Cambridge University Reporter


Report of the Faculty Board of Education on a new structure for the undergraduate study of education

The FACULTY BOARD OF EDUCATION beg leave to report to the University as follows:

1. The Faculty Board propose the replacement of the current provision of undergraduate teaching in Education, consisting of the Education Tripos, leading to the degree of Bachelor of Education (the B.Ed. Degree), and the Education Studies Tripos, leading to the degree of Bachelor of Arts, with a revised structure comprising a new Education Tripos, leading to the B.A. Degree, from October 2007. The current Education Tripos would be rescinded with immediate effect, and the Education Studies Tripos with effect from October 2010.

2. The Faculty Board have recently undertaken a wide ranging evaluation of their current provision in undergraduate teaching. The offerings in this area have undergone almost constant revision over the past ten years, largely as a result of directives from the Teacher Training Agency or of government initiatives. Many of the revisions have been carried out in a piecemeal manner in response to these external pressures. It, therefore, appeared timely to take a step back and consider the course as a whole to see if what was currently offered was most appropriate for meeting the needs of students.

3. In the course of their review, the Faculty Board identified the following areas for further development:

(a) No candidates have been accepted for the current Education Tripos since 2001 and it appears timely to rescind formally this vocational route. At the same time, it seems appropriate to rescind both the Bachelor of Education qualification and the Certificate of Education, both related to the Education Tripos. The Faculty Board also wish to rescind the Diploma in Education as this qualification is only open to candidates who had received the Certificate of Education from the Faculty of Education.

(b) In the current Education Studies Tripos, the balance between education studies and subject studies (the other academic subject studied alongside education) is weighted towards subject studies. This requirement had been dictated by the Teacher Training Agency to ensure that those who wished to go in to teaching had a good grounding in their subject. The requirement is now more flexible, and the Faculty Board wish to increase the amount of study focused on educational research and practice. The Faculty Board consider that this move would also encourage a broader range of applicants and make it clear that the undergraduate Tripos was not solely directed at those who wished to teach.

(c) A significant proportion of the Education Studies Tripos is concerned with professional preparation, including school placements, and classroom practice. These elements were introduced in 2000 and were seen as a means to continue attracting students who would have applied for the then suspended Education Tripos. Such students saw themselves as potential primary school teachers who would follow their degree by moving on to the Postgraduate Certificate in Education programme. Increasingly, however, these elements have overlapped with those provided in the Postgraduate Certificate in Education course. There seemed little point, therefore, in continuing to offer this provision at undergraduate level.

(d) The revisions to the Education Studies Tripos made in 2000 were intended to meet the needs of a wide range of students and thus the Tripos was structured to provide two distinct routes. This structure, despite the Faculty's best efforts, has generated considerable confusion about the differences between the routes and which route was the most appropriate to meet individual students' needs. The Faculty Board have agreed it is now appropriate to revert to a single structure for all students, containing appropriate flexibility in combining education studies with subject studies.

4. The Faculty Board now propose a new structure, under the name of the Education Tripos: it is proposed that current students will continue to read the Education Studies Tripos, but that all new students admitted from 1 October 2007 will read the new Tripos, under the regulations outlined in the Annex to this Report. The regulations for the Education Studies Tripos will be rescinded in 2010 when the Board expect that all current students will have completed their studies. The new Education Tripos will retain a two-year Part I and a one- or two-year Part II, with Preliminary Examinations proposed for both Parts. This new structure incorporates the following principles:

(a) The new name will help to distinguish clearly between the old and new programmes: the Faculty Board believe that 'Education' is a more appropriate title for the revised programme.

(b) The new structure includes a more appropriate balance between education studies and subject studies through increasing the number of compulsory education papers and reducing the number of compulsory subject studies papers taken. At the same time a degree of flexibility has been retained to allow those who may wish to train as secondary school teachers to undertake sufficient subject studies to qualify for a Postgraduate Certificate in Education.

(c) The courses relating to professional preparation, including school placements and classroom practice, are replaced by courses looking at contemporary issues in education from a more theoretical perspective showing how education thought, theory, and research has influenced practice. These new courses will have a broader perspective covering both secondary as well as primary age pupils. Students who wish to teach will undergo their professional preparation through postgraduate courses.

