No 6471
Wednesday 28 June 2017
Vol cxlvii No 37
pp. 686–708
(Statutes and Ordinances, p. 507)
The General Board, on the recommendation of the Degree Committee of the Department of Land Economy, has approved an amendment to the regulations so as to enable the Degree Committee to withdraw, by the end of Michaelmas Term, optional modules published in Easter Term.
By inserting the following sentence at the end of Regulation 1:
The Degree Committee shall have power to withdraw any optional module by notice in the Reporter not later than the end of the Michaelmas Term; the Secretary of the Committee shall notify candidates of the withdrawal of any subject for which they have entered.
(Statutes and Ordinances, p. 514)
The General Board, on the recommendation of the Degree Committee of the Department of Land Economy, has approved an amendment to the regulations so as to enable the Degree Committee to withdraw, by the end of Michaelmas Term, optional modules published in Easter Term.
By inserting the following sentence at the end of Regulation 1:
The Degree Committee shall have power to withdraw any optional module by notice in the Reporter not later than the end of the Michaelmas Term; the Secretary of the Committee shall notify candidates of the withdrawal of any subject for which they have entered.
(Statutes and Ordinances, p. 521)
The General Board, on the recommendation of the Degree Committee of the Department of Land Economy, has approved an amendment to the regulations so as to enable the Degree Committee to withdraw, by the end of Michaelmas Term, optional modules published in Easter Term.
By inserting the following sentence at the end of Regulation 1:
The Degree Committee shall have power to withdraw any optional module by notice in the Reporter not later than the end of the Michaelmas Term; the Secretary of the Committee shall notify candidates of the withdrawal of any subject for which they have entered.
(Statutes and Ordinances, p. 524)
The General Board, on the recommendation of the Degree Committee of the Department of Land Economy, has approved an amendment to the regulations so as to enable the Degree Committee to withdraw, by the end of Michaelmas Term, optional modules published in Easter Term.
By inserting the following sentence at the end of Regulation 1:
The Degree Committee shall have power to withdraw any optional module by notice in the Reporter not later than the end of the Michaelmas Term; the Secretary of the Committee shall notify candidates of the withdrawal of any subject for which they have entered.
(Statutes and Ordinances, p. 526)
The General Board, on the recommendation of the Degree Committee for the Faculty of Human, Social, and Political Science, has approved amendments to the regulations to make the following changes: to amend the structure of the ‘Modern society and global transformations’ track so as to match in structure the other three tracks and to rename the track as ‘The sociology of marginality and exclusion’; to change the scheme of examination so as to reduce the number of assessed elements to a field review essay and a dissertation; and to introduce two progression hurdles (essays).
By amending Regulation 3 so as to read (retaining all footnotes):
3. The scheme of examination for the one-year course of study in Sociology for the degree of Master of Philosophy shall consist of:
(a)one 5,000-word field review essay, on a topic chosen from among those approved by the Degree Committee for the pathway chosen in accordance with Regulation 1;
(b)a thesis, of not less than 15,000 and not more than 20,000 words, on a topic chosen from among those approved by the Degree Committee for the pathway chosen in accordance with Regulation 1.
The topics approved under sub-paragraphs (a) and (b) by the Degree Committee (or by such other body to which the Degree Committee has delegated this task) shall be published not later than the Easter Term in the academical year preceding the examination.
By inserting new Regulation 5 as follows:
5. In order to proceed to the examination, candidates must submit and achieve a pass in two 3,000-word essays on research strategies, one submitted in the fifth week of Michaelmas Term and one submitted in the second week of Lent Term, on topics prescribed by the candidates’ supervisors.
In the Schedule of pathways, by changing the name of the ‘Modern society and global transformations’ pathway to ‘The sociology of marginality and exclusion’.