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SPECIAL REGULATIONS FOR THE HONOUR SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING SCIENCE

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[1] For candidates embarking on the Honour School in October 2009, October 2010, and October 2011

[2] A

  1. [3] 1. No candidate shall be admitted to examination in this school unless he or she has either passed or been exempted from the First Public Examination.
  2. [4] 2. The subject of the examination shall be Engineering Science.
  3. [5] 3. The examination in this school shall be under the supervision of the Divisional Board of Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences, which will make regulations concerning it, subject always to the provision of this subsection.
  4. [6] 4. (a) The examination shall consist of three parts: A, B and C. [7] (b) Parts A, B and C shall be taken at times not less than three, six and nine terms, respectively, after passing or being exempted from the First Public Examination. [8] (c) Parts B and C shall be taken in consecutive years, save where approval has been given by the Board for an intercalated year of study or industrial attachment between Parts B and C.
  5. [9] 5. No candidate may present him or herself for examination in Part C unless he or she has been adjudged worthy of Honours by the examiners in both Parts A and B together.
  6. [10] 6. The name of a candidate shall not be published in a class list until he or she has completed all parts of the examination, and has been adjudged worthy of Honours by the examiners in Parts A, B and C of the examination. The Examiners shall give due consideration to the performance in all parts of the respective examinations.
  7. [11] 7. The examiners shall be entitled to award a Pass to candidates on Parts A and B who have reached a standard considered adequate but who have not been adjudged worthy of honours.
  8. [12] 8. A candidate who obtains only a pass, or fails to satisfy the examiners, may enter again for Part B of the examination on one, but no more than one, subsequent occasion. Parts A and C shall be entered on one occasion only.
  9. [13] 9. A candidate adjudged worthy of Honours on both Parts A and B together, and on Part C may supplicate for the Degree of Master of Engineering in Engineering Science, provided he or she has fulfilled all the conditions for admission to a degree of the University.
  10. [14] 10. A candidate who passes both Parts A and B or who is adjudged worthy of Honours in Parts A and B together, but who does not enter Part C, or fails to obtain classified Honours in Part C, may be permitted to supplicate for the degree of Bachelor of Arts in Engineering Science (pass or unclassified Honours, as appropriate); provided that no such candidate may later enter or re-enter the Part C year or supplicate for the degree of Master of Engineering in Engineering Science; and provided in each case that the candidate has fulfilled all the conditions for admission to a degree of the University.

[15] For candidates embarking on the Honour School in or after October 2012, taking Part A in or after 2013, taking Part B in or after 2014, and taking Part C in or after 2015

[16] A

  1. [17] 1. No candidate shall be admitted to the examination in this school unless he or she has either passed or been exempted from the First Public Examination.
  2. [18] 2. The subject of the examination shall be Engineering Science.
  3. [19] 3. The examination in this school shall be under the supervision of the Divisional Board of Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences, which shall make regulations concerning it, subject always to the provisions of this subsection.
  4. [20] 4.
    1. [21] (a) The examination shall consist of three parts (A, B, C).
    2. [22] (b) Parts A, B and C shall be taken at times not less than three, six and nine terms, respectively, after passing or being exempted from the First Public Examination.
    3. [23] (c) Parts B and C shall be taken in consecutive years save where approval has been given by the Board for an intercalated year of study or industrial attachment between Parts B and C.
    4. [24] (d) A candidate who obtains only a pass, or fails to satisfy the examiners, may enter again for Part B of the examination on one, but no more than one, subsequent occasion; Part A shall be entered on one occasion only. Part C shall be entered on one occasion only.
  5. [25] 5. No candidate may present him or herself for examination in Part C unless he or she has been adjudged worthy of at least second class honours by the examiners in Parts A and B together at the first attempt.
  6. [26] 6.
    1. [27] (a) A candidate adjudged worthy of at least second class honours in Parts A and B together at the first attempt and worthy of Honours in Part C in Engineering Science may supplicate for the Degree of Master of Engineering in Engineering Science provided that the candidate has fulfilled all the conditions for admission to a degree of the University.
    2. [28] (b) A candidate who passes Parts A and B together but fails to be adjudged worthy of at least second class honours at the first attempt, or who is adjudged worthy of at least second class honours in Parts A and B together, but who does not enter, or withdraws from, Part C, is permitted to supplicate for the Degree of Bachelor of Arts in Engineering Science (Pass, or Honours with the classification obtained in Parts A and B together, as appropriate); provided that no such candidate may later enter or re-enter the Part C year or supplicate for the degree of Master of Engineering in Engineering Science; and provided in each case that the candidate has fulfilled all the conditions for admission to a degree of the University.
    3. [29] (c) The Examiners shall give due consideration to the performance in all parts of the respective examinations.
  7. [30] 7. The name of a candidate shall not be published in a class list until he or she has completed all parts of the respective examination (Parts A, B, and C for the Master of Engineering in Engineering Science or Parts A and B for students exiting with a Bachelor of Arts in Engineering Science) in accordance with cl. 6 above.