(d) A single route with flexibility within it will still provide a significant amount of choice among different papers, provided both by the Faculty of Education and by other Triposes from which students may borrow papers. This flexibility will allow students to specialize within particular areas in the course: those who are most interested in education theory within the foundation disciplines of education and its implications for education will be able to concentrate their choices in this area building on the compulsory papers in Part I by taking up to four papers (out of five) in these areas in Part II. Students who wish to maintain a equal balance between education and subject studies will be able to do so by taking three subject studies papers (out of five) in Part I and two subject studies papers (out of five) in Part II. Students who have decided on a teaching career will be able to specialize in courses which will best prepare them for further training.

5. The Faculty Board have considered the resource implications of the introduction of the new Tripos structure and have concluded that the changes are resource neutral. There will be no increase in the number of undergraduates admitted to the Faculty of Education under the new structure. The resources committee of the Council of the School of Humanities and Social Sciences have given their approval to the new degree structure. The Faculty Boards of the other Faculties involved in the degree have been consulted and have also given their approval to the changes in the pattern of borrowed papers in Schedules I and II of the new regulations.

6. The Faculty Board accordingly recommend:

I. That the regulations for the Education Tripos be replaced by the regulations set out in the Annex to this Report, with effect from 1 October 2007, and that a student who has obtained honours in Part II of the Education Tripos after that date shall be qualified to proceed to the degree of Bachelor of Arts.

II. That the regulations for the degree of Bachelor of Education (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 425) be rescinded with effect from the same date.

III. That the regulations for the Certificate in Education (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 279) and the Diploma in Education (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 527) be rescinded with effect from the same date.

IV. That subject to the approval of Recommendations I and II certain other amendments to regulations be approved as follows:

(A) Regulations for University Composition Fees (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 157):

Regulation 2.

By deleting from the list of examinations or qualifications the words ', or B.Ed. Degree or (for candidates for the B.A. Degree) the Certificate in Education'.

By deleting from the Schedule attached to these regulations the reference to the B.Ed. Degree.

(B) Regulations for examination requirements for matriculation (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 168):

Regulation 4.

By deleting class (e) (candidates from Homerton College for the Education Tripos) and relettering the subsequent classes (f) and (g) as (e) and (f) respectively.

(C) Regulations for Affiliated Students (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 170):

Regulation 6.

By amending the entry for Education so as to read:

If the Faculty Board of Education allow it in a particular case, leave to take Part II of the Education Tripos not earlier than the fifth term after the student's first term of actual residence without having previously obtained honours in an Honours Examination.

(D) Regulations for the precincts of the University and residence (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 177):

Regulation 2

By deleting the reference to the B.Ed. Degree in line 2.

(E) Regulations for admission to degrees (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 178):

Regulation 14.

By deleting the reference to the B.Ed. in line 3.

Forms of presentation for degrees.

Regulation 1.

By deleting the reference to Education in line 3.

Forms of admission to degrees.

Regulation 2.

By deleting in line 3 the reference to the B.Ed. Degree.

Schedule.

By deleting the words:

For the B.Ed. Degree                 Baccalaurei in Educatione

(F) Regulations for entries and lists of candidates for examinations (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 215):

Regulation 10.

By inserting in the list of examinations after Economics Tripos, Part I, the words 'Education Tripos'.

Regulation 16.

By replacing in line 2 the phrase 'Vet.M.B., or B.Ed.' by the phrase 'or Vet.M.B.'.

(G) Regulations for the dates of examinations and publication of class-lists (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 217):

Regulation 1.

By deleting from line 1 the words 'the Education Tripos,'.

(H) Regulations for the review procedure for examinations for undergraduate and certain other qualifications (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 222):

By deleting from the Schedule the reference to the B.Ed. Degree.

(I) Regulations for the degree of Bachelor of Arts by Honours (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 398):

Regulation 2.

By deleting from line 1 of sub-paragraph (a) the words 'other than the Education Tripos' and by deleting subsection (vi) of sub-paragraph (d).

 

25 January 2007 KENNETH RUTHVEN, Acting Chairman CHRISTINE HOWE A. J. SINKINSON
 MADELEINE ARNOT PHILIP GARDNER D. G. WHITEBREAD
 PAMELA BURNARD R. HICKMAN JOAN M. WHITEHEAD
 P. COLTMAN ROS MCLELLEN MIKE YOUNGER

 

ANNEX

EDUCATION TRIPOS1

1. The Education Tripos shall consist of two Parts; a separate class-list shall be published for each Part.

2. The following may present themselves as candidates for Part I:
(a) a student who has kept one term, provided that six complete terms have not passed after her or his first term of residence;
(b) a student who has obtained honours in another Honours Examination in the year next after or next but one after so obtaining honours, provided that twelve complete terms have not passed after her or his first term of residence.

3. The following may present themselves as candidates for honours in Part II2 provided that they have kept seven terms and that twelve complete terms have not passed after their first term of residence:
(a) a student who has obtained honours in Part I of the Education Tripos, in the year next after so obtaining honours;
(b) a student who has obtained honours in any Honours Examination other than Part I of the Education Tripos, in the year next but one after so obtaining honours.

4. No student shall be a candidate for both Parts, or for either Part and also for another Honours Examination, in the same term.

5. No student who has been a candidate for either Part shall again be a candidate for the same Part.

6. The Faculty Board of Education shall have power to issue from time to time supplementary regulations defining or limiting all or any of the subjects of examination, and to modify, alter, or withdraw such supplementary regulations as occasion may require, provided that due care is taken to give sufficient notice of any change.

7. Public notice of any variable subjects for the examinations in any year shall be given by the Faculty Board before the end of the Easter Term in the year next but one preceding the examination to which they apply; provided that the Board shall have the power of subsequently issuing amendments if they have due reason for doing so, and if they are satisfied that no student's preparation for the examination is adversely affected.

8. Not later than the first day of Full Michaelmas Term each year the Faculty Board shall publish, by Notice in the Faculty of Education, details of the course-work, performances, workshops, and practical examinations to be undertaken by candidates for each Part of the Tripos during the ensuing academical year.

9. There shall be two separate bodies of Examiners, one for Part I and one for Part II. The Faculty Board shall nominate such number of Examiners as they deem sufficient to conduct the examinations. The Faculty Board shall also have power to nominate one or more Assessors to assist the Examiners in any subject of the Tripos. Assessors shall propose questions in the papers or parts of papers assigned to them by the Examiners, shall mark the answers of the candidates in those papers or parts of papers, and shall advise the Examiners on the performance of candidates in the examination. Assessors may be summoned to meetings of the Examiners for the purpose of consultation and advice.

10. In the class-lists for each Part of the Tripos, the names of the candidates who obtain honours shall be arranged in three classes, of which the second shall be divided into two divisions. In addition the Examiners may affix a mark of distinction to the names of candidates placed in the first class whose work is of special merit. The names in the first and third classes and each division of the second class shall be arranged in alphabetical order.

11. The examination for Part I shall comprise three sections, as set out below. Candidates shall offer:
(a) the examination requirements set out in Section I;
(b) three further papers taken from the examination requirements set out in Section II and Section III, providing that candidates shall offer no fewer than two papers from Section III.

Section I. Education studies

Section I consists of two written papers, each of three hours' duration.

Paper 1     Disciplines of education I

Paper 2     Disciplines of education II

Section II. Current issues in education

Section II consists of one written paper of three hours' duration.

Paper 3    Current issues in education: teaching and learning

Section III. Subject studies

Candidates may offer two or three papers from one subject area only, as outlined in Schedule 1.

12. The examination for Part II shall comprise four sections, as set out below. Candidates shall offer:
(a) the examination requirements set out in Section I;
(b) four further papers taken from the examination requirements set out in Sections II-IV, providing that candidates shall offer at least one paper from Section II and no more than two papers from Section IV.

With the permission of the Faculty Board, a candidate may offer a dissertation in place of one paper from Papers 1-4 of Section II, providing that the candidate may not offer more than one dissertation in total under Sections II and IV. Unless otherwise stated in Schedule 2, any dissertation shall be submitted under the conditions set out in Regulation 14.

Section I. Research and investigation in education

Candidates shall submit a dissertation on a topic related to the investigation and analysis of an educational problem. The dissertation shall be submitted under the conditions set out in Regulation 14. At the discretion of the Examiners, the examination may include an oral examination on the dissertation.

Section II. Advanced topics in education studies

Section II consists of four written papers, each of three hours' duration.

Paper 1     The psychology of education

Paper 2     The philosophy of education

Paper 3     The sociology of education

Paper 4     The history of education

Section III. Special subjects in education

Candidates may offer one or more special subjects in education, which shall each count as one paper. The special subjects, and the examination requirements for each special subject, shall be announced by the Faculty Board from time to time, providing that due care is taken to give sufficient notice to all candidates.

Section IV. Subject studies

Candidates may offer up to two papers from one subject area only, as outlined in Schedule 2.

13. For both Parts, no candidate shall offer any paper, dissertation, or other exercise that he or she has previously offered in any University examination.

14. A candidate who intends to submit a dissertation under Section II of Part I, or under Sections I, II, and IV of Part II, shall submit the proposed topic to the Secretary of the Faculty Board through her or his Director of Studies, by a date announced by the Faculty Board not later than the beginning of the Michaelmas Term preceding the examination. The Secretary shall communicate the approval or rejection of the proposed topic to the candidate no later than the beginning of the Lent Term preceding the examination.

The submitted dissertation shall be of not less than 8,000 words and not more than 10,000 words, inclusive of notes and appendices. Dissertations shall be submitted by candidates through the Undergraduate Office to the Secretary of the Faculty Board by a date specified by the Faculty Board not later than the beginning of the Michaelmas Term preceding the examination. Each dissertation shall be in typescript, unless previous permission has been obtained from the Faculty Board to present it in manuscript; it shall bear the candidate's examination number and shall be accompanied by a brief synopsis.

Candidates will be required to declare that the dissertation is their own work and that it does not contain material already used to any substantial extent for a comparable purpose. At the discretion of the Examiners, a candidate may be examined viva voce on his or her dissertation.

15. No student who has offered the subject Modern Foreign Languages shall be a candidate for Part II unless evidence has been produced to the Secretary of the Faculty Board that during the academical year next before the year of the examination he or she has spent a period studying abroad under conditions approved by the Faculty Board in a country or countries relevant to the papers to be offered in the examination. Such evidence will normally consist of a certificate from a university or employer confirming dates of attendance. Every student shall submit a report on their period of study abroad to the Faculty Board in the manner prescribed from time to time by the Board. Students shall keep the Secretary of the Faculty Board informed of their address abroad at all times.

16. A candidate proposing to study abroad in accordance with the provisions of Regulation 15 shall apply to the Faculty Board for the approval of her or his plans. The application shall be submitted through the candidate's Director of Studies to the Secretary of the Faculty Board so as to arrive not later than the last day of Full Michaelmas Term in the academical year next preceding that which the candidate proposes to spend abroad, and shall indicate the country or countries that the student intends to visit and the way in which he or she will be occupied while abroad. If a student subsequently changes her or his plans, he or she must inform the Secretary of the Faculty Board and seek permission afresh. The Faculty Board will normally require a student to reside abroad for a period of at least eight months and to undertake during that time an assistantship at a school, or, with special permission from the Board, some other form of employment approved by them.

Temporary Regulation

17. The examinations for the Education Tripos shall be held under these regulations for the first time

for Part I in 2009

for Part II in 2010

SCHEDULE 1

SUBJECTS AND PAPERS FOR SECTION II OF PART I OF THE EDUCATION TRIPOS

Candidates may offer two or three papers chosen from only one subject area, as outlined in the Schedule. Where stated, some papers are examined by means other than a single written paper. Some subject areas may restrict the combinations of papers that may be offered.

Biological Sciences

All candidates shall offer the equivalent of two or three papers.

The following options shall count as one paper:

Biology of Cells (the examination requirements for this subject as set out in the regulations for Part IA of the Natural Sciences Tripos)

Evolution and Behaviour (the examination requirements for this subject as set out in the regulations for Part IA of the Natural Sciences Tripos)

Physiology of Organisms (the examination requirements for this subject as set out in the regulations for Part IA of the Natural Sciences Tripos)

The following options shall count as two papers:

Animal Biology (the examination requirements for this subject as set out in the regulations for Part IB of the Natural Sciences Tripos)

Cell and Developmental Biology (the examination requirements for this subject as set out in the regulations for Part IB of the Natural Sciences Tripos)

Ecology (the examination requirements for this subject as set out in the regulations for Part IB of the Natural Sciences Tripos)

Physiology (the examination requirements for this subject as set out in the regulations for Part IB of the Natural Sciences Tripos)

Plant and Microbial Sciences (the examination requirements for this subject as set out in the regulations for Part IB of the Natural Sciences Tripos)

Classics

All candidates shall offer the following two papers:

Passages for translation from Latin authors (Paper 3 of Part IB of the Classical Tripos)

Latin literature (Paper 6 of Part IB of the Classical Tripos)

A candidate who wishes to offer three papers may additionally offer one of Papers 7-10 from Part IB of the Classical Tripos.

