No 6472
Wednesday 5 July 2017
Vol cxlvii No 38
pp. 709–751
The General Board, on the recommendation of the Degree Committee of the Faculty of Engineering, has approved Biotechnology as a subject for examination for the degree of Master of Philosophy with effect from 1 October 2018. Special regulations for the examination in the subject have been approved as follows:
1. The scheme of examination for the one-year course of study in Biotechnology for the degree of Master of Philosophy shall be as follows:
(a)two compulsory elements, ‘Principles of Biotechnology’ and a practical component. Both of these elements will be assessed by coursework;
(b)six optional modules selected from a list published by the end of the Easter Term preceding the course. A candidate may not offer a module that he or she has taken in any other University examination. In publishing the list of modules the Degree Committee shall announce the form of examination for each module, which shall be either an essay or coursework, or a combination of these;
(c)two research projects, each assessed by a report of no more than 7,000 words and a presentation.
2. The examination may include, at the discretion of the Examiners, an oral examination on the work submitted by the candidate under Regulation 1 and on the general field of knowledge within which such work falls.
The fees for the course were approved by Grace 2 of 26 April 2017 (Reporter, 6462, 2016–17, p. 474) at the following fee levels:
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£11,733 |
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£27,060 |
The General Board, on the recommendation of the Faculty Board of Clinical Medicine, gives notice that the regulations for the degree of Master of Philosophy in Genomic Medicine have been amended so as to decrease the number of core modules and increase the number of optional modules.
Regulation 1.
By amending Regulation 1 so as to read:
1. The scheme of examination for the one-year course of study in Genomic Medicine for the degree of Master of Philosophy shall consist of:
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eight modules chosen from a list of core and optional modules, to be announced by the Degree Committee for the Faculties of Clinical Medicine and Veterinary Medicine not later than the end of the Easter Term preceding the examination and stipulating which modules are core and which are optional; and |
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a research project of between 10,000 to 12,000 words, including footnotes but excluding tables, appendices, and bibliography, on a subject approved by the Degree Committee for the Faculties of Clinical Medicine and Veterinary Medicine; |
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ten modules chosen from a list of core and optional modules, to be announced by the Degree Committee for the Faculties of Clinical Medicine and Veterinary Medicine not later than the end of the Easter Term preceding the examination and stipulating which modules are core and which are optional; and |
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a literature-based research project of between 5,000 to 6,000 words, including footnotes but excluding tables, appendices, and bibliography, on a subject approved by the Degree Committee for the Faculties of Clinical Medicine and Veterinary Medicine. |
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The General Board, on the recommendation of the Faculty Board of Clinical Medicine, gives notice that the regulations for the degree of Master of Studies in Genomic Medicine have been amended so as to decrease the number of core modules and increase the number of optional modules.
Regulation 1.
By amending Regulation 1 so as to read:
1. The scheme of examination for the course of study in Genomic Medicine for the degree of Master of Studies shall consist of:
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eight modules chosen from a list of core and optional modules, to be announced by the Degree Committee for the Faculties of Clinical Medicine and Veterinary Medicine not later than the end of the Easter Term preceding the examination and stipulating which modules are core and which are optional; and |
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a research project of between 10,000 to 12,000 words, including footnotes but excluding tables, appendices, and bibliography, on a subject approved by the Degree Committee for the Faculties of Clinical Medicine and Veterinary Medicine; |
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ten modules chosen from a list of core and optional modules, to be announced by the Degree Committee for the Faculties of Clinical Medicine and Veterinary Medicine not later than the end of the Easter Term preceding the examination and stipulating which modules are core and which are optional; and |
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a literature-based research project of between 5,000 to 6,000 words, including footnotes but excluding tables, appendices, and bibliography, on a subject approved by the Degree Committee for the Faculties of Clinical Medicine and Veterinary Medicine. |
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The General Board, on the recommendation of the Faculty Board of Clinical Medicine, gives notice that the regulations for the scheme of examination in the Postgraduate Diploma in Genomic Medicine have been amended so as to offer candidates a greater number of optional modules.
Regulation 2.
By revising the reference to ‘seven core modules, and one further module announced by the Degree Committee for the Faculties of Clinical Medicine and Veterinary Medicine, not later than the end of the Easter Term preceding the examination’ in the first sentence so as to read:
The scheme of examination for the Postgraduate Diploma in Genomic Medicine shall consist of eight modules chosen from a list of core and optional modules, to be announced by the Degree Committee for the Faculties of Clinical Medicine and Veterinary Medicine not later than the end of the Easter Term preceding the examination and stipulating which modules are core and which are optional.
The General Board, on the recommendation of the Faculty Board of Clinical Medicine, gives notice that the regulations for the scheme of examination in the Postgraduate Certificate in Genomic Medicine have been amended so as to include some choice of optional modules as well as core modules.
Regulation 2.
By removing the reference to ‘four core modules’ in the first sentence and replacing it with ‘four modules chosen from a list of core and optional modules’ so as to read:
The scheme of examination for the Postgraduate Certificate in Genomic Medicine shall consist of four modules chosen from a list of core and optional modules, to be announced by the Degree Committee for the Faculties of Clinical Medicine and Veterinary Medicine not later than the end of the Easter Term preceding the examination and stipulating which modules are core and which are optional.