[CocoPop]

Hi,

I was looking at the Engineering course in Christ Church and the prospectus said that CC accepts about six engineering students. That's a very small number, but it's understandable considering the number of Oxford colleges.

What I don't understand is where we would attend lectures. Would I only go to lectures/classes within my college with the six other students (seems a little bizarre)? Would my classes be located within my college?

Could someone explain how the system works, or otherwise locate me to a source that explains this?

Thanks

[generalebriety]

Lectures are centrally organised and you will have lectures organised by the university with everyone in your year, either in the engineering faculty or in some lecture theatre in a lecture block somewhere. Tutorials will be organised by your college and will probably be in your college, but it's not at all uncommon for them to be elsewhere. I don't know what "classes" are in terms of engineering, or even if they exist, but they sound like they're centrally organised - certainly they are for things like modern languages.

[JCM89]

Lectures are central and not usually college based. You would usually but not always have tutorials / supervision within your college but your faculty will have facilities elsewhere for lectures and practical work. The department of engineering science has some useful info here

[CocoPop]

Hi, thanks for the responses (and the link). Seems much more clear to me now!

[DD2]

lectures are in the department, so college wide. Tutes (like classes, but then with 2 or 3 people) are with the others in your college.