiences. Each Major class teacher
The Cambridge Tradition crafts a unique visit for their students, combining subject-specific sites with sightseeing fun.

Canterbury Canterbury is a beautiful medieval town that has been a seat of religious power for almost 1500 years. It is the
The Cambridge Prep Experience site of Canterbury Cathedral, founded in 597, in which Archbishop Thomas Becket was murdered in 1170
The Cambridge Tradition by King Henry II’s knights, and, as a result, the destination of Chaucer’s pilgrims in The Canterbury Tales.

Paris Connection
The Paris Connection is an optional extension program available to students in both Cambridge programs.
For more information please see page 45.
Cambridge Prep Experience August 2 – August 6
Cambridge Tradition August 4 – August 10

Cambridge Tradition Courses: Cambridge Tradition Courses: Cambridge Prep Courses: Cambridge Prep Courses:
Accounting for Business English Literature Advertising Filmmaking
(Minor only) Espionage Animation Global Business
Advertising Finance Architecture Global Politics
Aerospace Engineering The Future of War Chemistry Law
Architecture Genetics Coding Math and Nature
Art History Global Business Cosmology Medical Science
Asset Management International Relations Creative Writing Molecular Biology
Astronomy and Law Criminology Photography
Astrophysics Medical Science Dinosaurs and Public Speaking (Minor
Behavioral Economics Medicine and the Brain Paleontology only)
Big Data Pharmacology and Medicine Drama Science and the Future
Computer Science Photography Engineering Social Psychology
Creative Writing Psychology Entrepreneurialism Studio Art
Criminology Speech and Debate Espionage Veterinary Medicine
Drama Studio Art World War II
Economics The World since 1789 Students choose any two courses, one as a Major, one as
Engineering Zoology a Minor. Major courses meet six mornings a week, Minor
12 courses meet three afternoons a week.
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Courses Humanities Sciences and Social Sciences

Art History Tradition Accounting for Business (Minor only) Astronomy and Astrophysics Tradition
Through frequent visits to museums and Tradition Cambridge is the ideal observatory from
galleries to study canonical works, students This course provides students interested which to explore fundamental questions
receive a broad introduction to major in a career in business or investment with about the universe. How did it begin, and
schools of art and art theory, with special the core accounting skills that are vital what is our place within it? What is time,
emphasis placed upon exploring a variety of to success. Working from real-life case and will it ever come to an end? This course
critical and analytical approaches. Students studies, including complex fraud cases, they takes students on a journey through space,
learn to read works of art and understand learn how to assess and judge economic from the infinitesimally small components
them according to different historical, performance and how to read complex of atoms to the unimaginably large. It
cultural, and visual criteria. financial statements. In the process they addresses topics including the Big Bang,
learn the fundamentals of auditing and galaxy formation, the history of our own
English Literature Tradition bookkeeping. solar system, orbital mechanics, and string
This course examines some of the great theory.
works of English literature amidst the Advertising Tradition & Prep
evocative surroundings of Cambridge. Addressing the omnipresence of advertising Behavioral Economics Tradition
Students engage with a wealth of writers and marketing, students assess the power Mixing economics with psychology and game
in the literary pantheon to improve their of suggestion, persuasion, and product theory, this course seeks to understand
skills in close reading and clear, persuasive placement. Using a range of case studies what drives individual economic decisions.
writing. Each student engages in a study of and creative examples, they explore What psychological and emotional factors
a text and presents a special project in the early salesmanship, modern advertising, induce people to buy a $5 cup of coffee?
final week. branding, and the use of new media. How can we explain consumers’ decisions
Balancing creative skills with business when they depart from the expectations of
Global Politics Prep acumen, they engage in branding exercises, standard economic models? How do risk
This fusion of international relations, law, interactive sales games, and the design and uncertainty impact people’s spending?
political science, and war studies challenges and development of their own advertising Students investigate areas such as luxury
students to understand the order and campaign. goods, healthcare, insurance, and labor.
disorder of the modern world. Technological Aerospace Engineering Tradition
connectivity and the spread of democracy Big Data Tradition
has streamlined and strengthened global Aerospace Engineering is about the Big Data is one of the most sought after
culture. But the rise of rogue states and the creation of aircraft and spacecraft – quite university courses, but how do we really
clash of civilizations in the Middle East has literally “rocket science!” Participants harness its potential to grow businesses
presented more challenges to the unity of examine the disciplines most important and build smarter cities? This pre-college
nations than ever before. The Major course to the industry, including aerodynamics, course shows how Big Data upends every
builds toward a Model UN. electronics, mechanics, operations discipline: from algorithmic trading in
systems, statistics, and thermodynamics. ÀQDQFLDO PDUNHWV WR SUHGLFWLQJ ZKDW NLQGV
The World Since 1789 Tradition The course culminates with the replication of paintings will go on display in the Met, to
1789 revolutionized the language of politics of real design offices of either aircraft or KRZ VRFLDO PHGLD FUHDWHV ÀOWHU EXEEOHV LQ
just as industrialization was beginning spacecraft companies. Students go through news consumption. Students are equipped
to revolutionize the way mankind lived. every stage in the creation of a new vehicle, with the data scientist's toolkit: from
Working from primary sources, students including aerodynamic profiling, engine statistical techniques for predictive analysis
discover how different parts of the world sizing, and structural design. to mapping, and acquiring data through
reacted to these twin challenges, focusing Asset Management Tradition APIs and web scraping.
on revolutions, on the devastating conflicts
How do people make the most financial Chemistry Prep
that, so often, pitted new against old and,
in the twentieth century, descended into assets, whether as private individuals or as In this hands-on course, through a mixture
madness and mass murder. At the same managers of huge pension funds? Students of experimentation and problem-solving,
time they discover how society adapted to are introduced to asset management - its students are initiated to chemistry and
change, with the emergence of universal evolution, rules, and strategies. They introduced to fundamental concepts such
education, parliamentarianism, and mass- test different approaches by overseeing as stoichiometry, chemical reactions,
consumerism. As a final project, students their own investment portfolios during thermochemistry, gas laws, atomic
debate the future in the wake of new the month. These include how to invest in structure, the periodic table, and chemical
nationalisms, rivalries, and protectionisms. bonds, commodities, equities, and property, bonding.
as well as radical approaches such as art.
World War II Prep The controversial role hedge funds have Coding Prep
Students become experts in the conflict that played in transforming returns on assets is Students learn the fundamentals of the
made the modern world. They investigate also studied. true language of the 21st century – coding.
its causes; the aims of the different Following an introduction to programming
participants; their tactics; and the battles Our son came back more and its core concepts, they learn to code
and campaigns that marked the War, from via hands-on projects in robotics, video
mature and confident. We games, and web and app design. Students
Dunkirk to Okinawa. At the same time they
assess how effectively nations transformed wish to thank you for all the are exposed to a variety of programming
their economies to fight total war, how languages, including Python, Ruby on Rails,
devoted effort, knowledge, and C++, and choose one language to
cleverly the different belligerents used
intelligence, and the importance - in victory and care you put into this focus on for a final project. Students visit
as well as defeat - of the home front, before program. university computer science laboratories
moving on to analyze the extraordinary and local tech start-ups. Lab fee of $150
consequences of history's most devastating US for the Major; $75 US for the Minor.
conflict. - Oxbridge Parent
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Cambridge Courses Sciences and Social Sciences

Computer Science Tradition Economics Tradition Finance Tradition
Students learn how to solve problems and Cambridge has produced almost as many Students learn about the instruments
design algorithms, and work on translating eminent economists as it has scientists. and institutions that make up the
these algorithms into functional computer Students follow in the footsteps of John modern economy and are vital to budding
programs. Exploring this rapidly-evolving Maynard Keynes and Amartya Sen, and entrepreneurs, such as bonds, capital
craft exposes them to the various careers are introduced to the theories that govern markets, derivatives, and stock markets.
in computing and how machines will shape contemporary economic thought. They They also familiarize themselves with the
the future. They work in teams to identify also discover the fundamentals and principles of corporate accounting and
a need, develop a concept, work out user methodologies of economic modeling. reporting that assist businesses in their
requirements, and create a design which They go on to test their knowledge against decision-making processes. Major course
they transfer to the screen. Lab fee of $150 contemporary economic problems in order projects include real-life case studies, a
US for the Major, $75 US for the Minor. to understand how the world economy stock exchange investment competition,
might evolve. and the design of a start-up.
Cosmology Prep
How did the universe come into being, Engineering Tradition & Prep The Future of War Tradition
and how will it end? What is the universe Students learn the principles of engineering By analyzing recent conflicts, students get to
made of? What is space, and what is time? science. Both world-renowned and local grips with the variable nature of the 21st-
Cosmology takes as its subject nothing H[DPSOHV DUH H[DPLQHG DQG WKH ÀQGLQJV
less than the entirety of the universe – its century battlefield, from urban counterinsurgency
are applied to a variety of case studies and asymmetric conflicts to cyber war. New
evolution, origin, and structure. Students to solve mechanical, structural, and
examine the development of galaxies, the architectural problems. They complete the and emerging warfighting technologies and
shining of stars, and the Big Bang theory. course by designing a model engineering their impacts are studied, including manned
They also venture into the unresolved project of their own. and autonomous drones, cyber worms like
mysteries of space, including black holes Stuxnet, self-guided bullets, and radically-
and dark matter. Cambridge has hosted an Entrepreneurialism Prep improved stealth cloaking of planes and
unbroken chain of cosmologists from Isaac Students discover what makes and drives ships. The ethical and strategic implications
Newton to Stephen Hawking. Where better entrepreneurs, what rules they should of these changes are considered, as are
to gain a foundation in this fascinating follow, and which ones to defy. They opportunities for diplomacy and peace.
subject? learn how to identify demand, generate a
business plan, canvas for support, calculate Genetics Tradition
Criminology Tradition & Prep
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Through workshops, debates, and visits cost, estimate break-even and future value, students discover the exciting disciplines
to police stations and criminal courts, and manage debts and depreciation. They
students explore individual and social that are transforming medicine. Working
identify a gap or need in the market and on projects with researchers, they discover
theories of crime, philosophies of produce their own business and marketing
SXQLVKPHQW FULPLQDO SURÀOLQJ LQFLGHQW medical genetics, genetic linkage, DNA
plans before launching pop-up businesses. manipulation, sequencing, genomics, and
analysis, and basic forensic science. They
FRQVLGHUWKHFDXVHVRIFULPHWKHLQÁXHQFH Espionage Tradition & Prep study inherited diseases. They go on to
of the media upon crime, and issues of race analyze the factors underlying diseases and
and gender within the context of the British At the University from which the Cambridge explore the significance of, and the ethical
Five were recruited, and in which the world’s issues surrounding, genetic engineering,
and American criminal justice systems. PRVW IDPRXV ÀFWLRQDO VS\ -DPHV %RQG
studied, this course, which blends politics cloning, and gene therapy.
Dinosaurs and Paleontology Prep
and history with practice, examines the Global Business Tradition & Prep
Students investigate life from the Cambrian methods and techniques of the great intelli-
Explosion to the Cretaceous–Paleogene gence services – Mossad, the KGB, the CIA, Students explore the tools and structures
extinction event. They learn about dinosaur MI5, and MI6. Students address the future of international commerce, focusing on free
FODVVLÀFDWLRQEHKDYLRUDQGHFRORJ\8VLQJ of intelligence operations, the challenges of enterprise, economic development, and
the Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences ÀHOG ZRUN DQG WKH HWKLFV RI HVSLRQDJH LQ engagement with the global marketplace.
and the Natural History Museum, where terms of international cooperation, compe- Visiting the University's renowned Judge
they go behind the scenes to get up close WLWLRQDQGFRQÁLFW Business School, students obtain first-
with specimens and paleontologists, they hand experience of a cutting-edge business
learn about discovery and excavation. education. Course projects include real-life
case studies and the design of a start-up
The Zoology class dates primate venture.
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Courses Sciences and Social Sciences

International Relations Tradition Medicine and the Brain Tradition Science and the Future Prep
This course addresses International Students examine the development of This course addresses cutting-edge issues
Relations through its theoretical bases and medicine with a focus on neuroscience. at the fringes of science. Participants
by focusing on key current issues. Subjects They learn the main principles of study advances in diverse areas, including
covered include globalization and its cognitive psychology, neuroanatomy and DWRPLF DQG PROHFXODU SK\VLFV DUWLÀFLDO
political, economic, and social effects; neurophysiology, and clinical methods intelligence, astrophysics, genetic engineering,
environmental challenges; new forms of and practices, and study the technology nanotechnology, particle physics, space travel,
war and peace; the changing nature of behind such diagnostic tools as CT and MRI and stem-cell research. They identify the
security challenges; mass-migration; the scanners. possible futures that science and technology
complexities of areas like the Middle East Molecular Biology Prep are creating for humankind, and debate how
and South-East Asia; and the relationships these will affect our daily lives, our society, and
and rivalries that define global order today. After reviewing molecular structure, cell our planet.
biology, and the function and operation of
Law Tradition & Prep genes and proteins, students analyze the Social Psychology Prep
Students discover how the British and factors underlying diseases and explore This course focuses on human behavior
American legal systems reflect the values topics such as genetic engineering, cloning, and individual development within a
and institutions of their respective societies. and gene therapy. They visit laboratories, social context. Students are introduced
They consider precedent-setting cases undertake experiments such as DNA to major themes, including stereotyping
and delve into various branches of legal extraction, and meet local experts. and prejudice, cross-cultural differences,
practice. Through meetings with lawyers, WKH G\QDPLFV RI FRRSHUDWLRQ DQG FRQÁLFW
legal scholars, and human rights advocates, Pharmacology and Medicine Tradition conformity and persuasion, attraction,
and through visits to working courtrooms, Students learn about the substances that and the role of the individual within
they discover how lawyers turn theory into medicate us. They discover how drugs are the crowd. Through case studies and
practice. The Major course culminates in a absorbed and metabolized and how they interactive experiments, participants gain
formal moot court competition. interact with receptors. Alongside they an introduction to psychology and learn to
learn about how a demand for medication analyze their own peer-group dynamics.
Math and Nature Prep is identified, how it is developed, about Veterinary Medicine Prep
How does math arise in and apply to technologies that are revolutionizing the
nature? Students look at algebra, geometry, field, and about the pressures so-called Big Combining specialist lectures with
trigonometry, and calculus, and then Pharma can bring to bear on patients and experiments and class discussions, and
examine the presence of math in the world practitioners alike. led by professionals, students discover
by exploring phenomena like Fibonacci some of the key elements of veterinary
numbers and the Golden Ratio. Students Psychology Tradition medicine, such as how inquiry into animal
are introduced to topics such as Newtonian Students investigate a wide range of behavior, biochemistry, biology, nutrition,
physics and chaos, quantum, and string psychological topics including dreams, reproduction, and physiology, improve
theory – Cambridge is at the forefront of memory, consciousness, anxiety, body animal health, productivity, and welfare.
thinking in all these subjects. language, gender, and sexuality. Alongside, They also address the main challenges the
they uncover the history of the subject, discipline faces today, and learn about the
Medical Science Tradition & Prep study case histories, learn about various variety of careers in the field.
This hands-on course introduces students mental disorders, and different research
to key aspects of medical science and methodologies. They go on to design their Zoology Tradition
modern medical practice. Combining own experiments under the guidance This course examines the spectacular
specialist lectures with experiments of research specialists and practicing diversity of animal forms and behavior
and class discussions, students learn clinicians. in the natural world. Students take trips
the principles of human anatomy and in the surrounding countryside, through
SK\VLRORJ\ WKH SDWKRORJ\ DQG VLJQLÀFDQFH nature trails, and to Cambridge University’s
of certain diseases, the main challenges Museum of Zoology. These complement
that medical science faces today, and are coverage of molecular biology, natural
introduced to the wide and growing range selection, animal communication, theories
of possible careers in medicine. of instinct and innate behavior, imprinting,
predation, protection, and behavioral
development.

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Production and Workshop

Animation Prep Drama Tradition & Prep Public Speaking (Minor only) Prep
Thanks to the digital revolution, a medium Taught by classically-trained actors and In 21st-century working life, everyone
once mocked as the poor cousin of film directors, and addressing areas as diverse will at some point be asked to deliver a
has become a crucial component of the as improvisation, mime, movement, presentation, regardless of their occupation.
entertainment industry. Participants study script analysis, technique, theory, and Being an effective and persuasive speaker
the genre’s history from flip-books to voice, students master the nuances of requires flawless communication skills –
Flash, via film, digital video, clay, and GIF. Shakespearean verse and interpretation in verbal, nonverbal, and written. Students
Alongside they write, story-board, and create order to prepare for a full performance at learn how to prepare and deliver compelling
their own animated short in a medium of the end of the program. From auditions and speeches to a large and critical audience.
their choosing under the guidance of a casting to rehearsals and the final curtain The syllabus covers the core principles of
professional animator. Lab fee of $150 US call, Major class students participate in a communication, the history of rhetoric, and
for the Major; $75 US for the Minor. full-scale production in the same way as a techniques for overcoming speech anxiety.
professional repertory company. Production Students gain a sense of how to structure
Architecture Tradition & Prep
fee of $175 US for Majors only. and organize information, skills of decision-
Cambridge’s beauty provides students with making and leadership, and knowledge of
WKH SHUIHFW HQYLURQPHQW LQ ZKLFK WR ÀQG Filmmaking Prep
how to present their ideas effectively.
inspiration, appreciate architectural history With instruction from professionals,
and aesthetics, and improve their design students work in small groups to brainstorm, Speech and Debate Tradition
and model-making skills. They develop a conceive, write, and produce short films Students practice major debating styles
portfolio of sketches before turning ideas (fiction, non-fiction, documentary, or and strategies, engage in daily speaking
and designs into three-dimensional models experimental), which they shoot with digital exercises, orations and dialogues, and
to display in the program’s Arts Exhibition. video cameras and edit with professional prepare and present regular debates.
software. Students screen their films at the The culmination of the course is a formal
Lab fee of $150 US for the Major; $75 US end of the program. Lab fee of $300 US for
for the Minor. debate in the historic debating chamber
Majors; $150 US for Minors.
Creative Writing Tradition & Prep
of The Cambridge Union Society. It is the
Photography Tradition & Prep oldest of its kind in the world, having been
6WXGHQWVFRPSRVHÀFWLRQDQGSRHWU\XQGHU Students receive guidance in artistic, founded in 1815.
the guidance of a published writer, with landscape, and portraiture photography.
Cambridge’s rich literary history as their Studio Art Tradition & Prep
This helps them record their exploration
inspiration. They explore their own potential Students on this course spend much
of England and its culture, and to produce
by experimenting with new forms and styles of their time outside the studio. They
a comprehensive photographic record of
of writing. Successful poets and writers give sketch medieval towers, capture pastoral
their experiences. The class culminates in a
workshops in which students learn about landscapes, practice their portrait skills,
formal exhibition. Students need their own
the creative process and the practicalities of and discover masterpieces in locations like
DSLR camera with USB cable, charger, and
publication. Students develop a portfolio of the Fitzwilliam Museum. Meanwhile they
at least one 8 GB memory card. Materials
their best writing and collaborate to design, fee of $175 US for Majors; $75 US for receive formal, professional instruction
edit, and publish a literary magazine. Minors. in sketching and painting in a variety of
media. Their best work is exhibited at the
end of the program. Materials fee of $250
US for Majors; $150 US for Minors.

