NIU Oxford

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NIU Oxford

• 38th Annual Summer Program at
• Oriel College, Oxford University
• JUNE 24 - AUGUST 3, 2007  

Professor Artemus Ward Dept. of Political
Science Office Zulauf Hall 410 E-mail
aeward_at_niu.edu
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The Oxford Experience

• Take can take up to nine credit hours (most take
  one or two courses) taught at Oxford by NIU
  faculty Political Science, English, Biology.
• A typical class will meet T TH for two hours each
  day, leaving plenty of time for long weekend
  trips.
• On certain days, instead of having class, we will
  go on field trips to London and other nearby
  locations.

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Political Science

• LAW AND COURTS IN COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE SOCIAL
  CHANGE
• This course will compare the legal structures and
  substantive law of a number of countries
  including the United States and Great Britain as
  well as other common law jurisdictions such as
  Canada , Australia , New Zealand , India , South
  Africa , and Israel. We will pay particular
  attention to the question of how law and courts
  are involved in the process of social change. Can
  social change be achieved through
  constitutionalization, judicial review, and
  litigation strategies or are social movements
  best served focusing their energies elsewhere
  such as in popular decision-making bodies and
  legislation.
• Courses POLS 317, 414, 495, 498, 519.

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Field Trips

• The program cost includes one trip to
  Stratford-upon-Avon with tickets to a Royal
  Shakespeare Company performance.
• As a class we will get a private tour of the
  Houses of Parliament in London, see the British
  Museum where the Rosetta Stone and other famed
  artifacts are housed, and tour the underground
  Cabinet War Rooms where Winston Churchill and
  the British government conducted WWII.
• Of course we will also walk by No.10 Downing
  Street where the Prime Minister lives and
  Buckingham Palace where the Queen lives as well
  as lots of other sites.

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Accommodations Meals

• Students will reside in modernized single rooms
  in a 12th century college building, with baths
  and toilets shared between each pair of rooms.
• Breakfast is served daily and dinner will be
  served each Monday in the 17th-century
  Hall. Students will be responsible for the
  purchase of all lunches, as well as dinners on
  every day but Monday.
• The program will have exclusive use of a Common
  Room for socializing, and students will have
  access to the College Library and other Oxford
  libraries.
• The college has a laundry room, and dry cleaning
  is available nearby.

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Program Cost

• The fee for the program is 6,850. This includes
• Housing, breakfast seven days a week, and dinner
  on Mondays in the College Dining Hall
• Use of an Oriel College Common Room and the
  College Library
• Two field trips
• International Student Identity Card (ISIC)
• NIU tuition for 3-9 semester hours of
  undergraduate or graduate credit
• NIU major medical insurance
• Airfare You are responsible for this. However,
  the POLS department is offering 500 stipends for
  the first 8 POLS majors to sign up for the
  program.

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More Information

• Deadline to apply May 1, 2007.
• More information on the program
• http//www3.niu.edu/niuabroad
• http//www3.niu.edu/niuabroad/Oxford.07.htm
• NIU Study Abroad Office Williston Hall 417
  Phone  [phone] niuabroad_at_niu.edu
• E-mail Professor Ward aeward_at_niu.edu
• This PowerPoint presentation is on the web
  polisci.niu.edu/faculty/ward.html