Reporter 22/7/98: Examination in Development Studies for the M.Phil. Degree (one-year course), 1999: Notice

Examination in Development Studies for the M.Phil. Degree (one-year course), 1999: Notice

The Development Studies Committee give notice that in the academical year 1998-99 the subjects for the examination in Development Studies for the M.Phil. Degree (one-year course) will be as follows:

Group 1

1	Development economics
	This paper will be examined by means of a three-hour written paper
2	Institutions and development
	For candidates not taking Paper 1 above, this paper will be examined by a three-hour written paper. For candidates taking Paper 1 above, this paper will be examined by means of:

either	(a)	a three-hour written examination
or	(b)	a 10,000-word essay

3	Sociology and politics of development
	This paper will be examined by means of two essays of 5,000 words each

Group 2

10	Quantitative methods in economics and finance (Subject 301 from the examination in Economics)
11	Topics in industrial economics (Subject 410 from the examination in Economics)
12	The economics of poor countries (Subject 501 from the examination in Economics)
13	Financial organizations and economic growth (Subject 520 from the examination in Economics)
14	Philosophical issues in economics (Subject 650 from the examination in Economics)
15	Methodology of economics (Subject 660 from the examination in Economics)
16	National planning and economic policy (Subject 5 from the examination in Land Economy)
17	Agriculture, food, and land policies in low-income countries (Subject 6 from the examination in Land Economy)
18	Social anthropology and development (Special Option from the examination in Latin-American Studies)
19	Methods of social research (Subject approved under Regulation 2(a) for the examination in Sociology and Politics of Modern Society)
20	Sociology and politics of Latin America (Paper 5 from the examination in Latin-American Studies)
21	The African development experience

The Committee give notice that in the examination to be held in 1999 the papers of Group 2 will be examined as follows:

Paper 10 will be examined by means of a three-hour written paper and a project
Paper 11 will be examined by means of one 4,000-word and two 2,000-word essays
Paper 12 will be examined by a two-hour written paper and one 6,000-word essay
Papers 13, 15, 18, 19, 20, and 21 will be examined by means of two 5,000-word essays
Paper 14 will be examined by means of four 2,000-word essays
Papers 16 and 17 will be examined by means of a three-hour written paper

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