SPECIAL REGULATIONS

1. [3] 1. Candidates will normally be expected to have satisfactorily completed the Postgraduate Diploma in Advanced Cognitive Therapy Studies.
2. [4] 2. The course will consist of lectures, tutorials, seminars, and classes on the principle and practice of advanced cognitive therapy studies, together with clinical practice and practice in supervision of cognitive therapy trainees. The M.Sc in Advanced Cognitive Therapy Studies will be taken on a part-time basis over a period of not fewer than three terms and not more than six terms after successful completion of the Postgraduate Diploma in Advanced Cognitive Therapy Studies. The period of study for the M.Sc shall normally be no more than two years.
3. [5] 3. Every candidate will be required to satisfy the examiners in the following:
   1. [6] (a) attendance at appropriate classroom-based courses including small group meetings;
   2. [7] (b) a research project of no more than 15,000 words on a topic approved by the examiners.
4. [8] The research project shall be submitted to the Registry, Department for Continuing Education, 1 Wellington Square, Oxford OX1 2JD, by such dates as the examiners shall determine. Research projects will be forwarded to the examiners for consideration. Students are required to submit both a hard copy and an electronic copy.
5. [9] 4. Candidates may be expected to attend a viva voce examination at the end of the course of studies at the discretion of the examiners.
6. [10] 5. The examiners may award a distinction to candidates for the M.Sc.
7. [11] 6. A candidate whose research project fails to satisfy the examiners may be permitted to resubmit on one further occasion only not later than one year after the initial failure.
8. [12] 7. If any candidate who is successful in the examination for the Degree of Master of Science in Advanced Cognitive Therapy has previously successfully completed the Postgraduate Diploma in Advanced Cognitive Therapy, the Master of Science will subsume his or her diploma.]

1. [14] 1. Each candidate will be required to follow a course of instruction in African Studies for three terms, and will, when they enter their names for the examination, be required to produce a certificate from their supervisors to this effect.
2. [15] 2. Candidates will be required to present themselves for examination in the compulsory paper in Themes in African History and the Social Sciences, and in one optional paper at the end of Trinity Term in the year of registration. In addition, each candidate will be required to submit the following written work:
   1. [16] (i) One 4,500 word essay for the compulsory core course in Methodology, Ethics and Research Strategies selected from a list of questions approved by the African Studies Teaching Committee and made available to candidates by the last Friday of Michaelmas Term. The essay must be submitted not later than 12 noon on the first Monday of Hilary Term in the year in which the examination is taken.
   2. [17] (ii) One 15,000 word dissertation, which must include discussion of the comparative reading, historiography, or theory relevant to the dissertation. The title of the dissertation must be approved by the African Studies Teaching Committee not later than 12 noon on the last day of eighth week of Michaelmas Full Term in the year in which the examination is taken. The dissertation must be submitted not later than 12 noon on Friday of sixth week of Trinity Full Term in the year in which the examination is taken.
3. [18] Two typewritten or word processed copies of the written work detailed above must be delivered to the Examination Schools, addressed to the Chairman of Examiners for the M.Sc. in African Studies, c/o Examination Schools, High Street, Oxford at the times and days specified.
4. [19] 3. A candidate must pass all components of the examination in order to pass the degree. A candidate who fails any element of the examination will be permitted to retake or resubmit it on one further occasion within six terms of his or her initial registration. A candidate who fails one or more of the compulsory or optional papers will be required to resit both papers. In the case of a failed essay or dissertation, the resubmitted dissertation can be on the same topic and include previously submitted work.
5. [20] 4. Candidates may be required to attend an oral examination on any part of the examination.
6. [21] 5. The examiners may award a distinction for excellence in the whole examination.

[22] Schedule

[23] The structure of the course is as follows:

1. [24] (a) Compulsory core course in Methodology, Ethics and Research Strategies: ethics, politics; disciplinary approaches including history, politics, anthropology; conducting interviews: oral traditions, questionnaires, archives on and in Africa; visual materials, photographs and films; practical aspects of research.
2. [25] (b) Compulsory core course in Themes in African History and the Social Sciences: key features of African states; social and economic change and the dilemmas of development; globalisation and conflict in the post-colonial era; environmental history and politics.
3. [26] (c) Optional paper: Candidates must choose one optional paper from a list published annually and distributed to students by the last day of eighth week of Michaelmas Full Term.

1. [28] 1. Every candidate must follow for at least six terms a part-time course of instruction in Applied Landscape Archaeology and must upon entering for examination produce from his or her society a certificate to that effect.
2. [29] 2. The examination will consist of the following parts: A Core Topics [30] Every candidate must submit two written assignments of no more than 2,500 words in length for each of the two core topic courses on:
   1. [31] (1) Method and Theory in Landscape Archaeology;
   2. [32] (2) Managing Twenty-first Century Landscapes.
3. [33] One core topic will be taken in each year of the course. B Advanced Papers [34] Every candidate must follow four of the six Advanced Paper courses listed in the Schedule below, and submit one written assignment of no more than 5,000 words in length for each paper. Candidates will take two Advanced Papers per year of the M.Sc. C Dissertation [35] A dissertation of not more than 15,000 words, including appendices but excluding bibliography, on a topic approved by the candidate's supervisor. The dissertation must be delivered not later than noon on the last Monday in September of the second year of the course to the Chairman of Examiners for the Degree of M.Sc. in Applied Landscape Archaeology, c/o Examination Schools, High Street, Oxford.
4. [36] 3. Candidates must attend one compulsory field training week (or in exceptional circumstances equivalent day or weekend schools) during their registration on the course.
5. [37] 4. Each candidate must attend a viva voce examination when required to do so by the examiners.
6. [38] 5. The examiners may award a distinction for excellence in the whole examination.
7. [39] 6. A candidate who fails a core topic or advanced paper, or whose dissertation fails to satisfy the examiners, may be permitted to retake the paper, or resubmit the dissertation, on one further occasion only, not later than one year after the initial attempt.

[40] Schedule

[41] Advanced Papers are available in the following areas:

1. [42] 1. Archaeological prospection
2. [43] 2. Reading the historic landscape
3. [44] 3. Artefacts and Ecofacts in the landscape
4. [45] 4. Digital landscapes
5. [46] 5. Placement work
6. [47] 6. Geoarchaeology

[48] Not all advanced papers will be available in any one year and the definitive list of advanced papers available in any one year will be circulated to candidates and their supervisors during the second week of Michaelmas Term.

1. [50] 1. Candidates may normally only be admitted to the course if they have successfully obtained an honours degree which contained a substantial element of second language learning and/or linguistics.
2. [51] 2. The course shall consist of eight taught modules (constituting Part 1 of the examination) and a dissertation (constituting Part 2 of the examination). Candidates shall be deemed to have passed the examination if they have satisfied the examiners in both Part 1 and Part 2. Every candidate shall be required to complete Parts 1 and 2 unless they can make a case for prior accreditation of Part 1 (by virtue of having successfully completed the Postgraduate Diploma in Teaching English Language in University Settings), in which case they will be required to complete only Part 2.
3. [52] 3. Every candidate who is required to complete Part 1 will be required to complete all eight Modules of the course unless they can make a case for prior accreditation (by virtue of having successfully completed the Diploma in Education, Modern Foreign Languages), in which case they will be required to complete six Modules, and this will constitute Part 1 of the examination for these candidates. Candidates must pass Part 1 by examination or by prior accreditation before submitting a dissertation for Part 2. Interim marks for the first four Modules of Part 1 will be released to candidates following the first meeting of the Examination Board. At the close of the examination in Part 1, a list of candidates shall be published who have satisfied the examiners in that part of the examination.
4. [53] 4. Every candidate will be required to satisfy the examiners in the following:
   1. [54] (i) Satisfactory attendance at the appropriate classroom-based courses;
   2. [55] (ii) Satisfactory performance in both Part 1 and Part 2.
5. [56] 5. Three word-processed or printed copies of each of four module assignments must be delivered to the Chairman of Examiners, M.Sc. in Applied Linguistics and Second Language Acquisition Examiners, c/o Examination Schools, High Street, Oxford no later than noon on the Monday of Week 1 of Hilary Full Term, and three word-processed or printed copies of each of four further module assignments must be delivered to the same address no later than noon on the Monday of Week 1 of Trinity Full Term. Part-time students must submit assignments for two modules on each of these occasions over a period of two years. Candidates will also be required to submit an electronic copy of each assignment to assignments@education.ox.ac.uk by 15.00 on the same days. Each assignment must be accompanied by a declaration indicating that it is the candidate’s own work.
6. [57] 6. Candidates will be required to submit a dissertation of between 15,000 and 20,000 words (including footnotes/endnotes but excluding appendices and references or bibliography) on a subject selected by the candidate in consultation with the supervisor, which must be closely related to one or more of the themes of the course. The subject and title selected by the candidate must be approved by Departmental Board not later than the first day of the fifth week of Hilary Term of the course (for full-time candidates) and of the second year of the course (for part-time candidates).
7. [58] 7. Three word processed or printed copies of the dissertation must be delivered to the Chairman of the Examiners, M.Sc. in Applied Linguistics and Second Language Acquisition, c/o Examination Schools, High Street, Oxford, OX2 6PY not later than noon on the last Friday of August of the year in which the final Module examination has been taken. One copy should be hard bound and two soft bound, the latter of which should be anonymous except for the candidate number. The hard bound copy of the dissertation of each candidate who passes the examination shall be retained by the department for deposit in the departmental library. The dissertation must be accompanied by a declaration indicating that it is the candidate’s own work. Candidates will also be required to submit an electronic copy of the dissertation to assignments@education.ox.ac.uk by noon on the same day. If Part 1 is failed, the candidate may retake the whole examination of Part 1 one further time on the next occasion when this is examined. If Part 2 is failed the candidate may resubmit the dissertation one further time on the next occasion when it is examined.
8. [59] 8. The candidate may also be examined orally. The oral examination may only be on the candidate's dissertation.
9. [60] 9. The examiners may award a distinction for excellence in the whole examination.

[61] Schedule

[62] Module A First Language Acquisition and Bilingualism

[63] Module B Theories, Progression, and Methods

[64] Module C Individual and Group Differences

[65] Module D Input and Interaction

[66] Module E Accessing Meaning

[67] Module F Producing and Communicating Meaning

[68] Module G Vocabulary Acquisition

[69] Module H Error, Analysis, Interlanguage, and Testing

[70] Optional Double Module: Teaching English as a Foreign Language Certificate.

1. [72] 1. The Divisional Board of Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences shall elect for the supervision of the course a Standing Committee which shall have power to arrange lectures and other instruction.
2. [73] 2. Candidates shall follow for at least three terms a course of instruction in Statistics, and will, when entering their name for the examination, be required to produce from their society a certificate that they are doing so.
3. [74] 3. The examination will consist of:
   1. [75] (i) a written examination consisting of two papers on the syllabus described in the schedule;
   2. [76] (ii) a dissertation on a subject selected in consultation with the supervisor and approved by the chairman of the committee.
4. [77] 4. Candidates must submit to the chairman of the committee by the end of Hilary Term in the year in which they enter the examination, the title and a brief statement of the form and scope of their dissertation, together with the name of a person who has agreed to act as their supervisor during the preparation of the dissertation.
5. [78] 5. Two typewritten or printed copies of the dissertation must be sent not later than noon on 15 September in the year in which the written examination is taken, to the M.Sc. examiners (Applied Statistics), c/o Examination Schools, High Street, Oxford. The examiners may retain one copy of the dissertation of each candidate who passes the examination for deposit in an appropriate departmental library.
6. [79] 6. Each candidate will be expected to have displayed evidence of the ability to apply statistical methods to real data. [80] The examiners will take into account the results of an assessment of ability to apply statistical methods to real data organised by the supervisory committee. The supervisory committee will be responsible for notifying the candidates of the arrangements for the assessment, and for forwarding the assessed material to the chairman of the examiners before the end of the Trinity Term in the year in which the assessment is made. The supervisory committee may specify that one of the practical assessments will be carried out as group projects, the details of which will be given in the Course Handbook.
7. [81] 7. In the written examination the examiners will permit the use of any hand-held pocket calculators subject to the conditions set out under the heading ‘Use of calculators in examinations’ in the Special Regulations concerning Examinations.
8. [82] 8. In the written examination the examiners will permit the use of bilingual dictionaries.
9. [83] 9. The examiners may also examine any candidate viva voce.
10. [84] 10. The examiners may award a distinction for excellence in the whole examination.
11. [85] 11. If it is the opinion of the examiners that the work done by the candidate is not of sufficient merit to qualify for the Degree of M.Sc., but is nevertheless of sufficient merit to qualify for the Diploma in Applied Statistics, the candidate shall be given the option of retaking the M.Sc. examination on one further occasion, not later than one year after the initial attempt, or of being issued with a diploma. In the event of a candidate’s work not being of sufficient merit to qualify for the award of the M.Sc., the examiners will specify which of the components of the course may or must be redone.

[86] Schedule

[87] Paper 1: Principles of statistical analysis

[88] Statistical distribution theory; statistical inference; statistical methods.

[89] Paper 2: Further statistical methodology

[90] Topics in statistical methodology chosen from a list approved by the Standing Committee and published in the Course Handbook by the beginning of Michaelmas Term of the academic year in which the written examination is to be taken.

1. [92] 1. Within the Division of Social Sciences, the course shall be administered by the Committee for the School of Archaeology. The regulations made are as follows:
2. [93] 2. Candidates for admission must apply to the Committee for the School of Archaeology.
3. [94] 3. Candidates must follow a course of instruction in Archaeological Science for at least three terms and for a substantial part of the three subsequent vacations, as determined by the course timetable.
4. [95] 4. The written examination shall consist of:
   1. [96] (a) three papers on the syllabus described in the Schedule, to be taken in the second week of Trinity Term, and
   2. [97] (b) either one pre-set essay of approximately 10,000 words, or two pre-set essays of approximately 5,000 words each. The subject and length of each essay must be approved by the examiners before the end of Michaelmas Full Term. Two copies of each essay must be delivered to the Examination Schools by noon on the Friday of first week of Trinity Term. Essays must be typed or printed, must bear the candidate's examination number but not his or her name, and must include a statement of the number of words. Any illustrations must be included in both copies.
   3. [98] (c) in lieu of one of the three papers described in the Schedule, and the extended essay(s), candidates may, with the permission of the School of Archaeology Committee for Graduate Studies, take one of the options from the M.St in Archaeology (Schedules A and B) or M.St in Classical Archaeology (Schedule B only), to be examined by two pre-set essays of approximately 5,000 words.
5. [99] 5. Each candidate will be required to submit a dissertation of approximately 15,000 to 20,000 words, on a research area selected in consultation with the supervisor and approved by a person designated for this purpose by the Committee for the School of Archaeology.
6. [100] 6. Three typewritten copies of the dissertation must be sent, not later than noon on the Friday four weeks and two days before the start of the following Michaelmas Term, to the M.Sc. Examiners (Archaeological Science), c/o Examination Schools, High Street, Oxford. The examiners will retain one copy of the dissertation of each candidate for the departmental library.
7. [101] 7. The examiners may require to see the records of practical work carried out during the course.
8. [102] 8. Candidates must present themselves for an oral examination as required by the examiners. This may be on the candidate's written paper, or dissertation, or both.
9. [103] 9. The examiners may award a distinction for excellence in the whole examination.
10. [104] 10. In the case of failure in just one part of the examination (written papers, extended essay(s), dissertation), the candidate will be permitted to retake that part of the examination on one further occasion, not later than one year after the initial attempt. Written papers would be retaken the following year. Pass or failure in the written papers will be taken as an average of all written papers and in the case of failure all written papers must be retaken. If the candidate passes all parts of the examination except the dissertation, the dissertation may be considered as a practical report as defined in the schedule for the M.St and, if of a sufficiently high standard, the candidate may be granted permission to supplicate for the degree of M.St.

[105] Schedule

1. [106] (i) Principles and practice of scientific dating [107] The principles of scientific dating methods including radiocarbon, luminescence, uranium series and dendro-chronology. The practical aspects of these methods and the problems encountered in their application. The statistical analysis of chronological information in the study of archaeological sites and cultures.
2. [108] (ii) Bio-archaeology [109] Scientific methods for the study of biological remains from archaeological sites; introduction to the analysis of plant and faunal remains including indicators of disease and artefactual analysis; theoretical and practical aspects of quantitative methods for diet reconstruction by isotopic analysis; introduction to ancient DNA studies; residue analysis.
3. [110] (iii) Materials analysis and the study of technological change [111] Introduction to the history of technology; theoretical and practical aspects of materials analysis methods—SEM, microprobe, TIMS, ICP, ICP-MS, XRF, XRD, PIXE, FTIR and NAA; application of analysis to different material types—stone, ceramics, vitreous materials and metals; provenance of raw materials; case studies of application to archaeological problems.

1. [113] 1. The Social Sciences Divisional Board shall elect for the supervision of the course a Standing Committee.
2. [114] 2. Candidates must follow a course of instruction in Biodiversity, Conservation, and Management for at least three terms, and will, when entering for the examination, be required to produce a certificate from the Course Director to this effect.
3. [115] 3. The examination will consist of:
   1. [116] (i) a written examination of three three-hour papers based on core courses as described in the schedule;
   2. [117] (ii) two assessed essays based on elective courses;
   3. [118] (iii) a dissertation on a subject selected in consultation with the supervisor and Course Director and approved by the Standing Committee.
4. [119] 4. Candidates must submit to the Course Director by the end of Hilary Term in the year in which they enter the examination, the title and a brief statement of the form and scope of their dissertation, together with the name of a person who has agreed to act as their supervisor during preparation of the dissertation.
5. [120] 5. The dissertation shall be of a maximum length of 15,000 words and accompanied by an abstract not exceeding 150 words. The maximum word count shall exclude appendices, references and the abstract. The detailed format and specification of the dissertation shall be approved by the Standing Committee, and published in the course handbook.
6. [121] 6. The deadline for submission is noon on the first weekday of September in the year in which the written examination is taken. Two copies of the dissertation must be submitted, to the M.Sc examiners (Biodiversity, Conservation, and Management), c/o Examination Schools, High Street, Oxford OX1 4BG. The examiners may retain one copy of the dissertation of each candidate who passes the examination for deposit in an appropriate library. Both copies must bear the candidate’s examination number but not his/her name.
7. [122] 7. All submitted work shall be accompanied by a separate statement certifying that the submitted work is the candidate’s own work except where otherwise indicated.
8. [123] 8. In the written examination, the examiners will permit the use of hand-held pocket calculators subject to the conditions set out under the heading ‘Use of calculators in examinations’ in the Regulations for the Conduct of University Examinations.
9. [124] 9. The examiners may also examine any candidate viva voce on the candidate's written papers, dissertation, or both.
10. [125] 10. Arrangements for reassessment shall be specified by the Standing Committee and published in the course handbook.
11. [126] 11. The examiners may award a distinction for excellence in the whole examination.