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St Andrews
Founded in 1413, the University of St Andrews is Scotland’s oldest university and the third oldest in
the English-speaking world. Its scholars have included eminent scientists, doctors, mathematicians,
philosophers, theologians, politicians, Nobel Laureates, and Royals. Nestled between the North Sea and
the rolling hills of Fife, St Andrews is known for its beautiful cobblestone streets, historic buildings,
narrow "wynds", and ancient ruins, not least the striking remains of the medieval cathedral. The town is
also known for its beautiful beaches - and, of course, as the home of golf. There are seven local courses,
many of which host international competitions. The Royal & Ancient, which is immediately next to the
University, is the most famous of them. St Andrews provides students with unrivaled academic, cultural,
and sporting opportunities in the comfort and safety of a warm and welcoming environment.
Program
Oxbridge at St Andrews St Salvator’s Hall is located in the heart of the University and hosts Oxbridge at St Andrews. Standing
Grades 9-12 between the scenic Scores and bustling North Street, and just seconds away from St Andrews Castle,
June 27 - July 24 St Salvator’s, affectionately known as “Sallies,” is perhaps the most beautiful hall in the University. The
Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, then Prince William and Catherine Middleton, lived there as students.
Students make use of outstanding communal facilities, including a common room, computer room,
dining room, and various study rooms. The bedrooms are singles or doubles with shared hall bathrooms,
and nearly all have spectacular views of St Andrews Castle and the North Sea.
Activities
Students are able to explore the historic town, its narrow streets, and quirky shops. They can practice
their short game on the Himalayas Putting Course. They might visit the well-preserved ruins of the
Cathedral of St Andrews and St Andrews Castle, which are perched on a rocky promontory, and take
in the oceanic panorama from St Rule’s Tower. In their free time, they can take a walk along the beach
at West Sands, and perhaps reenact the famous scene from Chariots of Fire that was filmed there. In
the afternoons and on weekends, students can stroll in the St Andrews Botanic Garden, where they
will discover rare and unusual plants, small waterfalls, and rock gardens. They can catch a play at the
Byre Theatre, see the penguins at the St Andrews Aquarium, or glimpse the history of this prestigious
institution at the Museum of the University of St Andrews.
Excursions
Edinburgh Students learn about Scottish history at the National Museum of Scotland and even see Dolly the Sheep,
the first mammal to be cloned from an adult cell. They visit Edinburgh Castle, where they admire the
crown jewels of Scotland, walk the battlements, and take in panoramic views of the city. Later on, they
go underground, into the South Bridge Vaults and Mary King’s Close, the spooky subterranean world in
which the very poorest of Edinburgh’s citizens lived in the late 18th century. Here they learn about the
St Andrews from the West Sands. plague, murderers, and body-snatchers that populated the city’s underworld.
Students choose two courses: one as
a Major, one as a Minor. Majors meet
six mornings a week, Minors meet three
afternoons a week.
Anatomy and Physiology
British History
Building your Brand for College (Minor
only)
Cancer and Oncology
Creative Writing
Economics
Geography
Golf (Minor only)
Math and Engineering
Medicine
Molecular Biology
Oceanography
Philosophy and Ethics
Photography
Politics: Scotland, Britain, and the EU
Public Speaking (Minor only)
Terrorism in the Modern World

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St Andrews Courses
Anatomy and Physiology Cancer and Oncology Geography
The exploration of the structure of the Cancer affects nearly 100 million new This course explores the transformation
human body has been at the center of victims a year, provoking up to 9 million of the Earth. How has this created distinct
medical study for hundreds of years. It deaths. Students assess the environmental landscapes, places, and territories?
remains essential for both physicians and and genetic factors that are believed to Students answer this question by examining
surgeons to understand diseases and cause cancers, the chemical and molecular the world from geographical perspectives.
treatments. This course exposes students mechanisms through which the disease This hinges on phenomena including climate,
to the same essential basis of knowledge, grows, its symptoms, how diagnostics are evolution, landscape, and tectonics, as well
enabling them to situate disease, and made, how sufferers are treated, how the as the processes that created them. Other
health, in the wider context of the working treatments are continually evolving, and topics include the growth and distribution of
body. how close different teams around the world population; the characteristics of land use;
are to finding permanent cures. Alongside colonialism and geopolitics; the geography of
British History
they learn about public health campaigns economic development and modernization;
A tour through the most dramatic and pivotal that could save millions of lives every year. and issues such as gender, poverty, race,
moments of British History, exploring off the and religion.
beaten track to examine the forgotten, the Creative Writing
strange, and the controversial. From Pictish Students compose fiction and poetry under Golf (Minor only)
warlords to Reformation heretics, through the guidance of a published writer, with Through a series of masterclasses, visits
questing knights, witches, spies, scientists, Scotland’s rich literary history as their to the Kingsbarns testing facility, and, of
sportsmen, and soldiers, to the ordinary inspiration. They explore their own potential course, through play, participants learn
men and women engaged in shaping by experimenting with new forms and about the history of the game, its evolution,
"Britain" and the British past. The course styles of writing. Successful authors give and the best techniques, while getting out
will examine how Britain was constructed, workshops in which students learn about onto world-famous courses and putting their
politically, economically, and culturally, and the creative process and the practicalities of skills into practice. Course supplement of
will explore the tensions this created to publication. Students develop a portfolio of $300 US. Students are advised to bring
provide an understanding of Britain and its their best writing and collaborate to design, their own kit and clubs.
historical presence in the 21st century. edit, and publish a literary magazine.
Math and Engineering
Building your Brand for College (Minor Economics
Students learn the principles and
only) With The Wealth of Nations as their guide, mathematics that go into engineering
This course helps students stand out in students are introduced to the history of science. Using local and world-famous
an increasingly competitive application the discipline and the different theories examples, they apply principles of
process. It teaches them how to tell their that govern economic thought. They engineering to a variety of case studies to
story, build their brand, and pitch compelling are exposed to the fundamentals and solve mathematical, mechanical, structural,
Common App and UCAS applications. The methodologies of economic modeling and design, and architectural problems. They
course helps them look beyond rankings go on to test Smith’s theories, those of his complete the course by designing a model
in order to decide what type of school critics, and their own knowledge, against engineering project of their own.
is the best fit. Bearing in mind that a the contemporary world economy.
valuable college experience goes beyond
the classroom, the course also focuses on
other important factors. While developing
their application materials, students learn
how to think, write, debate, negotiate, and
present at a collegiate level. The Medicine class practices in the training hospital before getting to grips with viscera in the
dissection room.

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The picturesque remains of St Andrews

medieval Cathedral, just steps from the
program residence.
Medicine Photography
Taking advantage of the University’s state- Students acquire the creative techniques
of-the-art School of Medicine, this hands-on required to become a photographer. Making
course introduces students to key aspects full use of the historic location, framed by
of medical science and modern medical areas of stunning natural beauty, they learn
practice. Combining specialist lectures an array of photographic processes. They
with experiments and class discussions, go on to pursue their own interests as they
students discover the pathology and build up their personal porfolio. The course
VLJQLÀFDQFH RI FHUWDLQ GLVHDVHV WKH PDLQ culminates in an exhibition. Students
challenges that medical science faces require their own DSLR camera with USB
today, and are introduced to the wide cable, charger, manual, and at least one 8
and growing range of possible careers in GB memory card. Materials fee of $175 US
medicine. for the Major; $75 US for the Minor.
Molecular Biology Politics: Scotland, Britain, and the EU
Students begin by reviewing cell biology, Students discover how Scotland, Britain,
the function and operation of genes and and the EU interact. Blending political
proteins, and molecular structure. This science, history, and topical issues, such
provides a platform on which to analyze as Scottish and English nationalisms,
college-level material such as cloning, inequality, immigration, and government
diseases, genetic engineering, and gene power, they examine how politics work
therapy. At the same time they address the in Britain and Europe and chart possible
medical and ethical consequences of our futures for the two Unions in the wake of
ever-greater understanding of the cellular the Brexit vote. A series of debates in a
keys to life. model European Parliament serves as the
Oceanography culminating event.
Working on St Andrews’ striking Public Speaking (Minor only)
coastline, and exploiting the city’s unique
oceanographic resources, students discover In 21st-century working life, everyone
the adaptations, fragility, and resilience of will at some point be asked to deliver a
marine life. What are the forces currently presentation, regardless of their occupation.
altering the oceans, and can marine life Being an effective and persuasive speaker
be preserved in spite of them? In pursuit UHTXLUHV ÁDZOHVV FRPPXQLFDWLRQ VNLOOV ²
of answers, students consider mankind’s verbal, nonverbal, and written. Students
changing use of the sea, issues of climate learn how to prepare and deliver compelling
change and pollution, the introduction of speeches to large and critical audiences.
alien species, evolutionary biology, and the The syllabus covers the core principles of
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rhetoric, and techniques for overcoming
Philosophy and Ethics speech anxiety. Students learn how to
How should individuals balance competing structure and organize information, gain
ethical obligations? How does a society decision-making skills, and knowledge of
differentiate rights from liberties and duties how to present their ideas effectively.
from obligations? Drawing on texts from
the greatest Scottish philosophers, Hume, Terrorism in the Modern World
Smith, Ferguson, and Duns Scotus, as well Students debate what makes a terrorist and
as from a wide range of thinkers, students ZKDW PDNHV RQH SHUVRQ·V IUHHGRP ÀJKWHU
discover Ethics and how they have gone on another person’s criminal. They chart
to catalyze social movements such as the the successes and failures of terrorism
expansion of the franchise, abolitionism, WKURXJKRXW WKH DJHV  LWV MXVWLÀFDWLRQV LWV
women’s rights, universal human rights, methods, and its networks. Case studies
criminal rehabilitation, and animal range from late-19th century anarchists,
liberation. the assassination of Franz Ferdinand, the
Stern Gang, Al Qaeda, ISIS, and the 21st-
century concept of the non-state actor.
Students seek to grasp how contemporary
governments are dealing with the legal and
moral challenges posed by terrorists.
I loved every class and
looked forward to each day.
I loved our field trips in which
we would apply philosophy
to everyday life.

- St Andrews student
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Barcelona
Nestled between the beaches of the Mediterranean and the mountains of Montjuïc and Tibidabo,
Barcelona is, in the words of Nobel laureate Mario Vargas Llosa, the “cultural capital of Spain.” It has
been home to Romans, Carthaginians, and Moorish settlers. It is a city whose past constantly feeds and
enriches its vibrant cultural life. Barcelona has fostered many important figures in literature, art, and
architecture, from Cervantes to Picasso to Antoni Gaudí. Gaudí’s fantastically unique creations define
Barcelona and make it one of the top cultural destinations in all of Europe.
La Academia de Barcelona offers a wide range of courses in English and Spanish. Students can study
Spanish at every level – from beginner to immersion courses for advanced speakers. Students come
away with a new understanding of their subject matter as well as a rich knowledge of Barcelona. Our
philosophy of "español primero" makes it a goal for everyone to use as much Spanish as possible both in
and out of the classroom. Students are encouraged to speak Spanish first when addressing staff members,
in the dining hall, during activities and field trips, and when participating in program events.
Program
La Academia de Barcelona Residència Universitària Josep Manyanet is located in Les Corts, a residential district of Barcelona
Grades 9-12 known for its fashionable lifestyle and the tapas restaurants that seem to be on every corner. During the
July 4 - July 31 academic year the Residència houses university students. Just off the Avenida Diagonal, the campus is ten
minutes from the city’s shopping district and within walking distance of many monuments, museums,
and all forms of public transportation. The rooftop garden offers spectacular city views.
Activities
The residence has tennis and basketball courts and there is a gym nearby. Our sports program also
includes soccer, yoga, fitness classes, and jogging, as well as outings to local beaches. There are daily
expeditions around Barcelona. Students visit the old port, the Gothic church of Santa Maria del Mar, the
cultures and countercultures in El Raval; they marvel at the demonstrations of traditional dances and the
gravity-defying castells, or human towers, a Catalan tradition which has been recognized by UNESCO
as an element of the Intangible Cultural Patrimony of Humanity; or they attend a concert at the Palau de
la Música Catalana. Barcelona has something new and exciting to offer every day.
Excursions
Montserrat Students visit a Benedictine monastery, founded in the 11th century, that holds a collection that includes
paintings by El Greco, Caravaggio, Miró, Picasso, and Dalí. Montserrat is also a national park – the
monastery offers spectacular mountain views – and students take a funicular railway to the top of the
mountain where they can hike among the rock formations and listen to the charming bells of the abbey.
Girona This walled city dates back to Roman times, when it occupied a strategic location between the Pyrenees
and Barcelona. It combines narrow, cobbled streets with magnificent monuments, Arab baths, convents,
churches, and a cathedral.

Paris Connection
July 31 – August 4 The Paris Connection is an optional extension program available to students on the Barcelona program. For
more information please see page 45.

Students choose any two courses, Courses in English:

one as a Major, one as a Minor. Major
courses meet six mornings a week, Accounting for Business (Minor only)
Minor courses meet three afternoons Architecture
a week. Art History
Communications: Marketing and
Courses in Spanish: Media
Culture and Cuisine
Spanish Language: Conversation and Fashion and Design
Composition Global Medicine
Barcelona y la cultura moderna International Business
Cultura y cocina International Relations
Fotografía (Minor Only) Marine Biology
Perfeccionamiento de la lengua Photography
Psychology
Sports Business
Studio Art

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Barcelona Courses Courses in Spanish

