The General Board and the Board of Graduate Studies have approved a proposal from the Degree Committee for the Faculty of Archaeology and Anthropology to reorganize their M.Phil. provision.
(Statutes and Ordinances, pp. 487, 488, and 516)
The courses for the above examinations have been reorganized as options within one course for the examination in Archaeology for the degree of Master of Philosophy. The regulations for the examinations in Archaeological Heritage and Museums, Archaeological Science, and World Archaeology have therefore been rescinded to be replaced by the following regulations:
1. The one-year course of study in Archaeology for the degree of Master of Philosophy shall consist, at the choice of the candidate, of one of the following options:
Option A. Archaeological Heritage and Museums
Option B. Archaeological Science
Option C. Archaeology
Option D. Archaeology of the Americas
Option E. Egyptian Archaeology
Option F. European Prehistory
Option G. Medieval Archaeology
Option H. Mesopotamian Archaeology
Option I. Palaeolithic and Mesolithic Archaeology
Option J. South Asian Archaeology
provided that the Degree Committee for the Faculty of Archaeology and Anthropology shall have power to announce that a particular option is not available in any one year.
2. The scheme of examination for each option shall be as follows:
| (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; |
| (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. |
3. In publishing the list of modules, the Degree Committee shall announce for each option 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.
4. 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.
(Statutes and Ordinances, p. 487)
The regulations for the examination have been amended so as to read:
1. The scheme of examination for the one-year course of study in Archaeological Research for the degree of Master of Philosophy shall consist of:
| (a) | a thesis of not more than 25,000 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) | one essay or project of not more than 6,000 words in length, on a subject or subjects relating to archaeological research design chosen by the candidate in consultation with her or his supervisor. |
2. 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.