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Ref: 17-39_General_Regulations

[1] § 1. Degree of Master of Science by Coursework

[2] 1. Any person who has been admitted to the status of student for the degree of Master of Science by Coursework, who has satisfied the conditions prescribed by this section, and has satisfied the examiners as required, may supplicate for the Degree of Master of Science by Coursework.
[3] 2. The Education Committee shall have power to make and vary such regulations as may be necessary for carrying out the duties laid upon it and upon the Registrar by this section.
[4] 3. For the purposes of this section, the words ‘board’, ‘faculty board’, or ‘board of the faculty’ shall include any committee authorised to admit candidates for the Degree of Master of Science by Coursework.
[5] 4. A Student for the Degree of Master of Science by Coursework who is not a graduate of the University may wear the same gown as that worn by Students for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy.

[6] § 2. Status of Student for the Degree of Master of Science by Coursework

[7] 1. Any person who, in the opinion of the board concerned, is well-qualified and well-fitted to undertake the course of study for which application is made, may be admitted to the status of Student for the Degree of Master of Science by Coursework.
[8] 2. It shall be the duty of the Registrar to keep a Register of those admitted to the status of Student for the Degree of Master of Science by Coursework.

[9] § 3. Admission of Candidates for the Degree of Master of Science by Coursework

[10] 1. A candidate seeking admission as a Student for the Degree of Master of Science by Coursework shall apply to the board under whose aegis the proposed course of study falls. Candidates for admission shall be required to provide such information as the board may determine from time to time by regulation. Applicants shall in addition be required to undertake such other tests and meet such conditions as, subject to the approval of the Education Committee, a board may determine by regulation.
[11] 2. Applications shall be made through the Registrar, and it shall be the duty of the Registrar to submit each application to the board concerned and to inform the candidate of the outcome, as soon as may be.
[12] 3. No person shall be admitted as a Student for the Degree of Master of Science by Coursework under these provisions unless he or she is also a member of a college, and unless the application for admission as a Student for the Degree of Master of Science by Coursework has the approval of that college. The Registrar shall forward the application to the candidate's college or to the college to which the candidate wishes to apply for membership, as appropriate; and admission by the faculty board shall be conditional upon admission by an approved society.
[13] 4. A student registered for any other higher degree or diploma in the University may apply for transfer to the status of Student for the Degree of Master of Science by Coursework*. The board concerned shall have power to make such transfer, provided that it is satisfied that the student is well qualified and well fitted to undertake the course of study for which application is made, and that the application has the support of the candidate's society. A candidate who transfers status in this way shall be reckoned as having held the status of Student for the Degree of Master of Science by Coursework from the time of admission to his or her previous status, unless the board shall determine otherwise.
[14] 5. A student holding the status of Probationer Research Student may, with the approval of the board which admitted him or her, be admitted as a candidate for an examination for the Degree of Master of Science by Coursework. Time spent as a student holding the status of Probationer Research Student shall count as time spent working for the Degree of Master of Science.

[15] § 4. Supervision of Students for the Degree of Master of Science by Coursework

[16] 1. Every candidate on admission as a Student for the Degree of Master of Science by Coursework shall be placed by the board concerned under the supervision of a member of the University or other competent person selected by the board, and the board shall have power for sufficient reason to change the supervisor of any student or to arrange for joint supervision by more than one supervisor, if it deems it necessary.
[17] 2. It shall be the duty of the supervisor of a student entered upon a course of study to direct and superintend the work of the student, to meet the student regularly, and to undertake such duties as shall from time to time be set out in the relevant Policy and Guidance issued by the Education Committee.
[18] 3. The supervisor shall submit a report on the progress of a student to the board three times a year, and at any other time when the board so requests or the supervisor deems it expedient. The supervisor shall communicate the contents of the report to the student on each occasion that a report is made, so that the student is aware of the supervisor's assessment of his or her work during the period in question. In addition, the supervisor shall inform the board at once if he or she is of the opinion the student is unlikely to reach the standard required for the Degree of Master of Science by Coursework.
[19] 4. It shall be the duty of every Student for the Degree of Master of Science by Coursework to undertake such guided work and to attend such seminars and lectures as his or her supervisor requests; to attend such meetings with his or her supervisor as the supervisor reasonably arranges; and to fulfil any other requirements of the Education Committee as set out in relevant Policy and Guidance issued by the Education Committee.