Spanish Language: Conversation and Cultura y cocina Perfeccionamiento de la lengua
Composition (Beginner to Intermediate De la mano de chefs, críticos gastronómicos, Este curso de expresión oral y escrita
Levels) nutricionistas e historiadores, esta se dirige a los estudiantes que quieren
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and using innovative and interactive Los estudiantes ganan confianza con el conocimiento de la gramática española,
teaching methods, this course offers a español mezclándose con locales visitando como el empleo del condicional y del
review of tenses and structures, as well mercados, panaderías, pastelerías y subjuntivo, la conjugación de los tiempos
as vocabulary-building exercises with a carnicerías. Los estudiantes descubren verbales, o la elección de los pronombres
strong focus on conversational proficiency. personales y relativos. Los estudiantes
Language learning is approached through a la rica diversidad gastronómica española
variety of activities, such as storytelling and y catalana, de gran relevancia en la leen la prensa regional y nacional, visionan
role playing, and short thematic units that actualidad, pues cocineros españoles extractos de películas contemporáneas,
integrate museums and cultural sites, and como Ferrán Adrià y los hermanos Roca discuten sobre temas de actualidad y se
bring students into contact with local native son reconocidos mundialmente. Al mismo inician en el arte del debate.
speakers. Students work on pronunciation, tiempo los alumnos aprenden sobre la
intonation, and public speaking. They are dieta mediterránea y sus bondades para la
evaluated on the first day and placed in a salud. La cuota de laboratorio es de $300
group with others of a similar level. US para la clase Major; $250 US para la For an English translation of any of these
clase Minor. courses, please call, email, or visit our
Courses for students with three or more website: oxbridgeprograms.com
years of Spanish:
Fotografía (Minor only)
Barcelona y la cultura moderna En este curso los estudiantes desarrollan
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arte, la arquitectura, la literatura, la música, y se sumergen en las riquezas visuales de
la gastronomía y las últimas modas que la ciudad, como la arquitectura y el arte
han dado forma a Barcelona a lo largo callejero. Tanto los principiantes como
del último siglo. Desde el movimiento los fotógrafos más avanzados hacen de My daughter had a wonderful
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Guerra Civil Española y acontecimientos la ciudad su estudio; trabajan el retrato, experience. Her Spanish has
más recientes, como la incorporación de el paisaje urbano, el fotoperiodismo y la
España en la Unión Europea y la Olimpiada IRWRJUDItDDUWtVWLFD$OÀQDOGHOSURJUDPDORV improved and she enjoyed the
de 1992, Barcelona se ha vuelto un actor estudiantes exponen sus mejores trabajos. experience of living in Barcelona.
importante en la escena mundial. Las Los estudiantes necesitan una cámara
clases suponen lecturas, conferenciantes digital con cable USB, cargador, manual y I believe that the amount of
invitados, y visitas a museos y estudios tarjeta de 8GB. La cuota de laboratorio es
de arte contemporáneo, con la meta de de $100 US para la clase Minor.
freedom that the students
familiarizar a los estudiantes con los artistas had was confidence building.
e intelectuales más notables - de Gaudí y
Miró a el tenor José Carreras y el célebre
chef Ferran Adrià - cuyas contribuciones
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Courses in English
Accounting for Business (Minor only) Fashion and Design Photography
This course provides students interested Few cities are as creative and fashionable Beginners and experienced photographers
in a career in business or investment with as Barcelona. Exploiting these extraordinary transform Barcelona into their private
the core accounting skills that are vital resources, students become fashionistas studio, honing their skills on assignments
to success. Working from real-life case in their own right. By studying the artists that cover portraiture, urban landscapes,
studies, including complex fraud cases, they and designers who have made Barcelona photojournalism, and art photography. All
learn how to assess and judge economic famous, and by meeting with local creators students exhibit their best work at the end
performance and how to read complex and entrepreneurs, they acquire the skills of the program. Students need to bring their
financial statements. In the process they to design, create, and develop their own own DSLR camera with USB cable, charger,
learn the fundamentals of auditing and brands from scratch. They present their manual, and at least one 8GB memory
bookkeeping. portfolios and creations at the end of the card. Lab fee of $175 US for the Major; $75
program. Materials fee of $100 US for the US for the Minor.
Architecture Major; $50 US for the Minor. Psychology
Barcelona is an architect’s dream: from In this survey course, students investigate
Gothic churches to Modernist homes and Global Medicine
a wide range of psychological topics
buildings, the city boasts some of the Students become experts in today’s global
including dreams, memory, consciousness,
world’s most distinctive edifices. Students health challenges. They study diseases such
anxiety, body language, gender, sexuality,
discover two thousand years of urban as AIDS, malaria, Zika, and Ebola, public
and education. As well as examining the
development, from the Roman ruins in the health issues such as obesity, diabetes,
history of the subject, select case histories,
city’s ancient Gothic Quarter, to Gaudí’s and drug availability, and health crises
and various mental disorders, students
spectacular Modernismo, to FC Barcelona’s caused by natural disasters. They examine
are introduced to research methodologies
majestic stadium, while learning how to the roles aid agencies play in dealing with
and diverse analytical frameworks in order
transform their own ideas into models. international crises and debate the ethical
to design their own experiments. They
Materials fee of $175 US for the Major; $75 and logistical issues of modern-day global
come away from the course with a better
US for the Minor. health. Students learn about the different
understanding of the career options in
career possibilities in the field and the skills
Art History this field and possible areas for further
needed to excel in each specialization.
research.
World class collections such as the Picasso
Museum, the MACBA, the Fundacio Joan International Business Sports Business
Miro, the Fundacio Antoni Tapies, Gaudí’s Taking advantage of our residence’s Students learn about a discipline which
rocambolesque creations, and the many SUR[LPLW\ WR %DUFHORQD·V ÀQDQFLDO FHQWHU is growing in popularity at the university
smaller galleries that make Barcelona so VWXGHQWV JDLQ ÀUVWKDQG NQRZOHGJH RI level. They gain insight into the mechanics
vibrant, are the classrooms and resources current issues in the world of business and behind marketing and ticket sales, fan
for this course. Students learn to read and economics by studying local corporations. loyalty, corporate sponsorships, brand
analyze images, and come to grips with the They perform case studies on topics management, transfers, ownership,
fundamentals of curation. ranging from brand positioning to crisis rights, and legal and financial structures.
management and – to cap off the course – While the primary focus is on global
Communications: Marketing and Media develop and present a business plan for a models such as FIFA, the Premiership, la
Students use Barcelona’s remarkable start-up venture. Liga, and the Olympics, the course also
success story as a case study to learn all analyzes American sports. Students visit
about the world of Communications: brand International Relations
world-renowned venues including the
development, marketing strategy, public Combining theory, case studies, and largest stadium in Europe (FC Barcelona’s
relations, social media, mass media, and hands-on projects, students address the Camp Nou) and the Estadi Olímpic Lluís
advertising. Barcelona is known for its leading IR issues of our time. They examine Companys, used for the 1992 Olympics.
creativity and graphic design. In meetings how bodies such as the UN, WTO, EU,
with local industry experts, students learn and ICC act upon the world stage, and Studio Art
what it takes to deliver messages effectively, KRZ VRYHUHLJQ QDWLRQV LQÁXHQFH DQG DUH In this course, students spend their time
and to lead a successful campaign. LQÁXHQFHG E\ WKH ZRUOG EH\RQG WKHLU RZQ capturing sights such as Parc Guell, Sagrada
borders. Globalization, peacekeeping, Familia, the Gothic quarter, masterpieces
Culture and Cuisine security, terrorism, diplomatic negotiation, in the Picasso Museum, and the sparkling
Students discover Spanish cuisine focusing legal arbitration, the media, and the Mediterranean coastline. They hone their
first on different regional specialties like interface between Islam and the West, technique in a variety of media such as
paella and gazpacho or pinchos, and are among the topics discussed. Students watercolor, pastel, pencil, and charcoal.
secondly on the vital role that Barcelona in this course hone their critical thinking, Their best work is exhibited at the end of
has played, and continues to play, in the debate, and presentation skills. the program. Materials fee of $250 US for
culinary world. Students visit markets, the Major; $150 US for the Minor.
bakeries, butchers, and pastry shops, Marine Biology
where they discover first-hand the culinary The oceans are a scientific frontier that is
richness of the city. Students also prepare in urgent need of deeper understanding. As
dishes that they share as a class and can Barcelona is a major seaport, students are
recreate back at home. Materials fee of able to combine trips to the coast with visits
$300 US for the Major and $250 US for the to the renowned Institut de Ciències del Mar
Minor. and the city’s world-class aquarium. Course
topics include indigenous marine life, the
local ecosystem, species differentiation,
engineering, coastal preservation, evolutionary
biology, the environmental challenges the
oceans face, and possible solutions.
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Salamanca Full Spanish Immersion.

Founded in 1218, the University of Salamanca has been a center of learning for almost 800 years. In 1492
Antonio de Nebrija published his Gramática de la lengua castellana in Salamanca, the first work of its
kind not just for Spanish but for all modern European languages. Today the University attracts Spanish-
language students from all over the world. La Academia de España celebrates this tradition by regularly
inviting professors from the University to host discussions with students on politics and culture in Spain.
La Academia de España is a full immersion program, catering to students whose aim is to improve their
speaking and writing skills by communicating exclusively in Spanish. Students must have completed at
least two years of Spanish in school, and can choose among courses focusing on a wide range of themes,
all of which are geared toward improving language skills through immersion. Students formally pledge
to speak in Spanish at all times for the duration of the month. Staff are bilingual and can communicate
with parents in English. Living this way in Salamanca, students enter into a truly immersive experience
and come away with greatly enhanced fluency.
Program
La Academia de España Colegio Mayor Fray Luis de León is the only official Universidad de Salamanca residence located within the
Grades 9-12 Old City, which is recognized by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site. The residence lies a few steps from the
July 3- July 30 old and new cathedrals, the historic university buildings, and the Plaza Mayor. The Colegio features a fully
modern interior, while its exterior is made of the quintessentially Salamancan Villamayor stone. The rooms
enjoy views of the cathedrals and Plaza Fray Luis de León. The residence includes a dining room, a large
common area, classrooms, a library, a games room, and a central outdoor patio.
Activities
Students visit Salamanca’s old (12th-century) and new (16th-century) cathedrals, and enjoy the Baroque
Plaza Mayor, considered one of the most beautiful in Spain. Our Activities Directors plan visits to Casa
Lis, the Museum of Art Nouveau and Art Deco, picnics in public gardens, and outings to performances in
university courtyards or in the Cueva de Salamanca, a cave in which the devil was rumored to have taught
black magic. In the afternoons students have the opportunity to continue practicing their language skills
through a variety of talleres including calligraphy, flamenco, and improv, or they can develop their language
interactively through our sports program. The residence is a short walk from the university’s Salas Bajas
sports facility, which includes a gym, soccer and rugby fields, tennis and beach volleyball courts, and a small
golf course. Students can also run along the banks of the historic Río Tormes.
Excursions
Segovia First established in Celtic times, Segovia stands as testimony to the great cultural diversity of Spain. Students
explore this UNESCO World Heritage site by visiting the aqueduct, Spain’s most important work of Roman
civil engineering, the synagogue, converted in 1419 into the church of Corpus Christi, and the Alcázar of
Segovia, a favorite palace of the Kings of Castile.
Madrid Madrid offers students the opportunity to discover a world famous historic and cultural center. Major
teachers design a syllabus tailored to the many extraordinary sites and museums - including the Prado and
the Thyssen-Bornemisza - and attractions such as the stunning Royal Palace, the Royal Theatre, Buen Retiro
Park, and the iconic Cybele Palace and Fountain.
The Plaza Mayor, built during the reign of Philip V and considered one of the grandest public spaces in Europe.

Students choose two courses, a Major For students with 3 or more years of
and a Minor. Major courses meet six Spanish:
mornings a week, Minors meet three
afternoons a week. Bellas Artes
Cultura y cocina
For students with 2 years of Spanish:
Culturas hispánicas
Major: Escritura creativa
Spanish Language: Conversation and Fotografía (Minor only)
Composition Historia del Arte
Medicina
Minor:
Perfeccionamiento de la lengua
Arte
Relaciones internacionales
Fotografía urbana
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Courses for students with two years of Courses for students with three or more Culturas hispánicas
Spanish: years of Spanish: Los alumnos se familiarizan con los
Bellas Artes elementos clave de las diversas culturas
Spanish Language: Conversation and De la mano de un artista, los estudiantes hispánicas, sus diferencias y sus puntos
Composition se inician en distintas técnicas como la en común. El estudio se aborda a través
Taking full advantage of Salamanca, acuarela, el óleo, el carboncillo, el modelaje de la historia, el arte, la literatura y
and using innovative and interactive con arcilla, o el grabado, con las que la lengua. Mediante visitas a lugares
teaching methods, this course offers a plasman su relación artística con la ciudad. históricos de la ciudad los estudiantes
review of tenses and structures, as well La práctica del arte se complementa con descubren la importancia de Salamanca
as vocabulary-building exercises with a visitas a talleres de artistas y artesanos de en el gran encuentro de culturas que
strong focus on conversational proficiency. la ciudad, como ceramistas o escultores. supuso el descubrimiento de América. Los
Language learning is approached through a Para su trabajo final, los estudiantes estudiantes mejoran su español al mismo
variety of activities, such as storytelling and recopilan un portafolio que presentan al tiempo que aprenden a identificar los
role playing, and short thematic units that final del programa. La cuota de laboratorio principales dialectos del español gracias a
integrate museums and cultural sites, and es de $225 US por la clase Principal, y de textos y documentos audiovisuales.
bring students into contact with local native $125 US por la clase Complementaria.
speakers. Students work on pronunciation, Escritura creativa
intonation, and public speaking. They are Cultura y cocina Este curso está diseñado para que los
evaluated on the first day and placed in a De la mano de chefs, críticos gastronómicos estudiantes desarrollen sus habilidades
group with others of a similar level. e historiadores, esta asignatura es un lingüísticas y creativas en un entorno
placer para los sentidos. En ella se explora extraordinario como es la ciudad de
They choose from one of the three Minors la evolución de la cocina, especialmente Salamanca. Descubriendo las iglesias,
below. española, desde la Edad Media, con la palacios, monumentos, barrios y cafés que
incorporación de la cocina árabe y judía han formado parte del decorado de relatos,
Conversation and Composition Minors: leyendas, novelas y poemas, los alumnos
y el cultivo de especias; pasando por
la Edad Moderna, con la introducción dan rienda suelta a la imaginación y crean
Arte de ingredientes del Nuevo Mundo y las su propia relación literaria en un escenario
Through a series of workshops, students influencias de la cocina europea; y hasta la nuevo y extraño, dejando huella de tales
acquaint themselves with different actualidad, en la que cocineros españoles impresiones en un diario de viaje que sin
techniques and media to depict their como Ferrán Adrià, los hermanos Roca o José duda les acompañará toda la vida.
picturesque surroundings. They present Andrés son reconocidos mundialmente. Los
their portfolio at the end of the program. estudiantes ganan confianza con el español Fotografía (Minor only)
Materials fee $125 US. mientras se mezclan con locales visitando En este curso los estudiantes comprenden
mercados, panaderías, pastelerías y y aprenden a dominar los procesos básicos
Fotografía urbana carnicerías, y aprenden a cocinar los platos de la técnica fotográfica, para centrar la
Students discover Salamanca and capture más conocidos de la rica gastronomía de atención en los aspectos comunicativos y
its extraordinary beauty while honing their España. La cuota de laboratorio es de estéticos de este lenguaje. Al mismo tiempo
skills. They present their portfolio at the end $275 US por la clase Principal, y de $125 viajan por la historia de la fotografía, des
of the program. Materials fee $50 US. US por la clase Complementaria. del daguerrotipo a la era digital. Durante el
camino se familiarizan con la obra de los
Gastronomía fotógrafos más importantes de la historia
Through cooking workshops and visits de este arte. Al final del programa los
to local bakeries, markets, and stores, estudiantes exponen sus mejores trabajos.
students learn the history and evolution La cuota de laboratorio es de $50 US.
of Spanish cuisine, and taste the culinary
treasures of the region. Lab fee $125 US.

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Historia del arte Perfeccionamiento de la lengua
A partir de las numerosas y variadas Este curso de expresión oral y escrita
manifestaciones artísticas que ofrece la se dirige a los estudiantes que quieren
ciudad, los estudiantes se adentran en la enriquecer su vocabulario y afianzar su
evolución del arte a través del tiempo y conocimiento de la gramática española,
At home it is hard to find
aprenden a contextualizar las obras en el marco como el empleo del condicional y del
histórico, social y estilístico; y a relacionarlas subjuntivo, la conjugación de los tiempos such an amazing, nurturing,
con otras manifestaciones culturales como verbales, o la elección de los pronombres
la literatura y la música. El curso pretende personales y relativos. Los estudiantes diverse environment full of
enseñar las nociones básicas de la historia leen la prensa regional y nacional, visionan
del arte, desarrollar la sensibilidad artística y extractos de películas contemporáneas,
profundizar en la capacidad analítica, oral y discuten sobre temas de actualidad y se such friendly, unique people.
escrita, en español. inician en el arte del debate.

Medicina
Relaciones internacionales
En este curso los estudiantes aprenden a
reunir la historia clínica del paciente; prueban Dentro de la óptica de delimitar la
algunas prácticas médicas como la disección y complejidad de las relaciones que existen
la extracción de ADN; y estudian la complejidad en regiones como el Oriente Medio, África y The teacher knew how to
de la organización de sistemas como el Sudamérica, los estudiantes se familiarizan
digestivo o el cardiovascular, valorando la con los principales modelos teóricos que
influyen en las relaciones internacionales y create an environment of
función individual y las relaciones entre
ellos para comprender la estrecha relación examinan una serie de estudios de casos,
que tienen las patologías. Al mismo tiempo guiados por expertos en la materia. Al curiosity and free questioning.
debaten y toman perspectiva de cómo la final del curso los estudiantes organizan
ciencia se relaciona con temas éticos, morales, su propia cumbre acerca de un problema
religiosos, económicos y legales, como pueden importante de actualidad.
ser el aborto, la eutanasia o el negocio de las
industrias farmacéuticas.
For an English translation of any of these
courses, please call, email, or visit our
website: www.oxbridgeprograms.com I have never been so

continuously engaged.

-La Academia de España

attendees

Bellas Artes models a cooperative work while Culturas Hispánicas inspects the Pozo de Nieve,
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Paris One of the world’s most inspiring cities, with a reputation for history and culture unmatched by any other,
Paris was originally settled over two thousand years ago. It has since been conquered by Romans, besieged
by Huns and Vikings, wracked by royal feuds and revolutions, and occupied by the Nazis. Despite its
turbulent history, it boasts the most monumental cityscape in the world, as awesome in its grandeur as it
is endearing in its familiarity. The greatest artists, authors, and thinkers of the Western world have been
inspired by Paris. Philosophers Aquinas, Voltaire, Rousseau, and Sartre; writers Hugo, Balzac, and Proust;
and painters Monet, Degas, Modigliani, and Picasso all lived, worked, and left their legacies in this city.
L’Académie de Paris offers students a wide range of courses in English and French. Our French courses
cater to every level – from French for absolute beginners to immersion courses in academic disciplines for
advanced speakers. Whatever their interests or priorities, students come away from L'Académie with a new
understanding of their subject matter as well as an expert familiarity with Paris.

Program
L’Académie de Paris Lycée Notre Dame de Sion is a top private school in the 6th arrondissement, adjacent to the Luxembourg
Grades 9-12 Gardens. The Eiffel Tower, Rodin Museum, Notre Dame, the Louvre, and many other sites are within
July 2 - July 29 walking distance. With a variety of boutiques, galleries, cinemas, cafés, and restaurants, but notably
lacking the numbers of tourists found elsewhere in the city, the 6th is the perfect environment in which
to experience the Parisian way of life. Ernest Hemingway lived on the very street on which our school is
located, and wrote The Sun Also Rises in a nearby café. Students at L’Académie de Paris become a part of this
rich community in the heart of the world’s most beautiful city. In this marvelous setting, our students may
come to feel, like Gertrude Stein, that “America is my country, but Paris is my hometown.”
Activities
Athletically-inclined students have access to a sports hall on-site. The picturesque Luxembourg Gardens,
just next door, are ideal for jogging. Students can also practice yoga or aerobics in the school’s dance studio.
The Activities Directors take students to the theater, the opera or ballet, a local carnival, not to mention
all the historic sites of the city. Recent activities have also included Sunday picnics in the park of a nearby
château, an excursion to an artists’ commune, workshops in a local boulangerie, a visit of the catacombs, as
well as myriad visits to less well-known museums.
Excursions
Vaux-le-Vicomte This 17th-century château and its landscaped gardens, commissioned by Louis XIV’s finance minister,
are breathtaking – so stunning that they drove the Sun King mad with envy. Our group arrives in the late
afternoon for a tour of the château, which is majestically furnished in the style of the era. The students
then spend the evening strolling among the gardens, fountains, and lakes, exploring the estate, which is
illuminated by candlelight.
Versailles Initially a hunting lodge, Versailles came to epitomize the power and the glory of absolutist rule as well as
its excesses and, eventually, its bloody unravelling. Students receive a guided tour of the spectacular state
apartments and Hall of Mirrors. They enjoy a picnic lunch by one of the great lakes before exploring the
vast gardens, the Petit and Grand Trianons, and the hamlet that Marie Antoinette built as her personal
rustic playground.

