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 2007-08.
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 that can be accepted for a subject, this is indicated.
| Code | Major Subject | Permissible Minor Subjects |
| 401 | Pathology - Mechanisms of disease | 101 106 107 121 |
| 402 | Pathology (A and B) | 101 103 105 107 109 113 114 115 116 119 120 |
| 403 | Pathology (A and C) | 101 103 105 107 109 113 114 116 119 120 |
| 404 | Pathology (A and D) | 101 103 105 107 109 113 114 115 116 119 120 |
| 405 | Pathology (B and C) | 101 103 104 105 107 109 111 113 114 116 117 118 119 120 |
| 406 | Pathology (B and D) | 101 103 104 105 106 107 109 113 114 115 116 117 119 120 |
| 407 | Pathology (C and D) | 101 103 104 105 107 109 113 114 116 117 119 120 |
| 408 | Pharmacology | 101 104 105 107 113 114 116 |
| 409 | Psychology | 101 105 107 119 120 (103 114 115 may also be offered, but may restrict the choice of Major Psychology Options) |
| 411 | Biochemistry | 101 104 105 106 107 111 113 114 115 116 118 121 |
| 412 | Plant sciences (Cellular - M1, M4, L1, L4) | 101 103 104 107 109 111 116 117 118 119 120 |
| 413 | Plant sciences (Ecology - M3, M1 or Zoology M3, L2, and Zoology L2) | 104 106 109 111 116 117 118 119 120 121 |
| 414 | Genetics | 101 103 104 105 107 113 114 116 (may also be combined with a fifth Genetics module as a Minor Subject) |
| 415 | Physiology, development, and neuroscience (Developmental and reproductive biology) Max. 6 candidates | 106 107 111 115 116 117 118 121 |
| 416 | Physiology, development, and neuroscience (Integrative physiology) Max. 6 candidates | 104 106 107 109 111 115 116 117 121 |
| 417 | Neuroscience (Neuroscience) Max. 15 candidates | 101 104 106 107 109 111 113 116 117 |
| 418 | Zoology (Cells and development - M6, M7, and 2 from L5, L6, L7) | 103 104 105 109 111 113 114 116 117 118 119 |
| 419 | Zoology (Behaviour - M4, M5, L2, L3) | 104 105 106 113 114 115 116 121 |
| 420 | Zoology (Vertebrate biology - two from M1, M3, M5 and L1, L3) | 101 104 105 106 107 113 114 116 117 119 120 121 |
| 421 | Zoology (Ecology and conservation - two from M2, M3, M5 and L2, L3) | 104 105 106 113 114 115 116 117 121 |
| 422 | Zoology (Ecology and genetics - two from M2, M3, M5 and two from L2, L3, and Genetics module M5) | 104 105 106 113 114 115 116 117 121 |
| 423 | Zoology (Ecology and plant sciences -two modules from M2 and M3 or Plant sciences M3, and L2, L3) | 104 105 106 113 114 115 116 117 121 |
| 424 | Pathology (B and E) | 101 104 105 107 109 113 114 115 116 117 119 120 |
| 425 | Pathology (C and E) | 101 104 105 107 109 113 114 116 117 119 120 |
| 426 | Pathology (D and E) | 101 104 105 107 109 113 114 115 116 117 119 120 |
The Minor Subjects for 2007-08 will be:
| 101 | Biology of parasitism | |
| 103 | The human life span (Bio Anth Foundation BA3) | Max. 7 candidates |
| 104 | The human journey (Bio Anth Foundation BA2) | Max. 7 candidates |
| 105 | The human animal (Bio Anth Foundation BA1) | Max. 7 candidates |
| 106 | Neural degeneration and regeneration (Neuroscience) | Max. 15 candidates |
| 107 | History and ethics of medicine (History and Philosophy of Medicine) | |
| 109 | Control of action (Neuroscience) | Max. 15 candidates |
| 111 | Central mechanisms of sensation and behaviour (Neuroscience) | Max. 15 candidates |
| 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 (Education Studies Part II | Max. 10 candidates |
| 116 | Sociology of education (Education Studies Part II) | |
| 117 | Philosophy of education (Education Studies Part II) | |
| 118 | History of education (Education Studies Part II) | |
| 119 | Plant and microbial genetics (Genetics M2) | |
| 120 | Human genetics (Genetics M4) | |
| 121 | Evolutionary genetics (Genetics M5) |