The CMRS Semester Programme is planned primarily for undergraduates in their junior and senior years, and first-year graduate students. The emphasis at CMRS is on scholarship. The academic programme is carefully devised so that students receive either specialized training in Medieval, Renaissance and Early Modern Studies or follow a more general course of studies in the Liberal Arts. Teaching at CMRS is provided by one-to-one teaching in tutorials, supplemented by small seminar classes and an integral lecture course. The Oxford tutorial system ensures the closest possible cooperation between teachers and pupils.

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 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
• the Integral Course