[127] Schedule

1. [128] (a) Core courses [129] The core courses will be examined under the following heads:
   1. [130] (i) Biodiversity science. [131] Candidates will be expected to have knowledge of and a critical understanding of the major contemporary themes in biodiversity science and conservation including an appreciation of the various research methods used to collect scientific data.
   2. [132] (ii) Conservation ethics and values. [133] Candidates will be expected to have knowledge of the various ethical frameworks and value systems adopted by conservationists and how differing value systems can influence the development of effective conservation practice and policy.
   3. [134] (iii) Biodiversity policy and management. [135] Candidates will be expected to have knowledge of the techniques and conceptual basis of contemporary conservation planning and the international and national legal frameworks for implementing conservation policy.
2. [136] (b) Elective courses [137] Candidates will be expected to show advanced knowledge of two of the option elective courses on offer in any one year.

[228] Every candidate must follow, for at least three terms, a course of instruction in Comparative Social Policy.

[229] The examination will be in four parts.

1. [230] A. Two compulsory papers in Methods of Social Research. As specified for the M.Phil. in Comparative Social Policy.
2. [231] B. A compulsory paper in Comparative Social Policy/Welfare States. As specified for the M.Phil. in Comparative Social Policy.
3. [232] C. One optional paper. This may be from the list of optional papers as specified for the M.Phil. in Comparative Social Policy. Teaching in some options may not be available every year. Candidates may, after special permission of the Social Policy and Intervention Graduate Studies Committee, offer subjects outside this list. This may include papers offered in other relevant master's degrees in the University, subject to permission by the relevant Graduate Studies Committee as appropriate.
4. [233] D. A thesis of not more than 10,000 words on a topic within the subject of the course, to be specified jointly by supervisor and student. The thesis should employ comparative method in the study of a social policy topic. Two typewritten copies of the thesis must be delivered to the Examination Schools, High Street, Oxford, by noon of the weekday on or nearest to 15 August of the year in which the examination is to be taken. Successful candidates will be required to deposit a copy of their thesis in the Social Science Library.

[234] The examiners may examine any candidate viva voce.

[235] The examiners may award a Distinction for excellence in the whole examination on the basis of the material submitted to them.

1. [237] 1. The Divisional Board of Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences, in consultation with the Faculty of Computer Science, shall elect for the supervision of the course an Organising Committee which shall have power to arrange lectures and other instruction. [238] The committee shall elect a chairman from its own members; the chairman shall have power to approve applications on behalf of the committee. The committee shall be responsible for appointment of a supervisor for each student.
2. [239] 2. Candidates must follow a course of instruction in Computer Science for at least three terms and a substantial part of the three subsequent vacations, as determined by the course timetable, and will be required to produce a certificate from their supervisors to that effect.
3. [240] 3. The examination shall be in three parts, as follows:
   1. [241] (i) Candidates shall be assessed on at least twenty-eight and no more than thirty-four units of topics chosen from a list of topics approved by the Organising Committee and published in the University Gazette by the beginning of Michaelmas Full Term in the academic year of the examination. The mode of assessment shall be either written assignment or written examination, as detailed in the Course Handbook and on the website www.cs.ox.ac.uk/teaching/MSCinCS/. The list of courses shall be divided into three sections: Schedule A, Schedule B and Schedule C, as detailed on the website www.cs.ox.ac.uk/teaching/MSCinCS/.
   2. [242] (ii) Candidates shall submit a dissertation of not more than 30,000 words, plus not more than 30 pages of diagrams, tables, listing etc., on a subject selected by the candidate in consultation with the supervisor and approved by the director of the course.
   3. [243] (iii) There shall be an examination viva voce, unless the candidate shall have been individually dispensed by the examiners, on the dissertation and on any of the topics for which he or she submitted a written assignment or written examination, to take place on the Friday of week minus 1 of Michaelmas Term of the following academic year.
4. [244] 4. Every candidate must submit to the director of the course no later than the first Monday in Trinity Full Term in the year of the examination the title and a brief statement of the form and scope of his or her dissertation, together with an essay of not more than 3,000 words, describing the background of the project, its objectives and its plan of work. The submission must be approved by the person who has agreed to act as supervisor during the preparation of the dissertation. [245] Candidates will be expected to demonstrate in their dissertation an understanding of the topics studied in the course.
5. [246] 5. Two typewritten or printed copies of the dissertation must be delivered not later than noon on Friday of week minus 5 of Michaelmas Term of the following academic year to the M.Sc. Examiners (Computer Science), c/o Examination Schools, High Street, Oxford. [247] One copy of the thesis of each successful candidate will normally be presented to the Department of Computer Science.
6. [248] 6. By a date in each term to be specified in the Course Handbook, each candidate in consultation with their supervisor must submit for approval by the director of the course a list of topics which will be taken in that term. At least twenty-eight units of topics must be selected with a maximum of 12 units to be taken from Schedule A; candidates shall be allowed to choose a maximum of thirty-four units of topics. The choice must exclude any topics which substantially overlap the topics of the candidate's undergraduate degree or other recent academic study.
7. [249] 7. For each topic, the lecturer on the course of instruction shall prescribe a schedule of practical work, tutorial exercises and a written assignment or written examination, and shall make available to the Chairman of Examiners evidence showing the extent to which each candidate has pursued an adequate course of practical and class work.
8. [250] 8. With the permission of the Organising Committee, a candidate may offer up to two alternative topics to replace any of the topics listed in Schedules B and C. An application for such replacement must be made to the director of the course by the end of the first week of the term in which the lecture course on the topic is given; it must be approved by the student's supervisor and by the lecturer on the course, who thereby undertakes to accept appointment as assessor for the topic.
9. [251] 9. Not later than noon on a date in each term to be determined by the examiners, who are responsible for making sure candidates are aware of that date and that the date is announced at the head of the assignment sheet, the completed assignment for each topic must be delivered to the M.Sc. Examiners (Computer Science), c/o Examination Schools, High Street, Oxford. Not later than noon on Wednesday of Week 0 of the following term, practicals for all topics must be delivered to the M.Sc. Examiners (Computer Science), c/o the Post-Graduate Taught Course Administrator, Department of Computer Science, Oxford. Topics to be assessed by written examination will take place in Week 0 of the following term. No candidate shall attend classes or receive any form of individual tuition in the subject of an assignment between the time when the assignment is made available to the candidate and the time fixed for the delivery of the assignment to the examiners.
10. [252] 10. A list of those candidates who have satisfied the examiners in a particular topic shall be posted in the vestibule of the Department of Computer Science within three working weeks of the final date for submission of assignments/within two weeks of the final date for written examinations.
11. [253] 11. Any candidate who has not achieved an average of at least 50 in 24 units of topics by the beginning of Trinity Term shall be deemed to have failed the degree course and will not be permitted to submit a dissertation.
12. [254] 12. To satisfy the examiners for the degree of MSc in Computer Science, a candidate must attain an average of at least 50 (pass) in the assignments or written examination in their best 28 units of topics, pass in the dissertation, pursue an adequate course of practical work and achieve an overall pass in practicals, and unless dispensed under cl.3 (iii) above satisfy the examiners in the viva voce examination.
13. [255] 13. The examiners may award a distinction for excellence in the whole examination.
14. [256] 14. A candidate who fails the examination will be permitted to retake it on one further occasion only, not later than one year after the initial attempt. Such a candidate whose dissertation has been of satisfactory standard may resubmit the same piece of work, while a candidate who has reached a satisfactory standard on the assignments or written examinations will not be required to retake that part of the examination.

1. [275] 1. Every candidate must follow, for at least three terms, a course of instruction in Criminology and Criminal Justice.
2. [276] 2. There shall be a Board of Studies for the course, to be chaired by the Director of Graduate Studies for Criminology and also comprising all the members of the Board of Examiners for the Master of Science in Criminology and Criminal Justice for the current year, the Director or Assistant Director of the Centre for Criminology and a student representative (the latter for open business only).
3. [277] 3. The course will consist of four elements: core course in Explanation and Understanding in Criminology (Michaelmas Term) and Understanding Criminal Justice (Hilary Term); the course Research Design and Data Collection (Michaelmas Term); options; and dissertation. The core course will run for six weeks throughout the first two terms (Michaelmas and Hilary). The Research Design and Data Collection course runs for six weeks in the first term (Michaelmas). Options will run for six weeks in each term (Michaelmas, Hilary and Trinity). Candidates will be required to choose two options in each of the first two terms and one for the final term. The dissertation will be 8,000-10,000 words long on a topic to be agreed by the Board of Studies. The required format for this dissertation is the common format prescribed for all law theses, which is printed in the Faculty of Law's Graduate Students' Handbook.
4. [278] 4. The options are listed in the Schedule below.
5. [279] 5. Not all options will necessarily be taught or examined in any one year. Details of those which are available will be published in the Graduate Student Handbook produced by the Centre for Criminology for the year of the examination, subject to any amendment posted on the designated notice board in the Centre for Criminology by Monday of Week Minus One of the Michaelmas Term before the examination is held.
6. [280] 6. In addition to the options set out in the Schedule, candidates may offer any other option that may be approved from time to time by regulation published in the Gazette by the end of Monday of Week Minus One of the Michaelmas Term before the examination is held.
7. [281] 7. The course shall be assessed as follows:
   1. [282] (i) Core Course: There shall be a three-hour examination for the core course to be taken in Week Nought of Trinity Term.
   2. [283] (ii) Options and Research Design and Data Collection: Courses other than Research Design and Data Collection,Social Explanation and Data Analysis, Statistical Methods for Social Scientists, and Qualitative Methods shall be examined by means of an assessed essay of no less than 3,500 and no more than 5,000 words (inclusive of footnotes, but excluding bibliography and appendices), for which time will be set aside during the last three weeks of each term. A selection of three titles (as determined by the Board of Examiners), shall be posted on the designated noticeboard at the Centre for Criminology by noon on Friday of Week Six of the relevant term. Candidates shall be required to submit two typewritten copies of each essay to the Examination Schools, High Street, Oxford, not later than three weeks after this date, by noon. [284] Research Design and Data Collection, Social Explanation and Data Analysis, Statistical Methods for Social Scientists, and Qualitative Methods shall be examined by an assessed essay of 2,500 to 3,000 words (inclusive of footnotes, but excluding bibliography and appendices), to be written between Friday of Week Six and Friday of Week Nine of the term in which the course runs. A choice from three titles (as determined by the Board of Examiners) will be posted on the designated noticeboard at the Centre for Criminology by noon on Friday of Week Six of the relevant term. Candidates shall be required to submit two copies of the essay to the Examination Schools, High Street, Oxford, not later than three weeks after this date, by noon. In addition, candidates taking Research Design and Data Collection, and where relevant, Social Explanation and Data Analysis and/or Statistical Analysis for Social Scientists and/or Qualitative Methods shall be required to complete to the satisfaction of the Course Tutor for the option a form of continuous assessment, which will be approved by the Board of Studies and the details of which will be published in the Graduate Student Handbook for the relevant year.
   3. [285] (iii) Dissertation: Two typewritten copies of the dissertation shall be submitted to the Examination Schools by noon on Friday of Week Nine of Trinity Term. One bound copy of the dissertation of each candidate who passes the examination shall be deposited in the Social Science Library, Manor Road.
8. [286] 8. The degree of M.Sc. shall be awarded to any candidate who achieves a mark of at least 50 per cent for (a) the five options and the Research Design and Data Collection course, (b) the core course paper, and (c) the dissertation, as well as satisfactory completion of the continuous assessment element of the Research Design and Data Collection, and, where relevant, those of Social Explanation and Data Analysis, and/or Statistical Methods for Social Scientists and/or Qualitative Methods.
9. [287] 9. The examiners may award a distinction for excellence in the whole examination.
10. [288] 10. Arrangements for reassessment shall be as follows:
    1. [289] (i) Core Course: Candidates who fail, or withdraw from, the core course examination may resit the examination in the Trinity Term of the following academic year. Such candidates who have completed successfully either or both of (a) the options and Research Design and Data Collection (i.e. have obtained an aggregate mark of 50 per cent or more) and (b) the dissertation, may carry forward the marks gained for the successfully completed components. Candidates may also carry forward their certificate of satisfactory completion of the continuous assessment element of Research Design and Data Collection, and, where relevant, those of Social Explanation and Data Analysis, and/or Statistical Methods for Social Scientists and/or Qualitative Methods.
    2. [290] (ii) Options and Research Design and Data Collection: Candidates who have failed to obtain an aggregate mark of 50 per cent for all assessments for the options and Research Design and Data Collection together, or who have withdrawn from any assessment, may resubmit assessments for which they obtained a mark of 49 per cent or less. Candidates may resubmit assessed essays in which they have obtained a mark of 49 per cent or less to the Examination Schools, High Street, Oxford, according to the standard timetable for submitting essays in the following academic year. Such candidates who have completed successfully (a) the core course examination, (b) the dissertation, and (c) any assessment for which they have received a mark of 50 per cent or more, may carry forward the marks gained for the successfully completed components. Candidates may also carry forward their certificate of satisfactory completion of the continuous assessment element of Research Design and Data Collection, and, where relevant, that of Social Explanation and Data Analysis, and/or Statistical Methods for Social Scientists and/or Qualitative Methods.
    3. [291] (iii) Continuous assessment element of Research Design and Data Collection, Social Explanation and Data Analysis, Statistical Methods for Social Scientists and Qualitative Methods: Candidates who fail to complete an assignment which forms part of the continuous assessment element of Research Design and Data Collection, Social Explanation and Data Analysis and/or Statistical Methods for Social Scientists and/or Qualitative Methods to the satisfaction of the respective Course Tutor may be required to resubmit that assignment once by noon on Friday of Week Nine of the relevant term.
    4. [292] (iv) Dissertation: Candidates who fail, or withdraw from, the dissertation may resubmit the dissertation by the required date in Trinity Term of the following academic year. Such candidates who have completed successfully (a) the core course and/or (b) the options and/or (c) Research Design and Data Collection, may carry forward the marks gained for the successfully completed components. Candidates may also carry forward their certificate of satisfactory completion of the continuous assessment element of Research Design and Data Collection, Social Explanation and Data Analysis and/or Statistical Methods for Social Scientists and/or Qualitative Methods.

[293] Schedule

1. [294] Comparative Criminal Justice [295] Crime and the Family [296] Crime, Political Ideologies and Political Culture [297] Desistance from Crime: The Role of Criminal Justice Agencies [298] Human Rights and Criminal Justice [299] Law, Economics and Crime [300] Mafias [301] News Media, Crime and Policy [302] Policing Global Insecurities [303] Prisons [304] Public and Private Policing [305] Public Opinion, Crime and Criminal Justice [306] Qualitative Methods [307] Race and Gender [308] Research Design and Data Collection [309] Restorative Justice [310] Risk, Security and Criminal Justice [311] Sentencing [312] Social Explanation and Data Analysis [313] Sociology of Punishment [314] The Death Penalty [315] Transitional Justice [316] Victims [317] Youth Justice

1. [364] 1. The Medical Sciences Board shall elect for the supervision of the course an Organising Committee which shall have the power to arrange lectures and other instruction.
2. [365] 2. Every candidate must follow for at least three terms, or, in the case of part-time students, for at least six terms, a course of instruction in Diagnostic Imaging.
3. [366] 3. Candidates will be required to present themselves for written and oral examination and to submit two written assignments and a dissertation in prescribed form on an approved topic.
4. [367] 4. Candidates will be required to take three papers of three hours each:
   1. [368] Paper 1 X-Rays, Radiological Procedures and Radiography
   2. [369] Paper 2 Nuclear Medicine and Ultrasonography
   3. [370] Paper 3 Computed Tomography and Magnetic Resonance Imaging
   [371] Examination questions will reflect aspects of the subject as described in the schedule.
5. [372] 5. Candidates will normally hold a first degree or equivalent qualification in the physical, biological or medical sciences.
6. [373] 6. Each candidate will be required to submit, for assessment of their progress, a written assignment of no more than 5,000 words by the end of each of their first two terms, or, in the case of part-time students, by the end of their second and fourth terms. The assignments will be on separate topics agreed with the candidate's supervisor and approved by the Organising Committee. The assignments must be word-processed and will subsequently be submitted to the course director. The course director will forward to the Chairman of Examiners, in the week preceding the examination, a certificate, signed by the relevant supervisor, of satisfactory performance by the candidate in the written assignments.
7. [374] 7. Each candidate will be required to submit a dissertation of no more than 15,000 words on a subject selected in consultation with the candidate's supervisor and approved by the Organising Committee. The dissertation may vary from an account of original research work to a survey of the literature. Dissertations which reproduce substantially work submitted in the other written assignments will not be admissible.
8. [375] 8. Three word-processed and appropriately bound copies of a dissertation must be delivered to the Course Director by a date prescribed by the examiners. The examiners shall retain two copies of the dissertation of each candidate who passes the examination, for deposit in the departmental library.
9. [376] 9. An oral examination will be held and this may include questions on the candidate's dissertation, assignments, or written papers.
10. [377] 10. The examiners may award a distinction for excellence in the whole examination.

[378] Schedule

[379] Paper 1: X-Rays, Radiological Procedures and Radiography

[380] Atomic and nuclear physics, ionizing radiation and interactions with matter, biological effects of ionizing radiation. Production of x-rays, formation of radiographic images, design of equipment for generating x-rays. Measurement of quantity and quality of ionizing radiation. Imaging receptors: photographic film, intensifying screens, fluoroscopy, image intensification and television systems. Computed imaging and digital systems.

[381] Radiological contrast media: pharmacology, indications, contraindications and complications.

[382] Technique of radiological contrast media examinations in the demonstration of gastrointestinal, hepatobiliary and urogenital tracts. Angiography and cardiovascular examination. Recognition of anatomy displayed by these techniques, especially pertaining to the gastrointestinal, genitourinary, cardiovascular and musculoskeletal systems. Advantages and disadvantages of these techniques in practice. Radiological protection; instrumentation, national and international legislation.

[383] General principles of interventional radiology: guided drainage, biopsy, and interventional angiography.

[384] Positioning and care of the patient in radiography, standard radiographic projections. General principles of microradiography, macroradiography and soft-tissue radiography. High voltage techniques and influence of exposure factors. General principles and methods of application of tomography. Film quality control and faults.

[385] Paper 2: Nuclear Medicine and Ultrasonography

[386] Radioactivity and radioactive sources. Radiation detectors and scintigraphic equipment. Measurement of radioactivity. Gamma-ray spectroscopy. Radioisotope generators and radio-pharmaceuticals.

[387] Imaging devices; system performance and analysis. Static and dynamic imaging. Emission tomography. Protection of the patient in nuclear medicine.

[388] Biological distribution of radionucleides. Recognition of anatomy and function demonstrated by scintigraphy.

[389] Production, nature propagation and detection of ultrasound. Imaging methods and date display. Doppler effect and flow-sensitive imaging. Safety of ultrasound.

[390] Tissue characterization by ultrasonography. Recognition of normal anatomy displayed by ultrasonography, especially the contents of the abdomen and pelvis and musculoskeletal system. Applications in the chest and face and neck. Ultrasound contrast agents. Interventional uses of ultrasonography. Clinical applications of ultrasonography. Advantages and disadvantages of ultrasonography.

[391] Paper 3: Computed Tomography and Magnetic Resonance Imaging

[392] Design of computed tomographic equipment; production of x-rays, detection, data collection, image reconstruction and display, helical and multislice technology. Characteristics of CT images: matrix, pixels, voxels. Dynamic imaging. Radiation dosimetry in CT and patient protection.

