On the recommendation of the Degree Committee for the Faculty of Computer Science and Technology, the General Board and the Board of Graduate Studies have approved Advanced Computer Science as a subject for advanced study for the M.Phil. Degree (one-year course), with effect from 1 October 2009. Special regulations for the examination in the subject have been approved as follows:
1. The scheme of examination for the one-year course of study in Advanced Computer Science for the degree of Master of Philosophy shall consist, at the choice of the candidate, of either Option A or Option B as follows:
Option A
At least twelve modules selected from a list of mandatory and optional modules published by the Degree Committee for the Faculty of Computer Science and Technology.
Option B
| (a) | At least six modules selected from a list of mandatory and optional modules published by the Degree Committee for the Faculty of Computer Science and Technology; |
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| (b) | a thesis of not more than 15,000 words in length, on a subject approved by the Degree Committee. |
2. The list of modules shall be published by the Degree Committee not later than the end of the Easter Term of the academical year preceding that in which the examination is to be held, provided that the Degree Committee shall have power to give notice of additional optional modules not later than the end of the Michaelmas Term. In publishing the list of modules and additional modules, the Degree Committee shall announce the form of examination for each module, which shall be either a written paper, or course-work, or a combination of these, and shall specify the duration of any written paper and the limit to be placed on the length of any essay or other exercise. A candidate may not offer a module that he or she has taken in any other University examination.
3. The examination may include, at the discretion of the Examiners, an oral examination on the work submitted by the candidate under Regulation 1, and on the general field of knowledge within which such work falls.