All lectures and practicals are given centrally by the Computing Laboratory (Oxford’s Department of Computer Science).

At St Anne’s, Peter Jeavons provides tutorials to all students, with support from the Mathematics tutors at St Anne’s and Computer Science tutors in other colleges.

In the first year, all students have two or three tutorials each week, in addition to lectures and practicals, covering topics such as functional programming, procedural programming, data structures and algorithms, logic and proof, digital hardware, discrete mathematics and models of computation.

In the second year, tutorials are organized in the core topics, and optional courses are taught in centrally organized classes with up to 12 students.

All the course texts are available to students in the College Library, with enough copies for each student. Good access to the University computer network is also provided in all College rooms.

St Anne’s is one of around 14 colleges in Oxford that have their own Fellow in Computer Science, and we also admit students for Mathematics and Computer Science.

Students reading Computer Science at St Anne’s are part of the larger community of students and staff in the various mathematical sciences (see Mathematics). St Anne’s has one of the largest groups in the various mathematical sciences in any of the colleges. This group has regular social events ranging from formal dinners with invited speakers to post-exam parties.

St Anne’s is one of the closest colleges to the Computing Laboratory, making it easy to get to lectures and practicals, and provides excellent computing facilities in College. Some of our Computer Science students have got involved in developing the computer network within the College, developing new software and helping students from other subjects.

Others have got very involved in College sports and drama, or running their own websites. In the past few years several St Anne’s Computer Science graduates have taken advantage of a College scheme which allows them to spend a year in Japan after graduating, to experience a different culture with a strong commitment to technological development.

Many of our graduates go on to successful careers in the computing industry, or to higher degrees in this rapidly changing field. Others have used their computing and analytical skills in other careers such as accountancy, teaching and marketing.