Summary outline of MPhil in Global and Area Studies Programme

 

Component

Course

Weight (%)

Term

Contact

Assessment

 

Competing

 

 

 

 

 

 

7.5

MT

 

 

 

Approaches in

 

 

16

3-hour Exam

 

 

(Y1)

(Y1)

 

 

Area Studies

Area Studies

 

 

 

 

Core (15%)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Global and Area

7.5

HT

 

4,000 word

 

 

 

 

16

 

 

Studies Seminar

(Y1)

(Y1)

 

essay

Comparative Area Studies Core:

7.5

HT

 

3-hour Exam or essay,

 

 

 

16

 

Paper (7.5%)

(Y1)

(Y1)

 

per course

Research

Qualitative

7.5

MT

 

Take home exam

 

 

 

 

16

 

Methods (7.5%)

Methods

(Y1)

(Y1)

 

(2,500 word)

 

Quantitative

 

HT

 

Take home exam

Research

 

 

 

24

 

 

Methods

 

(Y1)

 

(2,500 word)

Methods

 

7.5

 

 

 

(choose 1 from)

 

(Y1)

 

 

 

 

Historical

 

 

 

 

(7.5%)

 

 

HT

 

2,500 word

 

Research

 

(Y1)

16

essay

 

Methods

 

 

 

 

Research

 

 

 

 

 

Research

 

TT

 

4,000 word

Methods
(formative only)

Proposal

NA

  (Y1) 

NA

proposal

 

22.5

 

 

3-hour

Options (choose 3)

 

 

 

 

 

(Y1 x 1 /

 

48

exam or

(22.5%)

 

 

 

 

 

Y2 x 2)

 

 

essay

 

 

 

 

30,000 word

Thesis

40.0

Y1-Y2

20-30

thesis

 

 

MT

 

 

Area Studies Immersion

NA

 

NA

NA

 

 

(Y1)

 

 

 

Notes: MT = Michaelmas Term (October – December); HT = Hilary Term (January – March); Y1 = Year 1; Y2 = Year 2; Contact refers to a guide for actual contact hours, excluding thesis supervision and additional training related to the development of the research thesis.