Academic Divisions

Oxford College is organized into four academic Disciplines: History and Social Sciences, Humanities, Mathematics and Science, and Physical Education and Dance. Each academic division is represented by a chairperson who is appointed by the Dean of Academic Affairs after consultation with all tenure-track members of the division. Chairs are appointed for three years and may be reappointed.

History and the social sciences are compromised of those disciplines relating to human activity.  The social sciences are a group of academic disciplines that study human aspects of the world. History is the study of the past, focused on human activity and leading up to the present day.  The following seven departments comprise the division of History and Social Science:

• Anthropology
• Economics
• History
• Political Science
• Psychology
• Sociology
• Women's Studies

The humanities are those academic disciplines which study the human condition, using methods that are largely analytic, critical, or speculative, as distinguished from the mainly empirical approaches of the natural and social sciences.  The following six departments comprise the division of Humanities:

Natural science refers to a rational approach to the study of the universe, which is understood as obeying rules or laws of natural origin. The following five departments comprise the division of Natural Science and mathematics:

Pysical Education and Dance refers to those activites involving the use of the human body, it's conditioning, and refinement of skill in the physical arts. The following three departments comprise the division of Physical Education and Dance: