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No 6524

Wednesday 31 October 2018

Vol cxlix No 6

pp. 86–104

Regulations for examinations

Economic Research for the M.Phil. Degree

(Statutes and Ordinances, p. 523)

With effect from 1 October 2019

The General Board, on the recommendation of the Faculty Board of Economics, has approved an amendment to the regulations for the examination in Economic Research for the degree of Master of Philosophy by advanced study, so as to include projects and class presentations in addition to written papers, and to give students the option to choose between a dissertation or paper examined by examination or project work.

Regulation 1.

By amending Regulation 1(a) so as to read:

(a)seven compulsory and one additional module, selected from a list of core and optional modules published by the Degree Committee for the Faculty of Economics, which shall be examined by written papers, projects, or class presentations;

Economics for the M.Phil. Degree

(Statutes and Ordinances, p. 524)

With effect from 1 October 2019

The General Board, on the recommendation of the Faculty Board of Economics, has approved an amendment to the regulations for the examination in Economics for the degree of Master of Philosophy by advanced study, so as to include projects and class presentations in addition to written papers, and to give students the option to choose between a dissertation or paper examined by examination or project work.

Regulation 1.

By amending Regulation 1(a) so as to read:

(a)six compulsory and two additional modules, selected from a list of core and optional modules published by the Degree Committee for the Faculty of Economics, which shall be examined by written papers, projects, or class presentations;

Finance and Economics for the M.Phil. Degree

(Statutes and Ordinances, p. 528)

With effect from 1 October 2019

The General Board, on the recommendation of the Faculty Board of Economics, has approved an amendment to the regulations for the examination in Finance and Economics for the degree of Master of Philosophy by advanced study, so as to include projects and class presentations in addition to written papers, and to give students the option to choose between a dissertation or paper examined by examination or project work.

Regulation 1.

By amending Regulation 1(a) to read:

(a)six compulsory and two additional modules, selected from a list of core and optional modules published by the Degree Committee for the Faculty of Economics, which shall be examined by written papers, projects, or class presentations;

Modern South Asian Studies for the M.Phil. Degree

(Statutes and Ordinances, p. 537)

With immediate effect

The General Board, on the recommendation of the Degree Committee for the Department of Politics and International Studies, has approved an amendment to the regulations for the examination in Modern South Asian Studies for the degree of Master of Philosophy by advanced study, so as to add a progression hurdle in the form of a formative essay.

By inserting a new Regulation 3 as follows:

3. In order to proceed to the examination, candidates must submit a formative essay of 1,500–2,000 words on a topic agreed with the candidates’ supervisors.

The Degree Committee for the Department of Politics and International Studies is satisfied that no candidate’s preparation for the examination will be adversely affected by this change.