English

English and Drama

Candidates may offer two or three of the following papers:

*Paper Ed.D2       Film, culture, and identity

  Paper Ed.D3       Drama production II (performance or workshop and submission of a note-book)

*Paper Ed.E3       Medieval and Renaissance literature

*Paper Ed.E4       Shakespeare and Renaissance drama

*Paper Ed.E5       Augustan and romantic literature

*Paper Ed.E6       1830 to the present day

A candidate may offer a dissertation in place of any of the papers marked with an asterisk above, provided that the candidate may offer only one dissertation in total. Any dissertation shall be offered under the conditions specified in Regulation 14.

Geography

Candidates may offer two or three of Papers 1-10 of Part IB of the Geographical Tripos, in accordance with the examination requirements as set out in the regulations for that Tripos. Candidates will be required to submit a portfolio of course-work under conditions specified by the Faculty Board of Earth Sciences and Geography not later than the beginning of the Michaelmas Term preceding the examination.

History

Candidates may offer two or three of any of the following papers:

History and scope of archaeology I (Paper 1 of Part I of the Archaeological and Anthropological Tripos)

Any of Papers 2-24 of Part I of the Historical Tripos

Mathematics

All candidates shall offer the following four options, which shall count as two papers:

Paper Ed.Ma2      Algebra and geometry I (including questions taken from Paper 1 from Part IA of the Mathematical Tripos)

Paper Ed.Ma3       Algebra and geometry II (including questions taken from Paper 3 from Part IA of the Mathematical Tripos)

Paper Ed.Ma4       Numbers and sets (including questions taken from Paper 4 from Part IA of the Mathematical Tripos)

Paper Ed.Ma5       Mathematical reasoning and mathematical education (submission of written assignments)

A candidate who wishes to offer three papers may additionally offer the following paper:

Paper Ed.Ma6       Analysis I (including questions taken from Paper 1 from Part IA of the Mathematical Tripos)

Modern Foreign Languages

All candidates shall offer the following paper:

Translation into the foreign language including comprehension test (Paper B3 from Part IB of the Modern and Medieval Languages Tripos)

and

one or two additional papers taken from Schedule IB to the regulations for the Modern and Medieval Languages Tripos, provided that the papers are in the same language.

Music

Candidates may offer two or three of any of the following papers:

Analysis and repertoire (Paper 2 of Part IB of the Music Tripos)

Portfolio of free composition (Paper 3 of Part IB of the Music Tripos), which shall be submitted under conditions specified in the regulations for the Music Tripos

Any of the additional papers from Part IB of the Music Tripos announced by the Faculty Board of Music, which shall be undertaken under any conditions specified by the Faculty Board of Music when they are announced

Paper Ed.Mu3       Performance and rehearsal techniques (practical rehearsal, practical examination, and submission of written assignment)

Physical Sciences

All candidates shall offer the equivalent of two or three papers.

The following options shall count as one paper:

Chemistry (the examination requirements for this subject as set out in the regulations for Part IA of the Natural Sciences Tripos)

Geology (the examination requirements for this subject as set out in the regulations for Part IA of the Natural Sciences Tripos)

Materials and Mineral Sciences (the examination requirements for this subject as set out in the regulations for Part IA of the Natural Sciences Tripos)

Physics (the examination requirements for this subject as set out in the regulations for Part IA of the Natural Sciences Tripos)

The following options shall count as two papers:

Chemistry A (the examination requirements for this subject as set out in the regulations for Part IB of the Natural Sciences Tripos)

Chemistry B (the examination requirements for this subject as set out in the regulations for Part IB of the Natural Sciences Tripos)

Physics (the examination requirements for this subject as set out in the regulations for Part IB of the Natural Sciences Tripos)

Religious Studies

Candidates may offer two or three papers chosen from Group B in Regulation 18 of the Theological and Religious Studies Tripos. Where, under the regulations for that Tripos, a paper may be offered in a form of assessment other than a written paper, the paper offered shall be submitted under conditions specified in the regulations for the Theological and Religious Studies Tripos.

