Barbara White

Dear Student,

Dr. Barbara White, Director of Studies Welcome to the ASE Website. I shall be looking after your academic welfare whilst you are studying in Bath. Whether you choose to come to England for a semester or a full year, ASE will offer you a unique educational experience and encourage you to develop your academic skills and widen your range of scholarly interests.

You will be taught in small seminar groups (classes are normally no larger than thirteen and often much smaller) by a team of tutors, most of whom come from Oxford University and all of whom are highly qualified specialists in their fields. ASE tutors are committed to our ideals of combining high teaching standards with a personal involvement in our students' academic goals. We offer a wide range of courses and, if you have not taken a course in Philosophy or Classics before, now is the time to experiment with new subject areas, safe in the knowledge that you will be given individual attention both inside and outside the classroom. I am here to guide you in your final course choices, to ensure that you are supported academically through the semester with whatever problems you may have, and to offer advice on your next steps after you leave ASE. You may find that the ASE experience will open up a new range of possibilities for you and, like Michele Gemelos (Skidmore College), Matt Hansen (Washington and Lee University) or Danielle Barbour (William and Mary College), you may decide to return to England to take higher degrees at Oxford, or, like John Kernis, (Hobart and William Smith Colleges and a previous Graduate Intern with ASE), stay on in England to complete a Master's Degree at the University of Sussex.

I look forward to meeting you in the near future.

Dr. Barbara White
ASE Dean and Director