For undergraduate students each tutorial counts as 6 Mason credits for a total of 12 credits. For graduate students each tutorial counts as 3 Mason credits for a total of 6 credits. The September lecture series will be worth 3 credits in either History, Anthropology or Sociology. Graduate courses approved by GMU are SOC 599 and HIST 635. Please keep in mind that British and American standards are very different and British housing might seem sub-standard to you in terms of comfort, proximity and convenience.
All houses are well-equipped and include bed linen, kitchen utensils and one working phone.
Students pay for phone usage individually. All housing neighborhoods, rather than individual houses, include a computer and printer to permit students to write their essays. There are 40 colleges which make up the University of Oxford. Each college is an independent self-governing body with its own buildings, dining hall, library, social facilities, sport teams, and societies. Every college has its own students, and it is to their Oxford college by long tradition that students maintain a strong sense of loyalty.