Students choose any two courses, Courses in English:

one as a Major, one as a Minor. Major
courses meet six mornings a week, Architecture
Minor courses meet three afternoons Art History
a week. Business
Creative Writing: Writing Paris
Courses in French: Culture and Cuisine
Economics
French Language: Conversation and Expatriates in Paris
Composition Fashion
La France face à son histoire France Through Film
Histoire de l’Art International Relations
Paris: ville imaginaire The Law and Human Rights
Perfectionnement de la langue Medicine
Photography
Psychology
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Paris Courses Courses in French Courses in French

French Language: Conversation and Courses for students with three or more Paris : ville imaginaire
Composition (Beginner to Intermediate years of French: Paris a inspiré les plus célèbres artistes,
levels) cinéastes, écrivains, et créateurs. Parfois la
Taking full advantage of the city of Paris, La France face à son histoire ville lumière joue un rôle principal dans leur
and using innovative and interactive Pour tenter de comprendre la France œuvre, parfois elle n’est que son inspiration.
teaching methods, this course offers a contemporaine, les étudiants se tournent A travers ce cours pluridisciplinaire -- qui
review of tenses and structures, as well vers la vieille France. A travers un mélange allie promenades en ville, visites de musées,
as vocabulary-building exercises with a de visites, de séminaires, et d’études de films, lectures, et exercices d’écriture -- les
VWURQJIRFXVRQFRQYHUVDWLRQDOSURÀFLHQF\ textes et d’objets d’art, ils découvrent étudiants découvrent comment Paris a
Language learning is approached through a les origines des succès et des problèmes été imaginé et représenté par différents
variety of activities, such as storytelling and auxquels la France se confronte au début artistes, tout en travaillant leurs propres
role playing, and short thematic units that du 21eme siècle. En étudiant la Révolution, créations multimédia.
integrate museums and cultural sites, and le colonialisme, les guerres mondiales, la
bring students into contact with local native Guerre d’Algérie, l’immigration, et mai ‘68,
speakers. Students work on pronunciation, Perfectionnement de la langue
ils transforment l’histoire en laboratoire
intonation, and public speaking. They are analytique et critique et se mettent au Ce cours avancé d’expression orale et
HYDOXDWHG RQ WKH ÀUVW GD\ DQG SODFHG LQ D centre de la problématique de la France et écrite s’adresse aux étudiants qui veulent
group with others of a similar level. de l’Europe. enrichir leur vocabulaire et approfondir leur
connaissance de la grammaire française
et de ses complexités, tels que l’emploi du
For an English translation of any of the Histoire de l’Art subjonctif et du conditionnel, la concordance
courses that follow, please call, email, or S’appuyant sur les grandes collections des temps et le choix des pronoms
visit our website: parisiennes - le Louvre, Orsay, Rodin, personnels et relatifs. Les étudiants lisent
www.oxbridgeprograms.com Pompidou - les élèves apprennent à lire, la presse nationale et regardent des extraits
décrire et évaluer une oeuvre d’art, leur de films contemporains, ils discutent
permettant de comprendre le processus de questions de société et de sujets
créateur de l’artiste ainsi que les réactions d’actualité, et s’initient à l’art du débat. Ils
souvent violentes que l’oeuvre peut avoir s’essaient à différents types d’écriture et
suscitées. Le cours couvre tous les grands créent un portefeuille qu’ils présentent à la
mouvements artistiques. fin du programme.

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Architecture Business Economics
Architecture is all around us - a fascinating What is the French touch? Why are French Brexit, the future of the Euro - in this course
subject encompassing art, design, history, companies leaders in so many sectors? students discover the economic institutions
math, and social sciences. This course With LVMH, Atos, AXA, and BNP Paribas that affect all our lives, learn how they have
offers students the chance to explore as case studies, students learn the changed over time, and the consequences
a unique discipline, which can open up fundamentals of business operations. of these changes. They develop a
many diverse career avenues. Paris is Accounting, management, human resources, comprehensive grasp of contemporary
the perfect classroom to learn about two organization, strategy, and development are economic and social institutions
thousand years of architectural history, and some of the topics addressed. Students also ("capitalism", "globalization", "the market")
the ways in which successive generations investigate the new start-up ventures coming and their potential futures, not least by
have responded to the changing needs of out of Paris, visit the Bourse stock exchange exploring their historical development.
the city, its buildings, and parks. On-site and business schools. They address the foundational concepts,
workshops, combined with sketching and principles, and assumptions of the
design exercises, discussions and written Creative Writing: Writing Paris dominant neoclassical economic theory
projects, familiarize students with the main (micro and macro), and go on to test their
schools of architecture and urban design, Students focus on Paris as a city full of
stories and characters. Through images, knowledge against current issues.
helping them to understand the contexts
DQG FKDOOHQJHV WKDW GHÀQHG WKHP DQG short readings, and exercises, they draw
inspiration from the city in order to hone Expatriates in Paris
their impact on our daily lives. Through
sketches, collages, models, and maps, and broaden their writing skills. Led by Students enhance their own expatriate
students will develop invaluable new skills professional writers and guest speakers, experience by dialoguing with the great
and ways of thinking, working towards an the goal is to stimulate and inspire new writers, artists, and musicians who once
LPSUHVVLYHÀQDOH[KLELWLRQRIWKHLUSUDFWLFDO writing as well as polish writing skills. traveled great distances to call Paris home.
contemporary designs for a site in Paris. Students visit evocative settings, such Focusing on the twentieth century, this
as Hemingway’s favorite café, Beckett’s course traces the Parisian terrain of expats
Equipment fee of $175 US for Majors; $75
tomb, or St. Genevieve’s statue in the such as Hemingway, Fitzgerald, Picasso,
US for Minors.
Luxembourg Gardens, and attend readings Julia Child, and David Sedaris, exploring
by established poets and writers, in order how and why Paris proved such a fertile
Art History
to spur creativity. They edit and publish breeding ground for their diverse forms of
With the Louvre, Orsay, Rodin, and their best work in the program’s literary creativity. The most important “textbook” is
Pompidou collections all within reach, this magazine. Paris itself, which is studied via visits to the
course introduces students to Classical, museums, cafés, markets, and bookstores
Medieval, Renaissance, Romantic, Realist, Culture and Cuisine that inspired these illustrious emigrés.
Impressionist, and Modernist art. Working
“In France, cooking is a serious art form
in museums, students learn how to read
and a national sport.” Students discover
masterpieces by Michelangelo, da Vinci,
French cuisine from the evolution of
David, Delacroix, Manet, Rodin, and Monet,
regional dishes and the invention of the
as well as important works by prominent
café to the development of the modern food
Surrealist, Cubist, and Pop artists.
industry. Classroom sessions are enhanced
by tastings in some of Paris’ most beloved
bakeries and shops, as well as practical
cooking sessions, during which students try
their hand at French gastronomy. Lab fee
of $300 US for Majors; $250 US for Minors.

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Courses in English
Fashion The Law and Human Rights Photography
Using the city’s fashion resources, students Through a series of interactive classes, From the top of Montmartre to the winding
are introduced to the history and modern debates, and seminars, students examine Canal Saint Martin, beginners as well
processes of haute-couture. They become the evolving relationship between the as more advanced students are guided
acquainted with the main facets of the Law and Human Rights, with a particular by a professional photographer as they
business - from factory floor to shop floor focus on some of today’s major Rights transform the city into their private studio.
to boutique - visit some of the most famous issues – not least freedom of movement, They hone their skills on assignments that
houses as well as their artisanal suppliers, immigration, genocide, terrorism, global cover art, photography, essay, landscape,
and learn the basics of clothes and health inequalities, and information photojournalism, portraiture, and learn to
accessory design. The course culminates technology. Students examine the roles develop their own photos in the school’s
in a fashion show in which the students played by the United Nations and its darkroom. Students build up a portfolio
première their creations. Materials fee of agencies, the European Union, and NGOs. and their best work is displayed at the
$100 US for Majors; $50 US for Minors. They complete the course by framing their final exhibition. They need a 35mm reflex
own legislative proposals to put Human camera. Film is supplied. Lab fee of $300
Rights on a 21st-century footing. US for the Major; $150 US for the Minor.
France Through Film
Students use France’s rich and varied
cinematographic heritage as a window Medicine Psychology
into the nation’s cultural soul. They are This hands-on course introduces students Students investigate a wide range of
introduced to France and the French as they to key aspects of medical science and case histories, touching on dreams,
are laughed at, and cried over, by the world’s modern medical practice. Combining memory, anxiety, body language, gender,
oldest cinematographic industry, from the specialist lectures with experiments and and sexuality. At the same time, they
Frères Lumière to Mathieu Kassovitz, via the class discussions, students learn the conduct experiments and examine their
Poetic Realism of the 1920s, Vichy’s dark main principles of human anatomy and findings under the guidance of practicing
cinema, and the Nouvelle Vague. Students physiology, the pathology and significance clinicians. They pay special attention to the
compare and contrast France’s versions of of certain diseases, discover the main evolution of psychology in Europe, tracing
itself with those produced by Hollywood. challenges that medical science faces it back to Rousseau’s concept of stages of
today, and examine the wide and growing development and to Freud’s time in Paris.
International Relations range of possible careers in medicine.
Working in the country that, for centuries, Studio Art
lent its language to diplomacy, and in the In this course, students spend their time
city that has hosted more famous treaty capturing sights such as Notre Dame,
negotiations than any other, students We had the city as our masterpieces at the Musée Rodin, or a
address International Relations both classroom. We were able to street scene in Montmartre. They hone
through its theoretical bases and by their technique in a variety of media
focusing on key issues of the day. Subjects go out and experience what including watercolor, pastel, pencil, and
covered include globalization and its we were learning about charcoal. Their best work is exhibited at
political, economic, and social effects; the end of the program. Materials fee of
environmental challenges; new forms of war
which made it so much more $250 US for Majors; $150 US for Minors.
and peace; the changing nature of security interesting
challenges; peacekeeping operations;
the regional complexities of areas like the
Middle East, Africa, and South-East Asia; - Académie de Paris attendee
and the relationships and rivalries that
define global order today.
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Montpellier Full French Immersion

Located on the Mediterranean, Montpellier has been called the secret capital of France. Once a key stop
on pilgrimage and trade routes, it is celebrated as a center of education, tourism, culture, and technology.
Renowned for its medieval streets, opera house, world-class art museum, and its 13th-century Jewish
baths, Montpellier is both a provincial town and a cosmopolitan city. Founded in 1220, its university
is one of the oldest in the world. The ancient splendor of Montpellier is matched only by its modern
vibrancy and the beauty of the surrounding region.
L’Académie de France is a complete immersion program, catering to students whose aim is to improve
their speaking and writing skills by communicating exclusively in French. Students must have completed
at least two years of French in school, and may sign up for a variety of courses focusing on a wide range
of themes, all of which are geared toward improving language skills. Students formally pledge to speak
French at all times. Staff are bilingual and can communicate with parents in English. Living this way in
Montpellier, students come away with a true immersion experience and greatly enhanced fluency.
Program
L’Académie de France Lycée Notre Dame de la Merci is a boarding school in the historic heart of Montpellier, with the city’s
Grades 9-12 most charming streets, public gardens, museums, and monuments located minutes from its door. The
July 2 - July 29 school dates back to the 16th century and consists today of modern buildings surrounding a tree-shaded
courtyard in which students can meet with their teachers, relax with friends, and take meals in the
outdoor dining area. The school is adjacent to the Jardin du Peyrou, a 17th-century park with a statue
of Louis XIV at its center. Ten minutes' walk away is the Place de la Comédie, the city’s vibrant central
square. Our program has exclusive occupancy of Notre Dame de la Merci and all of its facilities for the
month, including a film room, gymnasium, weight room, and state-of-the-art computer room.
Activities
Students use the school gym, swim at the Olympic-size pool in the city center, jog through the Jardin du
Peyrou, or join others for a game of soccer or volleyball. Our staff accompanies students to local beaches.
Montpellier’s cultural resources include the Musée Fabre, home to one of France’s most important
collections, and the Opéra Berlioz, renowned for its orchestra. Other landmarks include two of the
original towers from the medieval fortified city, a late 17th-century Arc de Triomphe dedicated to Louis
XIV, and a stone aqueduct modeled on the Pont du Gard. Students participate in an elective activity every
day, providing them with additional opportunities to speak French while learning traditional dances,
writing and performing skits, singing French songs, and exhibiting original works of art.
Excursions
Avignon Often called the City of Popes, Avignon is an absolute must-see in Provence. The magnificent Papal
Palace, which was the residence of seven popes in the 14th century, dominates the city. In the summer,
the celebrated theater festival attracts street performers and comedians from all over the world.
Nîmes and Pont du Gard Nîmes is a Roman town with a superb temple built in 16 BC, and a well-preserved Roman amphitheater,
which is now used for bullfights and pageants. The nearby Pont du Gard is the tallest surviving Roman
bridge and remains one of the most impressive examples of Roman civil engineering in France.
Paris Connection
July 29 – August 2 The Paris Connection is an optional extension program available to students on L’Académie de France. For
more information please see page 45.

Students choose a Major and a Minor. For students with 3 or more years of
Major courses meet six mornings French:
a week, Minor courses meet three
afternoons a week. Arts plastiques
Atelier d’écriture créative
For students with 2 years of French: Culture et cuisine
La France face à son histoire
Major:
Histoire de l’art
French Language: Conversation and
Médecine
Composition
Perfectionnement de la langue
Minor: Photographie (Minor only)
Beaux-Arts Relations Internationales
Cultures françaises
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Montpellier Courses Courses in French

Courses for students with two years of Courses for students with three or more Culture et cuisine
French: years of French: Les étudiants découvrent les trésors de la
cuisine régionale (fromages, ratatouille,
Major: Arts plastiques tartes), ainsi que l’histoire de la cuisine
French Language: Conversation and Ce cours invite les étudiants à utiliser les française à travers les œuvres de Vatel,
Composition arts plastiques comme moyen d’expression Escoffier, Brillat-Savarin, et Julia Child. Aux
Taking full advantage of Montpellier, face à la ville qu’ils découvrent. Après une cours s’ajoutent de nombreuses visites et
and using innovative and interactive initiation à différents médias tels l’aquarelle, dégustations qui témoignent du haut niveau
teaching methods, this course offers a le pastel, l’huile, le crayon, le fusain, et la de la gastronomie montpelliéraine. Les
review of tenses and structures, as well photographie, les étudiants parcourent la étudiants participent à une série d’ateliers
as vocabulary-building exercises with a ville et livrent leurs impressions sur papier. en cuisine sous la direction d’un grand chef
strong focus on conversational proficiency. Ils croquent les passants à la Place de la de Montpellier. Ils rentrent chez eux avec
Language learning is approached through a Comédie, ils font des esquisses au Musée un beau carnet de recettes. Supplément
variety of activities, such as storytelling and Fabre, peignent les petites places et ruelles de $300 US pour la classe Majeure et de
role playing, and short thematic units that médiévales, et font des collages de leurs $250 US pour la classe Mineure.
integrate museums and cultural sites, and œuvres et photos. Les élèves s’initient
bring students into contact with local native également à différentes disciplines à La France à travers son histoire
speakers. Students work on pronunciation, travers des ateliers (sculpture, sérigraphie,
intonation, and public speaking. They are céramique, linogravure, etc.) et constituent Pour tenter de comprendre la France
evaluated on the first day and placed in a un portfolio qu’ils présentent à la fin du contemporaine, les étudiants se tournent
group with others of a similar level. programme. Supplément de $250 US pour vers la vieille France. A travers un mélange
la classe Majeure et de $150 US pour la de visites, de séminaires, et d’études de
Conversation and Composition Minors: classe Mineure. textes et d’objets d’art, ils découvrent
les origines des succès et des problèmes
Beaux-Arts Atelier d’écriture créative auxquels la France se confronte au début
Through a series of workshops, students Ce cours permet aux étudiants de faire du 21eme siècle. En étudiant la Révolution,
acquaint themselves with different connaissance avec un éventail d’auteurs le colonialisme, les guerres mondiales, la
techniques and media to depict their francophones ainsi que d’expérimenter avec Guerre d’Algérie, l’immigration, et mai ‘68,
picturesque surroundings. They present le processus d’écriture. L’objectif, à travers ils transforment l’histoire en laboratoire
their portfolio at the end of the program. la découverte de textes et l’exploration de analytique et critique et se mettent au
Materials fee $150 US. la ville, est de stimuler l’imagination et la centre de la problématique de la France et
créativité des étudiants pour leur permettre de l’Europe.
Cultures françaises de s’exprimer en s’essayant à différents
Through a series of participatory workshops genres.
on film, pop-culture, music, art, and current
affairs, students engage with the cultures For an English translation of any of these
that make modern France. courses please call, email, or visit our
website:
Gastronomie www.oxbridgeprograms.com
Through cooking workshops and visits
to local bakeries, markets, and stores,
students learn the history and evolution
of French cuisine, and taste the culinary
treasures of the region. Lab fee $150 US.
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Courses in French
Histoire de l’Art Perfectionnement de la langue Photographie (Minor only)
A travers des visites journalières de Ce cours avancé d’expression orale et En parcourant les ruelles médiévales
musées, de galeries, de sites historiques écrite s’adresse aux étudiants qui veulent de Montpellier et le Jardin des Plantes,
dans la région, ainsi qu’à travers des cours enrichir leur vocabulaire et approfondir photographes débutants et expérimentés
de théorie, les élèves acquièrent les outils leur connaissance de la grammaire transforment la ville en leur studio privé
nécessaires pour lire, décrire, et évaluer française et de ses complexités tels que afin de parfaire leur talent au travers
une œuvre d’art. Le cours couvre toutes l’emploi du subjonctif et du conditionnel, de projets couvrant portraits, paysages
les périodes: l’antiquité, le médiéval, la la concordance des temps et le choix urbains, photojournalisme, et photographie
Renaissance, le baroque, le classique, le des pronoms personnels et relatifs. Les d’art. Les étudiants exposent leur meilleur
romantisme, le réalisme, le modernisme, et étudiants lisent la presse régionale et travail à la fin du programme. Les étudiants
toutes les formes d’expression artistique, nationale et regardent des extraits de films doivent emporter leur propre appareil
telles la peinture, la sculpture, l’architecture contemporains, ils discutent de questions photo DSLR, avec son câble USB, chargeur,
ou la photographie. de société et de sujets d’actualité et et au moins une carte mémoire de 8GB.
s’initient à l’art du débat. Ils s’essaient Supplément de $75 US pour la classe.
à différents types d’écriture et créent un
Médecine portefeuille qu’ils présentent à la fin du
Montpellier, dont la faculté de médecine programme. Relations Internationales
compte parmi les plus anciennes d’Europe, Face aux crises qui dominent l’actualité - la
est la destination rêvée pour les étudiants terreur, l’immigration, Brexit - les étudiants
qui envisagent une carrière médicale. Dans travaillent à comprendre le fonctionnement
ce cours, ils apprennent à établir l’histoire Full immersion is a bit of a et les enjeux de la politique mondiale. Ils
d’un patient et à mener un examen clinique;
ils débattent de questions éthiques telles shock at first, but by the end découvrent les théories et écoles de pensée
des relations internationales - les écoles
que l’euthanasie et le clonage et s’essaient of the month, speaking French réaliste, marxiste, libérale, et néolibérale
à certaines pratiques médicales comme becomes second nature. I - et les appliquent aux grandes questions
la dissection et l’extraction d’ADN. Ils du jour. A l’aide d’une série d’études de cas
examinent les médecines dites « douces » learned more French here than spécifiques, menées par des experts en la
ainsi que de nouvelles formes de thérapie I did in one year of courses at matière, les étudiants sont ensuite amenés
comme la musicothérapie. Ils visitent à organiser leur propre sommet traitant
également le centre de médecine sportive home.
d’un important problème d’actualité.
et le célèbre Musée d’Anatomie de
Montpellier.
-Académie de France attendee

For an English translation of any of these

courses, please call, email, or visit our
website at www.oxbridgeprograms.com

Gastronomie slices garlic while

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New York
The Big Apple. Gotham. New York is a global icon. The largest city in the United States, New York is a
world leader in finance, media, commerce, art, fashion, education, and entertainment. The home of the
United Nations, it is a center of international affairs. One third of the population is foreign-born and
over 170 languages are spoken. No city in the world is more international. Dutch colonists settled the
island of Manhattan after Henry Hudson sailed into the bay in 1609. New York City became the first
capital of the United States in 1789, and George Washington was inaugurated as the first president at
Federal Hall on Wall Street. The turmoil of the Civil War, the Great Depression, and two World Wars
were unable to halt the city’s growth.
Today, New York is home to such architectural masterpieces as Grand Central Station; top colleges and
universities; world-renowned museums and libraries, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the
Guggenheim, and the Museum of Natural History; cultural centers, such as Lincoln Center; sports teams
known the world over; and the idyllic splendor and fascinating bustle of Central Park. New York is a city
like no other, an opportunity not to be missed, an adventure waiting to happen.
Program
The New York Barnard College is an independent liberal arts college established in 1889 and affiliated with Columbia
College Experience University since 1900. It is home to The New York College Experience. Columbia University, an Ivy
Grades 9-12 League institution, was founded by Royal Charter as King’s College in 1754, and is the oldest university
June 25 - July 22 in New York. Barnard College sits in Morningside Heights, minutes from the bustle of the city and a
short walk from the Hudson River, Riverside Park, and the urban oasis of Central Park. On campus,
students can grab a bite in the Diana Center café, enjoy the Columbia University gym, and relax with
friends on the lawns or in the 17th-floor student lounge with its breathtaking views of the skyline. The
surrounding neighborhood features many shops, restaurants, and cafés, as well as St. John the Divine,
one of the largest cathedrals in the world.

