DANENBERG OBERLIN-IN-LONDON PROGRAM
APPLICATION FOR SPRING 2014
Please return to King 105 by 3:00 PM, Thursday, September 26, 2013
A) Personal Information
Name _________________________________________________ T# ____________________
Last
First
Middle
Date of Birth ________________________ Country of Citizenship ______________________
OCMR # _________ Phone # ____________________ Email ___________________________
Major(s) _____________________________________________________________________
Advisor(s) ____________________________________________________________________
Division (circle one): Conservatory
College of Arts and Sciences
Double Degree
Expected Graduation Date: _______________
Current semester in college (circle one) 3 4 5 6 7
Do you have a valid passport? ______ If so, please list the expiration date _________________
B) Please answer the following questions. Use a separate sheet if you prefer.
1. Please describe the reasons you are interested in attending the London program and how the
program relates to your educational goals.
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2. List the courses you have taken at Oberlin and elsewhere that are relevant to this program,
with instructors’ names and your grades.
3. List any other studies or experiences you feel are relevant to the London curriculum.
4. Have you traveled outside the United States? If so, where and when?
5. Are there any other factors you’d like to have taken into account in considering
your application?
6. Have you ever been on academic or judicial probation or suspension? ____Yes ____No
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C) Course Selection and Planning
1) In the grid below, please indicate the courses you hope to take while in London. Full
descriptions of each course and its prerequisites can be found at www.oberlin.edu/london.
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Students take three courses, but will receive credit for four (i.e., full semester credit) in the
new curricular system.
All students take BIOL/ENGL 934.
Students choose either BIOL 902 or ENGL 935.
Students choose either LOND 950 or LOND 951.
Course
Credits
BIOL/ENGL 934. Nature and Culture:
Romanticism, Evolution, and Ecology
in the British Imperial Age
1.5 full courses
BIOL 902. Nature Perspectives: From
the Linnaean Revolution to DNA
1.5 full courses
ENGL 935. The Poem in the Museum
1.5 full courses
LOND 950. A History of London
Full course
LOND 951. The London Stage
Full course
Please mark the courses in
which you plan to enroll
Required Course
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Select EITHER 902 OR
935. If you’d be willing
to take the other as an
alternative, check
here: ___.
Select EITHER 950 OR
951. If you’d be willing
to take the other as an
alternative, check
here: ___.
2) Please list the remaining requirements for your major(s) and your general education
requirements (9-9-9, CD, QP, WP, Winter Term) as of the end of this current semester.
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D) Approval Signatures
To the student: Your signature below indicates you have met and discussed your off-campus
study plans and this application with your academic advisor(s).
Student signature ________________________________________ Date ________________
To the advisor(s): Your signature below indicates that you discussed and reviewed this
student’s application and off-campus study plans.
Advisor signature ________________________________________ Date ________________
Advisor signature ________________________________________ Date ________________
E) Reference Form
Please complete the top portion of the attached reference form and forward to a faculty
member who knows your work well and is willing and available to complete it. Please allow as
much time as possible for the faculty member to complete this form.
Please list the name and department of the faculty member to whom you have given the
recommendation form:
___________________________________________________________
Name two additional faculty members who could evaluate your qualifications for the program:
(1) ___________________________________
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(2) ________________________________
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DANENBERG OBERLIN-IN-LONDON PROGRAM
FACULTY REFERENCE FORM
STUDENT APPLICANT _________________________________________________
FACULTY MEMBER’S NAME AND DEPT. _________________________________
To the STUDENT: Please give this form to a faculty member who knows you well and is willing and available to fill
it out. Allow plenty of time to enable him/her to turn it in by 3:00 pm on Thursday, September 26, 2013.
To the FACULTY MEMBER: The Oberlin-in-London Program Chair and faculty directors would greatly appreciate
your confidential reference concerning this student applying for the program. Please evaluate the student’s
readiness to undertake the academic challenges of this program (contribution to class discussion, quality of oral
expression and written work, ability to conduct independent study, etc.). Equally important is your assessment of
the student’s ability to manage the personal demands of an intensive small-group program abroad (emotional
maturity, reliability and leadership, cooperation, tolerance, etc.). Any other observations relevant to the student’s
participation in the London Program would be welcome. Please be as candid and specific as you can. Please return
the completed form to the London Program office, King 105, by 3:00 pm on Thursday, September 26, 2013. It is
very important that the Faculty Reference Form be turned in on time. Also, it is very important that you turn in a
written reference; oral references can be helpful but a hard copy is needed for the files. If it is more convenient,
you may send your reference by e-mail to karen.barnes@oberlin.edu.
Signature: ________________________________
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