Regulations for examinations

Examination in Basic and Translational Neuroscience for the M.Phil. Degree

With effect from 1 October 2016

The General Board have, on the recommendation of the Degree Committee for the Faculty of Biology, approved Basic and Translational Neuroscience as a subject for the M.Phil. Degree with effect from 1 October 2016. Special regulations for the examination in the subject have been approved as follows:

Basic and Translational Neuroscience

1. The scheme of examination for the one-year course of study in Basic and Translational Neuroscience for the degree of Master of Philosophy shall consist of:

(a)one essay, not exceeding 5,000 words in length, on a topic approved by the Degree Committee of the Faculty of Biology. With the permission of the Degree Committee, the essay may be by a research proposal for a prospective Ph.D. project;

and

(b)an MCQ paper on Research methods and statistics critical appraisal;

and

(c)a report on the research project, approved or prescribed by the Degree Committee, not exceeding 10,000 words in length, including tables, figure legends, and appendices, but excluding bibliography.

2. The examination shall include an oral examination on the work submitted by the candidate under(a)–(c) above and on the general field of knowledge within which such work falls.