[20] § 5. Residence and other Requirements for Students for the Degree of Master of Science by Coursework

[21] 1. No full-time Student for the Degree of Master of Science by Coursework shall be granted leave to supplicate unless, after admission, he or she has kept statutory residence and pursued his or her course of study at Oxford for at least three terms.
[22] 2. No full-time Student for the Degree of Master of Science by Coursework shall retain that status for more than six terms in all, except that any candidate for the Examination in Education may retain that status for nine terms in all.
[23] 3. Part-time students for the Degree of Master of Science by Coursework shall in each case be required to pursue their course of study for twice the number of terms required of an equivalent full-time student. Part-time students shall not be required to keep statutory residence but must attend for such instruction and undertake such supervised fieldwork as the faculty concerned shall require. The Director of Graduate Studies of the board concerned, or director of the department concerned, as the case may be, shall keep a register of attendance of part-time students. No student shall be granted leave to supplicate unless the register shows satisfactory attendance by him or her.
[24] 4. Part-time students may hold the status of Student for the Degree of Master of Science by Coursework for up to twice the number of terms for which equivalent full-time students may hold that status except where an extension of time is permitted by special regulation.
[25] 5. A Student for the Degree of Master of Science by Coursework shall cease to hold that status if:
1. [26] (i) he or she shall have been refused permission to supplicate for the Degree of Master of Science by Coursework;
2. [27] (ii) the board concerned shall, in accordance with provisions set down by regulation by the Education Committee, and after consultation with the student's society and supervisor, have deprived the student of such status;
3. [28] (iii) he or she shall have been transferred under the relevant provisions to another status;
4. [29] (iv) he or she shall not have entered for the relevant examination within the time specified under this subsection.

[30] § 6. Examination of Students

[31] 1. The examinations for the Degree of Master of Science by Coursework shall be under the supervision of the boards authorised to admit candidates for the Degree of Master of Science by Coursework. The examinations for the degree and the bodies responsible for the supervision of each examination are listed below. [32] [See Table 26] [33] The subjects of each examination shall be determined by regulation by the board concerned, which shall have power to arrange lectures and courses of instruction for the examination. The examination shall consist of:
1. [34] (i) a written dissertation on a subject approved by the board or by a person or persons to whom the board may delegate the function of giving such approval;
2. [35] (ii) a written examination;
3. [36] (iii) an oral examination;
[37] provided that a board shall have power by regulation to exclude any one of parts (i), (ii), or (iii) from the examination for a particular course of study and to authorize the examiners to dispense individual candidates from the oral examination. This provision notwithstanding, the examiners may, if they deem it expedient, set a candidate a further written examination after examining the candidate orally.
[38] 2. No candidate shall be permitted to take an examination under the preceding clause unless he or she has been admitted as a candidate for the examination in question by the body responsible for the course and has satisfied any other conditions prescribed in the regulations for that course.
[39] 3. Unless otherwise provided in this subsection, the number and distribution of examiners shall be as set out in Sect. II. A, §1, cl. 8 of this chapter. A board shall have power to prescribe that examiners be appointed for candidates individually in such manner as shall be appropriate for the particular course of study.
[40] 4. A candidate who has failed to satisfy the examiners in the examination may enter again for the examination on one, but not more than one, subsequent occasion.
[41] 5. A board may prescribe by regulation that students undertaking a particular course of study shall take the examination in a specific term as a condition of admission, and a student wishing to take an examination later than the one to which he or she has been admitted must apply to the board for permission to do so.

