The Faculty Board of Biology give notice, in accordance with Regulation 30 for the Natural Sciences Tripos, of the following subjects, and restrictions on combinations of subjects, for Part II in 2006-07.
Subject to any restrictions announced in a particular year by the Faculty Board under the provisions of Regulation 30, candidates are required to offer in the examination for Part II Biological and Biomedical Sciences of the Natural Sciences Tripos:
| (a) | the examination requirements of one Major Subject; |
| (b) | the examination requirements of one Minor Subject; |
| (c) | a dissertation of not more than 6,000 words, excluding tables, figures, and references. |
All subjects make provision for candidates to offer a dissertation.
The subjects available and permissible combinations are listed below, together with the name of the Department offering the subject (which may be consulted for advice). If there is a limit on the number of candidates who can be accepted for a subject, this is indicated.
| Code | Major subject | Permissible minor subjects |
| 401 | Pathology - Mechanisms of disease | 101 107 111 121 |
| 402 | Pathology (A and B) | 101 104 107 109 115 119 |
| 403 | Pathology (A and C) | 101 103 106 107 |
| 404 | Pathology (A and D) | 101 103 104 106 107 109 119 120 |
| 405 | Pathology (B and C) | 101 103 106 107 116 117 118 |
| 406 | Pathology (B and D) | 101 103 104 105 106 107 109 111 113 114 116 117 119 120 121 |
| 407 | Pathology (C and D) | 101 103 106 107 116 117 |
| 408 | Pharmacology | 101 103 105 106 107 111 113 114 116 |
| 409 | Psychology | 101 107 |
| 411 | Biochemistry | 101 105 107 (111 113 114 115 116 118 121 may also be offered but may restrict the choice of major Biochemistry options in the Lent Term) |
| 412 | Plant sciences (Cellular - M1, M4, L1, L4) | 101 103 106 107 109 116 117 118 119 120 |
| 413 | Plant sciences (Ecology - M3, M1, or Zoology M3, L2, and Zoology L2) | 116 117 119 121 |
| 414 | Genetics | 101 105 107 111 113 114 (may also be combined with a fifth Genetics module as a minor subject) |
| 416 | Physiology, development, and neuroscience | To be announced |
| 417 | Physiology, development, and neuroscience | To be announced |
| 418 | Zoology (Cells and development - M6, M7, two from L6, L7, L5) | 103 105 106 109 111 113 114 116 117 119 |
| 419 | Zoology (Behaviour - M4, M5, L3, L4) | 101 104 105 107 109 111 113 114 115 121 |
| 420 | Zoology (Vertebrate biology - two from M2, M3, M5, and two from L1, L3, L4) | 101 105 107 111 113 114 117 121 |
| 421 | Zoology (Ecology and conservation - two from M2, M3, M5, and L2, L3) | 105 109 111 113 114 116 117 121 |
| 422 | Zoology (Ecology and genetics - two from M2, M3, M5, and two from L2, L3, and Genetics module M5) | 105 109 111 113 114 116 117 |
| 423 | Zoology (Ecology and plant sciences - two modules from M2 and M3 or Plant sciences M3, and L2, L3) | 109 116 117 121 |
| 424 | Pathology (B and E) | 101 104 105 107 109 111 113 114 115 116 117 |
| 425 | Pathology (C and E) | 101 107 116 117 |
| 426 | Pathology (D and E) | 101 104 105 107 109 111 113 114 116 117 |
The minor subjects for 2006-07 will be:
| 101 | Biology of parasitism | |
| 103 | Genetics and behaviour (Bio Anth B3) | Max. 7 candidates |
| 104 | Evolution and diversity (Bio Anth B4) | Max. 7 candidates |
| 105 | Ecology and adaptation (Bio Anth B5) | Max. 7 candidates |
| 106 | To be announced (Physiology, development, and neuroscience) | |
| 107 | History and ethics of medicine (History and philosophy of medicine) | |
| 109 | To be announced (Physiology, development, and neuroscience) | |
| 111 | To be announced (Physiology, development, and neuroscience) | |
| 113 | Medicine from Antiquity to the Enlightenment (HPS Pt II Paper 7) | |
| 114 | Modern medicine and biomedical sciences (HPS Pt II Paper 8) | |
| 115 | Psychology of education (Educ Part II) | Max. 5 candidates |
| 116 | Sociology of education (Educ Part II) | Max. 5 candidates |
| 117 | Philosophy of education (Educ Part II) | Max. 5 candidates |
| 118 | History of education (Educ Part II) | Max. 5 candidates |
| 119 | Plant and microbial genetics (Gen M2) | |
| 120 | Human genetics (Genetics M4) | |
| 121 | Evolutionary genetics (Genetics M5) |
Please note that the newly formed Department of Physiology, Development, and Neuroscience has not yet set its teaching timetables for 2006-07. When this information is available, the Faculty Board will publish a supplementary Notice, listing the Major Subjects, together with the permissible combinations.