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Examination in Early Modern History for the M.Phil. Degree (one-year course)

With effect from 1 October 2002

On the recommendation of the Faculty Board of History, the General Board and the Board of Graduate Studies have approved Early Modern History as a subject for postgraduate study for the M.Phil. Degree. Special regulations for the examination in that subject have been approved as follows:

Early Modern History

1. The scheme of examination for the one-year course of study in Early Modern History for the degree of Master of Philosophy shall consist of:

(a) a thesis of not less than 20,000 words and not more than 25,000 words in length, including notes and appendices, but excluding bibliography, on a topic approved by the Degree Committee for the Faculty of History;

(b) course-work, as prescribed by the Degree Committee;

(c) written exercises on three of the following subjects:

1. Palaeography.

2. Language training.

3. Locating sources and bibliography.

4. Non-written sources.

5. The book.

2. At the discretion of the Examiners the examination may include an oral examination on the thesis and on the general field of knowledge within which it falls.

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