SEMESTERS

Semesters

Ten weeks of each semester coincide with the University's Michaelmas or Hilary Terms, and the CMRS programme of tutorials and seminars is planned to take full advantage of Oxford's academic and cultural life. The remaining four weeks are devoted to the intensive lectures and field trips of an integral course, which provides a framework for the more detailed work of the tutorials and seminars. During a semester a student takes four courses in all for a total of 16 semester credits: two tutorial courses, one seminar course, and the Integral Course.

The teaching of the Integral Course is designed for students to obtain from its lectures, Colloquium and field trips a comprehensive overview of the Middle Ages, or Renaissance and early modern period; a first-hand knowledge of seminal writers of each period; and a deeper understanding of the relationship between faith and learning. The seminars focus on the development of presentational and other scholarly skills and the writing of a research paper; and the tutorials develop skills in reading, critical analysis and essay writing.