I want to study Oxford's "English Language and Literature" without going in debt for it. So far I've found a couple of PDFs which provide quite a reading list and the course's structure, but it's no course content. I'm really curious if there's a place for what I'm looking for.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago (5 children)

It sounds like you found everything you're going to find without paying for a professor. What you're looking for is where the money comes in. The professor is the one that teaches you the things you're supposed to learn, not the books. Yeah, you can read the books yourself, and you'll get something out of it, but you won't learn everything you would from a professional, and you have a strong chance to learn things wrong without guidance.

Yes, education should be available to all, but this isn't the answer. Definitely pirate (school) books, though.

[–] skidirkilys 9 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (4 children)

Unfortunately I don't have enough IQ to study at the required pace nor the money to get in, nor the desire to physically go there. Also I'm not sure if it's a practice to record lectures there nor if it is allowed for students to download them, that's why I'm curious if there's such a resource or if it's a thing or not. But logically speaking no one in their right mind would go and leak such expensive material. So what I actually want are the assignments and the course papers of course so I can actually get the specific ebooks and read them.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago

You might want to look into doing a class audit. It's free. You essentially just sit in on a course and learn and everything, but you don't get a real grade or credits.

As far as recording lectures, there is probably someone taking the course that might be willing to do it for you, but other than that, it's not something you typically see available anywhere. It may be a licensing thing or something like that.

Seriously, look into auditing.

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