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Oxford Seminar: The Good Society HONR

Term To Study: Summer 2025
Application Deadline: Dec 01, 2024
Program Starts: Jun 29, 2025
Program Ends: Jul 14, 2025
Program Category: One-Country
Program Type: Faculty-led
Program Fee: $2,500
Link 1: Apply to the Program
Program Locations: Oxford
Contact Phone: 757-594-8828
Contact Name: Dr. Lori Underwood & Dr. Quentin Kidd
Contact Email: underwoo@cnu.edu
What is Included: Housing, Meals M-F, Airfare, Ground Transportation, International Health Insurance, and Group Activities

$2500 program fee for students not covered by the Prestigious Scholar Program.

All students pay tuition regardless of scholarship status:
    What is not Included: Tuition (3 credits), Some Meals, Personal Expenses, ETA Travel Authorization, Personal Travel

    3 credits of tuition is:
    $1,425 In-State Tuition & Fees
    $3,171 Out-of-State Tuition & Fees
    Estimated Costs: You will need to apply for an ETA travel authorization for travel to the UK. Applications are not yet available, but you will need to apply online prior to departure for a cost of 10 GBP.
    Documents: 
    oxford__fee__payment_agreement_s
    ummer_2025.pdf
    oxford__non-fee__payment_agreeme
    nt_summer_2025.pdf
    Program Description

    Oxford Seminar: The Good Society
    Course: HONR 335

    Applicants must have a 3.5 GPA at CNU to apply.


    Program Highlights:


    • Study at Oxford

    • Study in the Bodleian library

    • Visit London

    • See a Shakespeare play

    • Tour Blenheim Palace


    This course is designed to engage students in an intensive interdisciplinary exploration of some of the fundamental ideas that shape our lives and societies, and by extension encourage them to contemplate their future in a similar context. By the end of the course students should be able to 1) discuss and explain in fundamental concepts addressed in the course; 2) conduct quality independent research; 3) write an advanced thesis defense paper. The course will be conducted as a set of workshops, lectures, tutorials, discussion forums, individual and group mentoring sessions, and self-guided research. Outside activities are required for the course. These activities will include attendance at a minimum of two workshops in the fall and spring semesters preceding the course. Students enrolled in this course will also participate in the Prestigious Scholarships Program, which is designed to help them form individual action plans guided toward their roles in the good society.


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