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6 POSTGRADUATE REGULATIONS & SYLLABUSES 2012 - 2013 THE FACULTY OF HUMANITIES & EDUCATION 4. In some programmes, applicants may have to write an entrance examination or may have to do qualifying courses. In the latter instance, the student will be deemed to be a qualifying student. MPHIL/PHD PROGRAMMES Students will be considered for the MPhil/PhD programmes if they satisfy the following criteria: 1. Candidates seeking entry to the MPhil programme should hold a Bachelor’s degree (Upper Second Class Honours or above) in the area they wish to pursue. 2. Candidates seeking entry to the PhD programmes should hold a Master degree from an approved university, with a speciality in the area of study. 3. Students may be required to attend an interview prior to being accepted. 4. Students applying for MPhil or PhD degrees must prepare an appropriate research proposal for consideration. 5. All postgraduate students seeking a research degree are normally required to register first for the MPhil degree. 6. Later transfer to the PhD programme may be made if the M.Phil student’s supervisor and the Departmental Graduate Supervision Committee recommend it, and if the recommendation is supported by the Faculty’s Sub- Committee on Graduate Studies and approved by the Board for Graduate Studies. Criteria for Admission (cont’d) Qualifying Examinations a. An applicant may be: • admitted without a Qualifying Examination • required to pass a Qualifying Examination before being fully registered for postgraduate studies • refused admission. b. The nature of the Qualifying Examination shall be determined by the Department to which the candidate requires admission, but shall be subject to the Faculty Sub- Committee on Graduate Studies. c. A candidate who fails a required Qualifying Examination will not normally be permitted to re-sit the examination. PART-TIME STUDIES 1. Students may be registered for full-time or part-time studies. No student may be registered for full-time studies if he spends an average of nine or more hours a week in paid employment. 2. Regulations concerning the length of periods of study for the award of postgraduate degrees to part-time students are given in the relevant sections below. In every other respect, e.g., qualifications for admission, attendance at seminars, conditions of award of the degree, etc., part-time students are subject to the same regulations as full-time students. SUPERVISION 1. Whenever possible, each Department, or appropriate unit within a Department, shall have a Graduate Supervision Committee. 2. The Graduate Supervision Committee shall propose to the Faculty Sub-Committee for Graduate Studies a Supervisor or Supervisors of experience appropriate to the proposed field of study of each candidate. 3. Postgraduate students are required to consult with their Supervisor(s) in person, at intervals to be specified by the Supervisor(s) but normally not less than once a term. However, a candidate not resident in the same territory as his Supervisor(s) may be permitted to report in writing, except that a candidate who does not already hold a degree from this university, is required to have face-to-face contact with his Supervisor(s) at least twice during his first year of registration. THESES AND DISSERTATIONS Theses and dissertations presented for a post-graduate degree in this Faculty must be written according to the stylistic conventions adopted and prescribed by the relevant School, Department, or Unit. ORAL EXAMINATIONS The oral examination of a candidate presenting a thesis or dissertation will be chaired by the Chairman of the Faculty Sub- Committee for Graduate Studies, or his nominee, who will also be responsible for seeing that a report on the examination is prepared. The report shall be signed by all the Examiners present and the Chairman, and forwarded to the Board for Graduate Studies. EXAMINATIONS AND PROGRESS Qualifying Examinations: Candidates will not normally be allowed to repeat Qualifying Examinations. A full-time candidate failing more than two courses in any one semester will normally be required to withdraw. A part-time candidate failing more than half of the courses for which he/she is registered over an academic year will normally be required to withdraw.
POSTGRADUATE REGULATIONS & SYLLABUSES 2012 - 2013 THE FACULTY OF HUMANITIES & EDUCATION Repeats: A candidate failing both the examination and coursework components of a course will be required to repeat the course. Re-sit: A candidate failing either the coursework or examination component of a course will normally be required to resit only that part of the course in which the failure occurred. However, where failure in any component is at a mark of less than one third of the passing mark, the student will be required to repeat the entire course. In the instance where a student fails the coursework component, and where the component is a project/report that was submitted for examination, the student will be required to resubmit that coursework component for examination by the end of the following semester. A student who fails to submit the project in accordance with this requirement will be deemed to have failed the assignment. Where the coursework is by examination, the student will be required to resit the coursework examination when it is next offered. Examiners may put oral questions to candidates to assist in their Assessment. Where such oral examinations are to be offered to candidates failing the examination component of a course, such an examination will normally be offered only when the student fails the examination by no more than five marks. Qualifying Candidates 1. In accordance with the Regulations, the Faculty of Humanities and Education will continue to apply Regulation 67 to the extent that Qualifying candidates must pass all their qualifying courses at the first attemp. On failing to so do, they will be asked to withdraw. 2. Candidates are reminded that the pass mark for a qualifying course is 50% in both coursework and examination components. 3. In the instance where a student would have passed all but one of the qualifying courses, and where in that one course the mark attained was between 45-49%, an oral examination may be offered towards further assessing the qualifying candidate as part of the first attempt at the course. To this end, Regulation 67 is not violated. If the candidate refuses such an oral examination or fails the oral examination, then Regulation 67 will be applied and the candidate asked to withdraw. Time Limits MA Project Submission Full-time candidates are normally required to submit their project reports within nine months of having been advised to proceed to project. Part-time candidates would normally be required to do so within twelve months. Failure to submit in accordance with this regulation will result in the student being required to withdraw. A candidate who fails to submit in accordance with the above regulation can apply and make a case to the Board for Graduate Studies and Research for an extension. Extensions, when granted, will be for a period of no more than three months. A candidate who fails to submit following an extension will be required to withdraw. A candidate who fails a project report will be allowed to resubmit within six months following notification of failure. Candidates will only be allowed one resubmission. A candidate who fails to resubmit the project report within the stipulated time will be required to withdraw. Other Withdrawal Requirements A candidate who resubmits a project report and is still deemed to have failed that project will be required to withdraw. REQUIREMENTS FOR COMPLETION OF AN MPHIL DEGREE 1. a. A candidate may be required to attend courses during the period of registration, and may be required to write examinations. Such requirements must be approved by the Faculty Sub-committee at the time of registration of the student. b. A candidate registered for full-time studies will be required to present a thesis on an approved subject not less than 2 years and not more than 3 years after full registration. c. Part-time candidates will be required to present their thesis not less than 3 years and not more than 7 years after full registration. 2. The length of the thesis shall be in accordance with specifications laid down by the Departments of the Faculty, but should not normally exceed 50,000 words excluding footnotes and appendices. 3. A candidate may be required to take an oral examination on the general field of study and on the thesis. If the External Examiner is unable to be present at the oral examination, his written report should be made available to the other examiners at the oral examination. Exemption from the oral examination shall be at the discretion of the Chairman of the Board for Graduate Studies on the recommendation of the Board of Examiners. 4. A candidate, after consideration of his thesis by the Board of Examiners and, where relevant, the oral examination may be: • recommended to Senate for the award of the degree • required to resubmit the thesis and repeat the oral examination on one subsequent occasion within 18 months from the decision of University Board for Graduate Studies • failed outright. 7
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