1 Master OER Cultural and Social Anthropology 2011-2012_- Translation________________________________________________ Teaching and Examination Regulations 2011-2012 Cultural and Social Anthropology – Translation The Teaching and Examination regulations (onderwijs- en examenregeling, OER) form the document that contains the essential regulations about the curriculum and the examination of each programme. The (minimum) content of these regulations is stipulated by Dutch law. These regulations below follow the legal stipulations. They are also mainly based upon the suggested formulations used in the central UvA-Model-Regulations. Moreover, these Regulations have also been harmonised to quite an extent with all other programmes of the College and the Graduate School of Social Sciences. Next to these Teaching and Examination Regulations, there are other regulations and descriptions of procedures, such as the Examination Committee Regulations, procedures about course registration and the student handbook/student charter and the Fraud and Plagiarism Regulation. Through your programme’s and/or the Graduate School’s website and/or MyUvA (Student Service Point) you can find these other regulations. Please note that article numbers in these Regulations follow the central UvA-Model-Regulation. All article numbers are included, also in cases where the article does not apply.

Chapter 1 – General provisions Article 1.1 – Applicability of the regulations These regulations apply to the teaching and the examinations of the Master study programme Cultural and Social Anthropology, hereinafter referred to as: the programme. The Educational Institute Graduate School of Social Sciences (GSSS), hereinafter referred to as: the Educational Institute or the school, of the Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences (FMG), hereinafter referred to as: the Faculty, provides the programme. Article 1.2 – Definitions Definitions a-ag are general definitions used in the College and the Graduate School of Social Sciences (CSW & GSSS). All general definitions are included in the list unless they are defined elsewhere (factuly regulations, the law), regardless of actual inclusion in these specific regulations. Definitions as of ah – where this applies - are specific to this programme. The following definitions are used in these Regulations: a. the Act: the Dutch Higher Education and Research Act (Wet op het hoger onderwijs en wetenschappelijk onderzoek (WHW)); b. the University: the University of Amsterdam (UvA); c. student: the person enrolled at the university to pursue education and/or take examinations/examinations as part of the programme; d. propaedeutic phase: the first year of the Bachelor programme; e. post-propaedeutic phase: the second and third year of the Bachelor programme; f. examination: the Bachelor or Master final examination of the programme; g. programme/curriculum: the totallity and cohesiveness of the programme components, teaching activities/methods, contact hours, testing and examination methods and recommended literature; h. programme component: a unit of study of the programme within the meaning of the Act; i. practical exercise: the participation in a practical training or other educational learning activity, aimed at acquiring certain (academic) skills. Examples of practical exercises are: o researching and writing a thesis or paper, o carrying out a research assignment, o taking part in field work or an excursion, o taking part in another educational learning activity aimed at acquiring specific skills, or o participating in and completing an internship; Disclaimer: This translation is provided for information purposes only. In the event of a difference of interpretation, the original Dutch version of this document is binding.

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the collection of educational products (written and/or electronic) representing the student’s achievements within the programme he/she has chosen; k. seminar: a class in which the material is addressed primarily on a problem- or case-oriented basis; l. lecture-seminar: seminar accompanying/supporting a lecture; m. thesis: a component comprising research into the literature, collection of data and/or contributing to scientific research, always resulting in a written report; n. interim of other examination: assessment of a student’s knowledge, understanding and skills realting to a programme component. The assessment is expressed in terms of a final mark/grade. An interim of other examination may consist of one or more partial interim of other examinations. A resit always covers the same material as the original examination; o. workload: the workload of the programme component to which and interim of other examination applies, expressed in terms of credits = ECTS credits or EC (ECTS=European Credit and Transfer Accumulation System). The workload for 1 year (1680 hours) is 60 ECTS credits/EC; p. Credit/EC: an ECTS credit (EC) with a workload of 28 hours of study; q. fraud and plagiarism: the student’s actions or failures to act that make it wholly or partially impossible to accurately judge his/her knowledge, understanding and skills; r. academic year: the period beginning on 1 September of one calendar year and ending on 31 August of the following calendar year; s. minor: a coherent programme of 30 EC that is aimed at creating background in a second discipline or an interdisciplinary subject; t. preparatory programme: programme consisting of 60 EC at maximum that students without a diploma that directly grants access need to complete first in order to gain access to a specific master’s programme u. Studieweb/SIS: the application on the University website that can be used for course registration and perusal of grades. v. MyUvA: the personalised webpage of the University of Amsterdam where students can peruse their data w. studieadviseur: the person, who is in charge of study advice to the student of the programme. x. opleidingscoördinator: the person, who, together with the programme director, is in charge of organisation and co-ordinating the programme. y. programme manager: the person, who is in charge of study advice to the student and the organisation and co-ordination of the programme, either together with the academic advisor/tutor or with the programme director; z. academic advisor: the member of the academic staff responsible for the student’s academic guidance; aa. course manual: manual of the course/programme component which includes all relevant information for the course/programme component. ab. result partial examination: result (=grade) of a partial examination, registrered or unregistrered seperately ac. BlackBoard the digital learning environment as used at the Universiteit van Amsterdam. ad. Rules & Guidelines the rules and guidelines of the examination committees in the sense of Book 7, Article 12b of the law; the document, which comprises further procedures concerning the teaching and the examinations of a programme (examination regulations). ae. Administration/secretariat: the administration/secretariat of the programme, responsible for the maintenance of academic records and matters concerning diplomas, certificates, and transcripts.

