Courses of Study - William Jewell College

Courses of Study –
The Oxbridge Honors Program
The Oxbridge
Honors Program
Oxbridge Professor D. Dean Dunham, Senior Tutor
Oxbridge tutorial majors are offered in English
Language and Literature, History, History of Ideas
(an interdisciplinary great books major), Institutions
and Policy (an interdisciplinary major involving philosophy,
politics, and economics), Music, and
Science (molecular biology). All Oxbridge majors
are part of the B.A. program.
The small group of outstanding students admitted to
the program prepare for senior comprehensive
examinations in the major fields by study in individual
or small-group tutorials and by independent
reading and research. They normally spend the junior
year in one of William Jewell’s programs in either
Oxford or Cambridge. First year students enter as
Oxbridge Open students and do not apply for entry
into majors until late in spring semester.
Members of many departments of the college serve
as tutors. Oxbridge courses and tutorials are open
only to students formally admitted to the program.
A general description of the program is given in
the Curriculum section of this catalog. For
detailed information, please consult The
Oxbridge Handbook.
OXA 100. Introductory Seminar. 4 cr. hrs.
Tutor: Kenneth Chatlos, Oxbridge Professor of History
An introduction to the research methods, analysis
of primary and secondary sources, and writing
skills which will be used in tutorials. The particular
subject matter may vary, but students will
always engage in extensive reading, writing, and
discussion. Each student will present papers
before the group. Prerequisite: acceptance into
the Oxbridge Program. Successful completion of
the seminar is prerequisite to any tutorial.
OXA 450. Senior Revisions. 1 or 2 cr. hrs.
Instructor: Staff
Independent reading by seniors in preparation for
comprehensive exams—in Oxford or Cambridge
terms, "revising" for examinations. The
Coordinator of the Oxbridge major will approve
the list of readings to be undertaken and will
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determine with the student what writing will be
appropriate. Examples of writing assignments
might include essays, annotated bibliographies,
journals, or other assignments. Prerequisite:
Good standing as a senior in an Oxbridge major.
Tutorial Credits. Full credit for a tutorial,
including a tutorial taken in England in the major
subject, is achieved only when the collection
(special examination) paper or related comprehensive
examination papers have been completed.
As credit hours are shown for the tutorials
listed below, the first number indicates the credits
earned when tutorial work is completed through
the collection or comprehensive examination; the
number in parentheses indicates the credits
earned by tutorial participation and syllabus
activities alone. A student who for any reason,
including transfer out of the college or withdrawal
from the program, satisfactorily finishes syllabus
assignments and participates in tutorial sessions
but does not finish the work of the tutorial
by satisfactory performance on the collection or
examination will have earned the number of
credit hours shown in parentheses. Prerequisite: a
tutorial must be related to the comprehensive
examination fields of a student’s Oxbridge major.
Tutorials for Oxbridge Major in
English Language and Literature
Mark Walters, Professor of English,
Coordinator of the major
OXE 106, 206. Poetry: Analysis and Critical
Interpretation. 4 cr. hrs. A seminar/discussion
course designed to help students interested in the
Oxbridge English Language and Literature major
develop the vocabulary and skills needed for analysis
of poetry and to introduce them to some important
critical approaches to literature. It is a co-requisite
of the first OXE tutorial course taken by a
student exploring or entering the Oxbridge English
Language and Literature major. Prerequisites: successful
completion of OXA 100, concurrent enrollment
in an OXE tutorial course.
OXE 111, 211, 411. Realist Modes. 4 (2) cr. hrs.
Tutor: D. Dean Dunham, Jr., Oxbridge Professor of
English Language and Literature
This tutorial course of study focuses on an
important mode of literary expression in nine-