(Statutes and Ordinances, p. 479)
The General Board, on the recommendation of the Board of Land Economy, and with the concurrence of the Board of Graduate Studies, have agreed to rescind the regulations for Option B of the examination in Land Economy for the M.Phil. Degree; this option will be replaced by a new examination in Land Economy Research for the degree of Master of Philosophy with effect from 1 October 2007. Special regulations for the new examination in Land Economy Research have been approved as set out below.
The regulations for Option A of the examination in Land Economy are unamended except to remove the reference to this option. The revised regulations for this examination are as follows:
The scheme of examination for the one-year course of study in Land Economy for the degree of Master of Philosophy shall consist of a thesis, of not more than 30,000 words1 in length, including diagrams, footnotes, and appendices, but excluding bibliography, on a subject approved by the Degree Committee for the Department of Land Economy. The examination shall include an oral examination on the thesis, and on the general field of knowledge within which it falls.
The scheme of examination for the one-year course of study in Land Economy Research for the degree of Master of Philosophy shall be as follows:
1. The Degree Committee for Land Economy shall publish, not later than the end of the Easter Term each year, a list of modules for the examination to be held in the academical year next following. In publishing the list the Degree Committee shall announce the method of examination of each module which may include a written examination, a long essay, shorter essays, project work, or a combination of these; they shall specify the limits to be placed on the length of any essays and project work.
2. Each candidate shall offer:
| (a) one essay of not more than 4,000 words and one workbook of assessment of materials on research methods on topics announced by the Degree Committee; | |
| (b) two modules chosen by the candidate with the approval of the Degree Committee from the list of modules published under Regulation 1; | |
| (c) a dissertation of not more than 20,000 words1 in length, including diagrams, footnotes, and appendices, but excluding bibliography, on a topic approved by the Degree Committee. |
3. The examination shall include an oral examination on the work submitted by the candidate under Regulation 2 and on the more general field of knowledge within which it falls; save that the Examiners may, at their discretion, waive the requirements for an oral examination.
1 One A4 page consisting largely of statistics or symbols shall be regarded as the equivalent of 250 words.