Activities In New York, students can use the Columbia University gym or walk only minutes to Riverside Park’s
basketball, tennis, and soccer facilities, or to the wide open spaces of Central Park. They might jog along
the Hudson River pathway, play speed chess in the open air, taste different cuisines at Smorgasburg,
or participate in games and tournaments with fellow students. Other options might include joining a
member of our staff for an expert tour of any of New York’s world-class museums, for a stroll through
Greenwich Village, SoHo, Little Italy, Chinatown, Fifth Avenue, or to visit the top of the Empire State
Building or Rockefeller Center for truly spectacular views of Manhattan.
University Visits
Barnard College The New York College Experience offers a full program of college visits. Groups of students travel, with
Brown University program staff, on field trips to Yale, Brown, and UPenn. Additionally, all students have the option to
Columbia University attend private on-campus sessions we organize with representatives of New York University, Barnard
College, and Columbia University. The students also participate in the Summer College Fair, hosted by
New York University
Columbia University, where alumni, admissions officers, and current students from over one hundred
Yale University colleges and universities are on hand to answer questions and provide information and literature.
Columbia’s famous Low Library, the heart of the University.

Students choose any two courses, one Fine Arts

as a Major, one as a Workshop. Major Genetics
courses meet six mornings a week, International Business: Wall Street
Workshops meet three afternoons a and the World
week. International Relations
Courses: Journalism in the Information Age
Math and Engineering
Advertising and Media Medical Science
Art History Musical Theater
Computer Science and App Design Photography
Creative Writing Physics and the Future
Criminology Politics and Human Rights
Economics Psychology
Fashion Speech and Debate (Workshop only)
Filmmaking Sports Business
Finance and Business

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New York Courses

Advertising and Media Economics Fine Arts
In the home of Mad Men and Times Using the city that, over the past two Designed for all levels of expertise, this
Square’s neon lights, students discover centuries, has contributed more than any course explores a variety of media through
the power of suggestion, persuasion, and other to making the world rich, while also which students engage imaginatively with
product placement. Scouring New York for bankrupting it on several occasions, as New York. They receive formal instruction
case studies and creative examples, they their classroom, students analyze the in, among others, oils, watercolor, pastel,
explore different types of advertising, and behavior of economic agents as they make
find out how new media are transforming decisions to allocate scarce resources in pencil, charcoal, clay, video, photography,
the game. Using their creative skills, they multiple markets. They learn how prices and collage, but spend most of their time
study a range of design techniques and, and quantities are determined. They also outside the studio, capturing the visual
having settled on a product, grow and run learn about, among other topics, supply splendor of New York. Students exhibit
their own campaigns. Lab fee of $100 US and demand analysis, theories of consumer their best pieces at the end of the program.
for the Major. and firm behavior, market efficiency, and Materials fee of $250 US for the Major;
competitive markets and monopolies as $150 US for the Workshop.
Art History they seek to understand how the economy
might evolve. Genetics
The city’s museums and galleries become
classrooms as students move between the Fashion
Through a mixture of project work and
Metropolitan Museum of Art, MoMA, and presentations, students develop an
the Guggenheim, and from paintings and Students navigate from the blank page to understanding of genetics from the
sketches to sculptures and installations, the catwalk via the raw piece of tissue and chemical to the genomic level, evolutionary
learning how to read works of art and the factory floor, in the process visiting and theory, the medical, social, and ethical
familiarizing themselves with the range of interacting with some of the most famous aspects of genetics, and the types of
tools historians have developed to assess, flagship stores and their Garment District technologies and experimental techniques
analyze, and critique art. suppliers. They analyze brand strategy used to examine and manipulate genes and
and consumer experience, and come to genomes. As they discover the extraordinary
grips with the fundamentals of clothes and potential of a discipline that is changing
Computer Science and App Design accessory design. The course culminates in lives, they learn how intelligently to read
Students leverage everyday instruments, a fashion show in which they display their and critique scientific papers and popular
such as smartphones, to gain insight into creations. Materials fee of $100 US for the scientific writing.
the theoretical foundations and concepts Major; $50 US for the Workshop.
involved in modern computer systems, International Business: Wall Street and
design and development frameworks, the World
problem-solving, coding, Android and Apple Filmmaking
application design, and web frameworks. Few cities have featured in as many classic Students assess the key role that Wall
They are exposed to languages such as ÀOPVDV1HZ<RUN)ROORZLQJLQWKHIRRWVWHSV Street has played in the development
Java, iOS App Design, Swift, and Objective-C of Woody Allen, Baz Luhrmann, and Martin of the world economy. In doing so, they
as they identify a space in the market and Scorsese, students brainstorm, conceive, analyze its economic successes as well
design an app to fill it. Lab fee of $150 US ZULWH DQG SURGXFH VKRUW ÀOPV ZKLFK WKH\ as the catastrophes that have punctuated
for Major; $75 US for Workshop. shoot with digital video cameras and edit with its colorful history. Guided by some of the
SURIHVVLRQDOVRIWZDUH7KH\VFUHHQWKHLUÀOPV key figures working in the market today,
at the end of the program. Lab fee of $300 students evaluate possible futures for New
Creative Writing US for the Major; $150 US for the Workshop. York in a global economy that features
“We tell ourselves stories in order to live.” unprecedented competition.
Students learn to tell stories, render their
experiences, observations, and ideas into Finance and Business International Relations
words. They learn the fundamentals of Exploiting the resources of the world’s In the city that is home to the United
creative writing and read and write pieces financial capital – Wall Street, the NYSE Nations, students delve into the theories
of fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry, – students discover the instruments and and mechanisms that govern relations
exploiting New York’s literary heritage and institutions that make up modern finance between states and blocs. They supplement
traditions while also treating the city as a and are vital to budding entrepreneurs. their exposure to the international context
source of inspiration and as a character in From principles of finance, such as by examining a variety of current issues.
its own right. They participate in workshops, compound interest, time value of money, They learn how and why policy decisions
an integral component of any college- and portfolio theory, they move on to how are made, how they are enforced, and how
level creative writing class. The course finance and financial markets actually their repercussions affect us. At the end
culminates in a reading at the program work. They address the main business of the course, students select a country to
coffee house, as well as the production of principles of strategic planning, marketing, represent in a model UN project.
a literary journal. economics, finance, and accounting.
Concepts covered include SWOT analysis,
developing a marketing strategy, as well as Journalism in the Information Age
Criminology working through how to create a product- This course covers the fundamentals of
Working in the city that famously developed centered company and draft a business investigative reporting: writing a news story,
its own variety of strong policing in order plan. For their final project, they create a cultivating a beat, and the art of interviewing.
to defeat a rampant crime problem, and mock company that they present in a “Shark Alongside it examines how social media and
drawing on aspects of criminology, law, Tank”, mirroring the high pressure, quick- new technologies, not to mention the way
psychology, and forensics, students seek to tempo presentations used at colleges, information is processed, have altered the
understand what turns people into criminals business schools, and startup incubators reporter’s toolkit. How is journalism offering
and what society does in response to the around the world. exciting new opportunities? And what are
challenges of criminal behavior. They spend the challenges – not least the problems
time with the NYPD officers who fight crime of truth and objectivity in an age of fake
on the streets, discover how society deals news? The class creates a digital magazine
with criminals by meeting with lawyers and as it comes to grips with modern reporting.
visiting courthouses, and learn how the Production fee of $100 US for the Major;
authorities are adapting to challenges such $50 US for the Workshop.
as cybercrime and Terrorism.

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Math and Engineering Photography Psychology

This experiential course is intended to make This course is an introduction to digital Students investigate a wide range of
students familiar with the fundamentals photography. Its primary objective is to psychological topics that include dreams,
of engineering by introducing them to learn how completely to operate and memory, consciousness, anxiety, body
its different fields. Students learn how control cameras in the manual setting, language, gender, and sexuality. As well
to utilize skills they already possess and utilizing F-Stop, Shutter, and ISO in order as examining the history of the subject,
apply them to various sets of engineering to achieve effects such as freezing and select case histories, and various mental
problems. They also become familiar with dragging motion, soft and sharp focus, disorders, students are introduced to
different types of engineering judgments in and long exposure/night photography. research methods and diverse analytical
order to be able to adopt efficient solutions Students achieve this while covering the frameworks in order to design their own
to problems. They complete the course by traditional elements of photography such experiments under the guidance of
designing a model engineering project of as portraiture, still life, landscape, and, specialists.
their own. in New York, street photography, as well
as learning about key photographers past
and present. The class culminates in an Speech and Debate (Workshop only)
Medical Science
exhibition. Students need to bring their From elocution to forming a convincing
Through a mixture of lectures, case studies, own DSLR camera with USB cable, charger, argument, this course provides students
hospital visits, and practical sessions, this manual, and at least one 8GB memory with a practical and diverse range of public
course introduces students to the principles card. Lab fee of $175 US for the Major; $75 speaking skills. Classwork also focuses on
and objectives of becoming a healthcare preparing and presenting regular debates
professional, introduces the general structure US for the Workshop.
on a variety of controversial topics related to
and function of the human body, the different New York and the United States. The course
systems involved in homeostasis, genetics, Physics and the Future culminates in a formal debate judged by a
and genetic disorders, and concludes with Students are exposed to the awe-inspiring panel of professionals.
topics for medical research and the future of breadth of Physics, including Newtonian
medicine. mechanics, electromagnetism, and Sports Business
thermodynamics, as well as Einstein’s
Musical Theater theory of relativity, quantum mechanics, This course reveals the inner workings
With workshops and masterclasses and string theory. Touching on such diverse of the $65 billion dollar global sports
covering theory, technique, improvisation, areas of knowledge, students look at business. Sessions cover a wide range
voice, mime, movement, and script theoretical advances in science as a means of topics including marketing and ticket
analysis, and from auditions and casting to of imagining the future. Prerequisite: At sales, fan loyalty, corporate sponsorships,
rehearsals and the final curtain call, Major least one year of Physics. brand management, ownership, and legal
class students plan, rehearse, and put on and financial structures. The primary
a show that they perform at the end of the Politics and Human Rights focus is on American sports including the
course. Students also attend a selection NFL, MLB, NBA, and NHL, but the course
This course focuses on the history of also examines global models such as the
of Broadway shows. Production fee of political thought, the evolution of Human Premiership, la Liga, the Olympics, and
$300 US for the Major; $150 US for the Rights within it, and the state of Human the FIFA World Cup. Students visit world-
Workshop. Rights today. Students tackle contemporary renowned sports venues including Yankee
issues such as economic disparity, mass Stadium and Madison Square Garden.
My daughter has just returned migration, new technologies, policy
from NYCE and is missing the making, political power, and terrorism.
They also discover how different types of
wonderful time and friends she governments, NGOs, and supranational
made there. I wanted to thank agencies such as the European Union,
address Human Rights issues in practice.
you for providing her with such All this takes place in the city that is home
to the United Nations.
a full, varied and enriching
program. Being in NYC was of
NYCE students enjoying an afternoon at Coney
course a massive bonus! Island; the Genetics class is shown round the
- NYCE Parent Columbia Stem Cell Laboratory.

My Oxbridge experience
helped me grow intellectually
and gave me an idea of what
university life would really be
like.
- New York College
Experience attendee
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Los Angeles
Founded in 1919, the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is world famous for, among other
things, its Schools of Medicine, Psychology, Fine Arts, Mathematics, and Sociology. It has produced
fourteen Nobel Laureates - six among its alumni, eight on its faculty - and educated countless politicians,
entrepreneurs, and scientists, as well as eminent composers, writers, directors, artists, and actors. UCLA
provides our students with the outstanding cultural and educational opportunities of one of the top
universities in the world while its extensive campus, and the elegant neighborhood of Westwood, in
which it is situated, cater to all their daily needs. The program, meanwhile, turns the whole of Los
Angeles into a learning experience. Classes take place in the historic city center, in the business districts
that have transformed our idea of entertainment, and in world-class museums and collections - not least
the Getty and LACMA.
Program
Oxbridge at UCLA Sproul Landing is located in the heart of UCLA. A completely new building, it opened to students in
Grades 10-12 the fall of 2013, boasting beautiful, modern facilities. It is home, during the year, to the Visual and
June 29 - July 26 Performing Arts Collective, a community of students who are artists or art enthusiasts. Students make
use of outstanding facilities, including study rooms and lounges, as well as the university pools and
gyms. The rooms are doubles or triples with shared hall bathrooms.

Activities
From beach trips to expert-led museum tours, students have many options every day to satisfy their
cultural, sporting, and intellectual appetites. The Activities Directors transform Los Angeles into a living
classroom in which students can actively - and safely - engage with the extraordinary energy of the city.
They shop in Santa Monica before walking on the pier, they visit film and television sets in Hollywood,
tour studios, window-shop on Rodeo Drive, take in a Dodgers game, or celebrity watch in the cafés of
Beverly Hills. They enjoy the Hollywood Walk of Fame, the Venice canals, peruse local produce at the
Los Angeles Farmers Market, and go for a jog along the Pacific Ocean. With its myriad vibrant cultures
and plethora of festivals, music, theatre, art, and museums, Los Angeles offers unsurpassed opportunities
for exploration, learning, and adventure.

University Visits
UCLA Oxbridge at UCLA offers a full program of college visits. Groups of students travel, with program staff,
USC on field trips to Caltech, USC, and Pepperdine, among others. Additionally, all students have the option
Caltech to attend private on-campus sessions we organize with representatives from UCLA and USC.
Pepperdine
Students choose any two courses, one
as a Major, one as a Workshop. Major
courses meet six mornings a week,
Workshops meet three afternoons a
week.