[393] Contrast media and other drugs used in computed tomography. Patient positioning and care. Advantages and disadvantages of computed tomography.

[394] Physical principles of magnetic resonance. Equipment design, magnets and coils. Image production and array processing. Characteristics of magnetic resonance images: matrix, pixels, voxels, image contrast considerations. Effects of flow and flow-related imaging. Dynamic imaging.

[395] Hazard of magnetic fields and patient protection.

[396] General principles of magnetic resonance spectroscopy and functional magnetic imaging.

[397] Normal anatomy displayed by computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging, especially pertaining to the head and neck, trunk and limbs. Clinical applications of both techniques, including relationship to other techniques. Advantages and disadvantages of both techniques in practice. Interventional uses of both techniques.

[399] The regulations of the Board of the Faculty of History are as follows:

1. [400] 1. Every candidate must follow for at least three terms a course of instruction in Economic and Social History and must upon entering for the examination produce from his or her society a certificate to that effect.
2. [401] 2. The examination will consist of the following parts: Qualifying test [402] Every candidate must pass a qualifying test. The test shall consist of two courses on
   1. [403] (1) Methodological introduction to research in the social sciences and history.
   2. [404] (2) Either Quantitative methods and computer applications for historians [405] or A paper from another established course within the University where this would provide a more appropriate training for the candidate's dissertation focus. Such a choice will need formal approval from both the Course Director and the Chair of the Graduate Studies Committee of the Board of the Faculty of History.
3. [406] The methodological introduction course will be assessed by a methodological essay of up to 4,000 words. Two copies of the essay must be submitted by noon on Monday of first week of Trinity Term to the Chair of Examiners for the M.Sc. in Economic and Social History, c/o Examination Schools, High Street, Oxford OX1 4BG. A quantitative methods course is assessed by an assignment to be completed over the Christmas Vacation; two typewritten copies of the completed assignment must be submitted by noon on Monday of second week of Hilary Term to the Chair of Examiners for the M.Sc. in Economic and Social History at the above address. In addition, convenors of qualifying courses will confirm in writing to the Chair of Examiners not later than Friday of eighth week of Hilary Term the candidates’ satisfactory participation in their classes, including the completion of any assignments for the weekly sessions. Any approved alternative qualifying course will be assessed within the format and timetable of the paper’s parent course. No candidate who has failed the qualifying test of two courses will be permitted to supplicate for the degree. Candidates who fail a qualifying course once will be permitted to take it again, not later than one year after the initial attempt. Final examination [407] The examination shall consist of two papers and a dissertation. [408] Candidates must take at least one of their papers as a three-hour written examination. For the remaining paper candidates must choose to be assessed either by written examination or by two 5,000 word essays. Essays may be only submitted in lieu of written papers for subjects in Schedule I below (‘Advanced Papers for M.Phil. and M.Sc. in Economic and Social History’) or for other papers permitted in Schedule II below where similar provision exists in the regulations for those examinations. The essays must be the work of the candidates alone and they must not consult any other person including their supervisors in any way concerning the method of handling the themes chosen. The themes chosen by the candidate must be submitted for approval by the chairman of examiners by the examination entry date. Candidates will be informed within two weeks, by means of a letter directed to their colleges, whether the topics they have submitted have been approved. The finished essays must be delivered by the candidate to the Examination Schools, High Street, Oxford, by noon on Monday of sixth week of Trinity Full Term. The essays must be presented in proper scholarly form, and two typed copies of each must be submitted.
   1. [409] I. One advanced paper selected from Schedule I below.
   2. [410] II. Either (i) one paper in a relevant discipline or skill or sources or methods selected from Schedule II below; [411] or (ii) a second advanced paper selected from Schedule I or from any additional list of papers for the M.Phil. and M.Sc. in Economic and Social History approved by the Graduate Studies Committee of the Board of the Faculty of History and published in the definitive list of Advanced Papers as set out in Schedule I.
   3. [412] III. A dissertation of not more than 15,000 words, including appendices but excluding bibliography, on a topic approved by the candidate's supervisor. The dissertation must be delivered not later than noon on the last Monday in September of the year in which the examination is taken to the Examination Schools, High Street, Oxford. Dissertations submitted must not exceed the permitted length. If they do the examiners will reduce the marks awarded. The presentation and footnotes should comply with the requirements specified in the Regulations of the Education Committee for the degrees of M.Litt. and D.Phil. and follow the Conventions for the presentation of dissertations and theses of the Board of the Faculty of History.
4. [413] Each dissertation must include a short abstract which concisely summarises its scope and principal arguments, in about 300 words. [414] Candidates must submit by the specified date three copies of their dissertation. These must be securely and firmly bound in either hard or soft covers.
5. [415] 3. The examiners will permit the use of any hand-held pocket calculator subject to the conditions set out below under the heading ‘Use of calculators in examinations’ in the Regulations for the Conduct of University Examinations.
6. [416] 4. The examiners may award a distinction for excellence in the whole examination.
7. [417] 5. A candidate who fails the examination will be permitted to re-take it on one further occasion only, not later than one year after the initial attempt. [418] Such a candidate whose dissertation has been of satisfactory standard may re-submit the same piece of work, while a candidate who has reached a satisfactory standard on the written papers will not be required to re-take that part of the examination.

[419] Schedule I

[420] Advanced Papers for the M.Phil. and M.Sc. in Economic and Social History

[421] A broad range of the course resources are shared with the corresponding courses in History of Science, Medicine, and Technology, and Advanced Papers are therefore available in the subject areas listed here.

1. [422] 1. Economic and business history
2. [423] 2. History of science and technology
3. [424] 3. Social history
4. [425] 4. Historical demography
5. [426] 5. History of medicine

[427] A descriptive list of Advanced Papers will be published by the Board of the Faculty of History in September for the academic year ahead (not all options may be available in every year). The definitive list of the titles of Advanced Papers for any one year will be circulated to candidates and their supervisors and posted on the Faculty notice board not later than Friday of third week of Michaelmas Term.

[428] Schedule II

[429] The paper in a relevant discipline or skill may be:

1. [430] 1. One of the papers from the M.Phil. in Sociology or in Comparative Social Policy.
2. [431] 2. One suitable paper from another Master's degree under the auspices of the Faculty of History approved from time to time by the Graduate Studies Committee of the Board of the Faculty of History.
3. [432] 3. One suitable paper in a related skill or discipline other than those specified in paragraphs 1 to 2 above on the recommendation of the candidate's supervisor and endorsed by the Course Director.

[433] Choices under Schedule II have to be approved by the chairman of the Graduate Studies Committee of the Board of the Faculty of History not later than Monday of the fourth week of Michaelmas Term. Candidates wishing to take a paper under 1 or 3 will also need the approval of the appropriate course convenor and the Graduate Studies Committee of the relevant faculty board or inter-faculty committee who need to be satisfied that each candidate has an adequate background in the subject. Not all options may be available in any one year.

1. [435] 1. Every candidate for the M.Sc. must follow a course of instruction in Economics for Development for at least three terms. Candidates will, when entering for the examination, be required to produce a certificate from their society to this effect.
2. [436] 2. The examination will consist of:
   1. [437] (a) the following written papers, the syllabuses for which are given in the schedule:
      1. [438] (i) Economic Theory
      2. [439] (ii) Development Economics
      3. [440] (iii) Quantitative Methods
   2. [441] (b) an extended essay.
3. [442] The extended essay shall be on a topic falling within the general field of development economics. The essay topic shall be selected by the student in consultation with the supervisor, and approved by the Course Director by the end of the first week of the Trinity Full Term in which the examination is taken. The maximum length and form of the extended essay and instructions for submission will be communicated to candidates by the Chair of Examiners.
4. [443] 3. The candidate may also be examined orally.
5. [444] 4. The examiners may award a distinction for excellence in the whole examination.

[445] Schedule

[446] (i) Economic Theory

[447] Questions will be set on aspects of microeconomic and macroeconomic theory central to the study of economic development. Full details of course content and structure will be provided in the M.Sc. Economics for Development Handbook published at the beginning of Michaelmas Full Term of the academic year in which the examination is taken.

[448] (ii) Development Economics

[449] Questions will be set on topics in development economics from a series of taught modules. The modules offered, which may vary from year to year, will be listed in the M.Sc. Economics for Development Handbook issued at the beginning of Michaelmas Full Term of the academic year in which the examination is taken.

[450] (iii) Quantitative Methods

[451] Questions will be set on the theory and practice of quantitative methods used in the study of economic development. Full details of course content and structure will be provided in the M.Sc. Economics for Development Handbook published at the beginning of Michaelmas Full Term of the academic year in which the examination is taken.

1. [453] 1. Candidates must follow for three terms a course of instruction in Education, specialising in one of the following pathways: Comparative and International Education, Higher Education, Learning and Technology, Child Development and Education, or Research Design and Methodology. The examination shall consist of six one-term papers and a dissertation.
2. [454] 2. Part 1 of the course consists of six papers. Candidates take a combination of required pathway-specific core papers and option papers, as determined in advance by each pathway convenor. Candidates will be informed of the available options, along with the assessment requirement, by Friday of 0th week of Michaelmas Term in the year in which the examination is taken. On some pathways, students are also required to successfully complete a research internship.
3. [455] 3. Exceptionally, candidates may offer one paper from a relevant masters degree in another department in the University, in place of one option paper, subject to permission from the relevant pathway convenor and the Education Graduate Studies Committee. Applications to take such a paper must normally be made by Friday of the first week of Michaelmas Term.
4. [456] 4. Papers are normally assessed by one or more coursework assignments totalling no more than 3,000 words (inclusive of footnotes but excluding bibliography and appendices). All such assignments must be uploaded to the Assignments section of the Higher Degrees Weblearn site by the times and dates specified at the start of the course. Each submission must be accompanied by a declaration indicating that it is the candidate’s own work. Exceptionally, candidates are assessed by unseen examination.
5. [457] 5. For Part 2 of the course, candidates will be required to submit a dissertation of 15,000−20,000 words (including footnotes/endnotes but excluding appendices and references or bibliography), the title to be selected in consultation with the supervisor, on a topic relevant to the pathway being followed. The subject and title selected by the candidate must be approved by the Departmental Board not later than the first day of the fifth week in Hilary Term in the year in which the written examination is taken.
6. [458] 6. Three word-processed or printed copies of the dissertation must be delivered to the Chairman of Examiners, M.Sc. Education, c/o Examination Schools, High Street, Oxford, not later than noon on the second Friday in August in the year in which the written examination is taken. One copy should be hard bound and two soft bound. The two soft bound copies should be anonymous except for the candidate number. The hard bound copy of the dissertation of each candidate who passes the examination shall be retained by the department for deposit in the departmental library. Each submission must be accompanied by a declaration indicating that it is the candidate’s own work. Candidates are also required to upload an electronic copy.
7. [459] 7. Every candidate will be required to satisfy the examiners in the following: (i) Satisfactory attendance at the appropriate classroom−based courses; (ii) Satisfactory performance in both Part 1 and Part 2.
8. [460] 8. Candidates may also be required to attend an oral examination. The oral examination may be on the candidate’s written papers, dissertation, or both. Candidates shall be deemed to have passed the examination if they have satisfied the examiners in both Part 1 and Part 2. If Part 1 is failed, the candidate may retake the whole examination of Part 1 one further time on the next occasion when this is examined. If Part 2 is failed the candidate may resubmit the dissertation one further time on the next occasion when this is examined.
9. [461] 9. The examiners may award a distinction for excellence in the whole examination.

1. [463] 1. The Medical Sciences Board shall elect for the supervision of the course an Organising Committee which shall have the power to arrange lectures and other instruction.
2. [464] 2. Every candidate must follow for at least three terms or, in the case for part-time students, for at least six terms, a course of instruction in Endovascular Neurosurgery (Interventional Neuroradiology).
3. [465] 3. Candidates will be required to present themselves for written and oral examination and to submit a logbook and a dissertation in prescribed form on an approved topic.
4. [466] 4. Candidates will be required to take three papers of three hours each: [467] Paper 1 Pathology, Physiology and Anatomy relevant to Endovascular Neurosurgery and Interventional Neuroradiology [468] Paper 2 Diagnosis in Endovascular Neurosurgery and Interventional Neuroradiology [469] Paper 3 Interventional Neuroradiological Techniques [470] Examination questions will reflect aspects of the subject as described in the schedule.
5. [471] 5. Candidates must be registered with the General Medical Council, hold an appropriate contract with the National Health Service, and have had appropriate experience in Diagnostic Radiology and/or Neurosurgery.
6. [472] 6. Each candidate will be required to submit a logbook to the Course Director by the end of their second term, or, in the case of part-time students, by the end of their fourth term. The logbook will subsequently be submitted to the examiners as part of the candidate's whole examination.
7. [473] 7. Each candidate will be required to submit a dissertation of no more than 15,000 words on a subject selected in consultation with the candidate's supervisor and approved by the Organising Committee. The dissertation may vary from an account of original research work to a survey of the literature. Dissertations which reproduce substantially work submitted in the other written assignments will not be admissible.
8. [474] 8. Three word-processed and appropriately bound copies of the dissertation must be delivered to the Course Director by a date prescribed by the examiners, together with the logbook as described above. The examiners shall retain two copies of the dissertation of each candidate who passes the examination, for deposit in the departmental library.
9. [475] 9. An oral examination will be held and this may include questions on the candidate's dissertation, logbook, or written papers.
10. [476] 10. The examiners may award a distinction for excellence in the whole examination.

[477] Schedule

[478] Paper 1: Pathology, Physiology, and Anatomy relevant to Endovascular Neurosurgery and Interventional Radiology

[479] Pathology of lesions amenable to interventional neuroradiological techniques. The natural history of such conditions and the indications for interventional measures. Anatomy of the central nervous system with special reference to vascular anatomy including common variations to the normal pattern. The embryology and phylogeny of the blood supply of the head and spine. Vascular physiology with special reference to the cerebral and spinal circulations. Normal and potential sites of collateral circulation. Endovascular routes to lesion of the head and spine.

[480] Paper 2: Diagnosis in Endovascular Neurosurgery and Interventional Neuroradiology

[481] The clinical and radiological diagnosis of conditions amenable to interventional neuroradiological techniques including recognition of common symptoms and signs associated with such conditions.

[482] Radiological and other imaging techniques for localisation and evaluation of cerebral and spinal lesion, including angiography, myelography, CT and MR scanning, Doppler ultrasound (transcranial and intra-operative), and the use of radio-pharmaceuticals. Electrophysiological and cerebral blood flow measurement techniques as well as neurological and cardiovascular monitoring pertinent to interventional neuroradiological procedures.

[483] Paper 3: Interventional Neuroradiological Techniques

[484] Interventional techniques for biopsy, embolisation, thrombolysis, and angioplasty. Delivery systems: their construction and applications. Embolisation materials including balloons, coils, stents, particulate and liquid embolic agents and their advantages and disadvantages for different applications. Pre-and post-procedural precautions, including indications for treatment, informed consent, and the recognition and management of complications.

[485] The official name, constitution pharmacology, modes of administration, clinical agents used in interventional neuroradiological techniques. Sedation and the provision of analgesia during procedures. In particular the use of anticoagulation, fibrinolytic, and anticonvulsant agents.

[487] 1. Every candidate must follow for at least six terms a part-time course of instruction in English Local History and must upon entering for examination produce from his or her society a certificate to that effect.

[488] 2. The examination will consist of the following parts:

[489] Qualifying test

[490] Every candidate must pass a qualifying test. The test shall consist of the satisfactory completion of a course on:

[491] Concepts and methods: an introduction to research in local history

[492] The organisers of the course shall, not later than the end of the Hilary Term in the first year of the course submit to the examiners a list of candidates who have satisfactorily completed the qualifying course. No candidate who has failed the qualifying test will be permitted to supplicate for the degree. Candidates who fail the qualifying course once will be permitted to take it again, not later than one year after the initial attempt.

[493] Final Examinations

[494] The final examination shall consist of three parts:

1. [495] A. Skills for local history [496] Every candidate must submit two written assignments of no more than 2,500 words in length for each of two courses from the list below:
   1. [497] (1) Sources, Methods and Foundations in Medieval Local History
   2. [498] (2) Sources, Methods and Foundations in Early Modern Local History
   3. [499] (3) Sources, Methods and Foundations in Modern Local History
2. [500] B. Advanced papers [501] Every candidate must follow either
   1. [502] (1) two advanced papers from Schedule A below,
   2. [503] or
   3. [504] (2) one advanced paper from Schedule A below and a second paper from Schedule B, which consists of papers also offered as part of the MSc in Economic and Social History. Other Schedule B papers may be added subject to the approval of the Chairman of the Graduate Studies Committee of the History Faculty Board and of the Board of Studies of the Committee for Continuing Education. [505] Each candidate will submit two written assignments of not more than 5,000 words in length for each paper. Some Schedule B papers may be assessed by a three hour unseen examination.
3. [506] C. Dissertation [507] A dissertation of not more than 15,000 words, including appendices but excluding bibliography, on a topic approved by the candidate’s supervisor. The dissertation must be delivered not later than noon on the last Monday in September of the second year of the course to the Chairman of Examiners for the M.Sc. in Local History, c/o Examination Schools, High Street, Oxford.

[508] Schedule A

[509] Advanced Papers are available in the following areas:

1. [510] 1. The development of rural society
2. [511] 2. Social history
3. [512] 3. Urban history
4. [513] 4. History of religion
5. [514] 5. Architecture and local society

[515] Schedule B

[516] Advanced Papers are available in the following areas:

1. [517] 1. Economic and business history
2. [518] 2. History of science and technology
3. [519] 3. Social history
4. [520] 4. Historical demography
5. [521] 5. History of medicine
6. [522] A list of Advanced Papers will be published by the Board of Studies for the M.Sc. in English Local History in September for the academic year ahead (not all options may be available in every year). The definitive list of the titles of Advanced Papers for any one year will be circulated to candidates and their supervisors not later than Friday of the third week of Michaelmas Term. Teaching for the Advanced Papers will take place in Hilary Term.

1. [523] 3. The examiners will permit the use of any hand-held pocket calculator subject to the conditions set out in Regulations for the Conduct of University Examinations.
2. [524] 4. Each candidate must attend an oral examination when required to do so by the examiners.
3. [525] 5. The examiners may award a distinction for excellence in the whole examination.
4. [526] 6. A candidate who fails an advanced paper, or whose dissertation fails to satisfy the examiners, may be permitted to retake the paper, or resubmit the dissertation, on one further occasion only, not later than one year after the initial attempt.

1. [528] 1. The Social Sciences Divisional Board shall elect for the supervision of the course a Standing Committee. The Course Director will be responsible to the Standing Committee.
2. [529] 2. Candidates must follow a course of instruction in Environmental Change and Management for at least three terms, and will, when entering for the examination be required to produce a certificate from the Course Director to this effect.
3. [530] 3. The examination will consist of:
   1. [531] (i) a written examination of three papers on the syllabus described in the schedule:
   2. [532] (ii) a dissertation on a subject selected in consultation with the supervisor and Course Director and approved by the Standing Committee.
   3. [533] (iii) two assessed essays based on Elective courses.
4. [534] 4. Candidates must submit to the Course Director by the end of the Hilary Term in the year in which they enter the examination, the title and a brief statement of the form and scope of their dissertation, together with the name of a person who has agreed to act as their supervisor during preparation of the dissertation.
5. [535] 5. The dissertation shall be of maximum length 15,000 words excluding abstract, appendices and references. The dissertation shall be accompanied by an abstract not exceeding 150 words.
6. [536] 6. Two typewritten or printed copies of the dissertation must arrive, not later than noon on the first weekday of September in the year in which the written examination is taken, to the M.Sc. Examiners (Environmental Change and Management), c/o Examination Schools, High Street, Oxford OX1 4BG. The examiners may retain one copy of the dissertation of each candidate who passes the examination for deposit in an appropriate department library.
7. [537] 7. In the written examination the examiners will permit the use of any hand-held pocket calculators subject to the conditions set out under the heading ‘Use of calculators in examinations’ in the Regulations for the Conduct of University Examinations.
8. [538] 8. The examiners may also examine any candidate viva voce on the candidate's written papers, dissertation, or both.
9. [539] 9. To complete the course successfully the candidate must achieve, on average, a pass mark over the three elements and a pass mark must be obtained in the dissertation and in the written examination. In the event of a failed dissertation, the candidate will be allowed to resubmit a dissertation in the following year.
10. [540] 10. The examiners may award a distinction for excellence in the whole examination.

[541] Schedule

1. [542] (i) Issues and driving forces. Candidates will be expected to have a knowledge of the critical issues in current and future environmental change as applied to terrestrial, aquatic, and atmospheric systems. Forces driving change including resource scarcity, population, land use, and climatic factors. Strategies appropriate for the management of changing environments.
2. [543] (ii) Managing the environment. Candidates will be expected to have a knowledge of law, policy, ethics, and economics as they apply to issues of environmental change.
3. [544] (iii) Methods and techniques for environmental management. Candidates will be expected to have a knowledge of methods for environmental management. These include: basic computing and modelling, experimental design, data acquisition and handling; remote sensing and GIS; methods of ecological economic and social analysis.
4. [545] (iv) Electives. Candidates will be expected to show advanced knowledge of two of the elective courses on offer in any one year.

[547] (Old regulations for students registered on the MSc EBHC before 1 October 2012)

1. [548] 1. The Divisional Board of Medical Sciences, jointly with the Continuing Education Board, shall elect for the supervision of the course a Standing Committee, which shall have the power to arrange lectures and other instruction.
2. [549] 2. Every candidate must follow for at least three and at most twelve terms a part-time course of instruction in the theory and practice of Evidence-Based Health Care, which shall normally take place over a period of no more than six years.
3. [550] 3. Every candidate will be required to satisfy the examiners in the following:
   1. [551] (a) attendance at both of the modules listed in Schedule A (below);
   2. [552] (b) attendance at four of the modules listed in Schedule B (below);
   3. [553] (c) six written assignments, usually of no more than 5,000 words, one on each of the modules from 3(a) and 3(b) above;
   4. [554] (d) a dissertation of not more than 30,000 words (including appendices and footnotes but excluding bibliography), on a subject selected by the candidate in consultation with the supervisor and approved by the Standing Committee.
4. [555] The assessed work set out in clause 3(c) shall be forwarded to the examiners c/o Registry, Department for Continuing Education, 1 Wellington Square, Oxford OX1 2JA, for consideration by such date as the examiners shall determine and of which they shall notify candidates. The dissertation set out in clause 3(d) shall be forwarded to the examiners c/o Examination Schools, High Street, Oxford OX1 4BG for consideration by such date as the examiners shall determine and of which they shall notify candidates.
5. [556] 4. Candidates may be required to attend a viva voce examination at the end of the course of studies at the discretion of the examiners.
6. [557] 5. The examiners may award a distinction to candidates for the M.Sc.
7. [558] 6. Candidates who fail to satisfy the examiners in any of the six assignments under 3(c) may be permitted, normally within one year of the original failure, to resubmit work in respect of the part or parts they have failed on not more than one occasion for each assignment without being required to repeat attendance at the relevant module or modules under 3(a) and/or 3(b). Candidates who fail to satisfy the examiners under 3(d) may be permitted to resubmit work in respect of the part or parts of the examination which they have failed, for examination on not more than one occasion which shall normally be within one year of the original failure.
8. [559] 7. The Standing Committee shall have the discretion to permit any candidate to be exempted, in exceptional circumstances, from attendance at a module under 3(a) or 3(b) and from submitting an assignment required under 3(c) above, provided that the Standing Committee is satisfied that such a candidate has undertaken equivalent study, or has appropriate work experience to an equivalent standard.

[560] Schedule A

1. [561] M1: Practice of EBHC
2. [562] M2: Introduction to Study Design and Research Methods

[563] Schedule B

1. [564] M3: Knowledge into Action
2. [565] M4: Clinical Epidemiology
3. [566] M5: Evidence-Based Diagnosis and Screening
4. [567] M6: Systematic Reviews
5. [568] M7: Randomised Control Trials
6. [569] M8: Essential Medical Statistics
7. [570] M9: Patient-Based Evidence
8. [571] M10: Ethics in Health Care
9. [572] M11: Qualitative Research Methods
10. [573] M12: Evidence-Based Dentistry
11. [574] M13: Introduction to Statistics in Health Care Research [575] Any other module as defined by the Programme Director and approved by the Standing Committee.

[576] Postgraduate Programme in Evidence-Based Health Care Studies (new regulations for students registering on any of the awards listed from 1 October 2012 and available to existing students)

[577] For students entering the Programme from MT 2012 and available to existing students

[578] Postgraduate Programme in Evidence-Based Health Care Studies

[579] A. Definition of the Programme

1. [580] 1. The Continuing Education Board and the Medical Sciences Board shall jointly offer a Programme in Evidence-Based Health Care Studies at postgraduate level.
2. [581] 2. The Continuing Education Board and the Medical Sciences Board shall jointly elect for the supervision of the Programme a Standing Committee which shall have the power to arrange lectures and other instruction.
3. [582] 3. The subject of the Programme shall be Evidence-Based Health Care Studies.
4. [583] 4. The policy of the Continuing Education Board on variable intensity part-time postgraduate study applies to this Programme.
5. [584] 5. The following awards shall be available within the Programme:
   1. [585] i. MSc in Evidence-Based Health Care
   2. [586] ii. Postgraduate Diploma in Evidence-Based Health Care
   3. [587] iii. Postgraduate Certificate in Evidence-Based Health Care
   4. [588] iv. Postgraduate Diploma in Health Research
   5. [589] v. Postgraduate Certificate in Health Research

[590] B. Progression

1. [591] 6. Students admitted to the Programme with the intention of studying towards the award of the M.Sc. are required to matriculate, involving admission by a college of the University. Students admitted to the Programme intending to study towards a Postgraduate Certificate or Postgraduate Diploma who subsequently apply for admission to the M.Sc. will be required at that point to matriculate and to be admitted by a college.
2. [592] 7. Students who have satisfied the requirements for the award of the Postgraduate Certificate or the Postgraduate Diploma and who do not wish to continue their studies may end their registration at that point and be awarded the Postgraduate Certificate or Postgraduate Diploma as the case may be.

[593] C. Duration

1. [594] 8. The minimum period of registration on the Programme shall be three terms.
2. [595] 9. The maximum period of registration shall be six terms for each of the Postgraduate Certificates, nine terms for each of the Postgraduate Diplomas and twelve terms for the MSc.
3. [596] 10. Candidates may be permitted in certain circumstances to suspend status, for a maximum of six terms. Any such period shall not count to the maximum or minimum permitted period of registration and no fee liability will be incurred during such periods.

[597] D. Study criteria for eligibility for awards

1. [598] 11. The modules available in the Programme are specified in the Schedule below. Not all modules are available for each award. Every candidate for a given award will be required to satisfy the examiners in the following:
   1. [599] i. M.Sc. in Evidence-Based Health Care
      1. [600] (i) attendance at both of modules (i) and (ii);
      2. [601] (ii) attendance at any four of modules (iii) to (xiii) or (xx) of the schedule at H;
      3. [602] (iii) submission of the required assessed work relating to each of the six modules in (i) and (ii) above, which shall be of not more than 4,000 words per module;
      4. [603] (iv) submission of a dissertation of not more than 15,000 words (including tables, appendices and footnotes but excluding reference list), on a subject selected by the candidate in consultation with the supervisor and approved by the Standing Committee. Approval must be sought no later than the first day of the ninth term of registration. The dissertation must be submitted within three terms of the date of approval, notwithstanding the maximum permitted period of registration.
   2. [604] ii. Postgraduate Diploma in Evidence-Based Health Care
      1. [605] (i) attendance at both of modules (i) and (ii);
      2. [606] (ii) attendance at any four of modules (iii) to (xiii) or (xx) of the schedule at H;
      3. [607] (iii) submission of the required assessed work relating to each of the six modules in (i) and (ii) above, which shall be of not more than 4,000 words per module.
   3. [608] iii. Postgraduate Certificate in Evidence-Based Health Care
      1. [609] (i) attendance at both of modules (i) and (ii);
      2. [610] (ii) attendance at any one of modules (iii) to (xiii) or( xx) of the schedule at H;
      3. [611] (iii) submission of the required assessed work relating to each of the three modules in (i) and (ii) above, which shall be of not more than 4,000 words per module.
   4. [612] iv. Postgraduate Diploma in Health Research
      1. [613] (i) attendance at modules (i) and (ii);
      2. [614] (ii) attendance at any three of modules (iii) to (xi), or (xx) of the schedule at H, or of the modules indicated as available in the regulations for the MSc in Experimental Therapeutics;
      3. [615] (iii) attendance at one additional module taken from under (ii) above, or (xii) of the schedule at H, or from those indicated in the regulations for the MSc in Surgical Science and Practice;
      4. [616] (iv) submission of the required assessed work, which shall be of not more than 4,000 words, relating to each of the six modules in (i) and (ii) and (iii) above.
   5. [617] v. Postgraduate Certificate in Health Research
      1. [618] (i) attendance at modules (i) and (ii);
      2. [619] (ii) attendance at one of modules (iii) to( x) in the schedule at H, or one of the modules indicated as available from the regulations for the MSc in Experimental Therapeutics;
      3. [620] (iii) submission of the required assessed work, which shall be of not more than 4,000 words, relating to each of the three modules taken under (i) and (ii) above.
2. [621] 12. Assignments shall be forwarded (usually electronically via a specified online submission system) to the examiners c/o Registry, Department for Continuing Education, 1 Wellington Square, Oxford OX1 2JA, for consideration by such dates as the examiners shall determine and of which they shall notify candidates. Dissertations shall be forwarded to the Examiners c/o Examination Schools High Street Oxford OX1 4BG for consideration by such dates as the examiners shall determine and of which they shall notify candidates. [622] Assignments and dissertations must be accompanied by a statement that they are the candidate's work except where otherwise indicated.
3. [623] 13. Provided the Standing Committee is satisfied that a student on the Programme has undertaken equivalent study, of an appropriate standard, normally at another institution of higher education, or has appropriate work experience to an equivalent standard, the committee shall have the discretion to permit the candidate to be exempted from attendance and the submission of a written assignment in respect of one module for a Postgraduate Certificate, two modules for a Postgraduate Diploma and three modules for the M.Sc. In exercising this discretion the Standing Committee shall have consideration to the length of time that has elapsed since the study or work experience was undertaken.

[624] E. The Examinations

1. [625] 14. Students on the Register shall enter for the examination for the award of the M.Sc. or the Postgraduate Diploma or the Postgraduate Certificate in Evidence-Based Health Care or the award of the Postgraduate Diploma or the Postgraduate Certificate in Health Research.
2. [626] 15. Candidates are required to attend a viva voce examination at the end of the course of studies leading to each award unless dispensed by the examiners.
3. [627] 16. The examiners may award a distinction for excellence in the overall examination for each award.
4. [628] 17. Candidates who fail to satisfy the examiners in any of the assignments or the dissertation under 11 above may be permitted, normally within one year of the original failure, to resubmit work in respect of the part or parts they have failed on not more than one occasion for each assignment without being required to repeat attendance at the relevant module or modules.

[629] F. Prior Undertaking of modules for credit

1. [630] 18. The Standing Committee shall have the discretion to deem satisfactory completion of a module including the associated assessment prior to registration for an award listed under 5 i-v above as having met the attendance and examination requirements in respect of that module under 11 above. Such discretion will normally only be exercised if the time elapsed between commencement of the accredited module concerned and registration for the award is not more than two years.
2. [631] 19. The maximum number of modules taken prior to registration for an award that can contribute to the achievement of the award shall be one for the Postgraduate Certificate, three for either of the Postgraduate Diplomas and three for the MSc.

[632] G. Subsuming of previous modules and awards under the Programme

1. [633] 20. If any student who has previously successfully completed the Postgraduate Certificate and ended their registration on the Programme subsequently is re-admitted to another award listed under 5(i-iv), the Standing Committee shall have the discretion to deem satisfactory completion of modules within the Postgraduate Certificate as having met the attendance and examination requirements in respect of the modules under 11 above. Such discretion will normally only be exercised if the time elapsed between first registration on a module contributing to the Postgraduate Certificate and registration for the higher award is not more than two years.
2. [634] 21. If any student who has previously successfully completed the Postgraduate Diploma and ended their registration on the Programme subsequently is re-admitted to the M.Sc., the Standing Committee shall have the discretion to deem satisfactory completion of modules within the Postgraduate Diploma as having met the attendance and examination requirements in respect of the modules under 11 above. Such discretion will normally only be exercised if the time elapsed between first registration on a module contributing to the Postgraduate Diploma and registering for the MSc is not more than two years.
3. [635] 22. If a student who has been awarded a Postgraduate Diploma or Postgraduate Certificate is subsequently awarded a higher award then the MSc or Postgraduate Diploma will subsume the lower award.

[636] H. Schedule of Modules

1. [637] (i) Practice of Evidence-Based Health Care
2. [638] (ii) Introduction to Study Design and Research Methods
3. [639] (iii) Ethics for Biosciences
4. [640] (iv) Knowledge into Action
5. [641] (v) Clinical Epidemiology
6. [642] (vi) Evidence-Based Diagnosis and Screening
7. [643] (vii) Introduction to Statistics for Health Care Research
8. [644] (viii) Systematic Reviews
9. [645] (ix) Randomized Control Trials
10. [646] (x) Qualitative Research Methods
11. [647] (xi) Essential Medical Statistics
12. [648] (xii) Teaching Evidence-Based Practice
13. [649] (xiii) The History and Philosophy of Evidence-Based Health Care
14. [650] (xx) Any other module as defined by the Programme Director and approved by the Standing Committee.

[651] Additional modules available (as specified above) from the regulations for the MSc in Experimental Therapeutics

[652] Structure of clinical trials and experimental therapeutics

[653] Drug development, pharmacokinetics and imaging

[654] Pharmacodynamics, biomarkers and personalised therapy

[655] Adverse drug reactions, drug interactions, and pharmacovigilance

[656] How to do research on therapeutic interventions: protocol preparation

[657] Biological therapeutics

[658] Additional modules available (as specified above) from the regulations for the MSc in Surgical Science and Practice

[659] Human factors, teamwork and communication

[660] Becoming a medical educator

[661] Quality improvement science and systems analysis

1. [663] 1. Candidates must follow for at least three terms a course of instruction in Evidence-Based Social Intervention.
2. [664] 2. Every candidate will be required to satisfy the examiners in the following:
   1. [665] (i) A compulsory core paper, Evidence-Based Interventions;
   2. [666] (ii) A compulsory Research Methods paper, for which students will be examined on the basis of a methods work book and an essay of up to 2,500 words;
   3. [667] (iii) One Option paper;
   5. [668] (iv) A thesis of not more than 10,000 words, on a topic related to, and attentive to the methods of, Evidence-Based Social Intervention and decided jointly with, and approved by, the supervisor on behalf of the Department.
3. [669] 3. Two printed or word-processed copies of the Research Methods essay must be delivered to the M.Sc. Examiners (Evidence-Based Social Intervention), c/o Examination Schools, High Street, Oxford OX1 4BG, no later than 12 noon on Friday of sixth week of the Trinity Term in which the examination has been taken.
4. [670] 4. Two printed or word-processed copies of the thesis must be delivered to the M.Sc. examiners (Evidence-Based Social Intervention), c/o Examination Schools, High Street, Oxford OX1 4BG, no later than noon on 15 August or the weekday nearest to 15 August of the year in which the examination has been taken. Successful candidates will be required to deposit a copy of their thesis in the Social Science Library.
5. [671] 5. A candidate who fails the examination may enter for one subsequent examination only, provided this is within six terms of his or her initial registration. A candidate who has attained a satisfactory mark in any one of the four components of the examination in 2 above will not be required to retake the component(s) concerned.
6. [672] 6. Each candidate must attend an oral examination when required to do so by the examiners.
7. [673] 7. The examiners may award a distinction for excellence in the whole examination.

[674] Schedule

1. [675] (i) Evidence-Based Intervention (core course): Candidates will be expected to have a knowledge of major theories underlying evidence-based interventions. The course will introduce students to a comparative perspective and use exemplary intervention research studies to illustrate important theoretical, ethical, methodological, and practice issues.
2. [676] (ii) Research Methods (core course): Candidates will be expected to have a knowledge of major quantitative and qualitative techniques, and research designs for understanding social problems and evaluating interventions. There will be a particular emphasis on the appraisal and design of randomised controlled trials for evaluating social interventions.
3. [677] (iii) Option course: This will enable students to link evidence-based solutions to a range of social problems. Not every option will be offered in any one year, and applicants for admission will be advised of this. Areas from which options may be offered include: promoting the welfare of children and families; multicultural mental health interventions; substance misuse and offending; interventions in relation to HIV and AIDS; community work; refugees and asylum seekers; day care for young children and their families.

1. [724] 1. Candidates must follow for at least three terms a course of instruction in Financial Economics. Candidates must complete:
   1. [725] (a) all courses from the Schedule, and satisfy the examiners in the assignment and/or examination associated with each course;
   2. [726] (b) five electives, of which one may be an individual project. Candidates must satisfy the examiners in the assignment/examination/written report associated with each course, the list of electives to be published annually by the MFE Standing Committee before the first Monday of Hilary Term. If chosen, individual project written reports to be of not more than 10,000 words. Such projects must be approved by the MFE Standing Committee;
   3. [727] (c) candidates may be required to attend an oral examination on any of the above.
2. [728] 2. Assignments and written reports on projects must be presented not later than the time and date stipulated for each exercise; these will be published by the MFE Standing Committee before the first Monday of each term in which the assignment or project must be undertaken. The required number of copies must be delivered to the Examination Schools, and addressed to the Chairman of Examiners for the M.Sc. in Financial Economics, c/o Examination Schools, High Street, Oxford, except in the case of practical work, which should be submitted to the Saïd Business School, Park End Street, Oxford in the format advised by the MFE Standing Committee.
3. [729] 3. The examiners may award a distinction for excellence in the whole examination to candidates for the Degree.
4. [730] 4. In exceptional circumstances, a candidate wishing to take an examination later than the one to which he or she has been admitted may do so by application to the Chairman of Examiners, via his or her College Senior Tutor or Tutor for Graduates.
5. [731] 5. Candidates are permitted on only one occasion to resubmit or retake failed assessment items on any course on which they have failed to achieve the required standard.

