Version Log

This page contains information on the changes to Honour School of Oriental Studies since 1 July 2016

Technical Edit 20 September 2019

Removal of text marked for students starting before MT2017.

Gazette 04 July 2019

Removal of details to course handbook.  See the Humanities Divisional Board notice in the Gazette for furher information.

Technical Edit 28 January 2019

Removal of text marked for students starting before MT2016.

Gazette 6 December 2018

Minor correction to notice of 11 October 2018. See the Humanities Divisional Board Notice in the Gazette for further details.

Gazette 11 October 2018

Restructuring and renaming of a subsidiary language.  See the Humanities Divisional Board notice in the Gazette for further details.

Gazette 20 September 2018

Change of paper title.  See the Humanities Divisional Board notice in the Gazette for further details.

Gazette 19 July 2018

See the Humanities Divisional Board notice in the Gazette for further details.

  • (i) Dissertation made compulsory in Turkish only or with a subsidiary language.

  • (ii) Dissertation made compulsory for students of Arabic who elect to study a subsidiary language.

Gazette 28 September 2017

Amendment to description of essay requirements for Jewish Studies.

For further details see Humanities Divisional Board notice in the Gazette.

Technical Edit 13 June 2017

Removal of text marked for students starting before MT 2014.

Gazette 11 May 2017

1. Amended wording for second language options for Egyptology and Ancient Near Eastern Studies.

2. Amendment to assessment type and language options for Hebrew, Persian and Turkish.

For further information see Humanities Division notices in the Gazette.

Gazette 21 July 2016

The pathway in Turkish with Islamic Art and Archaeology was closed down in 2015. (See the Humanities Board notice on the Gazette website for more information.)