Courses:
Acting
Building your Brand for College
(Workshop only)
Business and Finance
Communications: Marketing and
Media
Computer Science and App Design
Filmmaking
Math and Engineering
Medicine
The Movie Business
Music and Society (Workshop only)
Photography
Psychology
Screenwriting
Sports Business
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Los Angeles Courses

Acting Computer Science and App Design Music and Society (Workshop only)
The purpose of this course is to prepare Students leverage everyday instruments, In the city of music publishers, this
students for auditioning at the professional such as smartphones, to gain insight into multidisciplinary course gets to grips
level in Los Angeles. The course will aim to the theoretical foundations and concepts with the mechanisms of the $50 billion
cover cold-reading, script analysis, character involved in modern computer systems, global music industry, paying particular
development, the Stanislavski Method, design and development frameworks, DWWHQWLRQ WR KRZ LW JHQHUDWHV SURÀWV LQ DQ
Meisner Technique, on-camera work, problem-solving, coding, Android and Apple age of changing listening habits. Alongside,
auditioning, monologues and business/ application design, and web frameworks. the course mines anthropology, brain
marketing for actors. Students also visit a They are exposed to, among others, Java, science, biology, history, and literature,
studio and meet with professionals in the iOS App Design, Swift, and Objective-C as not to mention practical experiments,
field. they identify a space in the market and to understand how it is that music has
design an app to fill it. Lab fee of $150 US come to play such a core role in our lives:
Building your Brand for College why and how it affects listeners, how our
for Major; $75 US for Workshop.
(Workshop only) brains respond to and process music, how
At the end of the summer, students Filmmaking it is utilized by advertisers, movie-makers,
in the course will be familiar with the With a body of alumni that includes and artists, and how it is affecting the way
steps necessary for preparing a college Francis Ford Coppola, Ben Stiller, and humanity understands itself and interacts.
application; effective communication Rob Reiner, UCLA has established itself Photography
and presentation skills in collegiate and as a core contributor to the dream factory
professional contexts; the different types that is Hollywood. Led by professional An introduction to photography in which
of university structures (e.g., public versus screenwriters and directors, and taking students learn to use their camera's
private; research versus liberal arts); how advantage of the resources of the location, manual shutter speed, aperture, and ISO
to craft a compelling college essay; the students brainstorm, write, and produce settings to control exposure and effects.
importance of building relationships and their own short films (fiction, non-fiction, They learn composition and lighting, and
professional networks in college and beyond; documentary, or experimental), which they experiment with angle, framing, lens choice,
and different approaches to maximizing shoot with digital cameras and edit with and exposure. They present their work and
the college experience, both inside and professional software. They screen their learn how to give and receive criticism.
outside the classroom. All the assignments films at the end of the program. Lab fee Using LA as their backdrop, they practice
and activities have been adapted from different styles of photography. Finally, each
of $300 US for the Major; $150 US for the student curates a selection of photographs
university courses in departments such Workshop.
as communication, business, and public WR H[KLELW LQ D ÀQDO VKRZ 6WXGHQWV QHHG
speaking. Therefore, while developing Math and Engineering to bring their own DSLR camera with USB
college application materials, students also cable, charger, manual, and at least one
learn how to think, write, debate, negotiate, This experiential course is intended to make 8GB memory card. Lab fee of $175 US for
and present at a collegiate level. students familiar with the fundamentals the Major; $75 US for the Workshop.
of engineering by introducing them to its
Business and Finance different fields. They learn how to utilize Psychology
skills they already possess and apply them Students investigate a wide range of
Students discover the instruments and to various sets of engineering problems.
institutions that make up modern finance psychological topics that include dreams,
They also become familiar with different memory, consciousness, anxiety, body
and are vital to budding entrepreneurs. types of engineering judgments in order
From principles of finance, such as language, gender, and sexuality. As well
to be able to adopt efficient solutions to as examining the history of the subject,
compound interest, time value of money, problems. They complete the course by
and portfolio theory, they move on to how select case histories, and various mental
designing a model engineering project of disorders, students are introduced to
finance and financial markets actually their own.
work. They address the main business research methodologies and diverse
principles of strategic planning, marketing, Medicine
analytical frameworks in order to design
economics, finance and accounting. their own experiments under the guidance
Concepts covered include SWOT analysis, A general introduction for students of research specialists and practicing
developing a marketing strategy, as well as interested in a career as health-care clinicians.
working through how to create a product professionals, this hands-on course
includes an introduction to human Screenwriting
centered company, and draft a business
plan. For their final project, they create a anatomy, physiology, medical-history This course introduces students to the
mock company that they present in a “Shark taking, aspects of physical examination, principles of writing for the screen, focusing
Tank”, mirroring the high pressure, quick including learning to take Vital Signs, on the construction of strong characters,
tempo presentations used at colleges, and introduction to neurosciences, brain story development, and 3-act narrative
business schools, and startup incubators function, and laboratory interpretation, structure. Through practical exercises,
around the world. all illustrated by reviews of clinical cases. students develop an original idea for a
Alongside, students present their own feature script and learn to shape it into
Communications: Marketing and Media research regarding key controversies in pitch and treatment format. Professionals
medicine today. address the class, offering insight into
In the city that’s home to some of the Hollywood and best practices for presenting
most creative and top-earning agencies The Movie Business work to agents, producers, and studios.
in the world, like RPA, Ignited, and David Through a combination of discussions,
& Goliath, students discover the power Sports Business
guest speakers, and visits to industry
of suggestion, persuasion, and product institutions, this course introduces students This course reveals the inner-workings
placement. Scouring LA for case studies and WR WKH KLVWRU\ RI WKH ÀOP DQG WHOHYLVLRQ of the $65-billion dollar global sports
creative examples, they explore different industry, its current state, and addresses business. Sessions cover a wide range
types of advertising, branding, and find the challenges under which it is burdened. of topics including marketing and ticket
out how new media are transforming the Students are taught how movies and TV sales, fan loyalty, corporate sponsorships,
game. Thinking through the relationships shows are made, from idea conception to brand management, ownership, and legal
between advertisers, media platforms, and GHOLYHU\ 6SHFLÀFDOO\ WKH\ JDLQ NQRZOHGJH DQG ÀQDQFLDO VWUXFWXUHV 7KH SULPDU\
audiences, and drawing on their creative RI WKH DFW VWUXFWXUH IRU ÀOP DQG WKH  focus is on American sports including the
skills, they settle on a cause or product and act structure for television. They leave the NFL, MLB, NBA, and NHL, but the course
create and run their own campaign. program with an overall understanding of also examines global models such as the
the U.S. Entertainment Industry while also Premiership, la Liga, the Olympics, and
having the skills to compose, pitch, give the FIFA World Cup. Students visit world-
and receive constructive criticism from their renowned sports venues including Staples
peers on their unique story idea. Center and Dodger Stadium.
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Boston
The College Experience in Boston is housed at Harvard Law School. The oldest institution of higher
learning in the United States, Harvard was founded in 1636. American history has been carved by
the hands of Harvard’s famous alumni. Among them are eight signatories of the 1776 Declaration of
Independence; eight Presidents, including John Adams, Theodore Roosevelt, and John F. Kennedy; and
illustrious figures from Michael Bloomberg to Steven Pinker.

Harvard is set on the banks of the Charles River in the vibrant heart of Cambridge, Massachusetts. The
Boston Public Library, Financial District, Symphony Hall, and a plethora of historic sites dating back
to the American Revolution are all close by. In 1836, Harvard’s President Josiah Quincy announced his
discovery of an early sketch of the College arms drawn in 1644. It depicted a shield bearing a single Latin
word, veritas (truth), which has been the University’s motto ever since.
Program
The College Experience in The College Experience is based in the Gropius Complex, the hub of Harvard Law School. Designed by
Boston renowned architect Walter Gropius in the late 1940s, the Center is a stunning example of the Bauhaus
Grades 9-12 style he founded. Gropius wanted the buildings to capture the University’s commitment to creativity and
June 24 - July 21 continuous change. Works by key figures from various twentieth-century art movements, such as Joan
Miró, Jean Arp, and Herbert Bayer, can be found across the site. Some of Harvard’s most distinguished
alumni were educated in the Law School – including Barack Obama.
Activities
Students explore Boston and Cambridge, towns that reverberate with culture and history. Landmarks
include everything from the Boston Public Library to the Museum of Fine Arts, from Symphony Hall to the
New England Aquarium. Walking the Freedom Trail takes them past sites dating back to the revolutionary
era. Meanwhile Faneuil Hall, the Italian Quarter, and Quincy Market offer an array of cuisines from around
the world. They can catch a ball game or take a tour of Fenway Park, home of the Red Sox and one of
America’s oldest baseball stadiums. Those who want to see everything at once can go to the Top of the Hub,
the café on the 52nd floor of the Prudential Tower, which boasts magnificent views of the Charles River.
University Visits
Boston College Oxbridge offers a full program of college visits. Groups of students travel, with program staff, on field
Boston University trips to Tufts, Boston University, Boston College, and MIT, among others.
MIT
Northeastern University
Tufts University

New York Connection

The New York Connection is an optional extension program that runs from July 21 to July 25, available to
students on The College Experience in Boston. For more information please see page 44.

Harvard Square, the historic center of Cambridge, with Harvard University in the background.
Students choose any two courses, one
as a Major, one as a Workshop. Major
courses meet six mornings a week,
Workshops meet three afternoons a
week.
Courses:
American History
Building your Brand for College
(Workshop only)
Computer Science and App Design
Economics
Emerging Pathogens: Threats to
Global Health
Government and Politics
International Law
Medicine
Neuropsychology
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Boston Courses
American History Emerging Pathogens: Threats to Global Medicine
Using America’s oldest university and the Health A general introduction for students
revolutionary hotbed that was Boston as Students learn the biology of diseases such interested in a career as health-care
archives, students get to grips with the as Ebola, AIDS, Tuberculosis, Zika, Multiple professionals, this hands-on course
primary sources that map out the making Sclerosis and Alzheimer’s disease, Prion includes an introduction to human anatomy,
of the world’s superpower. They study its protein diseases, diabetes, Hemophilia, physiology, medical-history taking, aspects
triumphs – democracy, freedom, mass- and different types of cancers. They acquire of physical examination, including learning
immigration, assimilation, westward WKHKDELWRIWKLQNLQJVFLHQWLÀFDOO\DERXWWKH to take Vital Signs, and an introduction
expansion, and startling economic growth. causes of diseases and about research to neurosciences, brain function, and
At the same time they come to terms to treat unknown diseases. As the course laboratory interpretation, all illustrated
with its failures – the treatment of Native progresses, students specialize in the by reviews of clinical cases. Alongside,
Americans, the enduring nightmare of biology of one type of disease, addressing students present their own research
slavery, and the violence of civil war. its epidemiology, etiology, treatments, and regarding key controversies in medicine
cures. today.
Building your Brand for College
(Workshop only) Government and Politics Neuropsychology
This course helps students stand out in How are governments created, and what Students are introduced to the principles of
an increasingly competitive application happens when they collapse? How does
process. Seminar sessions teach them how QHXURSV\FKRORJ\ DQG WKH UROH WKDW VSHFLÀF
the spread of democracy impact economic brain regions play in producing behavior.
to tell their story, build their brand, and growth, security, and welfare? Are there
pitch compelling applications to admissions They cover a wide range of topics, from the
officers. The course helps them look beyond alternatives to democracy besides tyranny? history of neuropsychology, assessment,
rankings in order to decide what type of In their attempts to answer such questions, and neuroanatomy, to clinical disorders,
school is the best fit. Bearing in mind that students consider everything from different using cases as illustration. Students acquire
a valuable college experience goes beyond political models to the role of individuals knowledge of the measurement of human
the classroom, the course also focuses on via spin-doctoring, party politics, and the behavior and how the brain is responsible
other important factors. While developing LQÁXHQFHRIPDVVPHGLD for sensory, motor, and cognitive functions,
their application materials, students learn
International Law such as attention, language, memory, and
how to think, write, debate, negotiate, and
emotion.
present at a collegiate level. How does the law shape relationships
between nations? And how does it govern Public Speaking (Workshop only)
Computer Science and App Design relations between non-state actors?
Students leverage everyday instruments, Students address Public and Private In 21st-century working life, everyone
such as smartphones, to gain insight into International Law, and consider how will at some point be asked to deliver a
the theoretical foundations and concepts International Law affects business, Human presentation, regardless of their occupation.
involved in modern computer systems, Rights, the prosecution of international Students learn how to prepare and deliver
design and development frameworks, crimes, sovereignty, trade, and war. The compelling speeches to large and critical
problem-solving, coding, Android and Apple course culminates in a moot war crimes audiences. The syllabus covers the core
application design, and web frameworks. trial. principles of communication, the history
They are exposed to, among others, Java, and theory of rhetoric, and techniques for
iOS App Design, Swift, and Objective-C as overcoming speech anxiety. Students learn
they identify a space in the market and how to structure and organize information,
design an app to fill it. Lab fee of $150 US gain decision-making skills, and acquire
for Major; $75 US for Minor. knowledge of how to present their ideas
Students show their Harvard spirit. effectively.
Economics
Students discover the economic institutions
that affect all our lives, learn how they have
changed over time, and the consequences
of these changes. They develop a
comprehensive grasp of contemporary
economic and social institutions
("capitalism", "globalization" "the market")
and their potential futures, not least by
exploring their historical development.
Finally, they move on to address
foundational concepts, principles, and
assumptions of the dominant neoclassical
economic theory (micro and macro).

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Oxford Seminars: Spring & Summer

Programs
The Oxford Spring Seminar The Oxford Seminars are week-long intellectual immersion courses for students in grades ten-through-
Grades 10-12 twelve. They enable small groups of aspiring scholars to plunge into the subjects they love and to brush
April 1 - April 8 up on the skills required for university applications, all under the guidance of experts from Oxford.
or
April 8 - April 15 Alongside their classes, they attend academic talks and take part in workshops - led by university
admissions experts - specially designed to exercise their learning skills and assist with their university
The Oxford Summer Seminar
Grades 10-12 applications.
July 30 - August 6
The Spring Seminars are held in Pembroke College and Corpus Christi College.
and/or
August 6 - August 13 The Summer Seminars are held in Corpus Christi College.

The Spring and Summer Seminars run for one week at a time. Students applying to attend a Summer
Seminar may opt for a Double Major, and attend for two weeks, taking two different Majors.

Activities
Students immerse themselves in Oxford’s remarkable cultural scene. Typical activities have included
outings to Shakespeare plays, recitals and concerts (classical and contemporary), lectures by guest ac-
ademics, Oxford United soccer matches, sports, and visits to sites of historic interest, such as other
Colleges, the Bodleian Library, or Blenheim Palace.

Talks and Seminars

In the early evening, students attend lectures by leading academics and take part in college application
workshops. Topics that have been addressed in the past have included various approaches to critical
thinking and the role literature has played in forming opinion. College application workshops have
addressed how to create the best university application; how to prepare for interviews; how to write the
best college essay; and - importantly - what to expect from university.

Pembroke College, founded in 1624, during the reign of King James I, hosts the Spring Seminar.
Students choose Courses:
one course as their Business
Major, which meets Creative Writing
daily from 9am to Critical Thinking
12:30pm. In the Economics
English Literature
afternoons, on the
Genetics
Summer Seminar, History
they experience International
a rotation of 3 Relations
Minor courses, one Law
session each on Medicine
three subjects of Politics
their choosing. Psychology

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Oxford Spring and Summer Seminar Courses

Business English Literature Law

Students examine the dynamic world of Students are introduced to some of the Students examine the British and American
business by working through specific case greatest writers and poets in the canon. legal systems and learn how they reflect the
studies. They seek to uncover some of the Every day they discover and learn how to values and institutions of their respective
keys to successful business leadership, and analyze a scene, chapter, speech, soliloquy, societies. Emphasis is placed on legal history
to discover what makes one entrepreneur or poem drawn from a classic before and modes of thought, precedent-setting
succeed while another fails. By trying situating it in the author’s broader oeuvre cases, current controversies, and the kind
their hand at game theory and various and literary history. of first-hand courtroom observation that
negotiation tactics, they get to grips with brings them to life. Each course includes
Genetics visits to a court and sessions with lawyers.
managerial organization in all its forms.
Participants learn the core principles of Medicine
Creative Writing genetics, and come to understand the
Taking inspiration from the city’s quirky main methods used in genetic research. This hands-on course introduces students
history, students seek to master different Topics include the function and structure to key aspects of medicine and modern
genres. They experiment with comedy, of the DNA molecule; Mendelian principles medical practice. Combining specialist
drama, horror, realism, satire, and of inheritance; chromosome behavior, lectures with experiments and class
tragedy, as well as memoir and poetry. number, and structure in human cells; the discussions, students learn the main
They also tackle technical principles like identification and classification of genetic principles of human anatomy and
characterization, dialogue, and narrative mutation; as well as the latest advances physiology, the pathology and significance
of certain diseases, the main challenges
structure. One day is dedicated to the in genetic research, such as the Human that medical science faces today, and the
machinations of publication. Topics include Genome Project and genetic engineering. variety and changing nature of careers in
copy-editing and manuscript preparation in Students depart with a clear picture of what medicine.
different media. Students leave Oxford with genes are, how they are inherited, and how
a budding corpus of work. they may be altered. Politics
Critical Thinking History What goals and methodologies, if any,
do politicians around the world share in
How might the rise of the “selfie stick” be This course explores events and issues that common with one another? To what extent
related to the popularity of first-person have been concealed, little understood, are politicians able to change contemporary
video games? What does our obsession or rarely studied. Students are introduced society? And how can the social sciences be
with professional sports say about us? And to local secrets, popular conspiracies, used to explain electoral outcomes? Working
why exactly is Kim Kardashian famous? This the machinations of conniving politicians on contrasting political systems, data
course analyzes the strange phenomena and governments, and recent historical analyses, domestic politics, international
that define contemporary society through controversies and disputes. relations, and political philosophy, students
radical postmodern philosophy. Students learn the fundamentals of 21st-century
will be challenged to engage with writers International Relations
politics.
from Jean Baudrillard to Slavoj Zizek as a This course addresses International
means of critically reassessing the world Relations by focusing on key issues Psychology
around them. of the day. Subjects covered include Led by researchers engaged in cutting-
globalization and its political, economic, edge work in experimental psychology,
Economics students address a different topic each
and social effects; environmental
From Adam Smith to Ernst Schumacher, challenges; new forms of war and peace; morning. These include introductions to
Oxford is renowned for its contributions to the changing nature of security challenges; mental processes and problem solving,
economics. Students are introduced to the peacekeeping operations; the regional evolutionary psychology, clinical psychology,
theories that govern economic thought. complexities of areas like the Middle behaviorism, and psychoanalysis. In
They also discover the fundamentals and East, Africa, and South-East Asia; and addition to surveying various fields,
methodologies of economic modeling. the relationships and rivalries that define students learn how research projects are
They go on to test their knowledge against global order today. developed and experiments undertaken.
contemporary economic problems in order
to understand how the world economy
works and how it might evolve.
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The New York College Seminar

Program
The New York The New York College Seminar is an intense, week-long intellectual immersion course for students
College Seminar in grades nine-through-twelve. Students spend each morning in a Major class and, in the afternoons,
Grades 9-12 rotate through a selection of Workshops. They are thus able to plunge into a discipline that has always
July 31 - August 6 fascinated them while getting a sense of wider academic possibilities. When not in class, they take part in
activities designed to help them discover one of the world’s great cities, attend academic talks, and take
part in seminars that are led by university admissions experts and that are specially designed to exercise
their learning skills and assist with their university applications.

Accommodation
Barnard College is an independent liberal arts college established in 1889 and affiliated with Columbia
University since 1900. It is home to The New York College Seminar. Columbia University, an Ivy League
institution, was founded by Royal Charter as King’s College in 1754, and is the oldest university in New
York. The neighborhood features many shops, restaurants, and cafés, as well as St. John the Divine, one
of the largest cathedrals in the world.
Activities
When not in class, students are taken on a range of educational visits to universities including NYU and
Columbia. They visit famous sites and museums, go on tours of world-famous neighborhoods, and enjoy
a range of fun and recreational activities. Past destinations have included the Metropolitan Museum of
Art and the Whitney Museum, Times Square, Top of the Rock, SoHo, Fifth Avenue, and Central Park, a
baseball game, a Broadway show, and much more.

Talks and Seminars

In the early evening, students attend talks by leading academics and take part in college application
workshops that address how to create the best university application; how to prepare for interviews; how
to write the best college essay; and - importantly - what to expect from university.

Students choose a Major

and sample three different
Workshops. Major courses
meet every morning for
three-and-a-half hours,
Workshops for two hours on
three afternoons.