[31] B

[32] In the following ‘the Course Handbook’ refers to the Engineering Science Undergraduate Course Handbook, published annually at the start of Michaelmas Term by the Faculty of Engineering Science.

[33] The syllabus for each of Parts A, B and C will be published by the Faculty of Engineering Science in the Course Handbook, together with the relative weighting of each paper and the duration of all written papers.

[34] The examiners will not provide calculators, but will permit the use of one hand-held pocket calculator from a list of permitted calculators published by the Chairman of the Faculty not later than the end of the Trinity Full Term in the academic year preceding the examination.

  1. [35] 1. In Part A of the examination, candidates will be required to take four written papers, as follows:
    1. [36] A1 Mathematics
    2. [37] A2 Electronic and Information Engineering
    3. [38] A3 Structures, Materials and Dynamics
    4. [39] A4 Energy Systems
    [40] In addition, they will be required to take Paper A5 Engineering Practical Work, which will be examined by continuous assessment. Candidates will not normally be required to submit their Engineering Practical Work. However, the examiners may request practical work from some candidates. Such candidates will be named in a list posted by the day of the last written examination.
  2. [41] 2. In Part B of the examination, candidates will be required to take five optional written papers from Schedule B papers in the Course Handbook and, in addition, Paper B2 Engineering in Society. [42] Candidates will also be required to take three coursework subjects, as follows:
    1. [43] B1 Engineering Computation
    2. [44] B3 Group Design Project
    3. [45] B4 Engineering Practical Work
    [46] Paper B4 will be examined through continuous assessment. Candidates will not normally be required to submit their Engineering Practical Work. However, the examiners may request practical work from some candidates. Such candidates will be named in a list posted by the day of the last written examination.
  3. [47] 3. Candidates shall submit to the examiners reports on the Group Design Project (Paper B3) completed as a part of their course of study. The subject of the project shall be approved by the Projects Committee of the Faculty of Engineering Science and three copies of the report shall be submitted to the Chairman of the Examiners, Honour School of Engineering Science, c/o Examination Schools, High Street, Oxford, by noon on Friday of the fourth week of Trinity Term in the year of the Part B examination. The project report must not exceed thirty pages (including all diagrams, photographs, references and appendices). All pages must be numbered, have margins of not less than 20mm all round and type face of Arial 11 pt font with double-line spacing. The report must be the candidate’s own work and should include a signed statement to this effect. Project reports previously submitted for the Honour School of Engineering Science may be resubmitted. No project report will be accepted if it has already been submitted wholly or substantially for another honour school or degree of this University, or for a degree at any other institution. Resubmitted work must be physically presented at the time and in the manner prescribed for submission.
  4. [48] 4. In Part C a candidate shall be required to offer six written papers from Schedule C in the Course Handbook or an equivalent approved collection of course options if taking part in an exchange scheme. Candidates taking part in an exchange scheme shall have the proposed set of papers to be taken in the host institution approved by the faculty by the end of Trinity full term before going on the exchange.
  5. [49] 5. In Part C of the examination, each candidate shall carry out a project on a topic of Engineering Science approved by the Projects Committee of the Faculty of Engineering Science. Each candidate shall submit three copies of his or her own report of the project to the Chairman of the Examiners, Honour School of Engineering Science, c/o Examination Schools, High Street, Oxford, by noon on Friday of the fourth week of Trinity Term. The report must not exceed fifty pages (including all diagrams, photographs, references and appendices). All pages must be numbered, have margins of not less than 20mm all round, and type face of Arial 11 pt font with double-line spacing. The report must be the candidate’s own work and should include a signed statement to this effect. Reports previously submitted for Part C for the Honour School of Engineering Science may be resubmitted. No work will be accepted if it has already been submitted, wholly or substantially, for Part B or for another honour school or degree of this University, or for a degree of any other institution. Resubmitted work must be physically presented at the time and in the manner prescribed for submission.
  6. [50] 6. Each individual candidate taking part in a full year exchange at a host institution approved by the University will provide a collated set of coursework to the Exchange Coordinator of the Faculty of Engineering Science. The Exchange Coordinator will ensure that the host institution forwards a full transcript of the courses taken certified by the host institution. The Exchange Coordinator will also ensure that the host institution retains the examination papers for the approved courses undertaken and that these are submitted under seal, together with the collated coursework and transcript of courses taken, to the Chairman of Examiners, Honour School of Engineering Science, c/o Examination Schools, High Street, Oxford by noon on Friday of the sixth week of Trinity Term. [51] Exceptionally, and with the approval of the Chairman of the Faculty of Engineering Science, candidates may undertake their Project during a twenty-four week placement and take a specified equivalent of six papers from Schedule C in the Course Handbook. The placement shall always include the period from the fifth Friday before to the first Saturday after the end of Michaelmas Full Term.
  7. [52] 7. Candidates may be examined viva voce at the examiners’ discretion.