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No 6373

Wednesday 28 January 2015

Vol cxlv No 17

pp. 337–367

Form and conduct of examinations, 2015

Notices by Faculty Boards, or other bodies concerned, of changes to the form and conduct of certain examinations to be held in 2015, by comparison with those examinations in 2014, are published below. Complete details of the form and conduct of all examinations are available from the Faculties or Departments concerned.

Examinations in Conservation Leadership, Geographical Research, and Polar Studies for the degree of Master of Philosophy

The Faculty Board of Earth Sciences and Geography give notice that the form of the examination for 2014–15 will be as listed below.

1. Timetable of submission and weight of marks

M.Phil. in Conservation Leadership

Component

Item

Submission date

Weighting (%)

1

CL1: Conservation problems and practice course-work

15 January

10

CL6: Innovation for conservation leadership course-work

23 March

10

2

CL2: Conservation enterprise essay

1 April

10

CL3: Conservation management exercise

1 April

10

CL4: Communicating conservation exercise

22 April

10

CL5: Conservation governance essay

22 April

10

3

Placement report

26 August

40

M.Phil. in Geographical Research

Component

Item

Submission date

Weighting (%)

1

Geographical essay 1

27 April

13.33

Geographical essay 2

27 April

13.33

Joint schools essay

27 April

13.33

2

Joint schools ‘open-book’ online tests

Pass

3

Dissertation

25 August

60

M.Phil. in Polar Studies

Component

Item

Submission date

Weighting (%)

1

Essay 1

10 November

15

Essay 2

8 December

15

Essay 3

26 January

15

2

Thesis

11 June

55

2. Thesis subject area deadlines

The subject area of each thesis/project must be approved by the Degree Committee of Earth Sciences and Geography. The deadline for this is 4 February (2 February for M.Phil. in Polar Studies).

3. Oral examination (Vivas)

Each M.Phil. may include, at the discretion of the Examiners, an oral examination on the thesis/project that has been submitted, the general field of knowledge within which it falls, or other parts of the relevant M.Phil. course. All students must be available in Cambridge for an oral examination and must be in contact with the Graduate Office by telephone or email in order that arrangements can be made, if required. The dates of the oral examination (if required) are:

M.Phil. in Conservation Leadership

Tuesday, 15 September

M.Phil. in Geographical Research

Monday, 21 September

M.Phil. in Polar Studies

Tuesday, 15 September

4. Submission

Please check the course Handbook for the time of day you need to submit your essay or dissertation.

5. Pass requirements

In order to be awarded the Degree of Master of Philosophy candidates must achieve a total score of at least 60%. Furthermore, candidates are expected to pass all components by achieving a score of at least 60% of the marks allocated to the component. In the event that a candidate scores a marginal fail in one component of the examination, this may be compensated by an overall average of 60% or more.