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REG. B80PHILOSOPHIAE DOCTORPh.D. (Culture Studies)Study code: 019001. ADMISSION TO THE DEGREEStudents are admitted to the degree if they fulfil the requirementsmentioned in 1.4 of General Information, but with the concession thatvarious M.A. degrees – not only M.A. (Culture Studies) – areconsidered appropriate for admission.2. CURRICULUM (120 CREDITS)As the Ph.D. (Culture Studies) is an inter-disciplinary degree, candidatesmust acquaint themselves with the requirements for doctoral studiesmentioned by the disciplines of Cultural Anthropology, History, History ofArt, Near Eastern Studies, Philosophy and Visual Cultural Studies.Students must write a thesis (course code KUD900) on a topic chosen inconsultation with the supervisor, the Head of Department, as well as theProgramme Director. In addition, students will be required to defendtheir thesis before a panel of referees.58Postgraduate Calendar 2004 – Faculty of the Humanities