On the recommendation of the Faculty Board of Archaeology and Anthropology, the General Board and the Board of Graduate Studies have approved Assyriology and Egyptology as subjects for advanced study for the M.Phil. Degree (one-year course), with effect from 1 October 2009. These new courses will replace the provision for these subjects under the examination in Asian and Middle Eastern Studies. Special regulations for the examinations in these subjects have been approved as follows:
1. The scheme of examination for the one-year course of study in Assyriology for the degree of Master of Philosophy shall consist of the following:
| (a) | a thesis of not more than 15,000 words in length, including footnotes, but excluding appendices and bibliography, on a topic approved by the Degree Committee for the Faculty of Archaeology and Anthropology; |
| (b) | the presentation of a seminar on the topic of the candidate's thesis research and a written report of the presentation; |
| (c) | three modules selected from a list of mandatory and optional modules published by the Degree Committee. |
2. In publishing the list of modules, the Degree Committee shall announce which modules are mandatory, and 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.
3. 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, and on the other work submitted as part of the examination.
1. The scheme of examination for the one-year course of study in Egyptology for the degree of Master of Philosophy shall consist of the following:
| (a) | a thesis of not more than 15,000 words in length, including footnotes, but excluding appendices and bibliography, on a topic approved by the Degree Committee for the Faculty of Archaeology and Anthropology; |
| (b) | the presentation of a seminar on the topic of the candidate's thesis research and a written report of the presentation; |
| (c) | three modules selected from a list of mandatory and optional modules published by the Degree Committee. |
2. In publishing the list of modules, the Degree Committee shall announce which modules are mandatory, and 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.
3. 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, and on the other work submitted as part of the examination.