Reporter 15/3/00: Examination in Economics with Econometrics for the M.Phil. Degree (one-year course)

Examination in Economics with Econometrics for the M.Phil. Degree (one-year course)

On the recommendation of the Faculty Board of Economics and Politics, the subject Economics with Econometrics has been approved by the General Board and the Board of Graduate Studies, with effect from 1 October 2000, as a subject for further study and training in research for the M.Phil. Degree (one-year course). Special regulations for the examination in that subject have been approved as follows:

Economics with Econometrics

The scheme of examination for the one-year course of study in Economics with Econometrics for the degree of Master of Philosophy shall be as follows:

1. The Degree Committee for the Faculty of Economics and Politics shall publish, not later than the end of the Easter Term each year, a list of subjects in Economics with Econometrics for the academical year next following. The list shall be divided into two groups, Group 1 (compulsory subjects) and Group 2 (specialist subjects). Group 1 shall comprise the following subjects:

1.	Microeconomics.
2.	Macroeconomics.
3.	Econometrics.

In publishing the list of subjects the Degree Committee shall announce the form of examination for each subject, which shall be either a written paper, or one or more essays or other written exercises, or a combination of these, and shall specify the duration of any written paper and the limit to be placed on the length of any essay or other exercise; provided that the Degree Committee may permit a particular candidate to offer, in place of either the whole or part of the examination specified for one of the subjects in Group 1, an essay, of not more than 8,000 words in length, on a topic approved by the Degree Committee.

2. Each candidate shall offer:

(a)	the three compulsory subjects in Group 1;
(b)	two specialist subjects from Group 2;
(c)	a dissertation, of not more than 10,000 words in length, on a topic approved by the Degree Committee.

3. At the discretion of the Examiners, the examination may include an oral examination on the work submitted by the candidate under Regulation 2 and on the general field of knowledge within which it falls.

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