The Oxford tutorial is a special thing. To sum up, you meet one-on-one or two-on-one (with a few exceptions) with an expert in your field of study. You're given a reading list and (an) essay prompt(s). You write your persuasive essay, meet with your tutor, and defend your argument.So yesterday I met the tutor for my primary tutorial. We'll meet once a week for 8 weeks.
He's very nice, and I'm excited to work with him. I'll be studying post-Norman Conquest Britain. I've gotten my first assignment, and I have a stack of period sources to read, and a two-page list of suggested reading. Obviously I can't read all the suggested reading, and it's not expected. It's wonderful because I get the opportunity to focus on what I want to focus on, and to work with the tutor to tailor the course to my interests, even as they develop throughout the term.
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Now, normally, what students with WISC/OSAP usually experience is slightly different than the normal Oxford experience. But, also excitingly, my tutor told me that every Michaelmas term Oxford runs a Medieval History 2 class that covers post-Conquest Britain. So he's tailoring my class to basically run in conjunction with that class, and will be giving me a lecture list. So essentially I'll be taking a normal Oxford class!
Well, I was up late last night searching the libraries catalogue online for some of the reading resources. After sleeping in a bit, I need to get a move on. ;) I have reading to do, will try and get to the library today, and have the university fresher's fair to attend. I may even try and purchase some Oxford gear today.
So until next time,
Cheers!
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