[732] Schedule

[733] The following courses are required to be taken during Michaelmas and Hilary Terms. Details can be found in the course handbook:

1. [734] (a) Corporate Finance
2. [735] (b) Economics
3. [736] (c) Asset Pricing
4. [737] (d) Financial Econometrics.

1. [739] 1. Each candidate will be required to follow a course of instruction in Global Governance and Diplomacy for three terms, and will, when they enter their names for the examination, be required to produce a certificate from their supervisors to this effect. Candidates must offer:
   1. [740] (i) One of two foundation papers from the following list as detailed in the Schedule:
      1. [741] (a) Global Governance
      2. [742] (b) International Diplomacy
   2. [743] (ii) A mandatory paper in Research Methods as detailed in the Schedule.
   3. [744] (iii) Two option papers to be selected from a list published annually by the Course Director by Monday of Week Nought of Michaelmas Full Term.
   4. [745] (iv) One 10,000-12,000 word dissertation: the title of the dissertation must be submitted to the Course Director for approval not later than 12 noon on Friday of seventh week of Michaelmas Term in the year in which the examination is taken. The dissertation must be submitted not later than 12 noon on Friday of sixth week of Trinity Full Term in the year in which the examination is taken. Two typewritten or word processed copies of the dissertation must be delivered to the Examination Schools, addressed to the Chair of Examiners for the M.Sc. in Global Governance and Diplomacy, c/o Examination Schools, High Street, Oxford at the time and date specified.
2. [746] 2. A candidate who fails the examination will be permitted to retake it on one further occasion within six terms of his or her initial registration. Such a candidate will be permitted to resubmit the same dissertation provided that this reached a satisfactory standard, while a candidate who has reached a satisfactory standard on one or more examination papers will not be required to retake that part of the examination.
3. [747] 3. Candidates may be required to attend an oral examination on any part of the examination.
4. [748] 4. The examiners may award a distinction for excellence in the whole examination.

[749] Schedule

1. [750] (a) Global Governance: The sources, mechanisms, processes and practices of global governance at the subnational, national, supranational, international, and public and private transnational levels: at the national, sub-national and transnational levels, the focus is on globalisation; at the supranational level of governance, on literature on regional integration; at the level of international governance, on international organisations, international regimes and multilateralism. The course includes the role of various types of public and private actors - such as states, international organisations, regional blocs, non-governmental organisations (NGOs), civil social organisations (CSOs), transnational corporations (TNCs), business associations, and trans-governmental networks - across areas such as finance, trade, development, environmental protection, and human rights. It assesses the effectiveness, accountability, and legitimacy of governance arrangements;
2. [751] (b) International Diplomacy: substantive knowledge and theoretical background concerning the institutions and processes of international diplomacy.
3. [752] (c) Research Methods: common research methods in the social sciences including but not limited to the topics of concept formation, social mechanisms and theory building, comparative method, case selection, historiography, ethnography, genealogy, textual content and discourse analysis, qualitative interviewing, and common quantitative analytic methods.

1. [754] 1. The Divisional Board of Medical Sciences shall appoint for the supervision of the course an Organising Committee, which shall have the power to arrange lectures and other instruction.
2. [755] 2. The Organising Committee shall appoint for each candidate an academic adviser.
3. [756] 3. Each candidate shall follow a course of study in Global Health Science for at least three terms and for a substantial part of the three subsequent vacations, as determined by the course timetable, and will, when entering for the examination, be required to produce a certificate from their academic adviser to this effect.
4. [757] 4. Candidates shall be examined in all of the following ways:
   1. [758] (i) A written examination paper relating to 1 and 2 of the compulsory modules.
   2. [759] (ii) A written examination paper relating to 3 and 4 of the compulsory modules.
   3. [760] (iii) A typewritten or printed essay of 3,000-4,000 (excluding bibliography) words on topics approved by the Organising Committee in each of the two optional modules chosen for study, as set out in the Schedule. The arrangements for approval will be notified to candidates not later than the start of Michaelmas Term of the academic year in which the examination is taken.
   4. [761] (iv) A typewritten or printed dissertation of not more than 10,000 words (excluding bibliography and appendices) on the research project as set out in the Schedule below. The research project and the subject of the dissertation must have been approved by the Organising Committee. The arrangements for approval will be notified to candidates not later than the start of Michaelmas Term of the academic year in which the examination is taken.
5. [762] 5. Candidates may be examined viva voce and this examination will take place on dates to be determined by the examiners.
6. [763] 6. Three copies of each of the required written submissions must be sent to the Chairman of Examiners, M.Sc. in Global Health Science, c/o Examination Schools, High Street, Oxford on the following dates:
   1. [764] (a) The dissertation on the research project must be submitted by dates to be specified by the Organising Committee and published in the University Gazette not later than the start of Michaelmas Term of the academic year in which the examination is taken.
   2. [765] (b) The essay must be submitted by dates to be specified by the Organising Committee and published in the University Gazette not later than the start of Michaelmas Term of the academic year in which the examination is taken.
7. [766] Each submission must be accompanied by a certificate indicating that it is the candidate's own work. [767] The examiners may award a distinction for excellence in the whole examination. [768] The examiners shall retain one copy of each dissertation of each successful candidate for deposit in the Radcliffe Science library.

[769] Schedule

1. [770] I. Compulsory modules
   1. [771] 1. Challenges in global health
   2. [772] 2. Health policy and public health
   3. [773] 3. Principles of epidemiology
   4. [774] 4. Statistical concepts for global health
2. [775] II. Optional modules [776] Students will select two modules from the following list:
   1. [777] 5. Vaccinology
   2. [778] 6. Tropical medicine
   3. [779] 7. International development
   4. [780] 8. Health economics
   5. [781] 9. Maternal and child health
   6. [782] 10. Health, environment and development
3. [783] Modules 5-10 may not all be available every year.
4. [784] III. Research project [785] A research project under the supervision of a research supervisor. Students will undertake reading and research in relation to their research project during Trinity Term. Students may elect to go on an overseas research placement during Trinity Term and the Long Vacation though this is not a requirement of the course. The subject of each student's dissertation, the overseas placement, and the supervision arrangements for each student must be approved by the Organising Committee.

[787] The regulations of the Board of the Faculty of History are as follows:

[788] 1. Every candidate must follow for at least three terms a course of instruction in History of Science, Medicine, and Technology, and must upon entering for the examination produce from his or her society a certificate to that effect.

[789] 2. The examination will consist of the following parts:

[790] Qualifying test

[791] Every candidate must pass a qualifying test. The test shall consist of two courses on

1. [792] 1. Methods and themes in the history of science and technology.
2. [793] 2. Methods and themes in the history of medicine.
3. [794] Candidates may be advised on the basis of their prospective individual research to substitute one of the following courses from the Master of Science in Economic and Social History for (1) or (2) above:
   1. [795] (i) Methodological introduction to research in the social sciences and history.
   2. [796] (ii) Quantitative Methods and Computer Applications for Historians.

[797] A paper from another established course within the University may be substituted for one of the standard courses where this would provide a more appropriate training for the candidate's dissertation focus. Such a choice will need formal approval from both the Course Director and the Chairman of the Graduate Studies Committee of the Board of the Faculty of History.

[798] The two methodological introduction courses will each be assessed by a methodological essay of up to 3,000 words. Two typewritten copies of each of the essays must be submitted by noon on Monday of second week of Hilary Term to the Chairman of Examiners for the M.Sc. in History of Science, Medicine, and Technology, c/o Examination Schools, High Street, Oxford, OX1 4BG. In addition, convenors of qualifying courses will confirm in writing to the chairman of examiners not later than Friday of eighth week of Hilary Term the candidates’ satisfactory participation in their classes, including the completion of any assignments for the weekly sessions. Any approved alternative qualifying course will be assessed within the format and timetable of the paper’s parent course. No candidate who has failed the qualifying test of two courses will be permitted to supplicate for the degree. Candidates who fail a qualifying course once will be permitted to take it again, not later than one year after the initial attempt.

[799] Final examinations

[800] The examination shall consist of two papers and a dissertation.

[801] Candidates must take at least one of their papers as a three-hour written examination. For the remaining paper candidates must choose to be assessed either by written examination or by two 5,000 word essays. Essays may only be submitted in lieu of written papers for subjects in Schedule I below (‘Advanced Papers for M.Phil. and M.Sc. in History of Science, Medicine, and Technology’) or for other papers permitted in Schedule II below where similar provision exists in the regulations for those examinations. The essays must be the work of the candidates alone and they must not consult any other person including their supervisors in any way concerning the method of handling the themes chosen. The themes chosen by the candidate must be submitted for approval by the Chairman of Examiners by the examination entry date. Candidates will be informed within two weeks, by means of a letter directed to their colleges, whether the topics they have submitted have been approved. The finished essays must be delivered by the candidate to the Examination Schools, High Street, Oxford, by noon on Monday of sixth week of Trinity Full Term. The essays must be presented in proper scholarly form, and two typed copies of each must be submitted.

1. [802] I. One advanced paper selected from Schedule I below.
2. [803] II. Either (i) one paper in a relevant discipline or skill or sources or methods selected from Schedule II below; [804] or (ii) a second advanced paper selected from Schedule I or from any additional list of papers for the M.Phil. and M.Sc. in History of Science, Medicine, and Technology approved by the Graduate Studies Committee of the Board of the Faculty of History and published in the definitive list of Advanced Papers as set out in Schedule I.
3. [805] III. A dissertation of not more than 15,000 words, including appendices but excluding bibliography, on a topic approved by the candidate's supervisor. The dissertation must be delivered not later than noon on the last Monday in September of the year in which the examination is taken to the Examination Schools, High Street, Oxford. Dissertations submitted must not exceed the permitted length. If they do the examiners will reduce the marks awarded. The presentation and footnotes should comply with the requirements specified in the Regulations of the Education Committee for the degrees of M.Litt. and D.Phil. and follow the Conventions for the presentation of dissertations and theses of the Board of the Faculty of History. [806] Each dissertation must include a short abstract which concisely summarises its scope and principal arguments, in about 300 words. [807] Candidates must submit by the specified date three copies of their dissertation. These must be securely and firmly bound in either hard or soft covers.
4. [808] 3. The examiners will permit the use of any hand-held pocket calculator subject to the conditions set out under the heading ‘Use of calculators in examinations’ in the Regulations for the Conduct of University Examinations.
5. [809] 4. The examiners may award a distinction for excellence in the whole examination.
6. [810] 5. A candidate who fails the examination will be permitted to retake it on one further occasion only, not later than one year after the initial attempt.

[811] Such a candidate whose dissertation has been of satisfactory standard may resubmit the same piece of work, while a candidate who has reached a satisfactory standard on the written papers will not be required to retake that part of the examination.

[812] Schedule I

[813] Advanced Papers for the M.Phil. and M.Sc. in History of Science, Medicine, and Technology

[814] A broad range of the course resources are shared with the corresponding courses in Economic and Social History, and Advanced Papers are therefore available in the subject areas listed here.

1. [815] 1. Economic and business history
2. [816] 2. History of science and technology
3. [817] 3. Social history
4. [818] 4. Historical demography
5. [819] 5. History of medicine

[820] A descriptive list of Advanced Papers will be published by the Board of the Faculty of History in September for the academic year ahead (not all options may be available in every year). The definitive list of the titles of Advanced Papers for any one year will be circulated to candidates and their supervisors and posted on the Faculty notice board not later than Friday of third week of Michaelmas Term.

[821] Schedule II

[822] The paper in a relevant discipline or skill may be:

1. [823] 1. One of the papers from the M.Phil. in Sociology or in Comparative Social Policy.
2. [824] 2. One suitable paper from another Master's degree under the auspices of the Faculty of History approved from time to time by the Graduate Studies Committee of the Board of the Faculty of History.
3. [825] 3. One suitable paper in a related skill or discipline other than those specified in paragraphs 1 to 2 above on the recommendation of the candidate's supervisor and endorsed by the Course Director.

[826] Choices under Schedule II have to be approved by the Chairman of the Graduate Studies Committee of the Board of the Faculty of History not later than Monday of the fourth week of Michaelmas Term. Candidates wishing to take a paper under 1 or 3 will also need the approval of the appropriate course convenor and the Graduate Studies Committee of the relevant faculty board or inter-faculty committee who need to be satisfied that each candidate has an adequate background in the subject. Not all options may be available in any one year.

1. [828] 1. The Divisional Board of Medical Sciences shall appoint for the supervision of the course an Organising Committee, which shall have the power to arrange the teaching, assessment and other instruction.
2. [829] 2. The Organising Committee shall appoint an academic mentor for each candidate.
3. [830] 3. Each candidate shall:
   1. [831] (a) follow a course of study in Integrated Immunology for at least three terms and for a substantial part of the three vacations, as determined by the course timetable;
   2. [832] (b) attend all organised sessions including lectures, tutorials, class-directed learning, problem-based learning and continuing professional development sessions which will be compulsory (a record of attendance is kept).
4. [833] 4. Candidates shall be examined in all of the following ways:
   1. [834] (i) At the end of Michaelmas Term (normally in Week 10), each candidate must pass a computer-based examination on the topics in the Schedule for Term 1. Candidates who fail the examination once will be permitted to take it again on one further occasion, in order to proceed with the course.
   2. [835] (ii) At the end of Hilary Term (normally in Week 10), each candidate must pass a computer-based examination on the topics in the Schedule for Term 2. Candidates who fail the examination once will be permitted to take it again on one further occasion, in order to proceed with the course.
   3. [836] (iii) Each candidate will be required to submit to the examiners two copies of a printed essay of between 3,000-4,000 words by noon, Monday of Week 8 of Michaelmas Term. The subject of the essay must have been approved by the Examining Board. Each candidate shall make a public presentation on their essay to the examiners and will be examined viva voce, at the end of Michaelmas Term at a time to be notified by the examiners. Candidates will have the opportunity to revise and re-submit their essay by noon, Friday of the week preceding Week 0 of Hilary Term, in the event that they are deemed not to have passed this element of the examination.
   4. [837] (iv) Each candidate will be required to submit to the examiners two copies each of four clinical commentaries (printed) of 1,000-1,500 words each by noon, Monday of Week 8 of Hilary Term. The subjects of the clinical commentaries must have been approved by the Examining Board. Each candidate will be required to make a public presentation of one of their commentaries and will be examined viva voce, at the end of Hilary Term at a time to be notified by the examiners. Candidates will have the opportunity to revise and re-submit their clinical commentaries by noon, Friday of the week preceding Week 0 of Trinity Term, in the event that they are deemed not to have passed this element of the examination.
   5. [838] (v) Each candidate will be required to submit to the examiners three copies of a printed research dissertation of not more than 10,000 words (excluding bibliography and appendices) on the research project selected for study as set out in the Schedule. The dissertation must be submitted by noon on the last Monday of July in the academic year in which the examination is taken.
   6. [839] (vi) Each candidate shall make a presentation of their research project and will be examined viva voce, normally in the first week of September in the year of examination on a date to be determined by the examiners. Under exceptional circumstances, candidates may be permitted to redo the research project and/or resubmit the research dissertation to an Examining Board sitting in Michaelmas, Hilary or Trinity Term of the following year (and which will be according to the Examiners’ discretion in each case), in the event they are deemed not to have reached the required standard.
5. [840] 5. The examiners may examine any candidate viva voce on any part of the examination.
6. [841] 6. Candidates must pass each element of the examination to pass overall.
7. [842] 7. Candidates must pass each element of the examination in each term before being permitted to progress to the next term.
8. [843] 8. Candidates will be allowed one opportunity to retake or resubmit each of the required elements should they fail to reach the necessary standard. Students failing to pass any element on the second attempt will normally be judged to have failed to reach the necessary standard for the award.
9. [844] 9. The examiners may award a distinction for excellence in the whole examination.
10. [845] 10. The required written submissions must be sent to the Chairman of Examiners, M.Sc. in Integrated Immunology, c/o Examination Schools, High Street, Oxford.
11. [846] 11. The examiners shall retain one copy of each dissertation of each successful candidate for deposit in the Radcliffe Science Library.

[847] Schedule

[848] The syllabus for study will be:

1. [849] Term 1: Fundamental aspects of immunology
   1. [850] The dynamic anatomy of immunity
   2. [851] Innate immunity
   3. [852] Antigen presentation and recognition
   4. [853] Adaptive Immunity
   5. [854] Phylogenetically ancient systems
2. [855] Term 2: Clinical aspects of immunology
   1. [856] Infection and immunity
   2. [857] Failure of immunity
   3. [858] Aberrant and unwanted immunity
   4. [859] The immunology of cancer
   5. [860] Manipulation of Immunity
3. [861] Term 3: A basic or clinical research project
   1. [862] The project will be chosen in consultation with the Organising Committee. A research supervisor will be assigned who will provide regular supervision and guidance during the course of the 14-week laboratory-based research project in Oxford.

[864] (See also the the general notice at the commencement of these regulations.)

[865] For the purposes of this examination, ‘Latin America’ will be interpreted as the eighteen Spanish-speaking republics of the Western Hemisphere, plus Brazil, Haiti, and Puerto Rico.

[866] The regulations are as follows:

1. [867] 1. Candidates for the M.Sc in Latin American Studies will:
   1. [868] (a) Follow a course of instruction for three terms and present three examination papers at the end of Trinity Term in the year of registration. These papers must include at least two of the core papers from among the following five disciplines: Economics, History, International Relations, Politics and Sociology. Each of the examination papers counts for 25 per cent of the final degree mark.
   2. [869] (b) Submit an extended essay, not exceeding 10,000 words, including footnotes and appendices. A draft title for the extended essay must be submitted for approval by the Latin American Centre Management Committee by 12:00 noon on the Friday of Week 0 of the Hilary Term preceding the written examination. Two typewritten copies of the extended essay must be delivered to the Examination Schools, addressed to the Chairman of Examiners for the M.Sc in Latin American Studies, c/o Examination Schools, High Street, Oxford, by 12:00 noon on the Monday of Week 5 of Trinity Term in the calendar year in which the examination is taken. The extended essay will be equal to one examination paper, i.e. 25 per cent of the final degree mark.
   3. [870] (c) Candidates may also be required to present themselves for an oral examination if requested to do so by the examiners. The oral examination may focus on the candidate’s examination papers, extended essay, or both.

1. [871] 2. The list of examination papers will be published on the Latin American Centre website and in the University Gazette in Week 0 of Michaelmas Term. Candidates must take the core paper in Economics if they wish to take a further paper in that discipline. Specialisation on a single country or a combination of countries is permitted so long as the choice appears in the list of available papers published.
2. [872] 3. Candidates shall be deemed to have passed the examination if they have passed all examination papers and the extended essay.
3. [873] 4. Candidates who fail one of the examination papers or the extended essay (without compensating strengths on the other components) shall be deemed to have failed the examination. They will be permitted to resubmit the extended essay or retake the examination paper on one (but not more than one) subsequent occasion, in Trinity Term, one year after the initial attempt. Such candidates must pass the extended essay or examination paper in order to pass the examination.
4. [874] 5. The examiners may award a distinction for excellence in the whole examination.