SCHEDULE 2

SUBJECTS AND PAPERS FOR SECTION IV OF PART II OF THE EDUCATION TRIPOS

Candidates may offer up to two papers from only one subject area, as outlined in the Schedule. Where stated, some papers are examined by means other than a single written paper. Some subject areas may restrict the combinations of papers that may be offered.

Biological Sciences

A candidate who wishes to offer one paper may offer either of the two written papers from the subject History and Philosophy of Science from Part IB of the Natural Sciences Tripos.

A candidate who wishes to offer two papers may offer one of the following options, which shall count as two papers:

Animal Biology (the examination requirements for this subject as set out in the regulations for Part IB of the Natural Sciences Tripos)

Cell and Developmental Biology (the examination requirements for this subject as set out in the regulations for Part IB of the Natural Sciences Tripos)

Ecology (the examination requirements for this subject as set out in the regulations for Part IB of the Natural Sciences Tripos)

Experimental Psychology (the examination requirements for this subject as set out in the regulations for Part IB of the Natural Sciences Tripos)

History and Philosophy of Science (the examination requirements for this subject as set out in the regulations for Part IB of the Natural Sciences Tripos)

Physiology (the examination requirements for this subject as set out in the regulations for Part IB of the Natural Sciences Tripos)

Plant and Microbial Sciences (the examination requirements for this subject as set out in the regulations for Part IB of the Natural Sciences Tripos)

Classics

Candidates may offer one or two of the papers from Part II of the Classical Tripos.

English
English and Drama

Candidates may offer one or two of the following papers:

any of Papers 1-13 of Part II of the English Tripos

Paper Ed.D4       Modern drama and theatre

Paper Ed.A1       Arts and performance (written paper and submission of course-work)

A candidate may offer a dissertation in place of any of the papers above, providing that the candidate may offer only one dissertation in total. A dissertation in place of any of Papers 1-13 of Part II of the English Tripos shall be offered under the regulations for that Tripos. Any other dissertation shall be offered under the conditions specified in Regulation 14.

Geography

Candidates may offer one or two of Papers 1-15 of Part II of the Geographical Tripos, in accordance with the examination requirements as set out in the regulations for the Geographical Tripos. Some papers may require candidates to submit a portfolio of course-work in addition.

History

Candidates may offer one or two of Papers 3-29 of Part II of the Historical Tripos.

Mathematics

Candidates may offer the equivalent of one or two papers from Part IB of the Mathematical Tripos, provided that in place of the equivalent of one paper a candidate may offer a dissertation under the conditions specified in Regulation 14. All candidates will be required to answer questions from all four papers from Part IB of the Mathematical Tripos.3

Modern Foreign Languages

All candidates are required to offer the following, which shall count as two papers:

Oral examination C from Part II of the Modern and Medieval Languages Tripos, which shall be conducted under the conditions specified in the regulations for the Modern and Medieval Languages Tripos

and

either Translation from and into the foreign language (Paper C1 from Part II of the Modern and Medieval Languages Tripos), providing that the paper is offered in the same language as the oral examination
or Essay in the foreign language (Paper C2 from Part II of the Modern and Medieval Languages Tripos), providing that the paper is offered in the same language as the oral examination

Music

Candidates may offer one or two of the following papers:

Paper 1 of Part II of the Music Tripos, a dissertation which shall be submitted under the regulations of the Music Tripos

Any of Papers 4-7 of Part II of the Music Tripos, all of which shall be submitted or undertaken under the conditions specified in the regulations for the Music Tripos

Any of the additional papers from Part II of the Music Tripos announced by the Faculty Board of Music, which shall be undertaken under any conditions specified by the Faculty Board of Music when they are announced

Paper Ed.A1       Arts and performance (written paper and submission of course-work)

Physical Sciences

A candidate who wishes to offer one paper may offer either of the two written papers from the subject History and Philosophy of Science from Part IB of the Natural Sciences Tripos.

