Master of Science by Coursework in Social Anthropology
Differences from 2019/20 to 2021/22
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1. 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.
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2. Candidates must follow a course of instruction in Social and Cultural 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.
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3. Candidates will be required to present themselves for written and (if requested) oral examinations and to submit written work for assessment, including a dissertation in prescribed form on an approved topic as defined below.
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4. Three papers will be taken to constitute Part I of the degree, as follows. Paper 1 will be examined by one coursework essay and by one three-hour paper; Papers 2 and 3 (options) will each be examined either by coursework essay or by one three-hour paper. The dissertation will be taken to constitute Part II of the degree. A candidate who fails any of the component parts of the examination may re-take or re-submit that part of the examination on one occasion only. At the close of the written examinations, the examiners will publish a list of those who have satisfied them in Part I.
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5. The assessed written work will consist of:
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(i) one essay of no more than 5,000 words for Paper 1, for which a list of essay titles will be announced no later than Friday of the seventh week of Michaelmas Term. The essay must be
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(ii) a dissertation of no more than 10,000 words, on a subject selected in consultation with the supervisor and approved by the Chair of Examiners.
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6. The dissertation must be
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7. The written examination will consist of one three-hour paper for Paper 1. Papers 2 and 3 (options) may each be assessed either by one 3-hour paper or by coursework essay. For those taking Papers 2 and 3 assessed by coursework essay, each essay must be
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Schedule
Students must satisfy the examiners in three papers, one of a general nature and two options.
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1. Theories, Approaches and Themes in Social Anthropology
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2. Option Paper I
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3. Option Paper II
Paper 1 is examined by assessed essay submitted in Hilary Term and by one three-hour paper sat in Trinity Term. The two option papers (Papers 2 and 3 above) may be examined by assessed essay or by a three-hour sat examination, and must be selected from the list of options offered.
Options offered may vary from year to year. The list for the current academic year will be issued by the Director of Graduate Studies or his or her delegate by the end of the third week of Michaelmas term.
