Reporter 29/1/03: Examination in European Studies for the M.Phil. Degree

Examination in European Studies for the M.Phil. Degree

NOTICES BY THE GENERAL BOARD

(Statutes and Ordinances, p. 483)

With effect from 1 October 2003

The General Board and the Board of Graduate Studies have approved a proposal from the Faculty Board of History and the Degree Committee for International Studies that the examination in European Studies for the M.Phil. Degree be suspended and replaced by a new examination in Contemporary European Studies for the M.Phil. Degree which would be under the administration of the Degree Committee for International Studies. The special regulations for the examination in European Studies have therefore been rescinded with effect from 1 October 2003 and replaced by the following special regulations for the examination in Contemporary European Studies.

Contemporary European Studies

1. The scheme of examination for the one-year course of study in Contemporary European Studies for the degree of Master of Philosophy shall consist of:

(a) a thesis of not more than 25,000 words in length, including tables, footnotes, and appendices, but excluding bibliography, on a subject approved by the Degree Committee for International Studies;

and

(b) one essay not exceeding 2,000 words in length on a topic set by the Degree Committee within the field of European politics and integration;

and

(c) three further essays each not exceeding 2,000 words in length and on set topics falling within any three of the fields listed below, candidates being permitted to select no more than one of the fields in List B:

List A

European politics and integration
The European legal system
Comparative European politics
Economic integration in Europe
Contemporary European history
European security and foreign policy

List B

International relations theory and methodology
International security
International history
International economics
International law
International politics

The arrangements for announcing the set topics shall be made by the Degree Committee.

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

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