Applicants for some courses will receive reading lists and/or preparatory work for their course.
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Courses are listed alphabetically below, please check your subject to see if you have any preparatory reading or other work to complete.
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If you are starting a joint honours degree such as History and Economics or Philosophy and Linguistics, please check the section for each subject.
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Not all tutors will provide these documents and those that do might issue them at different times, so please check this page regularly for updates if you are expecting to receive them.
Ancient and Modern History
A reading list (for Ancient History) will be sent to you by your tutor in early September. If you do not receive anything please contact: academic.office@some.ox.ac.uk
You will not normally be sent any reading for the Modern side of your degree before you start your degree.
Biology
Classical Archaeology and Ancient History
The reading list has been sent by email – if you have not received it, please contact academic.office@some.ox.ac.uk
Classics
- Classics Reading List will be emailed to students. If you haven’t received this by start of September, please email academic.office@some.ox.ac.uk
Computer Science/Maths & Computer Science
- Haskell Tutorial 2025 for Computer Science single honours and joint honours Maths and Computer Science. You will receive further explanation from the tutor about this. If you haven’t received this by start of September, please email academic.office@some.ox.ac.uk
Engineering
English Language and Literature
The reading list has been sent by email – if you have not received it, please contact academic.office@some.ox.ac.uk
History and Joint Schools
Suggested History reading/preparatory work will be sent out by tutors normally by mid September.
The History information letter and request for choices has been previously sent by email, before A-level results. If you did not received it, please contact academic.office@some.ox.ac.uk
History and Economics (HECO) -for ECONOMICS:
Law
Law tutors will contact students directly by the end of September with some materials to read ahead of starting their studies. If you have not received anything by the end of September then please email academic.office@some.ox.ac.uk
Linguistics and Joint Schools
Mathematics
Medicine
There is no preparatory reading for this subject
Modern Languages and Joint Schools
- French – information for new students 2025
- German reading list 2025
- Italian -information for new students 2025
- Russian reading list 2025
- Spanish reading list 2025
- Linguistics – link to Faculty reading list (Mod. Langs and Linguistics)
- Arabic (EMEL) – The reading list for is usually sent out through the AMES Faculty Office after A-level results.
Music
- Information will be emailed to students soon. If you haven’t received this by start of September, please email academic.office@some.ox.ac.uk
Philosophy and Linguistics
Philosophy, Politics and Economics
Physics
Psychology
There is no mandatory Psychology reading list before the course starts. Your tutor will email further information before the start of term.
For Experimental Psychology’ and ‘Psychology and Linguistics’ students:
- Preparatory statistics work for Psychology 2025
- Linguistics Reading list for those studying Psychology and Linguistics
