Post by Rasmus Underbjerg PinnerupOxford er selvfølgelig et meget prestigiøst universitet og antages
generelt at have en meget høj standard, så på *den* basis kan man
selvfølgelig argumentere for, at en D.Phil. fra Oxford er "bedre" end en
sædvanlig ph.d.-uddannelse herhjemme, men jeg har svært ved at se,
hvordan den kan svare til en hjemlig dr.phil.
Det gør det /helt sikkert/ ikke. Se Oxfords egen beskrivelse:
http://www.admin.ox.ac.uk/postgraduate/courses/dphil.shtml
Fx: "... the examiners of the DPhil thesis must be satisfied that the
student has presented a significant and substantial piece of research,
of a kind which might reasonably be expected of a diligent and competent
student after three or at most four years of full–time study."
Derudover indskrives man som studerende: "Students intending to read for
the DPhil normally hold the status of Probationer Research Student (PRS)
in the first instance."
Specifikt ses om "kurser" til DPhil i historie:
http://www.admin.ox.ac.uk/postgraduate/caz/hist.shtml
Fx: "The majority of students on the course are reading for the DPhil:
this entails the writing of a thesis of up to 100,000 words which should
be 'a significant and substantial contribution' to the subject. In most
cases the writing of a DPhil thesis takes three to four years. This may
involve either the finding of new or re-examination of known sources. As
well as originality of interpretation, the quality of mind displayed in
the thesis, coherence of argument, and judgement in the evaluation of
material, weigh heavily with the examiners."
Det ligger tæt op ad hvad der fx herhjemme kræves til opnåelse af
ph.d.-graden - især "'a significant and substantial contribution' to the
subject." Vi har dog mig bekendt ingen øvre omfangsgrænse.
DPhil-programmet er et postgraduate program der kræver:
http://www.admin.ox.ac.uk/postgraduate/apply/qual.shtml
"completion of a Bachelor’s degree with a first or upper second-class
honours or the international equivalent."
Det svarer nok nærmest til ph.d.
David