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Course Structure

MA part I

Candidates choose fourth-year level subjects to the value of forty-eight points in the MA part I. All students must undertake two of the following core subjects:

and two other subjects, each of twelve points value from the list of elective subjects. With the permission of the director of the centre, students may be permitted to enrol for other subjects.

MA part II

In part II students who have chosen to undertake the MA by coursework select fifth-year subjects to the value of forty-eight points. Students who have already undertaken the core subjects in part I of the MA, choose all their subjects from the list of electives. Other students enrol in two of the following core subjects:

and two other subjects from the list of electives. With the permission of the director of the centre, students may be permitted to enrol for other subjects.

Students who are undertaking the MA by research enrol for the two core subjects (unless already undertaken for part I) at fifth-year level, each of eight points, plus a 66 per cent thesis of 25,000-35,000 words.

Elective subjects

While the core courses are compulsory, students can choose their other subjects from the following offerings in 1997. The availability of these subjects depends on staffing arrangements and enrolments.

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