Courses:

Business
Human Rights Law
International Relations
Medicine
Psychology
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The New York College Seminar Courses

Business International Relations Psychology

Working from case studies, and making This course introduces students to the Led by researchers engaged in cutting-
the most of New York’s unrivaled business various academic disciplines and theoretical edge work in experimental psychology,
resources, students decipher the codes tools that define International Relations. In students address a different topic each
of successful business leadership, and addition to studying the history of nations morning. These include introductions to
discover what makes one entrepreneur and their interactions with one another, mental processes and problem solving,
succeed where another fails. By trying they tackle a range of contemporary case evolutionary psychology, clinical psychology,
their hand at game theory and various studies. These include the rise of ISIS and behaviorism, and psychoanalysis. In
negotiation tactics, they get to grips with the war against them; the Syrian refugee addition to surveying various fields, students
managerial organization in all its forms. crisis and the issues surrounding mass learn how research projects are developed
immigration; and the "Brexit" vote and and experiments are undertaken.
Human Rights Law
its aftermath. Can the origins of these Public Speaking (Workshop only)
Following an historical introduction to issues be unraveled in such a way as to
the idea of Human Rights, students In 21st-century working life, everyone
find new ways forward with them? This
are introduced to contrasting national will at some point be asked to deliver
question is posed in the city that hosts the
legislations, to the treaties and customary a presentation, regardless of their
United Nations, and whose financial sector
laws that structure Human Rights occupation. Being an effective and
continues to have a massive influence on
internationally, and to the instruments persuasive speaker requires flawless
world affairs.
devised to promote and protect them, such communication skills – verbal, nonverbal,
as the UN Declaration of Human Rights Medicine and written. Students learn how to prepare
and the European Convention on Human This hands-on course introduces students and deliver compelling speeches to a large
Rights. Working through current crises, to key aspects of medicine and modern and critical audience. The syllabus covers
case recreation, as well as legal theory, and medical practice. Combining specialist the core principles of communication,
taking rapid social change into account, lectures with experiments and class the history and theory of rhetoric, and
students devise a Charter for the 21st discussions, students learn the main techniques for overcoming speech anxiety.
century. principles of human anatomy and Students gain a sense of how to structure
SK\VLRORJ\ WKH SDWKRORJ\ DQG VLJQLÀFDQFH and organize information, and acquire
of certain diseases, the main challenges decision-making skills and knowledge of
that medical science faces today, and the how to present their ideas effectively.
variety and changing nature of careers in
medicine.

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New York Connection

Students on The College Experience in Boston have the exciting opportunity to spend
four nights in New York City at the end of the program. Led by experts, the New York
Connection provides them with the chance to get a sense of college life in the Big Apple
and to experience some of New York’s most notable attractions.

The program consists of a mix of educational visits to universities, such as NYU and
Columbia, famous sites, museums, tours of world famous neighborhoods, cultural
immersion, and fun relaxation. Activities might include a tour of the Metropolitan
Museum of Art, the Museum of Modern Art, the Guggenheim, or the Frick, followed by
visits of some of New York’s most famous attractions, such as Times Square, the Statue
of Liberty, Greenwich Village, Soho, Fifth Avenue, Central Park, a baseball game, and
more.

Students on the New York Connection stay at Pace University, which is located in the
heart of Manhattan and provides an excellent staging ground for an action-packed
experience of culture and excitement in the Big Apple.

The fee includes transport to New York, rooming, breakfast and supper, museum
admission, field trips, activities, and all scheduled events. To reserve a place, please
include a deposit of $300 US at the time of initial application. Students should book
their flight home on July 25 from JFK or Newark airports.
Dates and NY Connection Fees

July 21 - July 25 $1345

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Paris Connection

Students on the Oxford and Cambridge Traditions and Preps, and in Montpellier
and Barcelona, can opt to join the Paris Connection - a safe and exciting means of
discovering one of the world’s great cities before they go home.

Students are housed at the MIJE, in the Marais, a beautiful historic district on the
Rive Droite. The area is home to art galleries, cafés, and boutiques, and is within easy
reach of, among others, Notre Dame, the Île Saint-Louis, the Louvre, the Tuileries, the
Picasso Museum, and the Pompidou.

The schedule is carefully designed to make the most of our students’ time while
blending study and fun. Activities include expert-led visits of world-famous museums
and monuments; outings to Montmartre, the catacombs, and funfairs; shopping, and
sampling different French cuisines in a selection of traditional restaurants.

The comprehensive fee includes transport to Paris, rooming, breakfast and supper, and
all scheduled events. To reserve a place, please include a deposit of $300 US at the time
of initial application. Students should book their flight home on the last day of their
program’s Connection from Charles de Gaulle or Orly airports.
Dates and Paris Connection Fees
The Oxford Prep Experience The Oxford Tradition
July 26 - July 30 $1,345 July 28 - August 3 $1,795

The Cambridge Prep Experience The Cambridge Tradition

August 2 - August 6 $1,345 August 4 - August 10 $1,795

La Academia de Barcelona L’Académie de France Dr. Elizabeth Churchill introduces

the Paris Connection to the 'grands
July31- August 4 $1,345 July 29 - August 2 $1,345 tableaux' in the Louvre. e.

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Directors and Faculty

I wanted to express my Our Program Directors have been working with us for many years. They are all
thanks to all the onsite experienced educators well-suited to care for the well-being of our students and the
academic rigor of our programs.
staff who made my son's
experience the best in his Our Faculty is specially chosen from teachers and researchers in some of the world’s
leading universities, including Oxford, Cambridge, UCL, King’s, Yale, Harvard,
life thus far. Apart from Columbia, NYU, UCLA, the Sorbonne, Universitat de Barcelona, Universidad de
making wonderful friends Salamanca, and St Andrews. In 2017 our teaching staff in Oxford and Cambridge alone
from all over the globe, consisted of more than 36 Rhodes, Gates, Marshall, and Fulbright Scholars, enabling
he got so much out of the our students to work with an array of elite academics.
academics. He found the Our creative and workshop courses, meanwhile, are taught by fully-fledged professionals
teachers and course content – acclaimed, award-winning writers and poets, filmmakers, photographers, and
to be incredibly interesting actors – all selected for their talent, their varied experiences in their disciplines, their
enthusiasm, and above all their ability to inspire our students.
and enriching.
Led by these outstanding individuals, and operating in small, seminar-style classes, our
- Oxbridge at UCLA Parent
courses immerse students in subjects about which they are passionate while helping
them uncover the spectacular sites and cultures in which they are living.

Directors
Michael McKinley, The Oxford Tradition John J. Pendergast IV, The Oxford Prep
BA University of British Columbia Experience
MLitt University of Oxford AB Harvard University
Michael returns to the Oxford Tradition for MTS Harvard Divinity School
his ninth year as Director. Since graduating A former Middle School Headmaster, John
from the University of British Columbia with returns to The Oxford Prep Experience
a BA and from the University of Oxford with for his fourteenth consecutive year. The
an MLitt, Michael has written for major current Chair of the Religion and Philosophy
publications and for TV in the UK, the US, Department at the Brunswick School in
and Canada. His most recent book Finding Greenwich CT, John was educated at Harvard
Jesus: Faith. Fact. Forgery was published in University and went on to Harvard Divinity
2015. School where he obtained an MTS.

Greg Gonzalez, The Cambridge Tradition Douglas Peterson, The Cambridge Prep
BA, MA Columbia University Experience
Greg returns to the Cambridge Tradition BA University of Kentucky
for his tenth summer. He was the founding MA University of Louisville
Director of La Academia de Barcelona in After 4 summers as a Dean on the program, Doug
2006 and also led the program in 2007 and assumed the role of Director in 2017. Formerly
2008, having previously served as a Program a teacher at Louisville Collegiate, he has spent
Dean on The Cambridge Tradition in 2005. the past two years at the Carlucci American
Greg won the Garrett Harden Teaching Award International School of Lisbon and is now heading
at Harvard-Westlake School, in Los Angeles, to Denver, Colorado, to teach at the Evergreen
where he has served as an Academic Dean Country Day School. Doug loves to travel and is an
and History teacher for over 10 years. avid cyclist.

Patricia Gilbert, L’Académie de Paris Frédéric Houville, L’Académie de France

BA University of Waterloo BA, MA Université Paris 7 – Denis Diderot
MA Rutgers University MA University of Houston
LLB University of Western Ontario Frédéric has been teaching French for the
JD Villanova University last 17 years at the Awty International School
Patricia has been an educator for over 10 in Houston, Texas. He has also served as
years, teaching both French and English French Language Coordinator at Awty for
at Princeton Day School and St. Mark’s the last 13 years. He was Program Dean at
School. She served as a Dean and Executive l’Académie de Paris from 2005 to 2007, and
&RRUGLQDWRU RQ /·$FDGpPLH GH 3DULV IRU ÀYH held the same position at L’Académie de
years and as its Director since 2015. Prior to France in Montpellier from 2012 to 2015.
teaching, Patricia spent eight years practicing He will return to Montpellier for his third
family law. summer as Director.

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SUMMER 2017

Directors
Trisha Baca, La Academia de Barcelona Meghan Roof, La Academia de España
BA Manhattan College BA, MA Ohio University
MA New York University Meghan was awarded a two-year Fulbright
Trisha returns for her eleventh summer grant, after graduate school, which she
with Oxbridge and her second as Director. spent teaching in Valladolid, Madrid, and
She has over sixteen years of experience Santander. This will be her tenth summer
teaching all levels of Spanish. For the past with Oxbridge and her fourth as Director of
eight years she has taught at the School of La Academia de España. She taught for seven
the Holy Child in Rye, New York, and chaired years at Louisville Collegiate School and now lives
WKH /DQJXDJH 'HSDUWPHQW IRU WKH SDVW ÀYH and teaches in Portugal.
years.

)TGI%JCNſP1ZDTKFIG5V#PFTGYU Kevin Held, New York College

BA Emory University Experience
MA University of Denver BA College of Holy Cross
Greg returns to Oxbridge St Andrews for his MA Northwestern University
third summer as the Director of the program. Kevin returns for his sixth summer as Director
He was a Program Dean on the Oxford of the New York College Experience, having
Tradition in 2015 and on the Oxford Spring previously served as Dean in New York and
Seminar in 2016. He has worked in a variety Cambridge. Following a successful career
of roles at Kent Denver School. He currently teaching at St. George’s, in Rhode Island,
serves as a Class Dean and Upper School he now teaches Classics and Stagecraft at
English teacher. Taipei American School.

Caswell Nilsen, Oxbridge at UCLA Sarah Westerberg, The College

BA University of Virginia Experience in Boston
MA Harvard University BA Wheaton College
Caswell returns for his sixth summer with MA George Washington University
Oxbridge and second as Director at UCLA. Sarah returns for her fourth summer
A history teacher at St. Paul’s School, with Oxbridge and second as Director.
Baltimore, he has taught at several schools She teaches at St. Luke's School in New
on the East Coast. He has led numerous Canaan, CT, where she also advises Student
educational trips with high school students Government, coaches soccer and softball,
in the US and abroad, including to Africa, and choreographs the winter musical. In
Europe, and Canada. 2014, she received her MA of Educational
Leadership and Administration with high
honors from George Washington University.
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Dr. Angel Garcia (Cambridge Prep) David Kendall (Cambridge Prep) Dr. C. Aaron Lawry (New York College
BS Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla BA London College of Communication Experience)
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of major research appointments, including in communications media and photography. University, Aaron has extensive university-
He exhibits his photographs in the UK and teaching experience in Marketing, Fashion,
at the Los Alamos National Research abroad and regularly publishes essays and
Laboratory, where he worked on carbon and Music. His clients include Dockers,
reviews in photographic books, journals, L’Oréal Paris: For Men, Tylenol, and Mini
nanotube characterization. For many and magazines.
years he has supervised undergraduate USA. He has published extensively on
and graduate studies in Engineering at fashion and advertising, most recently -
Dr. Linda Kirschke (New York College with C. Helms - in Curating the Creative
Cambridge. He is active in the technology Experience) Genius in Luxury Firms (2014), and has
startup community in Cambridge, commonly received numerous awards and honors,
BA Columbia University
known as Silicon Fen. MA Johns Hopkins University not least the Steinfeldt Fellowship in Arts
PhD Princeton University and Material Culture from the Texas State
Dr. Felipe von Glehn (The CE in Boston) Historical Association.
MD, PhD Universidade Estadual de Campinas Linda teaches upper-level International
Relations seminars on political violence,
Felipe works at the Ann Romney Center for regime change, international security, state Dr. Gongxian Liao (The CE in Boston)
Neurologic Diseases. He came to Harvard as failure, and civil war, at NYU and Columbia. MS Hubei University
a research fellow at Harvard Medical School. +HURZQÀHOGZRUNKDVFRYHUHGPLOLWDU\FRXSV PhD Shanghai Institute of Plant Physiology
His specialisms are in Neuroimmunology, in Sub-Saharan Africa, political violence
Multiple Sclerosis, and Clinical Neurology. Gongxian began his career in China. He
in Serbia and Romania, and multiparty came to the US in 2001 as a postdoctoral
transitions in Kenya and Chad. She has IHOORZ WR FRQGXFW UHVHDUFK LQ WKH ÀHOG RI
Brandon Golob (Oxbridge at UCLA) won fellowships to conduct research with Immunology at Penn State and then as a
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JD University of California, Los Angeles for Scholars, the John F. Kennedy School of Medical Center, Harvard Medical School. Dr.
Government, and the Harriman Institute.
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USC Annenberg School for Communication teaches in the Division of Hematology and
and Journalism. He received his BA with BSc, MSc Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Oncology at the Tufts University School of
High Distinction from UC Berkeley and Zürich Medicine.
went on to earn a JD from the UCLA School A doctoral student in Clinical Neurosciences
of Law while also working as a law clerk at the University of Cambridge, Gunther
for the Mental Disability Advocacy Center Dr. Francesco Lotti (New York College
works on the mathematical modeling of Experience)
in Budapest and Human Rights Watch’s decision-making in the brain and brain
International Justice Program in New York. imaging data analysis. His previous degrees BS Sapienza – Università di Roma
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of programmatic interventions targeted at KLVRZQKLJKO\HIÀFLHQWUDGLRFDUERQGDWLQJ
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system. He was a teaching assistant in Columbia University. His research utilizes
mathematics at the prestigious ETH in the modeling of human disease to better
Dr. Katie Hammond (Cambridge Tradition) Zürich for 4 years. understand pathological mechanisms.
BA Carleton College
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Scholar. Her doctoral research explored by a whimsical break from traditional
the use and regulation of assistive and photo narrative. His work has appeared Jeff is a lecturer, Director of Studies, and
reproductive technologies in Canada. She in Vogue Italia, Harper’s Bazaar, and The sometime Praelector at Robinson College,
led the initial Cambridge Global Scholars Independent. He has been featured in University of Cambridge. His diverse
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Dr. Hemant Sabharwal (New York College Nchimunya Nelisa Tebeka (Oxford Tradition) Miles Unterreiner (Oxford Prep)
Experience) BSc Jacobs University BA, MA Stanford University
MB, BCh Ain Shams University MSc Max-Planck-Institut für marine Mikrobiologie MPhil University of Oxford
PhD Lunds Universitet
A Rhodes Scholar, Nchimunya is completing A Rhodes Scholar, Miles is conducting
An Assistant Professor of Microbiology and a doctorate on the structural basis for research in political theory at Oxford.
Hematology at Hunter College (CUNY) and autoimmune therapeutics. Before taking Before this, he worked as a Policy
a member of the Department of Medical up her Rhodes scholarship, she conducted Associate for the Frontier Group, a think-
Microbiology and Immunology at Rockefeller research on enzymes at the Max Planck WDQNWKDWVSHFLDOL]HVLQFDPSDLJQÀQDQFH
University, Hemant combines extensive Research School of Marine Microbiology in reform. Miles routinely authors and
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Rob Shesol (Cambridge Prep)
MBA University of Cambridge BS Arizona State University
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BSc Wharton School of Business A CFA and a banker, Harun spent thirteen
Rob acts as a principal for a team of investors years with Turkey’s largest private bank, Lisa is a producer and director with a
Isbank, before moving on to read for an MBA penchant for character-driven narratives
establishing a $100-million mezzanine fund at the Judge Business School, University
focused on Central European real estate. and documentaries. She is currently in
of Cambridge. Post-MBA he will be joining post-production for her documentary on
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Dr. Rafael Torrubia (Oxbridge at St Andrews) Institute Documentary StoryLab, where
IPOs. He relocated to Europe, where he
took on senior positions in venture capital MA, MLitt, PhD University of St Andrews she workshopped her project along with
in Dublin and Prague. More recently, he director Crystal Moselle’s 2015 Sundance
Rafael is a Teaching Fellow and Lecturer in Grand Jury Prize winner The Wolfpack.
worked with The Gem Group, a London- the Department of History at the University
based private equity fund, where his duties of St Andrews. His research interests Dr. Rebecca Varley–Winter (Oxford Prep)
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machinery manufacturer. has taught on topics as diverse as America MA King’s College, London
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BA University of Illinois of the coveted Bonarjee Prize, in addition whose research is on literary fragments and
MA, PhD Stanford University to having received grants from the British fragmentation. Her poetry has appeared
Association for American Studies and the in Obsessed with Pipework, Gadabout,
David has worked as an economist in University of St Andrews. Rafael has been Varsity, and Pomegranate. She received the
the International Finance Division of the nominated for the Best Tutor Award by the Brewer Hall Poetry Prize in 2013. Rebecca
Federal Reserve, as a business strategist St Andrews Students’ Association. completed the Cambridge University
and emerging markets bond and currency Teaching Associate program in 2014 and
trader for First Chicago Corporation, as a has lectured both as part of this program
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lecturer at the University of Miami School of MSc University of Oxford
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Development from the Federal Government of An Enterprise Fellow of the Royal Academy
Dr. Radhika Suresh (The CE in Boston) Nigeria. He studied Integrated Immunology at of Engineering, Chris co-founded Flexypix, a
BT Vellore Institute of Technology Oxford and is completing a PhD at Cambridge FRPSDQ\ IDEULFDWLQJ ÁH[LEOH WUDQVSDUHQW
PhD Cornell University on viral persistence and the role of antigen switchable glazing. Additionally, he was
presenting cells. head photographer at the Cambridge
Radhika is a research scientist with broad
disease area expertise in biochemistry, cell Union Society from 2013 to 2016 and is
biology, molecular biology and immunology- a photographer for Getty images. He has
Barcelona students relax between classes in taken portraits of some of the world’s best-
based research techniques. She is currently
working as a postdoctoral research fellow in a Gaudí archway while the Cambridge Prep NQRZQ ÀJXUHV LQFOXGLQJ %HUQLH 6DQGHUV
the Department of Neurology at Brigham & Science and the Future students visit the famous Russell Brand, Robert Downey Jnr., and
Women’s Hospital in Boston. Cavendish Laboratory. Calvin Klein.

