Examination in Latin-American Studies for the M.St. Degree

With effect from 1 October 2005

On the recommendation of the Committee of Management of the Centre of Latin-American Studies, the General Board with the concurrence of the Board of Graduate Studies and the Management Board of the Institute of Continuing Education, have approved Latin-American Studies as a subject for postgraduate study for the M.St. Degree. Special regulations for the examination in that subject have been approved as follows:

Latin-American Studies

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

(a)	a thesis, not exceeding 15,000 words in length, including footnotes, tables, appendices, and bibliography, on a subject approved by the Degree Committee for International Studies;
and
(b)	two written exercises, to be undertaken under conditions specified by the Degree Committee, on subjects chosen by the candidate, subject to the approval of the Degree Committee, from the following list:
	Latin-American history. Anthropology and history: comparative perspectives. Topics in Latin-American culture. Economic issues in contemporary Latin America. Sociology and politics of Latin America. Latin-American film and visual arts. A subject in Latin-American studies specified from time to time by the Degree Committee. A subject in Latin-American studies specified from time to time by the Degree Committee.
and
(c)	two essays, each not exceeding 5,000 words in length, including footnotes, but excluding tables, appendices, and bibliography, on subjects approved by the Degree Committee, which shall fall respectively within the fields of the two written exercises offered by the candidate under (b) above.

2. The examination shall include an oral examination on the thesis submitted and on the general field of knowledge within which it falls and, at the discretion of the Examiners, include questions relating to the essays and the written exercises offered by the candidate; save that the Examiners may, at their discretion waive the requirement for an oral examination.

3. Progression from the first to the second year of study will be conditional on satisfactory performance in the examinations taken in the first year together with a satisfactory assessment of preliminary work on the dissertation.