Reporter 7/6/00: Modern and Medieval Languages Tripos, Part II

Modern and Medieval Languages Tripos, Part II

The regulations for Part II of the Modern and Medieval Languages Tripos (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 327) have been amended as set out below. These amendments involve (a) a revision of the length of and the timetable relating to dissertations in Part II, and (b) the suspension of Paper CS 4 (A special subject in comparative literature (i)) until further notice. The date of submission of the compulsory dissertation has been changed to ensure that students work on their dissertations during their year abroad and do not leave their research until the fourth year when they have other demands on their time. The regulations have been amended with effect from 1 October 2000, and thus apply to candidates who are preparing for the examination for Part II in 2002 (or, in the case of one-year candidates, for the examination in 2001). The regulations have been amended as follows:

Regulation 26.

By amending sub-paragraphs (b)(i) and (b)(ii) so as to read:

(i)

A student who is a candidate under Regulation 24(a) shall give notice of the subject by a date announced by the Faculty Board, which shall be not later than the first weekday after the division of the Easter Term in the year next but one preceding the examination. If, after giving such notice, a candidate subsequently wishes to revise his or her choice of subject and to offer a dissertation on a subject that falls within a general area different from that notified, he or she must seek the permission of the Faculty Board not later than the end of the Full Lent Term in the year next preceding the examination.

(ii)

A student who is a candidate under Regulation 24(d) shall give notice of the subject by a date announced by the Faculty Board, which shall be not later than the first weekday after the division of the Easter Term in the year next preceding the examination.

By amending sub-paragraph (f) so as to read:

(f)

A compulsory dissertation shall be written in English, except that quotations from primary sources must be in the language of the original. An optional dissertation may be written in a modern foreign language instead of English if the Faculty Board so agree. A dissertation shall be typewritten, except where a non-Roman or symbolic typeface is necessary and cannot be provided; in such a case hand-written or photocopied extracts may be inserted. A compulsory dissertation shall normally be of not less than 7,000 words and in any case not more than 8,000 words in length, except that, if the dissertation takes the form of a translation project, it shall normally be of not less than 6,000 words and in any case not more than 7,000 words in length. An optional dissertation shall normally be of not less than 8,000 words and in any case not more than 10,000 words in length. The above word limits, in each case, include notes and appendices but exclude bibliography. A dissertation within the field of comparative studies shall relate to at least two languages. Each candidate will be required to sign a declaration that the dissertation is his or her own work, unaided except as may be specified in the declaration, and that it does not contain material that has already been used to any substantial extent for a comparable purpose.

SCHEDULE B AND SCHEDULE II

By adding the following footnote to Paper CS 4:

This paper is suspended until further notice.

SCHEDULE E

By amending the Schedule so as to read:

	Date by which titles are to be submitted	Date by which approval is to be obtained	Date by which dissertations are to be submitted
Compulsory dissertations	Division of Easter Term next preceding the examination	End of Easter Term	Second Friday of Full Michaelmas Term
Optional dissertations	Third Friday of Full Michaelmas Term next preceding the examination	Last day of Full Michaelmas Term	Monday of the last week of Full Lent Term

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