Examination Regulations
Changes to Examination Regulations this week
Humanities Board
Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, MPhil
(a) amendment to assessment mode for Jewish Studies in the Graeco-Roman Period
(b) minor change to chronological bracket of final examination
Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, FHS
Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, Prelims
(a) renaming of Ancient and Near Eastern Studies degree to Assyriology
(b) renaming of Ancient and Near Eastern Studies and Egyptology degree to Egyptology
Digital Scholarship, MSc
(a) to bring text of regulations in line with actual practice
(b) to add maximum dissertation word count
Jewish Studies in the Graeco-Roman Period, MSt
(a) amendment to assessment mode
(b) deletion of list of options
(c) deletion of admissions information
Literae Humaniores, FHS
(a) change to mode of assessment for an option paper
(b) updating of allowed paper combinations
Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies, MSt
(a) to simplify process by which candidates may take optional courses not otherwise offered
(b) to remove other text in regulations to better represent actual practice
Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences Board
Computer Science, Prelims
Mathematics and Computer Science, Prelims
minor amendment to assessment
Computer Science and Philosophy, Prelims
(a) minor amendment to assessment
(b) correction of typographical errors
This year's changes
- Conduct of University Examinations, Regulations – Part 13: 26 September
- DPhil, General Regulations: 31 October
- MLitt, General Regulations: 31 October
- MSc (Research), General Regulations: 31 October
- Research Degrees, General Governing Regulations: 31 October
- Criminology and Criminal Justice:
- History of Art:
- Nature, Society and Environmental Governance
- content to be added as it is published
- Asian and Middle Eastern Studies:
- MPhils: 26 September (i), 26 September (ii), 12 June
- FHS: 26 September, 12 June
- Celtic Studies, MSt: 26 September
- Classics, Research Degree: 26 September
- Classics and Modern Languages, FHS: 26 September
- Digital Scholarship, MSc, 12 June
- English and Modern Languages, Prelims: 26 September
- History, MSt (part time): 26 September
- History and Economics, FHS: 26 September
- History and English, FHS: 26 September
- History and Modern Languages:
- Jewish Studies in the Graeco-Roman Period, MSt: 12 June
- Literae Humaniores, FHS: 12 June
- Linguistics, Philology and Phonetics, MPhil: 15 May
- Modern Languages:
- Philosophy and Modern Languages:
- Theology, MPhil: 26 September
- Theology and Religion, PGDip: 26 September
- Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies, MSt: 12 June
- Advanced Computer Science, MSc: 26 September; 24 April
- Biological Sciences (Plant Sciences and Zoology), Research Degrees, 16 January
- Biology, FHS, 16 January
- Computer Science, Prelims: 12 June
- Computer Science and Philosophy, Prelims: 26 September, 12 June
- Chemistry, FHS, 29 May
- Mathematical Modelling and Scientific Computing, MSc, 6 March
- Mathematics and Computer Science, Prelims: 12 June
- Mathematics and Foundations of Computer Science, MSc: 26 September
- Theoretical and Computational Chemistry, MSc: 26 September; 24 April
- Cell and Systems Biology, FHS and Neuroscience, FHS, 6 March
- Clinical Trials, MSc, 29 May
- International Health and Tropical Medicine, MSc: 26 September
- Medical Sciences Division, research degrees: 24 October
- Medicine:
- Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, FHS: 26 September; 24 April
- Sleep Medicine:
- Archaeological Science:
- Blavatnik School of Government, Research Degrees, 24 April
- Business Administration:
- Comparative Social Policy:
- Criminology and Criminal Justice
- Development Studies, MPhil: 26 September; 31 October
- Economics:
- Economics and Management, FHS: 26 September
- Education:
- Evidence-Based Social Intervention and Policy Evaluation:
- MSc: 26 September
- MPhil: 26 September, 13 February
- Finance:
- Geography, Research Degrees: 10 October
- Global and Area Studies, MPhil: 7 November
- Global Governance and Diplomacy, MSc: 31 October
- Grand Union Doctoral Training Partnership, 13 March
- Human Sciences, FHS: 26 September
- International Development, Research Degrees: 10 October
- International Relations, MPhil: 26 September
- Latin American Studies, MSc: 21 November
- Law, Research Degrees: 10 October
- Law and Finance, MSc: 26 September
- Legal Studies, Dip: 29 May
- Migration Studies, MSc: 31 October
- Modern South Asian Studies, MPhil: 26 September, 21 November
- Nature, Society and Environmental Governance
- Oxford Internet Institute, Research Degrees: 10 October
- Political Theory Research, MSc: 26 September
- Politics, MPhil: 26 September
- Politics and International Relations, Research Degrees: 10 October
- Politics Research, MSc: 26 September
- Refugee and Forced Migration Studies, MSc: 31 October
- Social Science of the Internet, MSc:
- full time: 31 October
- part time: 31 October (i), 31 October (ii)
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