Explore the incredible world of terrestrial arthropods in this engaging course. Discover their extraordinary diversity, their impact on our lives, and their fascinating ecology and behaviours with a focus on remarkable insects and spiders.
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This course will examine five iconic operatic masterpieces which still form the backbone of the operatic repertory today.
'What is Jazz? Dude, if you have to ask, you'll never know.' – Louis Armstrong. After exploring and analysing jazz music on this course, looking at its origins and development, and acquiring some strategies for listening to it, you will never have to ask.
Join us to explore the spectacular arts, intriguing politics and intellectual achievements of Classical Greece (480-323 BCE) through rich learning materials and a museum visit. We will discover and interpret a world of information about these past people.
Experience and learn the art of Renaissance drawing and printmaking. Combining studio practice with art history, this course explores Renaissance drawings and prints through hands-on study, varied techniques and a visit to the Ashmolean Museum.
There are archaeological sites all around us: hillforts and stone circles, Roman towns, ancient fields and roads. During this course, we will venture out and look at the archaeological landscape.
There are archaeological sites all around us: hillforts and stone circles, Roman towns, ancient fields and roads. During this course, we will venture out and look at the archaeological landscape.
Examine Roman Britain as part of a united and cosmopolitan world under the rule of Imperial Rome. How did life compare with that in other provinces? How was Roman governance and power maintained over such a vast empire? Includes an Ashmolean Museum visit.
A non-mathematical overview of the current scientific understanding of space and time. Including an introduction to Einstein's theory of relativity, its consequences, and applications.
Discover the richness and diversity of Oxford's art collections. Explore first hand the many facets of world-class museums and galleries, such as the Ashmolean, History of Science, Natural History, and Pitt Rivers museums.
Plants contribute to the diversity of an ecosystem, but how do they interact with other organisms and form part of a society? This course will introduce what it takes to be a plant, to fit into the web of life, and how plants and humans impact each other.
An introduction to the western horror film. Discover the reasons for the genre’s continued popularity and its ability to explore anxieties about existential and social identities.