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Guest Speakers
Every year our programs invite a special selection of guest speakers – leading figures drawn from different walks of life – to engage with
students on a wide variety of political, scientific, economic, social, artistic, academic, and literary topics. Listed below are just a few of
our speakers from recent summers.
Professor Archie Brown Sir Christopher Hum KCMG Dr. Robert Klapper
Archie Brown is Emeritus Professor of A career diplomat, Sir Christopher joined Dr. Klapper is the Director of the Joint
Politics at the University of Oxford and an the UK Diplomatic Service in 1967 after Replacement Program in Orthopaedic
Emeritus Fellow of St. Antony’s College, graduating from Pembroke College, Surgery at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in
Oxford. He taught at Oxford for over 30 Cambridge. Much of Sir Christopher’s career Los Angeles. A leader in minimally invasive
years, producing groundbreaking research has been connected with China. He served surgical techniques, Dr. Klapper holds six
into the Soviet Union and communist in the Asian departments of the Foreign and patents on specially-designed instruments
politics, publishing The Gorbachev Factor Commonwealth Office, and for several years used in procedures around the world. He
and The Rise and Fall of Communism. He was closely involved in the negotiations for the was the orthopaedic consultant to the TV
played a key role in fostering what would return of Hong Kong to China. From 2002 to show ER, and is the host of ESPN Radio’s
become a surprisingly strong relationship 2005, Sir Christopher served as Her Majesty’s Weekend Warrior show. A graduate of
between Margaret Thatcher and Mikhail Ambassador to the People’s Republic of Columbia University, Dr. Klapper is also a
Gorbachev, as an adviser to the Prime China. He also served as the 41st Master of published author, sculptor, and surfer.
Minister throughout the 1980s. Prof. Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, from
Brown held visiting professorships at Yale, 2006 to 2012. Dr. Suzanne Lynch
Columbia, Notre Dame, and the University A journalist and writer, Dr. Lynch was
of Texas. His most recent book, The Myth of Professor Kenneth Jackson educated at University College, Dublin, the
the Strong Leader, was named by Bill Gates Kenneth Jackson is Professor of History and University of Kent, and the University of
as one of the best books of 2016. Social Sciences at Columbia University, a Cambridge, where she completed her PhD
three-time Fulbright Lecturer, 2001 New York in Literary Modernism. As a graduate she
Professor Sir Richard Carwardine
State Scholar of the Year, and the founder of wrote for The Times, The Irish Examiner,
the National Council for History Education. He and Varsity before switching to financial
The former President of Corpus Christi is the author of the New York Times notable journalism. She is currently the North
College, Oxford, Professor Carwardine is book of the year Crabgrass Frontier: The America correspondent for The Irish Times,
one of Britain’s leading historians, focusing Suburbanization of the United States, editor- based in Washington DC.
on nineteenth-century America. His books in-chief of The Encyclopedia of New York City,
include Transatlantic Revivalism: Popular and has also appeared on CNN, the History Professor Sir Bruce Ponder
Evangelicalism in Britain and America Channel, and NBC’s Today Show. Although
1790-1865 and Evangelicals and Politics in he has been welcomed to Windsor Castle by Professor Ponder’s career has been
Antebellum America. His Lincoln: A Life of Queen Elizabeth II and to the White House devoted to discovering how cancer works
Purpose and Power, won the Lincoln Prize by President Bill Clinton, Professor Jackson is and to finding a cure for it. He led the
most at home in the subways, back streets, team that identified the breast cancer
in 2004. He has lectured widely on both susceptibility genes BRCA1 and BRCA2.
sides of the Atlantic and acted as adviser and gritty neighborhoods of New York City.
Professor Ponder is the former Head of the
to the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Department of Oncology at the University of
Commission. He is working on a study of Professor Randall Kennedy
Cambridge, and still leads his own research
religion in American national construction The Michael R. Klein Professor at Harvard group in the Department. He founded
between the Revolution and the Civil War. Law School, where he teaches courses on and led several leading cancer research
contracts, criminal law, and the regulation of centers, including the Cancer Research
Jay Duplass race relations, Professor Kennedy served as UK Cambridge Institute, Cambridge Cancer
Award-winning actor, writer, and director, Jay a law clerk for Judge J. Skelly Wright of the
United States Court of Appeals and for Justice Centre, Strangeways Research Laboratory,
Duplass broke into the industry with a series and the Hutchison/MRC Research Centre.
of short films written and directed alongside Thurgood Marshall of the United States
Supreme Court. He is a member of the bar He was elected a Fellow of the Royal
his brother, Mark Duplass. Their 2005 film, Society in 2001, and, in 2013, received a
The Puffy Chair, was a success at Sundance of the District of Columbia and the Supreme
Court of the United States. Awarded the 1998 lifetime achievement award from Cancer
and South by Southwest, where they won the Robert F. Kennedy Book Award for Race, Crime, Research UK. Professor Ponder speaks to
audience award for best film. Together, the and the Law, Professor Kennedy writes for a our students about the challenges and joys
brothers have written, directed and produced wide range of scholarly and general interest of a career in science.
films such as, Jeff, Who Lives at Home, Cyrus, publications. His most recent books are For
and Baghead as well as the HBO series Discrimination: Race, Affirmative Action, and
Room 104. Additionally, Jay is known for his the Law (2013), and The Persistence of the
acting work in the acclaimed Amazon show, Color Line: Racial Politics and the Obama
Transparent, Hulu’s The Mindy Project, and Presidency (2011).
the film Beatriz at Dinner.

Dr. Robert Klapper shares his passion for

orthopedics and art with Oxbridge at UCLA
students.
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SUMMER 2018
2017

Professor Randall Kennedy speaks with Boston students about the law.

Outreach and Scholarships

School Visits and Info Sessions Scholarships
During the academic year Professor Basker, Dr. Richard Michaelis, A limited number of scholarships are available, based equally on
and other members of our team visit schools, attend fairs and financial need and the student’s ability to contribute to the program
conferences, speak at information sessions throughout the in the broadest sense. Applicants can download a scholarship
United States, Canada, Europe, South America, Australia, Asia, application from our website. Please note: The standard application
and the Middle East, and host regular online meetings, during form is not a scholarship application form and cannot be used as
which prospective students and parents can find out more about such. Completed scholarship applications must be received in our
our programs. Please contact our office or visit our website New York office by the following dates:
for information regarding our schedule of school visits, public Oxford Spring Seminar December 15, 2017
presentations, and webinars. Please do not hesitate to let us know Oxford and Cambridge Traditions, St Andrews February 2, 2018
if you would like to propose a visit to your school or community. New York, Los Angeles, and Boston February 9, 2018
The Oxford and Cambridge Prep Experiences and programs in
France and Spain February 16, 2018
Student References The Oxford Summer Seminars March 2, 2018
The New York College Seminar March 2, 2018
We are happy to provide names of students, families, and teachers
in your area – perhaps even your school – who have attended, or Please ensure that you send your application early enough to allow
are familiar with, our programs. Please call or write to the New time for delivery. Applications received after the specified date
York office for a list of references. cannot be accepted, regardless of postmark date. Visit our website
for a list of the different scholarships available and for their specific
requirements.

Supplementary Information Contact

Full information on travel arrangements, packing lists, and other Oxbridge Academic Programs
pertinent details, are sent in the acceptance packet. Once accepted, 49 West 45th Street, 12th Floor
students can also find all supplementary information on our New York, NY 10036
website.
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Application Process
Application Fees
Students must currently be in grades eight or nine to apply The Oxford/Cambridge Prep $8,295
for an Oxbridge Prep program, grades nine to twelve for the The Oxford/Cambridge Tradition $8,495
programs in France, Spain, Boston, St Andrews, and New The New York College Experience $8,295
York, and grades ten to twelve for a Tradition program, Los L’Académie de France $7,895
Angeles, or an Oxford Seminar. L’Académie de Paris $7,995
La Academia de España/Barcelona $7,995
• Rolling Admissions Policy: We accept applications Oxbridge at St Andrews $8,295
throughout the year until the programs are full. Oxbridge at UCLA $7,895
The College Experience in Boston $8,295
• Admissions: Decisions are made within 1-2 weeks The Oxford Spring Seminar $2,550
of receipt of a completed application, at which time The Oxford Summer Seminar $2,700
WKH VWXGHQW·V FRXUVHV DUH FRQÀUPHG LQ ZULWLQJ The Summer Seminar Double Major $4,700
A completed application consists of four parts: a The New York College Seminar $2,550
completed and signed application form, a deposit, a
This comprehensive fee includes all tuition, accommodation,
copy of a transcript or recent report card, and a personal breakfast and dinner daily, transportation to and from the
statement. Students applying for immersion classes must DLUSRUWDOOERRNVDQGPDWHULDOVJXHVWSUHVHQWDWLRQVÀHOG
also submit a writing sample and a completed teacher trips, and all activities organized by the program, including
recommendation form (available online). sports, museum and gallery admissions, and theater
tickets. It does not include airfare, lunch, or personal
• Course Guarantee Dates: 6RPH FODVVHV ÀOO YHU\ TXLFNO\ expenditures, such as snacks, laundry, souvenirs, and so on.
We therefore recommend that students apply as early as Apply before December 31, 2017 and lock-in a $350 reduction
possible. Students whose applications are postmarked on in tuition fees for all four week programs and $175 reduction
or before each program’s course guarantee date, and who for all Spring and Summer Seminars.
are accepted into the program, will be guaranteed their Payment
ÀUVWFKRLFHRIFRXUVHVVXEMHFWWRHQUROOPHQWPLQLPD7KH Applications require a deposit of $1050 US ($1175 US with
course guarantee dates for each program are as follows: Medical Emergency Cancellation Insurance), payable to F.I.E.
or The Foundation for International Education. Scholarship
The Oxford Spring Seminar January 5, 2018 applicants are not required to send a deposit as part
The Oxford Tradition January 12, 2018 of their separate application.
The Cambridge Tradition January 19, 2018
US, France, Spain, St Andrews January 26, 2018 The balance of payment for tuition is due by April 6, 2018.
The Ox/Cam Prep Programs February 2, 2018
The NYC and Oxford Seminars April 13, 2018 Medical Emergency Insurance
Non-refundable Medical Emergency Cancellation Insurance
Please note: These dates are not admission deadlines. We is available for $125 US per application to protect against
accept applications on a rolling basis until the program is full. unavoidable cancellations due to documented medical
emergencies involving the student or immediate family
6WXGHQWVZKRFDQQRWEHSODFHGLQWKHLUÀUVWFKRLFHRI0DMRU members. This insurance can ONLY be purchased at the time
or Minor/Workshop will automatically be placed in their of application. The cancellation policy is as follows:
second or third choice, subject to the availability of that Without Medical With Medical
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FKRLFH,IZDLWOLVWHGIRUDFODVVWKHVWXGHQWZLOOEHQRWLÀHGDV Payments refundable,
Until April 6, 2018* Until May 4, 2018**
including deposit
soon as a space becomes available. Payments refundable,
Until May 4, 2018 Until June 8, 2018**
except deposit
If a class is cancelled due to low enrollment levels, students
No refunds After May 4, 2018 After June 8, 2018**
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Students who wish to change courses may do so, in writing, *Spring Seminar payments refundable until January 5 without
WRRXU1HZ<RUNRIÀFHXSXQWLO)ULGD\)HEUXDU\IRU insurance and February 16 with. No refunds possible after the
two dates.
the Spring Seminar and Friday May 25, 2018 for the summer **With Medical Emergency Cancellation Insurance, refunds
programs, can only be made in the case of a documented medical
emergency.
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„ The Oxford Tradition „ The Oxford Prep Experience „ L’Académie de Paris „ La Academia de Barcelona „ The New York College Experience
„ The Cambridge Tradition „ The Cambridge Prep Experience „ L’Académie de France „ La Academia de España „ Oxbridge at UCLA
„ Oxbridge at St Andrews „ The Oxford Summer Seminar week 1 or 2 „ The College Experience in Boston
„ The Oxford Summer Seminar Double Major „ The New York College Seminar
„ The Oxford Spring Seminar week 1 or 2

Paris Connection: „ I would like to take part in The Paris Connection (La Academia de Barcelona, L’Académie de France, and Oxford and
Cambridge Traditions and Preps eligible – please include a $300 US deposit)

New York Connection: „ I would like to take part in The New York Connection (The College Experience in Boston eligible - please include a $300
US deposit)

Applications require a deposit of $1050 US ($1175 US with Medical Emergency Cancellation Insurance), payable to F.I.E. or The Foundation for
International Education

I. STUDENT INFORMATION

„ „
NAME First Middle Last Male Female

HOME ADDRESS City State/Province Zip/Postal Code Country

/ /
TELEPHONE Student e-mail (print in capitals) Date of Birth: Month Day Year Citizenship

GUARDIAN 1 Title Name Profession e-mail (print in capitals)

Address (if different from yours) Home Telephone Work Telephone Mobile Telephone

GUARDIAN 2 Title Name Profession e-mail (print in capitals)

Address (if different from yours) Home Telephone Work Telephone Mobile Telephone

Please list your siblings and their grade levels

Have you ever attended an Oxbridge Program? „ Yes „ No If yes, which program(s)/year(s):

II. ACADEMIC INFORMATION

CURRENT SCHOOL Current Grade Level School Telephone

SCHOOL ADDRESS City State/Province ZIP/Postal Code Country

Have you ever been suspended or dismissed from school? „ Yes „ No If yes, please explain on a separate sheet of paper.

Name and telephone number of a teacher or counselor from your school who can speak knowledgeably about you.
(Although not required, a letter of recommendation is welcome.)

Title Name of Teacher or Counselor Subject E-mail (print in capitals) Telephone Number
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III. COURSE SELECTIONS

Major Course
1st Choice 2nd Choice 3rd Choice
Minor Course/Workshop (4-week program applicants select 3, Summer Seminar applicants select 5)
1st Choice 2nd Choice 3rd Choice 4th Choice 5th Choice

IV. PERSONAL STATEMENT

Please include a personal statement of approximately 500 words about why you are applying, why you are choosing your Major and Minor courses/
Workshops and what you feel you can contribute to the program. Please include your name, city, and state or country in the top right-hand corner.
Feel free to write about your academic and extracurricular interests and anything else that will help us to get to know you.
V. LANGUAGE
Knowledge of French or Spanish is not required to participate in L’Académie de Paris or La Academia de Barcelona, but students who have selected
to take a language or immersion class on L’Académie de Paris or La Academia de Barcelona, or to attend L’Académie de France or La Academia de
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I have never studied French. I have studied French for ___ years or speak it at home.
I have never studied Spanish. I have studied Spanish for ___ years or speak it at home.
All students going to the Académie de France or La Academia de España, and students taking immersion courses in Paris and Barcelona, are asked
to submit a writing sample in French/Spanish as well as a completed recommendation form from their French/Spanish teacher. This form can be
accessed on the website.
VI. FOR OUR RECORDS
How did you hear about Oxbridge Academic Programs? (please tick all that apply)
Former Student - Name: Poster - Where?
Teacher/Counselor - Name: Newspaper Ad - Where?
School Visit - When? Website - Which?
Reception - When/Where? Informational/PSAT E-mail:
Brochure in the Mail - When? Search Engine - Specify Keywords:
Other- Please Specify:
VII. SHARING INFORMATION

I permit Oxbridge Academic Programs to share my travel details and contact information with other program participants. Yes No
VIII. ROOM REQUEST (PROGRAMS IN OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE ONLY)

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Single Room with Private Bathroom Double Room with Private Bathroom

The Oxford Prep/Cambridge Prep +$475 US The Oxford Prep/Cambridge Prep +$425 US
The Oxford Tradition +$450 US The Oxford Tradition +$395 US
The Cambridge Tradition +$200 US The Cambridge Tradition +$100 US
The Oxford Summer/Spring Seminar +$100 US The Oxford Summer/Spring Seminar +$50 US
The Oxford Summer Seminar Double Major +$200 US The Oxford Summer Seminar Double Major +$100 US
Students who do not request a room with a private bathroom will be allocated a standard single or double room subject to availability.
IX. SIGNATURES
My guardian(s) and I have read and understood the information provided in the Fees and other sections of this brochure and agree to abide by
the rules and behavior standards established by the program. I attest that all information I have provided here is accurate and truthful.

STUDENT SIGNATURE DATE GUARDIAN SIGNATURE DATE

X. REMINDERS
A. Applications will only be reviewed once complete. Please check the following to indicate completion and inclusion in your submitted application.
Application Form Transcript Personal Statement Deposit Check Immersion Sample and Recommendation (if applicable)
B. Please ensure that your deposit check is made payable to: The Foundation for International Education
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The Oxford Prep Experience

Grades 8-9
June 30 - July 26
The Oxford Tradition
Grades 10-12
July 1 - July 28
The Cambridge Prep Experience
Grades 8-9
July 7 - August 2
The Cambridge Tradition
Grades 10-12
July 8 - August 4
Oxbridge at St Andrews
Grades 9-12
June 27 - July 24
La Academia de Barcelona
Grades 9-12
July 4 - July 31
La Academia de España
Grades 9-12
July 3 - July 30
L’Académie de Paris
Grades 9-12
July 2 - July 29
L’Académie de France
Grades 9-12
July 2 - July 29
New York College Experience
Grades 9-12
June 25 - July 22
Oxbridge at UCLA
Grades 10-12
June 29 - July 26
The College Experience in Boston
Connect with Oxbridge & Learn More! Grades 9-12
June 24 - July 21
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TEL: 1-800-828-8349 · +1-212-932-3049
[email protected] Grades 9-12
www.oxbridgeprograms.com July 31 - August 6
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@oxbridgeprograms The Oxford Summer Seminar
Grades 10-12
Oxbridge regularly visits schools, attends summer activity
July 30 - August 6
fairs, and holds webinars. Visit our website for dates and
further information. August 6 - August 13