Program Overview

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University Program Information

The university offers a wide range of programs, including short and online courses, undergraduate, postgraduate, professional, and research degrees.

Subject Areas

• Archaeology and anthropology
  • Archaeology
  • Theological Studies
• Architectural history
  • Architectural History
• Business and management
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• Data science, computing, maths
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• History of art
  • History of Art
• History, including local and social
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• Languages and cultural studies
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• Literature, creative writing and film studies
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• Medical and health sciences
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• Music
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• Natural sciences
  • Nanotechnology
• Philosophy
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• Psychology and counselling
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• Religion and theology
  • Theological Studies
• Technology and AI
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Course Format

• Day and weekend events
• In-person learning
• Lecture series
• Online learning
• Professional
• Summer schools
• Weekly learning

Academic Credit

Many courses can be studied for academic credit, which means they can count towards a recognised qualification.

Undergraduate Programs

Certificates

• Archaeology
• Certificate of Higher Education
• English Literature
• History
• History of Art
• Theological Studies

Diplomas

• Archaeology
• Creative Writing
• English Social and Local History
• History of Art

Advanced Diplomas

• British Archaeology
• IT Systems Analysis and Design (Online)
• Local History (Online)

Pre-Master's

• Advanced Pre-sessional Course for Graduate Students (nine weeks, full-time)
• Foundations of Diplomacy Pre-Master's Course (six months, full-time)

Postgraduate Programs

Certificates

• Architectural History
• Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
• Ecological Survey Techniques
• Enhanced Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
• Health Research
• Historical Studies
• Nanotechnology
• Patient Safety and Quality Improvement
• Psychodynamic Counselling
• Qualitative Health Research Methods
• Teaching Evidence-Based Health Care

Diplomas

• Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
• Cognitive Behavioural Therapy Severe Mental Health Problems
• Health Research
• International Wildlife Conservation Practice
• Psychodynamic Practice

Master of Studies (MSt)

• Creative Writing
• Diplomatic Studies
• Historical Studies
• History of Design
• Literature and Arts
• Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy
• Practical Ethics
• Psychodynamic Practice

Research Degrees (DPhil)

• Archaeology
• Architectural History
• Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
• English Local History
• Evidence-Based Health Care
• Literature and Arts
• Sustainable Urban Development

Master of Science (MSc)

• Applied Landscape Archaeology
• Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
• English Local History
• Evidence-Based Health Care
• Evidence-Based Health Care Medical Statistics
• Evidence-Based Health Care Systematic Reviews
• Evidence-Based Health Care Teaching and Education
• Experimental and Translational Therapeutics
• Nanotechnology for Medicine and Health Care
• Surgical Science and Practice
• Sustainable Urban Development
• Translational Health Sciences

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Continuing Professional Development

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• Cultural heritage
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• Technology and AI
• Urban studies

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The university has an active interdisciplinary research community, with a strong focus on the humanities and social sciences.

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Art in Britain: 1940 to the Present

Course Details

• Code: O25P104ARL
• Fees: From ｣75.00
• Dates: Tue 27 Jan 2026 - Tue 03 Mar 2026
• Time: 2:00-3:30pm (UK)
• Location: Online or Rewley House, 1 Wellington Square, Oxford, OX1 2JA

Overview

This hybrid series of six lectures will extend and develop chronological themes arising from the earlier lecture series, Art in Britain: Constable to Henry Moore.

Programme Details

• Lectures take place on Tuesdays, from 23.30pm GMT.
• Tuesday 27 January 2026: Art of the Second World War
• Tuesday 3 February 2026: Art at the Festival of Britain
• Tuesday 10 February 2026: A Figurative Four From the Fifties: Freud, Bacon, Minton, Vaughan
• Tuesday 17 February 2026: Post-War British Sculpture
• Tuesday 24 February 2026: Abstraction to Pop Art
• Tuesday 3 March 2026: Sgt Pepper to Conceptualism & Beyond

Fees

• Event Fee - virtual attendance: ｣75.00
• In-person event fee (includes tea/coffee and a pastry): ｣90.00

Funding

If you are in receipt of a UK state benefit or are a full-time student in the UK, you may be eligible for a reduction of 50% of tuition fees.

Tutors

• Dr Jan Cox: Specialises in nineteenth-century European art and British art of the early twentieth-century.
• Dr David Morgan: Has taught art and architectural history for the Department since 2004.