2020 reading lists and preparatory work

Over the next few weeks, applicants for some courses will receive reading lists and/or preparatory work for their course. Not all tutors will provide these documents and those that do might issue them at different times. Please check this page regularly for updates.

Ancient and Modern History

• AMH – ancient languages
• Greek Core- ArDemMT18_IntroRdg

Biochemistry

• Biochemistry reading
• Letter to students re maths booklet 2020

Biology

• Somerville Biology Reading List 

Chemistry

• Letter for new chemists-2020

Classical Archaeology and Ancient History

• CAAH – ancient languages
• CAAH-Greek Core- Athenian Democracy

Classics

• Classics Reading List 2020

Computer Science, Mathematics

• Haskell Tutorial
• Maths Problem Sheet 1
• Maths Problem Sheet 2
• Message from Maths Tutor
• Practice Problems Instructions

Engineering

English Language and Literature

This information has already been emailed to students.

History

Law 

• Somerville Law Induction Course 2020 (Material for Session 2 – Constitutional Law)
• Somerville Law Induction Course 2020 (Materials for Session 3 Study Skills – Part A)
• Somerville Law Induction Course 2020 (Materials for Session 3 Study Skills – Part B)
• Somerville Law Induction Course 2020 (Materials for Session 3 Study Skills – Part C)
• Somerville Law Induction Course 2020 (Materials for Session 3 Study Skills – Part D)
• Somerville Law Induction Course 2020 (Materials for Session 3 Study Skills Part E)

Linguistics

• Linguistics – Link to Faculty Reading List

Mathematics -(See Computer Science/Mathematics)

Modern Languages

• French information
• German First year reading list
• German for Beginners
• Italian Reading list
• Spanish letter
• Spanish Reading List
• Russian for beginners

Music

READ ME FIRST Intro to Music Freshers Resources

A. Foundations in the Study of Music

• 1. Randel (1992) The canons in the musicological toolbox
• 2. Weber (1999) The history of musical canon
• 3. Kerman (1985) Musicology and positivism
• 4. Sancho-Velszquez (2001) Masterworks become canonic
• 5. Citron (1993) Canonic issues
• 6. Hooper (2006) A new musicology
• 8. Williams (2001) Traditions
• 9. Stanbridge (2007) The tradition of all the dead generations

B. Critical Studies in Ethnomusicology

• 10. Baily (2010) World music recordings
• 11. Brennan (2001) World music does not exist
• 12. Feld (2000) A sweet lullaby for world music
• 13. Frith (2000) The discourse of world music
• 14. Guibalt (2001) World music
• 15. Kolluoglu (2003) From orientalism to area studies
• 16. Lipsitz (1999) World cities and world beat
• 17. Taylor (1997) Popular music and globalization

C. Critical Listening

• 18. Roeder (2019) Timely negotiations
• 20. Tenzer (2006) Introduction Analysis, categorization and theory
• 21. Middleton (1993) Popular music analysis and musicology
• 22. Cook (2011) Methods for analysing recordings
• 23. Marian-Bălaşa (2005) Who actually needs transcription
• 24. Stanyek (2014) Forum on transcription

D. Music Analysis and Techniques of Composition

• 27. Beckles Willson (2009) Music theory and analysis
• 28. Caplin (1998) Some basic formal functions
• 29. Caplin (1998) Fundamental progressions of harmony
• 30. Hepokoski and Darcy (2006) Contexts
• 31. Hepokoski and Darcy (2006) Sonata form as a whole
• 32. Brown (2013) Little Wing
• 33. Hesselink (2013) Radiohead’s Pyramind Song
• 34bi. Sonata II A Major by Joseph Bologne

Philosophy and Linguistics

• Prelim Philosophy and Linguistics letter

Philosophy, Politics and Economics

• Economics Preparatory Reading List 2020-21
• Prelim Philosophy PPE letter

Physics

• Computing Bridging
• Incoming Freshers Guide 2020-2021
• mathphysintro15
• Physics PJCC Freshers Guide 2020-21