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ag. Intake: ah.Research Project:

ai. Research Internship:

Requirements concerning (active) participation in teaching and examination that students need to meet, as defined in the course manual the procedure a student who has applied for the bachelor programme needs to follow before enrolling to verify his/her choice of study. programme component in which students study a certain thematic subject under supervision of a lecturer that leads to an independently written thesis based on own research. Internship with a dominant research component that needs to be linked to the thesis.

The other terms have the meanings ascribed to them in the Act.

Chapter 2 – Admission to the programme Article 2.1 – Entry requirements 1. Holders of an academic Bachelor’s degree obtained from a Dutch or foreign institute of higher education can be admitted to the Master’s Degree programme Cultural and Social Anthropology, provided that they prove to have knowledge, insight and skills which meet the exit qualifications of the Bachelor’s Programme Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology as offered by the University of Amsterdam, including the necessary language proficiency, with due observance of that provided in paragraph 4. 2. Students who obtained their Bachelor’s degree in Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology from the University of Amsterdam is directly admitted to the corresponding regular Master’s programme (‘aansluitmaster’) as is described in these Education and Examination Regulations, with due observance of that provided in paragraph 4. 3. With due observance of that provided in paragraph 1 and 4 and article 2, paragraph 2, holders of an academic Bachelor’s degree from an institute of higher learning are also admittable to the programme if the Examination committee deems the exit qualifications of the programme in question comparable to the Bachelor Political Science of the University of Amsterdam. These are, but not limited to: - Bachelor Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology of the following Dutch unversities: Universiteit Leiden, Radboud Universiteit, Universiteit Utrecht of Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam; - Bachelor Bèta-gamma of the University of Amsterdam with a major in Anthropology (see article 2, paragraph 2b); - Bachelor Interdisciplinary Social Sciences (previously named Behaviour and Society) of the University of Amsterdam with a minor in Anthropology (see article 2, paragraph 2b). 4. For admission to the English taught specialisations, students of bachelor’s programmes as stipulated in section 1 to 3 need to have successfully completed the additional exam ‘Academic English’ of the College of Social Sciences, or be officially exempted from doing this exam, or prove their English proficiency as stipulated in clause 2.3, section 2 a-e. 5. In the event of demonstrable, considerable unreasonableness and unfairness, the examination committee can permit, for a certain period, deviations from the entry requirement of the Bachelor’s diploma. Article 2.2 – Preparatory programme 1. If, in the opinion of the Admissions Committee, an admission request does not satisfy the requirements set, but these requirements can be expected to be met within a reasonable period, the applicant shall be given the opportunity to satisfy the requirements by means of a supplementary, preparatory programme. The maximum number of credits in this preparatory programme is 60 EC. 2. For holders of certain Bachelor’s degrees (definite list needs to be determined by the examination committee) of related academic Bachelor’s programmes, preparation for the master’s programme consists of a tailor-made preparatory programme (10-60 EC). Further details can be found in the course catalogue. Disclaimer: This translation is provided for information purposes only. In the event of a difference of interpretation, the original Dutch version of this document is binding.

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If the degree required for admission to the preparatory programme is not in the possession of the student by the time of registration, this degree will need to be submitted before 1 October of the academic year in which the student starts with the programme. 4. Students can only be admitted to the master’s programme if they have successfully completed the 40-60 EC preparatory programme within 2 years or the