Reporter 12/3/03: Examination in Bioscience Enterprise for the M.Phil. Degree

Examination in Bioscience Enterprise for the M.Phil. Degree

On the recommendation of the Faculty Board of Biology and the Biotechnology Syndicate, the General Board and the Board of Graduate Studies have approved Bioscience Enterprise as a subject for further study and training in research for the M.Phil. Degree (one-year course), with effect from 1 October 2002. Special regulations for the examination in that subject have been approved as follows:

Bioscience Enterprise

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

1. The Degree Committee for the Faculty of Biology shall publish, not later than the end of the Easter Term each year, a list of not more than twenty mandatory modules in Bioscience Enterprise for the examination to be held in the following academical year. In publishing the list of modules the Degree Committee shall announce the form of examination for each module, which shall be either an essay or course-work, or a combination of these.

2. The examination shall consist of:

(a) a dissertation of not more than 10,000 words in length, on a topic at the interface of bioscience and business enterprise approved by the Degree Committee;

(b) no more than ten essays, each of not more than 3,000 words in length, covering the fields of science, ethics, law, and policy, and the interface of bioscience and business as specified by the Degree Committee, provided that, in place of one of these essays a candidate may submit a critical appraisal;

(c) course-work prescribed by the Degree Committee (which may include written work, group work, and class participation).

3. At the discretion of the Examiners, the examination may include an oral examination on the dissertation or other work submitted by the candidate under Regulation 2 and on the general field of knowledge within which they fall.

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