The General Board and the Board of Graduate Studies, with the concurrence of the Management Board of the Institute of Continuing Education, have approved a proposal from the Committee of Management of the Centre of Latin-American Studies that Latin-American Studies be withdrawn as a subject for postgraduate study for the M.St. Degree and that the course in Latin-American Studies for the M.Phil. Degree be available to part-time candidates.
The Board of Graduate Studies are satisfied that suitable arrangements are in place to enable part-time students to have sufficient access to teaching and other resources. The Board are also satisfied that the part-time course is comparable to the full-time version in content, intended learning outcomes, the teaching and other resources available, and forms of assessment. The Council of the School of the Humanities and Social Sciences has confirmed that the proposal is consistent with the School's strategic plans, both in respect of the objectives of the Centre and in terms of any implications for student numbers. The special regulations for the examination in Latin-American Studies for the degree of Master of Studies (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 515) have accordingly been rescinded and those for the examination in Latin-American Studies for the degree of Master of Philosophy have been amended as follows:
(Statutes and Ordinances, p. 489)
Regulation 1.
By amending the first two lines of the regulation so as to read:
The scheme of examination for the one-year full-time or two-year part-time course of study in Latin-American Studies for the degree of Master of Philosophy shall, subject to the provisions of Regulation 2 below, consist of: