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Course Catalog 2009-2010 
    
Course Catalog 2009-2010 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

London Program


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The Danenberg Oberlin-in-London Program offers students the opportunity for intensive disciplinary and interdisciplinary study in London. The program was instituted as a memorial to the late Emil Danenberg, eleventh president of Oberlin and a great friend to international education. The curriculum is tailored to take advantage of all that the great and diverse city of London has to offer.

Each fall, one member of the Oberlin faculty leads the program, which operates in collaboration with Grinnell-in-London. Oberlin students can take courses from Grinnell faculty and from faculty resident in London /vice versa/, and students from the two colleges can live together. In addition, in the fall students have the opportunity to take internships in a range of London institutions. A two-credit course on London history is required.

Each spring, Oberlin students study with two Oberlin faculty members. Each student takes one six-credit disciplinary course with one of the faculty members, a six-credit interdisciplinary course taught jointly by both faculty members, and a two-credit course on either London history or the London stage.


The faculty directors for 2009-10 are:  Fall Semester: Professor Jan Thornton (Neuroscience and Biology); Spring Semester: Professor Meredith Gadsby (African American Studies) and Professor Baron Pineda (Anthropology).


Admission to the program is by application only.  Applications are due in February for the fall semester and September for the spring semester. Students are notified when the applications are available and due.  Applications are reviewed by the faculty directors of the program and by the chair of the London Program Committee.

The program is open to any Oberlin student who will be at least a sophomore at the time the student participates in the program. The faculty and committee are especially interested in students who show a serious interest in taking advantage of the resources of the program. The faculty and committee hope for applications from a wide range of Oberlin students.

 

The program maintains classrooms and an office within the Florida State University Centre in Bloomsbury, which also contains a library, lounge and internet facilities. Students live in small groups away from the Centre; they can choose between renting small apartments (“flats”) with kitchen facilities or living in international dormitory-like housing. Since students on the Program are registered as Enrolled-Not-In-Residence at Oberlin, and since financial aid applies as well, the tuition costs are identical to those on campus. There is no need to transfer credits, since all offerings are Oberlin courses. Students are responsible for their own housing and food costs, which are higher than in Oberlin, and the London Program Committee works with the Financial Aid Office to adjust aid packages to meet London costs.

Further information about the program may be found on the web at www.oberlin.edu/london. Information about the Grinnell program and offerings may be found at www.grinnell.edu/academic/gil/.

Fall Semester Courses


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