Master of Philosophy in Social Anthropology
Differences from 2017/18 to 2020/21
The Social Sciences Divisional Board shall elect for the supervision of the course a Standing Committee, namely the Teaching Committee of the School of Anthropology, which shall have power to arrange lectures and other instruction. The course director shall be responsible to that committee.
The examination shall consist of the following:
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1. Qualifying Examination
Every candidate will be required to satisfy the examiners in an examination for which, if he or she passes at the appropriate level, he or she will be allowed to proceed to the second year of the M.Phil. Candidates must follow a course of instruction in Social Anthropology for at least three terms, and will, when entering for the examinations, be required to produce a certificate from their supervisor to this effect. The Qualifying Examination shall be taken in the Trinity Term of the academic year in which the candidate's name is first entered on the Register of M.Phil. students or, with the approval of the divisional board, in a subsequent year.
Each candidate will be required to satisfy the examiners in Part I (papers
I1 -IVon3) of the syllabus described in the Schedule for the M.Sc. in Social Anthropology, and governed by regulation 4 for that degree. -
2. 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 Teaching Committee, in a subsequent year.
Each candidate shall be required:
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(i) to present himself or herself for written examination or to submit for examination one coursework essay, as required for the course, in one of the optional areas or topics available for that year, other than that taken by the candidate in the M.Phil. Qualifying Examination the previous year;
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(ii)
WebLearnthe University approved online assessment platform not later than noon onTuesdayThursday of the fifth week of Trinity Term an essay of not more than 5,000 words in the field of general Social Anthropology, on a topic to be selected from a list set by the examiners at the beginning of the third week of Trinity Term; the essay must be anonymous, accompanied by confirmation that it is the candidate’’s own work, and submitted inWordelectronic file format; -
(iii) to submit a thesis in accordance with the regulations below;
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(iv) to present himself or herself for oral examination if required by the examiners.
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3. Thesis
15Each candidate shall be required to submit a thesis of not more than 30,000 words (excluding references and appendices) on a subject approved by the supervisor. He or she shall send to the Teaching Committee of the School of Anthropology, with the written approval of his or her supervisor, and on a form provided for that purpose,
TuesdayThursday of(three copies)must betypewrittensubmittedand delivered tovia theExaminationUniversitySchools,approvedHighonlineStreet,assessmentOxford,platform not later than noon onTuesdayThursday of the second week of the Trinity Full Terminof theacademicsecond yearin whichof theFinal Examination is takenM.Phil. Thedissertationthesis must be anonymous, accompanied by confirmation that it is the candidate's own work, and submitted in electronic file format. The thesis shall be provided with an abstract of up to 250 words, to be placed immediately after the title page. The word count shall be stated on theoutsidetitlefront coverpage of the thesis.The examiners shall require a successful candidate to deposit a copy of his or her thesis in the Tylor Library. If the thesis is superseded by a D.Phil. thesis by the same student partly using the same material, the Teaching Committee of the School of Anthropology may authorise the withdrawal of the M.Phil. thesis from the Tylor Library. Such candidates will be required to sign a form stating whether they give permission for their thesis to be consulted
.The examiners may award a distinction for excellence in the whole examination.If it is the opinion of the examiners that the work which has been required of a candidate is not of sufficient merit to qualify him or her for the Degree of M.Phil. the candidate shall be given the option of resitting the M.Phil. examination under the appropriate regulation.
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4. Resits
In order to pass the degree, a student must pass all its assessed components. Where one or more components are failed, the student will be given the opportunity to re-sit or re-submit them once, as the case may be. Any subsequent award of the degree on successful completion of all the assessed components may be delayed by up to three terms, i.e. until the Examination Board next meets.