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@niu.edu
The Oxford Experience
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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.
Political Science
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LAW AND COURTS IN COMPARATIVE
PERSPECTIVE: SOCIAL CHANGE
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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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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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Field Trips
Accommodations & Meals
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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.
Program Cost
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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
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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.
More Information
Deadline to apply: May 1, 2007.
 More information on the program:
– http://www3.niu.edu/niuabroad
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– http://www3.niu.edu/niuabroad/Oxford.07.htm
– NIU Study Abroad Office: Williston Hall
417 Phone: (815)753-0304
niuabroad@niu.edu
 E-mail Professor Ward: aeward@niu.edu
 This PowerPoint presentation is on the web:
polisci.niu.edu/faculty/ward.html