Geographical Tripos, Part II, 2005

The Examiners for Part II of the Geographical Tripos give notice that, for the examination to be held in 2005, the papers to be offered will be examined as shown in the table below. In this table, the following terms are defined:

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'Three-hour examination': The papers will be examined by a conventional unseen three-hour examination in which candidates will be asked to attempt three questions from a choice of not less than nine questions. With the exception of Paper 15 the papers will be undivided.

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'Two+1 examination': The assessment of such papers will consist of a two-hour examination in which candidates will be asked to attempt two questions from a choice of not less than six questions. The papers will be undivided. In addition, there will be assessed course-work to be submitted not later than the Division of the Easter Term in the year of the examination. The nature of the course-work required will be determined by the University Teaching Officer responsible for the co-ordination of the course who will provide, at the first lecture of the course, written details of the procedures which will be followed. The course-work will be equivalent to one question in quantity and for assessment in determining an overall mark for the paper.

Paper number	General titles	Courses offered 2004-05	Mode of assessment
1	Human geography I	The human geography of the UK: the restructuring of Britain	Three-hour examination
2	Human geography II	Working in the new economy	Two + 1 examination
3	Prescribed topic or topics in geography I	Geographical information science: the geography of crime and health	Three-hour examination
4	Prescribed topic or topics in geography II	Cultural geography	Three-hour examination
5	Prescribed area or areas I	The geography of contemporary South Asia	Three-hour examination
6	Prescribed area or areas II	Latin America: modernity and mobility	Three-hour examination
7	Historical geography I	European historical demography	Two+1 examination
8	Historical geography II	Aspects of historical geography, with special reference to Western Europe after 1700	Two+1 examination
9	Prescribed topic or topics in geography III	The human geography of arctic regions	Three-hour examination
10	Prescribed topic or topics in geography IV	Biogeography: the ecology of change	Three-hour examination
11	Prescribed topic or topics in environmental geography	Environment, policy, and society	Three-hour examination
12	Physical geography I	Glacial environments	Three-hour examination
13	Physical geography II	Morphodynamics of large-scale coastal systems	Three-hour examination
14	Prescribed topic or topics in geography V	Volcanology	Three-hour examination
15	Prescribed topic or topics in geography VI	Quaternary environments	Three-hour examination