1. [995] 1. Candidates must follow for three terms a course of instruction in Management Research and will, when entering for the examination be required to produce a certificate from a supervisor for the M.Sc. in Management Research appointed for the purpose to this effect.

2. [996] 2. The course will consist of two parts and candidates must satisfy the examiners in the assessment (assignment/examination/practical work) associated with each component in Part One and Part Two. Modes of assessment and submission dates will be published by the M.Sc. Director and distributed to all candidates in the first week of the term in which the assessment takes place.
   1. [997] (a) Part One [998] (i) Introduction to Research Methods, as prescribed in the Schedule. This course has two components-Management Research Methods, and Statistical Research Methods (both of which are assessed in Part One). [999] (ii) Management and Organisational Theory, (core course in Management Research) as prescribed in the Schedule.
   2. [1000] (b) Part Two [1001] (i) Advanced Research Methods. One of two possible Advanced Research Methods courses (Qualitative or Quantitative). [1002] (ii) Two elective courses.Two required specialist elective courses, one elective to be taken and assessed in Hilary Term, and one elective to be taken and assessed in Trinity term, chosen from the list of subjects and rubrics approved by the M.Sc. Director and published in the Gazette not later than the end of the Trinity term of the academic year preceding the year of the examination. [1003] (iii) Dissertation. Candidates are required to submit a dissertation in an agreed field of management research. The dissertation should demonstrate an ability to identify, formulate, implement and present a research project. Three typewritten copies of the dissertation, not exceeding 15,000 words in length (including endnotes, appendices, tables, but excluding references), must be submitted to the Examination Schools and addressed to the Chairman of Examiners for the M.Sc. in Management Research, c/o Examination Schools, High Street, Oxford, by noon on the first Monday of August in the calendar year in which the examination is taken.
3. [1004] 3. Candidates who fail to satisfy the Examiners in any one of the Part One Introduction to Research Methods components, or the Management and Organisational Theory core course assessment may retake/resubmit the failed assessment only once, by Week 10 of Trinity Term in the year in which the examination is taken. Candidates who fail to satisfy the examiners in Part Two the Advanced Research Methods course or in either one of the two required electives my resit or resubmit the failed elective only once, by Week 0 of Hilary Term in the following year. Candidates who fail to satisfy the Examiners in Part Two in the dissertation may resubmit it on one, but no more than one, subsequent occasion, which shall be by Week 0 of Hilary term in the following year.
4. [1005] 4. The Examiners may choose to examine any candidate or group viva voce.
5. [1006] 5. The Examiners may award a distinction for excellence for the overall examination of the course.

[1007] Schedule

1. [1008] (a) Research Methods (Introduction to Research Methods and Advanced Research Methods) [1009] The two components address and discuss the nature of research in management studies and its relation to other social sciences, epistemology, strategies for literature review, research design, qualitative methods, interviewing, questionnaire design and ethnography, data sources and data collection, statistical methods, statistical and econometric modelling, analysis and interpretation of qualitative and quantitative data and the presentation of research results.
2. [1010] (b) Management and Organisational Theory [1011] The course aims to demonstrate and introduce the wide range of social science perspectives which can be brought to bear in the study of management and organisations. It will explore a range of epistemological and ontological interpretations of management in organisations, especially emphasising recent developments in theory. It will do so by treating a series of key substantive issues and topics-for example, trust and accountability; rationality; language and discourse, technology-from each of two broadly contrasting theoretical commitments. The first commitment comprises those perspectives and frameworks that focus on structure and institutionalised arrangements. A second comprises those approaches that emphasise action and process. [1012] By the end of the course students should be equipped to identify and evaluate the relative merits of a diversity of theoretical perspectives. A second and complementary purpose of the course is to provide sufficient understanding of key concepts within management and organisation theory to enable the student to make informed decisions on optional areas of study offered in subsequent terms.

1. [1014] 1. The Divisional Board of Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences shall appoint for the supervision of the course a supervisory committee, which shall have the power to approve lectures and other instruction. The committee shall appoint a course organiser who will be responsible for ensuring that the programme is set up and the decisions of the committee are carried out.
2. [1015] 2. The course organiser shall arrange for the appointment of a supervisor for each candidate.
3. [1016] 3. Each candidate shall follow a course of study in Mathematical and Computational Finance for at least three terms and for a substantial part of the intervening vacations.
4. [1017] 4. The examination will consist of the following parts:
   1. [1018] (i) Four written examinations, each of two hours duration. The written examinations will cover the core courses in mathematical methods and numerical analysis, based on the schedule below. Two of the examinations will be based on Michaelmas Term courses and will be held before the start of Hilary Full Term, the date and time to be specified by the Examiners. Two of the examinations will be based on Hilary Term courses and will be held before the start of Trinity Full Term, the date and time to be specified by the Examiners. The examinations will be organised within the department.
   2. [1019] (ii) Two options chosen from a list that will be published by the start of Michaelmas Full Term each year in the Course Handbook. Unless otherwise stated each option will be assessed by a written mini-project. Completed mini-projects shall be submitted electronically. Submission shall be in accordance with both the details given on the Course Website and with the deadlines which the examiners shall determine and notify candidates of. In exceptional cases where a candidate is unable to submit work electronically, he or she must apply to the Standing Committee for permission to submit the work in paper form to the Examiners, c/o the Academic Administrator for Mathematical Finance, Mathematical Institute. Such applications must reach the Mathematical Institute not less than two weeks before the deadline for submitting the work.
   3. [1020] (iii) Two courses in Financial Computing which will be assessed by two practical examinations arranged within the Department. One practical examination will normally be held in, or shortly after, Hilary Term; one practical examination will normally be held in, or shortly after, Trinity Term. The details will be specified by the Examiners.
   4. [1021] (iv) A dissertation of between twenty-five and forty pages on a topic approved by the examiners.
5. [1022] Candidates must submit a proposal for a dissertation, with the support of their supervisor, to the Chairman of Examiners, M.Sc. in Mathematical and Computational Finance, c/o the Course Administrator, M.Sc. in Mathematical and Computational Finance, Mathematical Institute, 24-29 St Giles’, Oxford, by a date to be specified by the Examiners.
6. [1023] More detail on these requirements will be set out each year in the Course Handbook.

1. [1024] 5. Three copies of the dissertation must be delivered not later than noon on a date to be specified by the examiners which will normally be in late June, to the Examiners, M.Sc. in Mathematical and Computational Finance, c/o Examination Schools, High Street, Oxford OX1 4BG. The examiners may also direct that a copy of the dissertation in pdf or other machine-readable format be made available. Candidates will also be required to give an oral presentation based on their dissertation.
2. [1025] 6. Candidates may be required to attend an oral examination at the end of the course of studies at the discretion of the examiners.
3. [1026] 7. The examiners may award a distinction for excellence in the whole course.
4. [1027] 8. A candidate who fails the examination will be permitted to retake it on one further occasion only, not later than one year after the initial attempt. In such a case the examiners will specify at the time of failure which components of the examination may or must be redone.

[1028] Schedule

[1029] Mathematical methods including stochastic analysis, partial differential equations, probability and statistics. Mathematical models of financial markets; associated topics in financial economics. The numerical solution of ordinary, partial and stochastic differential equations. Monte Carlo methods. Numerical methods for optimisation. Programming in appropriate languages, and use of relevant packages.

1. [1095] 1. The Divisional Board of Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences shall appoint for the supervision of the course a supervisory committee, including a member from outside the University, which shall have the power to approve lectures and other instruction. The committee shall appoint a course organiser who will be responsible for ensuring that the programme is set up and the decisions of the committee are carried out.
2. [1096] 2. The course organiser shall arrange for the appointment of a supervisor for each candidate.
3. [1097] 3. Each candidate shall follow a course of study in Mathematical Modelling and Scientific Computing for three terms and their corresponding vacations.
4. [1098] 4. Candidates will complete and be assessed on all the following parts:
   1. [1099] (i) Four written examinations on core course material in mathematical methods and numerical analysis. These examinations will be organised within the department [1 unit each];
   2. [1100] (ii) Two Special Topics chosen from a list that will be published each year. One special topic should be labelled 'Modelling' and one should be labelled 'Scientific Computing'. These special Topics will be assessed by a written project [1 unit each];
   3. [1101] (iii) Case Studies in Mathematical Modelling and Scientific Computing. Students will submit a project on each of these courses for assessment [1 unit each];
   4. [1102] (iv) One further Special Topic or one further Case Study in either Mathematical Modelling or Scientific Computing [1 unit];
   5. [1103] (v) A dissertation on a topic approved by the examiners. The dissertation need not necessarily contain original research to pass. [4 units] [1104] The detailed requirements will be set out each year on the course website.
5. [1105] 5. Three copies of the dissertation must be delivered not later than noon on a date to be specified by the examiners which will normally be a Friday in early September to the Examiners, M.Sc. in Mathematical Modelling and Scientific Computing, c/o Examination Schools, High Street. The examiners may also direct that a copy of the dissertation in pdf or other machine-readable format be made available.
6. [1106] 6. Candidates will be required to attend an oral examination at the end of the course of studies.
7. [1107] 7. In addition to the academic elements of the course there will be a programme of career development activities requiring participation from each student.
8. [1108] 8. The examiners may award a distinction for excellence in the whole course.
9. [1109] 9. A candidate who fails the course will be permitted to retake it on one further occasion only, not later than one year after the initial attempt. In such a case the examiners will specify at the time of failure which of the assessed components of the course may or must be redone.

[1110] Schedule

[1111] Mathematical methods including ordinary and partial differential equations, transforms, applications of complex variable theory, distributions and asymptotics. Mathematical modelling and application of mathematics to problems in physical sciences, biology and medicine, industry and other areas.

[1112] The numerical solution of ordinary and partial differential equations. Finite element methods, numerical linear algebra, numerical methods for optimisation and approximation.

1. [1114] 1. The Divisional Board of Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences shall elect for the supervision of the course a Standing Committee which shall have power to arrange lectures and other instruction.
2. [1115] 2. Candidates shall follow for at least three terms a course of instruction in Mathematics and Foundations of Computer Science.
3. [1116] 3. The examination shall be in three parts, as follows:
   1. [1117] (a) Candidates shall successfully complete a written assignment on each of five courses chosen from a list of courses approved by the Standing Committee and published in the University Gazette by not later than the Friday of eighth week of the Trinity Term preceding the examination. The list of courses shall be divided into two sections: Section A (Mathematical Foundations) and Section B (Applicable Theories). Each section shall be divided into schedule I (basic) and schedule II (advanced). Candidates shall be required to satisfy the examiners in at least two courses taken from Section B and in at least two courses taken from schedule II.
   2. [1118] (b) Candidates shall submit a short dissertation on a topic selected by the candidate in consultation with the supervisor and approved by the Standing Committee. The dissertation must bear regard to course material from Sections A or B. Between thirty-five and sixty-five typed pages is the preferred length.
   3. [1119] (c) There shall be an oral examination on the dissertation and its background material, and the candidate shall normally be expected to give a short presentation on the dissertation.
4. [1120] 4. Candidates must submit to the chairman of the Standing Committee by the end of the second week of Trinity Term in the year in which they enter the examination, the title and a brief statement of the form and scope of their dissertation, together with the name of a person who has agreed to act as their supervisor during the preparation of the dissertation.
5. [1121] 5. Two typewritten copies of the dissertation must be delivered not later than noon on 1 September in the year in which the examination is taken, to the M.Sc. Examiners (Mathematics and Foundations of Computer Science), c/o Examination Schools, High Street, Oxford. The dissertation must be accompanied by a certificate from the candidate's society to the effect that he or she has followed for three terms a course of instruction in Mathematics and Foundations of Computer Science. The examiners may retain one copy of the dissertation of each candidate who passes the examination for deposit in an appropriate departmental library.
6. [1122] 6. Each candidate in consultation with their supervisor shall notify the director of the course of their intention to offer a written assignment for a lecture course not later than the Friday of the third week of each term. No candidate may offer more than four courses in one term. There will be a written assignment for each course. The topics in the assignment will be suggested by the relevant lecturer not later than the Monday of eighth week of the term during which the course is given. These topics will be sufficient to offer options appropriate to the course. The choice of topics will vary from year to year. Completed assignments must be delivered not later than noon on the Monday of the eleventh week of the term during which the course is offered, to the M.Sc. Examiners (Mathematics and Foundations of Computer Science), c/o Examination Schools, High Street, Oxford, together with a signed statement that the work offered for assessment is the candidate's own.
7. [1123] 7. A candidate who does not submit a written assignment on a course for which he or she has entered, by noon on the Monday of the eleventh week of the relevant term, shall be deemed to have failed the course in question.
8. [1124] 8. A list of those candidates who have satisfied the examiners in particular courses in the relevant term shall be posted in the Mathematical Institute by the Friday preceding the following Full Term.
9. [1125] 9. If a candidate is deemed to have failed a particular course, he or she shall not be permitted to re-enter for examination in that course in the same year. [1126] Any candidate who has not satisfied the examiners in four courses, at least one of which shall have been taken from schedule II, by the beginning of the Trinity Term shall be deemed to have failed the degree course.
10. [1127] 10. A candidate who has failed to satisfy the examiners in the examination may be admitted to, and examined on, the course as offered in the year subsequent to the initial attempt. No piece of written work shall be submitted for examination on more than one occasion.
11. [1128] 11. The examiners may award a distinction for excellence in the whole examination.

1. [1130] 1. The Social Sciences Divisional Board shall elect for the supervision of the course a Standing Committee, namely the Graduate Studies Committee of the School of Anthropology, which shall have power to arrange lectures and other instruction. The course director will be responsible to this committee.
2. [1131] 2. Candidates must follow a course of instruction in Medical Anthropology for at least three terms, and will, when entering for the examination, be required to produce a certificate from their supervisor to this effect.
3. [1132] 3. Candidates will be required to present themselves for written and, where invited, oral examinations, and to submit three copies of a dissertation in prescribed form on an approved topic as defined below.
4. [1133] 4. The written examination will consist of four papers on the syllabus described in the Schedule.
5. [1134] 5. Each candidate will be required to submit a dissertation of no more than 10,000 words, on a subject selected in consultation with the supervisor and approved by the Chairman of Examiners. The proposed title of the dissertation together with a paragraph describing its scope and the supervisor's written endorsement, must be submitted to the Chairman of Examiners by Tuesday of the second week of Trinity Term.
6. [1135] 6. Three typewritten copies of the dissertation must be delivered not later than noon on the last Wednesday in August in the year in which the examination is taken, to the Chairman of the Examiners, M.Sc. in Medical Anthropology, c/o Examination Schools, High Street, Oxford. The word count shall be stated on the outside front cover of the thesis. [1136] The examiners shall retain one copy of the dissertation of each candidate who passes the examination for deposit in the departmental library.
7. [1137] 7. An oral examination, if held, may be on the candidate's written papers, or dissertation, or both.
8. [1138] 8. The examiners may award a distinction for excellence in the whole examination. [1139] The four papers will be taken to constitute Part I of the degree and the dissertation to constitute Part II. At the close of the written examinations, the examiners will publish a list of those who have satisfied them in Part I.
9. [1140] 9. In order to pass the degree, a student must pass all its assessed components. Where one or more components are failed, the student will be given the opportunity to re-sit or re-submit them once, as the case may be. Any subsequent award of the degree on successful completion of all the assessed components may be delayed by up to three terms, i.e. until the Examination Board next meets.

[1141] Schedule

[1142] Every candidate will be required to satisfy the examiners in four papers as follows:

1. [1143] 1. Concepts of disease, illness, health and medicine in global perspective [1144] The scope of this paper includes discussion of cross-cultural concepts of health, disease, sickness, pain, illness causation, diagnosis and treatment, from conjoined sociocultural perspectives and human ecology. It explores metaphor and narrative at the interface of biological and cultural processes, the distribution of disease patterns in the light of environmental change, social inequality, global mobility and marginality, and the coexistence of conventional, alternative and traditional health systems.
2. [1145] 2. Theory and practice of bio-medicine and of other medical systems [1146] The scope of this paper includes issues of public health and policy on a comparative and global basis. It draws on ethnographies of particular societies to illustrate and test theoretical claims in medical anthropology. It discusses infectious diseases, specific health campaigns, evolutionary trends and life histories, alongside culturally defined concepts of risk, vulnerability, fate, evil, pollution, divination, religion and shamanism.
3. [1147] 3. Critical medical anthropology [1148] The scope of this paper comprises ecological and socio-cultural perspectives, and explores links to other fields and disciplines, including the place of material culture in medicine. It includes a critique of basic assumptions and methods in medical anthropology and consideration of the concept of well-being as being broader than conventional concepts of health. Themes for discussion include the phenomenology of the body, growth and personhood, gender, ageing and dying, notions of resistance and resilience, relationships between biodiversity and adaptability, reproduction and fertility, and nutrition.
4. [1149] 4. Option paper [1150] Candidates must select one option paper from those taught each year for the M.Sc. in Social Anthropology. Titles of options will be made available by the end of the third week of Michaelmas Term at the beginning of each academic year, and candidates may select their option from any of Lists A, B or C.

1. [1241] 1. The Social Sciences Divisional Board shall elect for the supervision of the course a Standing Committee. The Academic Director(s) and Course Director will be responsible to the Standing Committee.
2. [1242] 2. Candidates must follow a course of instruction in Human Geography for at least three terms, and will, when entering for the examination, be required to produce a certificate from the Course Director to this effect.
3. [1243] 3. The examination will consist of:
   1. [1244] (i) a written examination of three three-hour papers as described in the schedule;
   2. [1245] (ii) two assessed essays based upon elective courses;
   3. [1246] (iii) a dissertation on a subject selected in consultation with the supervisor and the Course Director and approved by the Standing Committee.
4. [1247] 4. Candidates must submit to the Course Director by the end of Hilary Term in the year in which they enter the examination, the title and a brief statement of the form and scope of their dissertation, together with the name of a person who has agreed to act as their supervisor during preparation of the dissertation. [1248] It may be (a) a theoretical argument related to themes in contemporary human geography and/or environmental governance, or (b) a piece of empirically based research, or (c) an extended treatment of an issue which is intended to be the basis for future research for the degree of M.Litt. or D.Phil. In that case (c), it may be part of a proposal and/or application for further degree study.
5. [1249] 5. The dissertation shall be of a maximum length of 15,000 words and accompanied by an abstract not exceeding 150 words. The maximum word count shall exclude appendices, references and the abstract. The detailed format and specification of the dissertation shall be approved by the Standing Committee, and published in the course handbook.
6. [1250] 6. The deadline for submission is noon on the first weekday of September in the year in which the written examination is taken. Two copies of the dissertation must be submitted, to the M.Sc examiners (Nature, Society and Environmental Policy), c/o Examination Schools, High Street, Oxford OX1 4BG. The examiners may retain one copy of the dissertation of each candidate who passes the examination for deposit in an appropriate library. Both copies must bear the candidate’s examination number but not his/her name.
7. [1251] 7. All submitted work shall be accompanied by a separate statement certifying that the submitted work is the candidate’s own work except where otherwise indicated.
8. [1252] 8. In the written examination the examiners will permit the use of hand-held pocket calculators subject to the conditions set out under the heading ‘Use of calculators in examinations’ in the Regulations for the Conduct of University Examinations.
9. [1253] 9. The examiners may also examine any candidate viva voce on the candidate's written papers, dissertation, or both.
10. [1254] 10. Arrangements for reassessment shall be agreed by the Standing Committee and published in the course handbook.
11. [1255] 11. The examiners may award a distinction for excellence in the whole examination.

