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Gazette 18 November 2021

Duplicate of notice published on 28 October 2021. See the Humanities Division Board notice in the Gazette for further information.

Gazette 28 October 2021

Changes made to the submission date for approval of essay titles for Islamic Art and Architecture. See the Humanities Division Board notice in the Gazette for further information.

Gazette 14 October 2021 - Correction notice

Correction to the MPhil regulations relating to the assessment format for an assessment for Jewish Studies published in the Gazette on 21 July 2021.

See the Humanities Divisional Board notice in the Gazette for further information.

Gazette 22 July 2021

(i) Changes to section iii, Modern Middle Eastern Studies. Simplification of languages and language levels available to candidates.

(ii) Change to section vii, Islamic Art and Architecture. Offering further languages for study. Correcting errors in submission dates and adding missing information, which seem to have resulted from the recent overhaul of the degree.

(iii) Provision for electronic submission via approved University online assessment platform for all taught programmes.

See the Education Committee and relevant division notices in the Gazette for further information.

Gazette 25 March 2021

1) Move from in-person submission of assessments to online submission
2) Change of exam date for qualifying examination in Classical Indian Religion, Jewish Studies, and Modern Middle Eastern Studies from HT to TT
3) Disclaimers about availability of courses and submission information removed from specific sections and moved to the top of the document
4) General tidy-up, removing duplications, use of gender-neutral pronouns

See the Humanities Divisional Board notice in the Gazette for further information.

Gazette 4 March 2021

Change to exam date of qualifying examination. See the Humanities Divisional Board notice in the Gazette for further information.

Gazette 24 September 2020

Change of subject title and streamlining of assessment. See the Humanities Divisional Board notice in the Gazette for further information.

Gazette 13 February 2020

Clarification of language requirements for qualifying exam and assessment requirements for Jewish Studies strand. See the Humanities Divisional Board notice in the Gazette for further information.

Gazette 26 September 2019

Addition of language option. For further information see the Humanities Divisional Board notice in the Gazette.

Technical Edit 23 September 2019

Removal of text marked for students starting before MT2018.

Technical Edit 17 September 2018

Removal of text marked for students starting before MT 2017.

Gazette 19 July 2018

Introduction of additional options in Egyptian.  See the Humanities Divisional Board notice in the Gazette for furher details.

Gazette 21 June 2018

(i) Removal of the award of distinction as it is included in the general regulations, and clarification of assessment structure for Classical Indian Religion.

(ii) Renaming of Modern Jewish Studies to Jewish Studies.

See the Humanities Divisional Board notice in the Gazette for further details.

Gazette 24 May 2018

Removal of information about Modern Chinese Studies and Modern South Asian Studies for those students studying from MT2018 as these are now listed separately in the Examination Regulations.  See the Humanities Divisional Board notice in the Gazette for further details.

Technical Edit 22 March 2018

Correction of error in processing of 20 July 2017 Gazette notice. 'Friday Thursday of week 8 of Michaelmas term' changed to 'Thursday of week 8 of Michaelmas term' in clause B4 of section (i) Cuneiform Studies.

Gazette 21 September 2017

Correction to notice of 20 July re. (ix) Islamic Studies and History.

For further details see Humanities Divisional Board notice in the Gazette.

Technical Edit 10 August 2017

Removal of text marked 'Until MT17'. Removal of tags 'For students starting from MT 2016'.

Gazette 20 July 2017

Change in assessment structure for Cuneiform Studies, Egyptology, Islamic Art and Archaeology; Islamic Studies and History, Tibetan and Himalayan Studies streams; revisions for clarity and consistency; removal of footnotes and obsolete references. See the Humanities Board notice in the Gazette for details.

23 February 2017 Technical Edit

Removal of text marked for students starting before MT 2014 and before MT 2015.

Relinking of footnote reference points to footnote text.

Gazette 21 July 2016

The course is now under the sole ownership of the Board of the Faculty of Oriental Studies. See the Humanities Divisional Board in the Gazette for further information.