Latin American Studies

In your first year, you will take three courses in preparation for examination in three written papers at the end of Trinity term in the year of registration. Additionally, you will be required to attend and participate in the research methods course organised in collaboration with other units from the School of Interdisciplinary Area Studies, and to satisfy the assessment criteria for that course. 

• MSc in Latin American Studies

During the first year, you will also work with your supervisor on your thesis proposal and preparation for field work.  You will write a number of essays to be arranged with the various tutors of each of the courses. You will be required to submit five of these marked essays to the Latin American Centre (LAC) Administrator (three by the beginning of Hilary term and a further two by the beginning of Trinity term). The timetable and subject of the essays should be arranged with the tutors of the respective courses.  Examinations at the end of the first year will serve to qualify for entry to the second year of the course.

In the second year, you will be expected to write a thesis of not more than 30,000 words, including footnotes and appendices, but excluding bibliography. The assessment of the thesis constitutes 33.3%, or the equivalent of two examination papers.

You will sit one additional examination paper, or with the permission of your supervisor, the LAC Administrator and the relevant department, you may take a methodology or other examination paper from another MPhil of the University of Oxford as appropriate. In the second year, you will be required to attend a viva voce as part of the examinations process.