[1256] Schedule

1. [1257] (a) Core courses [1258] The core courses will be examined under the following heads:
   1. [1259] 1. Research Skills [1260] Candidates will be expected to have a knowledge of research methods in social, environmental, and geographical research. These will include qualitative and quantitative methods relevant to contemporary research themes.
   2. [1261] 2. Theory and Analysis [1262] Candidates will be expected to have knowledge of relevant debates in human geography and related disciplines concerning the relations between nature and society, science and environmental politics, and global and local political and economic processes.
   3. [1263] 3. Policy and Governance [1264] Candidates will be expected to have knowledge of relevant debates and issues concerning environmental policy and governance, and corporate environmental management.
2. [1265] (b) Elective courses [1266] Candidates will be expected to show advanced knowledge of two of the elective courses on offer in any one year.

1. [1268] 1. The Divisional Board of Medical Sciences shall elect for the supervision of the course an Organising Committee which shall have power to arrange lectures and other instruction.
2. [1269] 2. The Organising Committee shall appoint for each candidate an academic advisor.
3. [1270] 3. Each candidate shall follow a course of study in Neuroscience for at least three terms and for a substantial part of the three subsequent vacations, as determined by the course timetable, and will, when entering for the examination, be required to produce a certificate from the Organising Committee to this effect.
4. [1271] 4. Candidates shall be examined in all of the following ways:
   1. [1272] (i) each candidate must pass a qualifying examination at the end of the first term from the beginning of the course. The test shall consist of the satisfactory completion of the Neuroscience Introductory Course and one three-hour written paper on the topics covered in that course, as set out in the Schedule; the Organising Committee shall not later than the end of the Hilary Term preceding the examination submit to the examiners a list of candidates who have satisfactorily completed the qualifying examination. Candidates who fail the qualifying examination once shall be permitted to take it again in the first week of Hilary Term of the year of the final examination;
   2. [1273] (ii) each candidate will be required to submit to the examiners either two copies of a typewritten or printed essay of not more than 3,000 words on a topic approved by the Organising Committee in each of the five modules chosen for study, as set out in the Schedule, or in the case of the modules specified by the Organising Committee one practical notebook in each module chosen for study; candidates must submit their titles for approval by deadlines determined by the Organising Committee and posted in the Gazette no later than the end of the preceding term;
   3. [1274] (iii) each candidate will be required to submit to the examiners three copies of a typewritten or printed dissertation of not more than 10,000 words (excluding bibliography and appendices) on each of the two research projects chosen for study, as set out in the Schedule;
   4. [1275] (iv) each candidate will be required to give a public oral presentation on each of his or her research projects, on dates to be determined by the Organising Committee.
5. [1276] 5. Each candidate will be examined viva voce.
6. [1277] 6. Before being given leave to supplicate, candidates must have demonstrated understanding of and competence in the topics covered by the professional development programme as set out in the Schedule, to the satisfaction of the programme organisers, who shall submit a ceritificate to the examiners to this effect.
7. [1278] 7. The required written submissions must be sent to the Chairman of Examiners, M.Sc. in Neuroscience, c/o Examination Schools, High Street, Oxford, on the following dates:
   1. [1279] (a) The dissertations on the first and second research projects must be submitted by dates to be specified by the Organising Committee and which will be published in the University Gazette not later than the start of Michaelmas Term of the academic year in which the examination is taken. [1280] (b) The essays or the practical notebooks for each module must be submitted by deadlines determined by the Organising Committee and posted in the Gazette no later than the end of the preceding term.
   2. [1281] Each submission must be accompanied by a certificate indicating that it is the candidate's own work.
8. [1282] 8. The viva voce examinations will be conducted in September in the year in which the candidate is examined on dates to be determined by the examiners.
9. [1283] 9. The examiners may award a distinction for excellence in the whole examination.
10. [1284] 10. The examiners shall retain one copy of each dissertation of each successful candidate for deposit in the most appropriate departmental library.

[1285] Schedule

[1286] The syllabus for study will include four principal components:

1. [1287] (a) Professional Development Programme for Neuroscientists [1288] Candidates will be required to follow a programme of Professional Development courses to provide transferable skills for a career in scientific research. The programme will consist of practical exercises and taught classes with interactive discussions and practical assignments in the following areas:
   1. [1289] (i) Presentation skills, verbal and written;
   2. [1290] (ii) Career planning, assessing personal skills and values, curricula vitae and interview techniques;
   3. [1291] (iii) Exploitation of science: patents and intellectual property;
   4. [1292] (iv) Ethical and social issues in science.
2. [1293] (b) Introduction to Neuroscience [1294] Five module introduction to neuroscience, each consisting of lectures and practicals. Candidates who have already received training in neuroscience may, at the discretion of the Organising Committee, be exempted from attendance at one or more of the introductory modules. Such candidates will be required to pass the qualifying examination which will cover the topics covered in the Introduction to Neuroscience. They will be required to follow an alternative course of instruction approved by the Organising Committee. Module I: Introduction to the brain Module II: Neuroanatomy Module III: Neuronal Cell and Molecular Biology Module IV: Synapses and transduction Module V: Systems overview. [1295] Candidates will also be required to take courses on experimental design, computing, and statistics, approved by the Organising Committee.
3. [1296] (c) Specialist neuroscience courses [1297] This will consist of five taught courses consisting of lectures, seminars, practicals, and demonstrations, chosen from a list of courses in neuroscience to be approved annually by the Organising Committee. These will be grouped under three headings: molecular, cellular, and systems, and candidates will be required to choose at least one course under each of the three headings. Details of the courses available in each academic year will be published in the Gazette in the preceding Trinity Term.
4. [1298] (d) Laboratory research projects [1299] Two research projects based on the candidate's laboratory placements, each under the supervision of a research supervisor, on subjects selected in consultation with the Organising Committee. The research projects shall be in separate areas of neuroscience.

1. [1301] 1. The Divisional Board of Medical Sciences shall appoint for the supervision of the course an Organising Committee, which shall have the power to arrange lectures and other instruction.
2. [1302] 2. The Organising Committee shall appoint for each candidate an academic advisor (mentor).
3. [1303] 3. Each candidate shall:
   1. [1304] (a) follow a course of study in Pharmacology for at least three terms and for a substantial part of the three subsequent vacations, as determined by the course timetable;
   2. [1305] (b) attend practical classes which will be compulsory (a record of attendance will be kept);
   3. [1306] (c) when they submit their dissertations in September, produce a certificate from their academic advisor to the effect that they have fulfilled the requirements of (a) and (b).
4. [1307] 4. Candidates shall be examined in all of the following ways:
   1. [1308] (i) each candidate must pass a qualifying exam at the end of the Michaelmas Term. The test shall consist of one three-hour written paper on the topics covered by the Pharmacology Introductory Course, as set out in the Schedule. The Organising Committee shall not later than the end of the Hilary Term preceding the final examination submit to the examiners a list of candidates who have satisfactorily completed the qualifying examination. Candidates who fail the qualifying examination once shall be permitted to take it again in the first week of the Hilary Term of the year of the final examination.
   2. [1309] (ii) each candidate must pass a three-hour data handling and experimental design examination (also known as the quantitative examination) during Hilary Term. Candidates must pass the examination in order to proceed with the course, and those who fail shall be permitted to sit the examination on one further occasion only.
   3. [1310] (iii) each candidate must pass an essay examination at the beginning of Trinity Term on the material covered in the Advanced Pharmacology courses. Candidates must pass the examination in order to proceed with the course, and those who fail shall be permitted to sit the examination on one further occasion only.
   4. [1311] (iv) each candidate will be required to submit to the examiners two copies of a printed Critical Literature Review of not more than 3,000 words which will be an extended introduction to their approved research project. One practical notebook in which all practical class experiments are recorded will also be submitted.
   5. [1312] (v) each candidate will be required to submit to the examiners three copies of a printed dissertation of not more than 10,000 words (excluding bibliography and appendices) on the research project selected for study as set out in the Schedule. The arrangements for approval will be notified to candidates not later than the start of Michaelmas Term of the academic year in which the examination is taken;
   6. [1313] (vi) each candidate will be expected to give a public oral presentation on his or her research project, on dates to be determined by the Organising Committee.
5. [1314] 5. Each candidate shall be examined viva voce.
6. [1315] 6. Before being given leave to supplicate, candidates must have demonstrated understanding of and competence in the topics covered by the professional development programme as set out in the Schedule, to the satisfaction of the programme organisers, who shall submit a certificate to the examiners to this effect.
7. [1316] 7. The required written submissions must be sent to the Chairman of Examiners, M.Sc. in Pharmacology, c/o Examination Schools, High Street, Oxford on the following dates:
   1. [1317] (a) The dissertation on the research project must be submitted by dates to be specified by the Organising Committee and which will be published in the University Gazette not later than the start of Michaelmas Term of the academic year in which the examination is taken.
   2. [1318] (b) The essay and the practical notebook must be submitted by deadlines determined by the Organising Committee and posted in the Gazette no later than the end of the term preceding submission. [1319] Each submission must be accompanied by a certificate indicating that it is the candidate's own work.
8. [1320] 8. The viva voce examination will normally be conducted in September in the year in which the candidate is examined on dates to be determined by the examiners.
9. [1321] 9. The examiners may award a distinction for excellence in part of or in the whole examination.
10. [1322] 10. The examiners shall retain one copy of each dissertation of each successful candidate for deposit in the Radcliffe Science Library.

[1323] Schedule

[1324] The syllabus for study will include four principal components:

1. [1325] (a) Professional Development Programme for Pharmacologists [1326] To provide transferable skills for a career in scientific research, this programme will consist of classes, exercises and interactive discussions in the following areas:
   1. [1327] (i) Presentation skills, verbal and written;
   2. [1328] (ii) Career planning, assessing personal skills and values, curricula vitae and interview techniques;
   3. [1329] (iii) Exploitation of science: getting ideas to the marketplace, patents, intellectual property rights; the relationship between academic and industrial research; government science policy and research funding;
   4. [1330] (iv) Ethical and social issues in science.
2. [1331] Creativity and teamwork are integral components of the learning undertaken during the practical classes and research projects. Time management and learning skills are developed as part of the structured timetable of examinations and coursework submission deadlines throughout the year.
3. [1332] (b) Introduction to Pharmacology [1333] Three module introduction to pharmacology, each consisting of lectures and practical classes. Candidates who have already received training in some of the topic areas covered may, at the discretion of the Organising Committee, be exempted from attendance at one or more of the introductory lecture series. Such candidates will be required to pass the qualifying examination, which will cover the topics covered in the Introduction to Pharmacology. Module I: Cell & Receptor Pharmacology Module II: Tissue and Organ Pharmacology Module III: Neuropharmacology [1334] Candidates will also be required to take courses on experimental design, data interpretation, computing and statistics, approved by the Organising Committee. Candidates will be required to obtain a Home Office licence and will follow the course of study required for modules 1 to 4 of this.
4. [1335] (c) Advanced pharmacology courses [1336] This will consist of the following five taught courses consisting of lectures, seminars and practical classes: Cardiovascular & Systems Pharmacology, Cell Signalling, Neuropharmacology I, Neuropharmacology II, Drug Discovery & Personalised Medicine.
5. [1337] (d) Research Project Dissertation [1338] Candidates shall submit a dissertation on a research project undertaken under the supervision of a research supervisor. The subject of each dissertation and the supervision arrangements for each student must be approved by the Organising Committee. The research project will normally be laboratory-based, but in exceptional circumstances students may undertake a library-based project, subject to approval from the Organising Committee.

[1340] (See also the general notice at the commencement of these regulations. The current edition of the Notes of Guidance for Graduate Students and Supervisors in Politics contains an elaborated version of these regulations.)

[1341] A candidate for the M.Sc. in Political Theory Research shall follow for twelve months a course of instruction in Political Theory Research. Each candidate must pass the M.Sc. Examination at the end of Trinity Term in the two compulsory papers. Each student must also submit a thesis during the Long Vacation. The two compulsory papers are Theory of Politics and Research Methods in Political Theory.

[1342] Compulsory papers:

1. [1343] (a) Theory of Politics [1344] Compulsory paper taken from the M.Phil. in Politics (Political Theory) [1345] A critical examination of political concepts and theories, including social concepts and theories with political relevance.
2. [1346] (b) Research Methods in Political Theory [1347] Compulsory paper taken from the M.Phil. in Politics (Political Theory) [1348] Candidates will satisfactorily complete a programme of core and optional research methods training, as specified in the Notes of Guidance for Graduate Students and Supervisors in Politics, and will also produce a Research Design Essay of between 4,000 and 6,000 words, excluding bibliography, on research design as it bears on some aspect of political theory. Two hard copies of the Research Design Essay, together with a copy on CD, must be submitted to the Examination Schools by noon on the Friday of sixth week of Trinity Term. It must be accompanied by a separate signed declaration that it is the candidate’s own work except where otherwise indicated and that it has not previously been submitted for assessment, either at Oxford or at another institution. The essay will normally be related to the subject of the student’s proposed M.Sc. thesis. The Director of Graduate Studies in Politics shall draw the attention of the examiners to the names of any candidates who have failed to complete their research methods training to a satisfactory level of quality, and the examiners may require candidates to retake the course or a specified part thereof.
3. [1349] (c) A thesis of not more than 15,000 words, excluding bibliography. Two hard copies, together with a copy on CD, must be submitted to the Examination Schools by noon on the last Friday of August following the end of Trinity Full Term. It must be accompanied by a separate signed declaration that it is the candidate’s own work except where otherwise indicated and that it has not previously been submitted for assessment, either at Oxford or at another institution. The thesis must be clearly marked with the candidate’s examination number, the title of the thesis and the words M.Sc. in Political Theory Research. After the examination process is complete, each successful candidate must deposit one hardbound copy of their thesis in the Bodleian Library.

[1350] The examiners may also examine any candidate viva voce. The examiners may award a distinction for excellence in the whole examination.

[1352] (See also the general notice at the commencement of these regulations. The current edition of the ‘Notes of Guidance for Graduate Students and Supervisors’ in Politics contains an elaborated version of these regulations.)

[1353] A candidate for the M.Sc. in Politics Research shall follow for twelve months a course of instruction in Politics Research. Each candidate must pass the M.Sc. Examination at the end of Trinity Term in the two compulsory papers. Each student must also submit a thesis during the Long Vacation. The two compulsory papers are Research Methods in Political Science and either Comparative Government or European Governance.

[1354] Compulsory papers:

1. [1355] (a) Comparative Government [1356] Compulsory paper taken from the M.Phil. in Politics (Comparative Government) [1357] The theory and practice of government in modern states.

[1358] Or

1. [1359] (b) European Governance [1360] Compulsory paper taken from the M.Phil. in Politics (European Politics and Society) [1361] The constitutions and formal structure of governments in European states, including the UK, and the theory and practice of integration in Europe.

[1362] and

1. [1363] (c) Research Methods in Political Science [1364] Compulsory paper taken from the M.Phil. in Politics. [1365] Candidates will satisfactorily complete a programme of core and optional research methods training, as specified in the Notes of Guidance for Graduate Students and Supervisors in Politics, and will also produce a Research Design Essay of between 4,000 and 6,000 words, excluding bibliography, on research design as it bears on some aspect of politics. Two hard copies of the Research Design Essay, together with a copy on CD, must be submitted to the Examination Schools by noon on the Friday of sixth week of Trinity Term. It must be accompanied by a separate signed declaration that it is the candidate’s own work except where otherwise indicated and that it has not previously been submitted for assessment, either at Oxford or at another institution. The essay will normally be related to the subject of the student’s proposed M.Sc. thesis. The Director of Graduate Studies in Politics shall draw the attention of the examiners to the names of any candidates who have failed to complete their research methods training to a satisfactory level of quality, and the examiners may require candidates to retake the course or a specified part thereof.
2. [1366] (d) Where necessitated by a candidate’s choice of subject the Politics Graduate Studies Committee may require a candidate to pass a test of proficiency in a language other than English. Candidates who fail the test will normally be allowed to retake the test before the beginning of the next academic year.
3. [1367] (e) A thesis of not more than 15,000 words, excluding bibliography. Two hard copies, together with a copy on CD, must be submitted to the Examination Schools by noon on the last Friday of August following the end of Trinity Full Term. It must be accompanied by a separate signed declaration that it is the candidate’s own work except where otherwise indicated and that it has not previously been submitted for assessment, either at Oxford or at another institution. The thesis must be clearly marked with the candidate’s examination number, the title of the thesis and the words ‘M.Sc in Politics Research’. After the examination process is complete, each successful candidate must deposit one hardbound copy of their thesis in the Bodleian Library.

[1368] The examiners may also examine any candidate viva voce. The examiners may award a distinction for excellence in the whole examination.

1. [1370] 1. Every candidate must follow for three terms (full-time) or six terms (part-time) a course of instruction in Professional Archaeology.
2. [1371] 2. The course will consist of lectures, seminars, individual tutorials and, in the case of full-time students, three approved placements of approximately ten weeks each, or in the case of part-time students, approved work-place projects undertaken.
3. [1372] 3. The examination will consist of the following parts:
   1. [1373] (a) a portfolio which shall include:
      1. [1374] (i) a written report of 5,000 words maximum of the work undertaken at the first placement;
      2. [1375] (ii) a written report of 5,000 words maximum of the work undertaken at the second placement;
      3. [1376] (iii) a written report of 5,000 words maximum of the work undertaken at the third placement; [1377] (In the case of part-time students, a written report of 15,000 words maximum on work-place projects undertaken with an approved relevant organisation.) The portfolio material for each placement must represent ten weeks of professionally competent work;
      4. [1378] (iv) three written assignments of 2,000-2,500 words each, one during each of the placements on an agreed topic;
      5. [1379] (v) five written reports of 1,000 words maximum each, one on each of the following courses: four optional short courses and a survey week. [1380] The portfolio shall be forwarded to the examiners, c/o Registry, Department for Continuing Education, 1 Wellington Square, Oxford for consideration by such a date as the examiners shall determine and shall notify the candidates and tutors at the start of each academic year.
   2. [1381] (b) a dissertation (two copies) of not more than 15,000 words on a topic selected by the student in consultation with his or her tutor and approved by the examiners. The dissertation must be delivered not later than noon on the third Friday in September of the final year of the course to the Chairman of Examiners for the Degree of M.Sc. in Professional Archaeology, c/o Examination Schools, High Street, Oxford. The dissertation must be accompanied by a statement that it is the candidate's own work;
   3. [1382] (c) a viva voce examination.
4. [1383] 4. The examiners may award a distinction for excellence in the whole examination.
5. [1384] 5. With the approval of the Board of Studies in each case, a candidate who has obtained a pass mark on section 3(a), but who is prevented by exceptional circumstances from completing section 3(b), may be awarded a Postgraduate Diploma in Professional Archaeology.
6. [1385] 6. A candidate who fails to satisfy the examiners in 3(a) or (b) may be permitted to resubmit work in respect of part or parts of the examination which they have failed for examination on one further occasion, not later than one year after the initial attempt.