Table 26
Examination	Board
[42] [Until 1 October 2013: Advanced Cognitive Therapy Studies	Continuing Education]
[43] African Studies	Social Sciences
[44] Applied Landscape Archaeology	Continuing Education
[45] Applied Linguistics and Second Language Acquisition	Social Sciences
[46] Applied Statistics	Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences
[47] Archaeological Science	Social Sciences
[48] Biodiversity, Conservation, and Management	Social Sciences
[49] Biomedical Engineering	Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences
[50] Clinical Embryology	Medical Sciences
[51] Cognitive and Evolutionary Anthropology	Social Sciences
[52] [From 1 October 2013: Cognitive Behavioural Therapy	Continuing Education]
[53] Comparative Social Policy	Social Sciences
[54] Computer Science	Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences
[55] Contemporary India	Social Sciences
[56] Criminology and Criminal Justice	Law
[57] Criminology and Criminal Justice (Research Methods)	Law
[58] Diagnostic Imaging	Medical Sciences
[59] Economic and Social History	History
[60] Economics for Development	Social Sciences
[61] Educational Research Methodology	Social Sciences
[62] Education	Social Sciences
[63] Endovascular Neurosurgery (Interventional Neuroradiology)	Medical Sciences
[64] English Local History	Continuing Education
[65] Environmental Change and Management	Social Sciences
[66] Evidence-Based Health Care	Medical Sciences/Continuing Education
[67] Evidence-Based Social Intervention	Social Sciences
[68] Experimental Therapeutics	Medical Sciences/Continuing Education
[69] Financial Economics	Social Sciences
[70] Global Governance and Diplomacy	Social Sciences
[71] Global Health Science	Medical Sciences
[72] History of Science, Medicine, and Technology	History
[73] Integrated Immunology	Medical Sciences
[74] Latin American Studies	School of Interdisciplinary Area Studies
[75] Law and Finance	Social Sciences
[76] Learning and Teaching	Social Sciences
[77] Major Programme Management	Social Sciences
[78] Management Research	Social Sciences
[79] Mathematical and Computational Finance	Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences
[80] Mathematical Finance	Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences/ Continuing Education
[81] Mathematical Modelling and Scientific Computation	Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences
[82] Mathematics and Foundations of Computer Science	Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences
[83] Medical Anthropology	Social Sciences
[84] Migration Studies	Social Sciences
[85] Modern Chinese Studies	Social Sciences
[86] Modern Japanese Studies	Social Sciences
[87] Musculoskeletal Sciences	Medical Sciences
[88] Nature, Society, and Environmental Policy	Social Sciences
[89] Neuroscience	Medical Sciences
[90] Pharmacology	Medical Sciences
[91] Political Theory Research	Social Sciences
[92] Politics Research	Social Sciences
[93] Professional Archaeology	Continuing Education
[94] Psychological Research	Medical Sciences
[95] Public Policy in Latin America	Social Sciences
[96] Radiation Biology	Medical Sciences
[97] Refugee and Forced Migration Studies	Social Sciences
[98] Russian and East European Studies	Social Sciences
[99] Social Anthropology	Social Sciences
[100] Social Anthropology (Research Methods)	Social Sciences
[101] Social Science of the Internet	Social Sciences
[102] Sociology	Social Sciences
[103] Software and Systems Security	Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences
[104] Software Engineering	Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences
[105] Surgical Science and Practice	Medical Sciences/Continuing Education
[106] Sustainable Urban Development	Continuing Education
[107] Theoretical Chemistry	Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences
[108] Visual, Material and Museum Anthropology	Social Sciences
[109] Water Science Policy and Management	Social Sciences

[110]

* Students applying for the M.Sc in Advanced Cognitive Therapy Studies must commence by studying the Postgraduate Diploma in Advanced Cognitive Therapy Studies.