Applied Fields at Oxford College

Majors and concentrations that exist at emory oxford: the business school is one example of an applied field at Oxford. Students who graduate from the business school are able to receive internships and start working in specific careers involving business five concentrations exist in the business school 1)marketing 2) accounting 3) strategy & management consulting…

An observation logbook

I never had a logbook before but I think it would be fascinating to keep a journal of my observation at least for one day. In geology, we hiked the Arabian Mountains and had to take notes on everything that we say in the field. I guess that could be considered a logbook but I…

Analyzing the precision and recency of scientific journals

The Future Prospects of Immune Therapy in Gastric and Esophageal Adenocarcinoma This article is about a specific type of cancer and the methods used to discover new treatment to improve the lives of those who are effected by this cancer. This article uses sources primarily from last year, 2016 but it also uses sources as…

Designing a research study

What was your research goal- To identify the type and name of a certain rock. In order to figure out the certain kind of rock, it is important to note certain determining characteristics about the rock discovered. This includes how it reacts to acids, the texture of the rock, the color of the rock, the…

Research in the Natural Sciences

Topics that students are interested in at Emory Oxford include- looking for less expensive ways to develop film exploring the characteristics that contribute plant growth surgery surgery in China that help with people grow taller soil composition in Arabian Mountain GMO’s- the effects of genetic modified organisms on people on the long term renewable energy…

Civic Engagement Power point

This week we presented our preliminary stages of our civic engagement research. I’ve attached my powerpoint below. oxford civc project ROUGH draft Everybody’s presentation was very interesting and thorough.

Civic Engagement- Volunteer Oxford

I am planning to research volunteering here at oxford. To be more specific, I am going to research the percentage of people who are involved with volunteering in comparison to other colleges that are similar to Emory in size and in status. I plan to interview students that volunteer here as well as members of…

Reading and writing in the Natural Sciences

This discipline answers the questions: “Why does it do that?” and “Why does that happen?” in general, the natural sciences tend to try to answer the question of “why?” Observations of the natural world are very important in doing research in natural sciences. Instead of the scientific method, the scientific writing process is more widely…

Reading and Writing in the Social Sciences

Social sciences often required the task of observing human behavior. This method of data collection is very effective in producing on the spot observations in order to produce real-life data that is less subjected to be skewed by prior biases or assumptions. Simply observing the behavior of people can reveal much about the individual as well…

A story of an hour thesis statements

  Today in class we practiced writing thesis statements involving Chopin’s short story, A story of an Hour The strong presence of female characters in The story of an hour is a vehicle to expound upon Chopin’s feminist rhetoric as no male characters have a major role in the story and the main character is…