1. [1387] 1. The Medical Sciences Board shall elect for the supervision of the course a course committee which shall have the power to arrange lectures and other instruction.
2. [1388] 2. The course committee shall appoint an academic adviser for each candidate.
3. [1389] 3. Each candidate shall follow a course of study in Psychological Research for at least three terms and for a substantial part of the three subsequent vacations, as determined by the course timetable, and shall, when entering for the examination, be required to produce a certificate from their academic adviser to this effect.
4. [1390] 4. The syllabus shall include ten principal modules as listed in the schedule below, and candidates shall be examined in accordance with the schedule below. Candidates must achieve a pass in each of the modules in order to pass the examination overall. Candidates who do not achieve a pass mark may submit for assessment on one further occasion only. When the failed assessment is a course assignment, as specified in the Schedule below in sections (e), (i), and (j), the form taken by additional assessment is at the discretion of the Module Coordinator. The Coordinator will make a report to the examiners on the form of the assessment taken in such cases. The marks for each assessed piece of work within each module shall be made available to the examiners.
5. [1391] 5. The required written submissions, two copies of each, including the essays, journal article review, literature review, statistical reports, and activities report, but excluding the course assignments, must be sent to the Chairman of the Examiners, M.Sc. in Psychological Research, c/o Examination Schools, High Street, Oxford, by the times and dates specified at the start of the course. Each submission must be accompanied by a certificate indicating that it is the candidate's own work.
6. [1392] 6. Candidates may be required to attend an oral examination at the discretion of the examiners and this may include questions on the candidate's dissertation, assignments, or written papers.
7. [1393] 7. The examiners may award a distinction for excellence in the whole examination.

[1394] Schedule

1. [1395] (a) Philosophical Foundations of Psychology [1396] This module begins with historical and foundational issues and progresses to philosophical issues arising from areas of contemporary research in psychology. Topics studied will include some of: the subject matter of psychology; levels of description; the epistemology of psychology; psychological understanding; cognitive science; the study of neuropsychological and psychiatric disorders; the scientific study of consciousness; and philosophical issues arising from areas of contemporary research. [1397] Each candidate shall be required to submit an essay of no more than 3,000 words. Essay topics must be approved by the course committee. The deadline for submission shall be notified to students at the start of the course.
2. [1398] (b) Research Evaluation [1399] This module is delivered as a series of oral presentations collaboratively prepared by groups of students followed by group discussions. The focus is on research articles that illustrate the use of particular kinds of methodology and/or design. [1400] Each candidate shall be required to submit a 2,000 word review of a journal article assigned by the course committee. Details of this assessment shall be notified to students at the start of the course.
3. [1401] (c) Brain and Cognition [1402] This module covers methods used in research in cognitive psychology and neuropsychology. It presents foundational knowledge from neuroanatomy, neurological disorders, neurological and psychological assessment and the use of experimental methods, to familiarise students with the diverse methodologies which contribute to cognitive neuropsychology. Methodologies deployed in the investigation of perception and cognition are discussed and evaluated. [1403] Each candidate shall be required to submit an essay of no more than 3,000 words. Essay topics must be approved by the course committee. The deadline for submission shall be notified to students at the start of the course.
4. [1404] (d) Emotion, Personality, and Social Behaviour [1405] This module provides a critical analysis of the range of methods and approaches used in social psychology and the study of individual differences. [1406] Each candidate shall be required to submit an essay of no more than 3,000 words. Essay topics must be approved by the course committee. The deadline for submission shall be notified to students at the start of the course.
5. [1407] (e) Project Design [1408] This module provides practical instruction in research and presentation skills. Students will undertake detailed planning of the research project to be carried out under (j). [1409] Each candidate shall be required to submit a 3,000 word review of relevant literature and methods relating to their research project. The deadline for submission shall be notified to students at the start of the course. In addition each candidate shall be required to give an oral presentation outlining the design of his or her research project and the ideas behind it, but this shall not contribute to the overall result for this module.
6. [1410] (f) Statistical Theory and Methods [1411] This module comprises a series of statistical lectures and complementary statistical workshops. [1412] Each candidate shall be required to submit a series of reports based on SPSS data analyses carried out during the workshops. Each of the reports will be assessed on a pass/fail basis. The deadline for each submission shall be notified to students at the start of the course. [1413] Each candidate shall also be required to sit a two-hour written examination. The examination will be marked on a pass/fail basis and candidates failing to reach the required standard will have one further opportunity to enter for the examination before the end of the academic year.
7. [1414] (g) Mini Project [1415] Small groups of 2-4 students will be assigned to research teams within the Department of Experimental Psychology and guided through research tasks involving, for example, setting up equipment and procedures for a study, collection of pilot data, coding and processing of data, and statistical analysis. [1416] The module will be assessed by a written report of activities conducted in the mini-project. The deadline for submission shall be notified to students at the start of the course.
8. [1417] (h) Language and Development [1418] This module addresses methods used in selected areas of developmental psychology with a particular emphasis on language. Longitudinal designs, and observational and experimental methods are reviewed and evaluated with examples from recent research. Attention is also given to studies of brain function during development and to the uses of fMRI and EEG data. Particular issues arising from the study of infants lacking verbal skills are identified. [1419] Each candidate shall be required to submit an essay of no more than 3,000 words. Essay topics must be approved by the course committee. The deadline for submission shall be notified to students at the start of the course.
9. [1420] (i) Computational Neuroscience [1421] This module provides an introduction to the goals and methods of computational modelling in the context of cognitive neuroscience, covering the architecture, function, and properties of a number of basic prototypical classes of neural network. It also looks at how these basic neural networks provide building blocks for larger-scale models of brain function. Lectures will be supplemented by practical sessions providing hands-on experience of computational modelling. [1422] Each candidate shall be required to submit an essay of no more than 3,000 words. Essay topics must be approved by the course committee. The deadline for submission shall be notified to students at the start of the course. In addition, candidates shall be required to complete reports based on practical assignments conducted as part of the module but these shall not contribute to the overall result for this module.
10. [1423] (j) Research Project [1424] Each student shall carry out a project under the supervision of a research supervisor on a subject selected in consultation with the academic advisor and approved by the course committee. The course committee shall be responsible for the appointment of the research supervisor. The Research Project module shall consist of data collection, analysis of the data, delivering a poster presentation and writing a dissertation on the project. [1425] Candidates shall be required to submit to the examiners not later than noon on the first Monday in September three copies of a typewritten or printed dissertation of not more than 10,000 words in length (excluding bibliography and any appendices) on his or her research project. The cover of the copies must bear the candidate's examination number and name of the examination, but not their name or college, and must be sent in a parcel to, ‘The Chairman of Examiners: M.Sc. in Psychological Research, c/o Examination Schools, High Street, Oxford’. The dissertation must be accompanied by a signed statement by the candidate that the dissertation is his or her own work.
11. [1426] Candidates shall also be required to deliver a poster presentation based on their research project. However this shall not contribute to the overall result for this module. The date on which candidates are required to deliver their presentations will be in the long vacation.

[1487] The regulations made by the Russian and East European Studies Management Committee are as follows.

1. [1488] 1. Each candidate will be required to follow a course of instruction for three terms and to present himself or herself for examination in the three compulsory papers in Week Eight of Trinity Term, as well as to present a thesis for examination. In addition, each candidate will be required to participate in training in methodology (quantitative and qualitative) and research skills related to Russian and East European Studies and to have achieved pass marks for the assessed components, as specified in the Notes of Guidance of the year of matriculation of the candidate. Two copies of a thesis should be delivered to the Chair of Examiners for the MSc in Russian and East European Studies, c/o Examination Schools, High Street, Oxford, by noon on the Friday of the sixth week of Trinity Term in the calendar year in which the examination is taken.
2. [1489] 2. Candidates who fail a written examination may be allowed to retake it in the following year. In the case of a failed thesis, this may be resubmitted in Trinity Term of the following year. Only one resubmission is permitted. In special circumstances, the Examiners may allow a marginal failure in one component in accordance with the rules outlined in the Examination Conventions.
3. [1490] 3. The examiners may award a distinction for excellence in the whole examination.

[1491] Schedule of Papers

1. [1492] 1. Twentieth-Century Russian, Soviet and East European History (compulsory paper Michaelmas Term).
2. [1493] 2. Politics, Economics and International Relations of the Former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe (compulsory paper Hilary Term).
3. [1494] 3. Society and Culture in the Former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe (compulsory paper Hilary and Trinity Terms).
4. [1495] 4. A thesis of at least 12,000 words but not more than 15,000 words.

1. [1497] 1. The Social Sciences Divisional Board shall elect for the supervision of the course a Standing Committee, namely the Graduate Studies Committee of the School of Anthropology, which shall have power to arrange lectures and other instruction. The course director shall be responsible to that committee.
2. [1498] 2. Candidates must follow a course of instruction in Social and Cultural Anthropology for at least three terms, and will, when entering for the examinations, be required to produce a certificate from their supervisor to this effect.
3. [1499] 3. Candidates will be required to present themselves for written and (if requested) oral examinations and to submit three copies of a dissertation in prescribed form on an approved topic as defined below.
4. [1500] 4. The written examination will consist of four papers on the syllabus described in the Schedule.
5. [1501] 5. Each candidate will be required to submit a dissertation of no more than 10,000 words, on a subject selected in consultation with the supervisor and approved by the Chairman of Examiners. The proposed title of the dissertation, together with a paragraph describing its scope and the supervisor's written endorsement, must be submitted to the Chairman of Examiners by Tuesday of the second week of Trinity Term.
6. [1502] 6. Three typewritten copies of the dissertation must be delivered not later than noon on the last Wednesday in August in the year in which the examination is taken, to the Chairman of the Examiners, M.Sc. in Social Anthropology, c/o Examination Schools, High Street, Oxford. The word count shall be stated on the outside front cover of the thesis. [1503] The examiners shall retain one copy of the dissertation of each candidate who passes the examination for deposit in the departmental library.
7. [1504] 7. The oral examination (if requested) may be on the candidate's written papers, or dissertation, or both.
8. [1505] 8. The examiners may award a distinction for excellence in the whole examination.
9. [1506] 9. If it is the opinion of the examiners that the work done by a candidate is not of sufficient merit to qualify for the Degree of M.Sc. the candidate shall be given the option of resitting the M.Sc. examination. [1507] The four papers will be taken to constitute Part I of the degree and the dissertation to constitute Part II. At the close of the written examinations, the examiners will publish a list of those who have satisfied them in Part I.
10. [1508] 10. In order to pass the degree, a student must pass all its assessed components. Where one or more components are failed, the student will be given the opportunity to re-sit or re-submit them once, as the case may be. Any subsequent award of the degree on successful completion of all the assessed components may be delayed by up to three terms, i.e. until the Examination Board next meets.

[1509] Schedule

[1510] Students must satisfy the examiners in four papers, two of a general nature and two options; one option paper must be selected from List A (below). The syllabuses for the two general papers are as follows:

1. [1511] I. Social and Cultural Anthropology, I [1512] This paper will focus on the following topics: history and politics of anthropology; anthropology, ethnography and colonialism; gift and exchange; production and consumption; aesthetics, poetics, music and dance; material culture and museums; landscape and the built environment; personhood and the body; identity, ethnicity and nationalism; power, violence, resistance and agency.
2. [1513] II. Social and Cultural Anthropology, II [1514] This paper will focus on the following topics: family, kinship and relatedness; gender and age; ritual and religion; myth, history, memory and time; symbolism; representations of misfortune, including witchcraft, possession and healing; politics, law and the state; multiculturalism, migration and globalisation; language and literacy; classification.

[1515] The two option papers are as follows:

1. [1516] III. Option Paper I: The Social Anthropology of a Selected Region [1517] This option paper must be selected from List A (below).
2. [1518] IV. Option Paper II: Open Choice [1519] This option paper must be selected from any of the lists below:
   1. [1520] List A. Anthropology of a Selected Region
   2. [1521] List B. Topics in Material Anthropology
   3. [1522] List C. Anthropology and Topical Issues

[1523] Options offered in any of the three lists may vary from year to year. Lists for the current academic year will be issued by the Director of Graduate Studies or his or her delegate by the end of the third week of Michaelmas term.

1. [1525] 1. The Social Sciences Divisional Board shall elect for the supervision of the course a Standing Committee, namely the Graduate Studies Committee of the School of Anthropology, which shall have the power to arrange lectures and other instruction. The course director shall be responsible to that committee.
2. [1526] 2. Candidates must follow a course of instruction in Social and Cultural Anthropology for at least three terms, and will, when entering for the examinations, be required to produce a certificate from their supervisor to this effect.
3. [1527] 3. The final examination shall be taken in the Trinity Term of the academic year in which the candidate’s name is first entered on the Register of M.Sc. Students or, with the approval of the Board, in a subsequent year.
4. [1528] 4. Each candidate will be required:
   1. [1529] (1) To satisfy the examiners in two papers on Methods of Anthropological and Social Research by submitting evidence of practical work and two written essays in accordance with I and II below;
   2. [1530] (2) To satisfy the examiners in two papers in accordance with III and IV below;
   3. [1531] (3) To submit a dissertation in accordance with V below.
5. [1532] I. Methods of Anthropological and Social Research (1)
6. [1533] This paper consists of the following components:
   1. [1534] (a) The satisfactory completion of a course of practical work in (i) participant observation, in-depth interviewing, archival research, and qualitative data analysis; (ii) basic principles of statistical inference, and statistical models for the analysis of quantitative social science data, and (iii) methods of data collection, including questionnaire design, interviewing and coding. [1535] Candidates shall submit to the Examination Schools, High Street, Oxford by noon on Tuesday of fifth week of the third term of the course reports of the practical work completed, accompanied by a statement that they are the candidate’s own work except where otherwise indicated.
   2. [1536] (b) A research proposal of up to 5,000 words, on a topic to be chosen in consultation with the supervisor. [1537] Candidates shall submit their research proposals to the Examination Schools by 12 noon on Tuesday of the second week of the third term of the course, accompanied by a statement that they are the candidate’s own work except where otherwise indicated.
7. [1538] II. Methods of Anthropological and Social Research (2)
8. [1539] Candidates will be required to produce two essays of up to 2,500 words.
   1. [1540] (a) The first essay will evaluate the research design, methods of data collection and analysis, and any ethical or philosophical issues that arise in a specified research paper in Social Anthropology. The Director of Graduate Studies of the Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology shall publish a list of research papers not later than noon on Monday of the first week of the third term; candidates will be required to select one from this list of papers as the subject of their essay.
   2. [1541] (b) The topic of the second essay will be chosen in consultation with the supervisor and will explore one or more methodological, practical, or ethical issues of anthropological research. [1542] Candidates shall submit their essays to the Examination Schools by 12 noon on Tuesday of the second week of the third term of the course, accompanied by a statement that they are the candidate’s own work except where otherwise indicated.
9. [1543] III. Compulsory Paper
10. [1544] Every candidate will be required to satisfy the examiners in the following paper:
    1. [1545] Social and Cultural Anthropology: Theory and Methods [1546] The scope of this paper includes the following topics: concepts of the individual, society and the person in anthropological perspective; issues of the body, theories of practice, phenomenology; theories of power, order and law; aspects of disorder and violence in society, systems of knowledge and belief; ritual and myth; symbolism and symbolic classification; moral systems and the world religions; oral literature and historical memory; linguistic and artistic modes of communication; aesthetic anthropology, methodological approaches to the study of arts, performance, and material culture; museums, written texts and representation. Fieldwork and data collection methods; quantitative and qualitative techniques; cultural property and indigenous rights; applications of film and sound recording; preparing research proposals; ethical problems; photo- and artefact elicitation, formal analysis of artefacts, archival research, software for material culture analysis and research, and questionnaire surveys.
11. [1547] IV. Option Paper
12. [1548] Candidates must choose one option paper. Titles of available options will be made known at the beginning of each academic year. They will be divided into three lists, as follows:
    1. [1549] List A: The Social Anthropology of a Selected Region;
    2. [1550] List B: Topics in Material Anthropology;
    3. [1551] List C: Anthropology and Topical Issues. [1552] Candidates for the degree of M.Sc. in Social Anthropology (Research Methods) must select an option from any of the three lists.
13. [1553] V. Dissertation
14. [1554] Each candidate shall be required to submit a dissertation of not more than 10,000 words (excluding references and appendices) on a subject approved by the supervisor. The dissertation shall consist of a critical review of the secondary literature on a specific regional or thematic topic of research. The word count shall be stated on the outside front cover of the thesis.
15. [1555] 5. The candidate shall send to the Graduate Studies Committee of the School of Anthropology, with the written approval of his or her supervisor, the proposed title of the dissertation for consideration by the School of Anthropology, by noon on the Tuesday of the second week of Trinity Term in the academic year when his or her name was entered on the Register of M.Sc. Students.
16. [1556] 6. The dissertation (three copies) must be typewritten and delivered to the Examination Schools, High Street, Oxford, not later than noon on the last Wednesday of August in the year in which the examination is taken. The examiners shall retain one copy of the dissertation of each candidate who passes the examination for deposit in the departmental library.
17. [1557] 7. The oral examination (if requested) may be on the candidate’s written papers, or dissertation, or both.
18. [1558] 8. The examiners may award a distinction for excellence in the whole examination.
19. [1559] 9. If it is the opinion of the examiners that the work done by a candidate is not of sufficient merit to qualify for the Degree of M.Sc. the candidate shall be given the option of re-sitting the M.Sc. examination. [1560] The four papers will be taken to constitute Part I of the degree and the dissertation to constitute Part II. At the close of the written examinations, the examiners will publish a list of those who have satisfied them in Part I.

[1574] Every candidate must follow, for at least three terms, a course of instruction in Sociology.

[1575] The examination will be in four parts:

1. [1576] A. A compulsory paper in Methods of Social Research. As specified for the M.Phil. in Sociology.
2. [1577] B. A compulsory paper in Sociological Analysis. As specified for the M.Phil. in Sociology.
3. [1578] C. One optional paper. This will be from a list published annually by Friday of the third week of Michaelmas Full Term in the Department of Sociology.
4. [1579] D. A thesis of not more than 10,000 words on a topic within the subject of the course to be specified jointly by supervisor and student. Candidates are warned that they should avoid repetition in their theses of material used in their option papers and that substantial repetition may be penalised. Two typewritten copies of the thesis must be delivered to the Examination Schools, High Street, Oxford, by noon of the weekday on or nearest to 1 September of the year in which the examination is to be taken. Successful candidates will be required to deposit a copy of their thesis in the Department of Sociology.

[1580] The examiners may examine any candidate viva voce.

[1581] The examiners may award a Distinction for excellence in the whole examination on the basis of the material submitted to them.