Depending on the subject and supervisor there will be six or eight tutorials, each 75 minutes and each requiring the writing of a ten- to twelve-page paper. Instructors provide ÔstarterÕ reading lists; you will choose your own paper topics, but are advised to bear in mind the range of issues that have come up on past examinations. Tutorials consist of close discussion of the paper, issues it raises and/or issues related to these.

You will not be part of a formal research group, but there is lively informal interchange among students, including reading and work-in-progress groups. In the second year, you will write a 30,000-word thesis. You are assessed on this and on each of your first-year units, the latter by three-hour sit-down examinations at the end of the second year.