Country House Studies University of Buckingham

Programme Structure

Curriculum:

• PhD students undertake supervised but independent research, at the end of which they submit a thesis embodying the results of that research. 

• This thesis must demonstrate familiarity with, and an understanding of the subject, its principal sources and authorities. 

• It should display critical discrimination and a sense of proportion in evaluating evidence and the judgements of others.  

• A PhD thesis must embody an original contribution to the knowledge of the discipline either by the discovery of new knowledge or by the exercise of a new and independent critical approach.

• Candidates spend a considerable part of their studies undertaking supervised research, at the end of which they submit a thesis embodying the results of that research.