Course Handbook - Faculty of History

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1.1 INTRODUCTORY WELCOME LETTER October 2010 May we offer you a warm welcome to Cambridge, and to the MPhil in Medieval History, which we hope you will enjoy over the coming year. The MPhil serves two purposes. It is a degree in itself, acquainting you with scholarly practice and giving you the opportunity to do an extended piece of independent research. It also provides research training for the PhD. In Part I, before you proceed to your specialised research in the second part, the course is designed to provide you with a broad general knowledge of the field in which you will do your dissertation, and the ancillary skills you will need for your dissertation and, more generally, for research in medieval history. The subject classes in Part I are designed to introduce you both to the broader issues within your chosen period and to different categories of source material and problems in their interpretation. It is absolutely essential, regardless of your own research interests, that you do the work for these classes. All of it will prove relevant in some way and without this broad knowledge your view will be too narrow and your research may well suffer, both in the MPhil and if you move on to do a PhD. At the end of both Parts of the course, we will ask you to fill in a Feedback Questionnaire, which is very important for us in monitoring the course and enabling us to make improvements in future years. May I urge you strongly to take the time to fill in these questionnaires, without which it is difficult for us to assess how well the different parts of the course are fulfilling their objectives. Please read all the papers in this portfolio. All future letters will be sent to you at your college address unless you specifically tell the MPhil Office that you want them sent elsewhere. It is very important, therefore, that you get into the habit of checking your pigeonhole, and your e-mail, regularly. This handbook is designed to give you full information about the course, how it is taught and examined, where you need to be and what work you need to do and when. For information about contact points within both the university and faculty, library and computing facilities, supervision, graduate training, financial assistance, maps and useful web addresses, please consult the Faculty of History General Graduate Handbook 2010. For contact details for the course, and whom you should approach in the event of any problems, see below Section 9, pages 24-26. Please complete the reply form at the back of the handbook, and return it to the MPhil Office as soon as possible. Please consult the checklist in Section 1.2 for a list of the key meetings in the first week of term. Your attention is also drawn to the general timetable (2). For details of place of meetings you need to consult the sections describing each course in detail. All classes are in the History Faculty unless otherwise indicated. Full details of the classes in Part I are in Sections 3 to 5. Information on the examination of Part I is to be found in Section 6. Section 7 describes Part II. Finally, if you have not already done so, you should now get in touch with your supervisor for the year. If you find it impossible to get in touch with him or her please let the MPhil Office know. May we wish you the very best of success on the course, in the hope that you will both enjoy it and make the most of the facilities available to you in Cambridge. Prof M C Carpenter, Chairman, MPhil Sub-Committee 1
1.2 CHECKLIST AND TIMETABLE FOR WEEK 1 Return reply form at the back of the handbook Inform MPhil office of your address, if you do not wish letters to be sent to your college Inform the MPhil office of your email address Contact your supervisor (problems? Contact the MPhil office) Inform Prof MC Carpenter if you have not received notification of the Medieval Research Seminar on Monday 4th October, or if you believe you have been left off the mailing list Decide on codicology course and inform Dr Webber in writing (at Trinity College, or email mtjw2@cam.ac.uk) by Friday 8 October Read the Faculty of History General Graduate Handbook online for information about other training opportunities (Key contact details are to be found in Section 9.6; see also Section 8.1 on the MPhil Office.) Michaelmas Term - 2010 All Options: week 1 Day No of Date Time Title Lecturers Classes from Mon 1 4 Oct 12 Noon INDUCTION MEETING Prof M C Carpenter, Dr T Webber and Option Leaders Wed 1 6 Oct 5-6 Latin test Dr N Wright Thurs 1 7 Oct 2-3 Tour of the University Miss M McCarthy Library (Option 1) (Meet in the foyer of the UL) Thurs 1 7 Oct 2-3 Tour of the University Mr Lars Kjaer Library (Option 2) (Meet in the foyer of the UL) Thurs 1 7 Oct 2-3 Tour of the University Dr Alex Sapoznik Library (Option 3) (Meet in the foyer of the UL) Note that all sessions are in the Faculty unless otherwise indicated in the detailed information in the handbook. 1.3 THE CAMBRIDGE TERMS AND RESIDENCE REQUIREMENTS The academical year in Cambridge is divided into three terms, Michaelmas, Lent and Easter; in each term, the teaching takes place only in the nine-week period known as ‘Full Term’. The dates for the current year are Michaelmas Term: Tuesday 5 Oct. - Friday 3 December 2010, Lent Term: Tuesday 18 January - Friday 18 March 2011, Easter Term: Tuesday 26 April - Friday 17 June 2011. The University requires that all students ‘keep’ three terms of residence before they can be awarded a degree. During the Christmas and Easter Vacations lectures and classes do not occur and undergraduates are not in residence. Graduate students are required to remain in residence continuously throughout the academical year, and are expected to work on their research essays and dissertation during the Christmas and Easter ‘vacations’, apart perhaps from brief holiday breaks. Residing in Cambridge means, for research students and those taking most other graduate courses, living within 10 miles from the centre of the city. (It is your College which must certify to the University that you have fulfilled the residence requirements. If you have further questions, or need fuller information, you should contact your College authorities.) If, for any reason, you need to be away from Cambridge during the year for research or personal reasons, you will need to inform your supervisor and College Tutor of your absence. It cannot be emphasised too strongly that the MPhil course has a very tight timetable, and that it is vital that you work consistently throughout your course. 2
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