Oxford
University Gazette, 3 June 2010: Examinations and
Boards
Changes in Regulations
With the approval, where appropriate, of the Education
Committee of Council, and, where applicable, of the
Humanities Board, the following changes in regulations made
by the Social Sciences Board and the Oriental Studies
Board will come into effect on 18
June.
1 Social Sciences Board
M.Phil in Comparative Social Policy
With effect from 1 October 2010 (for first examination in
2011)
1 In Examination
Regulations, 2009, p. 493, l. 45, delete 'third' and
insert 'sixth'.
2 Ibid, p. 494, l. 7, delete 'third' and
insert 'sixth'.
2 Oriental Studies Board
M.Phil in Oriental Studies (xv) Traditional East Asia:
Classical, Medieval, and Early Modern
With effect from 1 October 2011 (for first examination in
2012)
1 In Examination
Regulations, 2008, p. 559, after l. 36, insert:
'(xv) Traditional East Asia: Classical, Medieval, and
Early Modern.'
2 Ibid, p. 560, l. 2, after 'or
literature.' insert: 'For subject (xv) Traditional East Asia:
Classical, Medieval, and Early Modern, candidates must
satisfy the person appointed by the board to interview them
that they possess a good proficiency (normally at least two
years' study or equivalent) in modern Chinese, Japanese or
Korean.'
3 Ibid., l. 22, delete 'and'.
4 Ibid, l. 24, after 'taken' insert ';
and (xv) below, in which the thesis should be presented not
later than noon of Friday of the Fifth Week of Trinity Term
in which the examination is taken.'
5 Ibid., p. 576, after l. 33, insert:
'(xv) Traditional East Asia: Classical, Medieval, and
Early Modern
I. Qualifying Examination
Every candidate will be required, unless exempted by the
Board of the Faculty of Oriental Studies, to satisfy the
examiners in an examination, to be known as the Qualifying
Examination for the M.Phil in Traditional East Asia:
Classical, Medieval, and Early Modern, not later than the end
of the third term after that in which the candidate's name is
first entered on the Register of M.Phil Students. All
candidates must offer:
1. A language examination in modern Chinese or modern
Japanese or modern Korean
2. A language examination in classical Chinese or
classical Japanese or middle Korean
3. A written examination in Traditional East Asia
4. Three submitted essays on traditional East Asia. The
essays, which must be of not more than 2,500 words each, must
be written by the candidate, one in each of the three terms
of the first year, and must be chosen by the candidate to
represent the candidate's best written performance in that
term. Each essay must be submitted to the Examination
Schools, High Street, Oxford, by 12 noon on the Friday of
Eighth Week of the term in which the paper is taught.
II. Final Examination
This shall be taken in the Trinity Term of the academic
year following that in which the candidate's name is first
entered on the Register of M.Phil Students or, with the
approval of the faculty board, in a subsequent year. All
candidates must offer:
1. Prescribed texts in one of the following: (i) Classical
Chinese; (ii) Classical Japanese; (iii) Middle Korean; (iv)
Classical Chinese and Classical Japanese; (v) Classical
Chinese and Middle Korean.
2. Research Bibliography and Methodology on one of the
following: (i) China; (ii) Japan; (iii) Korea. This paper
will be set as a take-home examination. The answer or answers
should be typed and presented in proper scholarly form. The
question paper will be distributed to candidates in the
Oriental Institute at 10 a.m. on Monday of Eighth Week of the
Trinity Term in which the Final Examination is to be taken.
The completed examination must be handed in to the
Examination Schools no later than 12 noon on Friday of the
same week.
3. Thesis. Candidates must submit a thesis of not be more
than 30,000 words on a subject selected by the candidate in
consultation with his or her supervisor and approved by the
Board of the Faculty of Oriental Studies.*
4. The examiners will also examine every candidate viva
voce unless excused.'
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