Reporter 18/3/98: Regulations for Examinations: Musicology and Ethnomusicology M.Phil. (one-year course)

Examinations in Musicology and Ethnomusicology for the M.Phil. Degree (one-year course)

On the recommendation of the Faculty Board of Music, the General Board and the Board of Graduate Studies have approved the following changes in the course of study leading to the examination in Musicology for the M.Phil. Degree (one-year course) with effect from the academical year 1998-99. The course will be revised so as to include a taught component. Changes in the form of the examination will be introduced to reflect the revised course structure, and the regulations for the examination have accordingly been amended with effect from 1 October 1998. The present examination comprises two options, in Musicology and in Ethnomusicology; under the revised regulations these will be treated as two separate examinations.

The regulations for the examination in Musicology (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 475) have been replaced, with effect from 1 October 1998, by the following regulations for examinations in Musicology and Ethnomusicology:

MUSICOLOGY

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

(a)	a thesis of not more than 25,000 words in length (including tables, footnotes, and appendices, but excluding bibliography, musical examples, and transcriptions) on a subject in musicology approved by the Degree Committee for the Faculty of Music;
and
(b)	a critical study, of not less than 5,000 and not more than 7,500 words in length (excluding footnotes, bibliography, and musical examples), focusing on a specific text, method, or subject derived from material prescribed by the Degree Committee.

2. At the discretion of the Examiners the examination may include an oral examination on the thesis and the critical study submitted by the candidate and on the general field of knowledge within which they fall.

ETHNOMUSICOLOGY

1. The scheme of examination for the one-year course of study in Ethnomusicology for the degree of Master of Philosophy shall consist, at the choice of the candidate, of either Option A or Option B as follows:

Option A

(a)	a thesis of not more than 15,000 words in length (including tables, footnotes, and appendices, but excluding bibliography, musical examples, and transcriptions) on a subject in ethnomusicology approved by the Degree Committee for the Faculty of Music;

and

(b)	any two exercises chosen from among the alternatives specified in Regulation 2 below.

Option B

(a)	a thesis of not more than 25,000 words in length (including tables, footnotes, and appendices, but excluding bibliography, musical examples, and transcriptions) on a subject in ethnomusicology approved by the Degree Committee for the Faculty of Music;
and
(b)	any one exercise chosen from among the alternatives specified in Regulation 2 below.

2. The exercises required under sub-paragraph (b) of either Option A or Option B shall be chosen by the candidate from among the following alternatives:

(i)	a transcription and analysis of a piece or pieces of recorded music, which shall be chosen by the candidate subject to the approval of the Degree Committee;
(ii)	a written account of fieldwork undertaken by the candidate, accompanied by a collection of annotated sound recordings made by the candidate;
(iii)	a critical study, between 5,000 and 7,500 words in length (excluding footnotes, bibliography, and musical examples), in ethnomusicological theory and method;
(iv)	a critical study, between 5,000 and 7,500 words in length (excluding footnotes, bibliography, and musical examples), of a specific text, method, or subject derived from material prescribed by the Degree Committee.

The nature and the length of any fieldwork undertaken by a candidate in connexion with alternative (ii) shall be subject to the approval of the Degree Committee.

3. At the discretion of the Examiners the examination may include an oral examination on the thesis and the exercise or exercises submitted by the candidate and on the general field of knowledge within which they fall.

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