Reporter 29/5/02: Examination in Polar Studies for the M.Phil. Degree

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Examination in Polar Studies for the M.Phil. Degree

(Statutes and Ordinances, p. 483)

With effect from 1 October 2002

The special regulations for this examination have been amended so as to read:

Polar Studies

The scheme of examination for the one-year course of study in Polar Studies for the degree of Master of Philosophy shall consist of:

(a) a thesis, of not more than 20,000 words in length, excluding footnotes, tables, appendices, and list of references, on a subject approved by the Degree Committee for the Faculty of Earth Sciences and Geography, and to be submitted at a date to be determined by them;

and

(b) three essays, each of about 4,000 words in length, on topics chosen by the candidate with the approval of the Degree Committee.

The examination may include, at the discretion of the Examiners, an oral examination on the thesis and the essays and on the general field of knowledge within which they fall.

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