A candidate who wishes to offer two papers may offer one of the following options, which shall count as two papers:

Advanced Physics (the examination requirements for this subject as set out in the regulations for Part IB of the Natural Sciences Tripos)

Chemistry A (the examination requirements for this subject as set out in the regulations for Part IB of the Natural Sciences Tripos)

Chemistry B (the examination requirements for this subject as set out in the regulations for Part IB of the Natural Sciences Tripos)

Geological Sciences A (the examination requirements for this subject as set out in the regulations for Part IB of the Natural Sciences Tripos)

Geological Sciences B (the examination requirements for this subject as set out in the regulations for Part IB of the Natural Sciences Tripos)

History and Philosophy of Science (the examination requirements for this subject as set out in the regulations for Part IB of the Natural Sciences Tripos)

Materials Science and Metallurgy (the examination requirements for this subject as set out in the regulations for Part IB of the Natural Sciences Tripos)

Mineral Sciences (the examination requirements for this subject as set out in the regulations for Part IB of the Natural Sciences Tripos)

Physics (the examination requirements for this subject as set out in the regulations for Part IB of the Natural Sciences Tripos)

Religious Studies

Candidates may offer one or two papers from Group C in Regulation 18 of the Theological and Religious Studies Tripos. Where, under the regulations for that Tripos, a paper may be offered in a form of assessment other than a written paper, the paper offered shall be submitted under conditions specified in the regulations for the Theological and Religious Studies Tripos.

PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION

Subject to the approval of the recommendations in this Report the General Board have approved new regulations for the Preliminary Examinations for the Education Tripos as follows:

EDUCATION

1. There shall be a Preliminary Examination for Part I of the Education Tripos.

2. The Examination shall comprise two sections as set out below. Each candidate shall offer the examination requirements set out in Section I and the examination requirements for a single subject area as set out in Section II. At the discretion of the Examiners the examination may include an oral examination on the course-work submitted under Section I.

Section I. Education studies

Section I consists of two written papers, one of three hours' duration and one of two hours' duration, and the submission of course-work, as prescribed by the Faculty Board of Education not later than the beginning of the Michaelmas Term preceding the examination.

Paper 1       Foundation course in the disciplines of education

Paper 2       Language, communication, and literacy

Course-work

Section II. Subject studies

Candidates may offer papers from only one subject area. Where stated, some papers are examined by means other than a single written paper. For papers offered by the Faculty of Education, the Faculty Board of Education shall specify arrangements for the submission of course-work, the sitting of practical examinations, or performances or workshops not later than the beginning of the Michaelmas Term preceding the examination. Some subject areas may restrict the combinations of papers that may be offered.

Biological Sciences

All candidates shall offer:

either Elementary Mathematics for Biologists (the examination requirements for this subject as set out in the regulations for Part IA of the Natural Sciences Tripos)
or Quantitative Biology (the examination requirements for this subject as set out in the regulations for Part IA of the Natural Sciences Tripos)
and  
either Biology of Cells (the examination requirements for this subject as set out in the regulations for Part IA of the Natural Sciences Tripos)
or Evolution and Behaviour (the examination requirements for this subject as set out in the regulations for Part IA of the Natural Sciences Tripos)
or Physiology of Organisms (the examination requirements for this subject as set out in the regulations for Part IA of the Natural Sciences Tripos)

Classics

All candidates shall offer:

            Latin translation (Paper 3 from Part IA of the Classical Tripos)

and     Classical questions (Paper 6 from Part IA of the Classical Tripos)

English

All candidates shall offer:

            Paper Ed.E1       Literature, drama, film

and     Paper Ed.E2        Literary criticism

English and Drama

All candidates shall offer:

            Paper Ed.E1       Literature, drama, film

and     Paper Ed.D1        Drama production I (performance or workshop and submission of a note-book)

Geography

All candidates shall offer:

            Human geography (Paper 1 from Part IA of the Geographical Tripos)

and      Physical geography (Paper 4 from Part IA of the Geographical Tripos)

History

All candidates shall offer:

either       British political and constitutional history (one of Papers 2-6 from Part I of the Historical Tripos)

and          British economic and social history (one of Papers 7-11 from Part I of the Historical Tripos)

or            European history (one of Papers 12-18 from Part I of the Historical Tripos)

and          Extra-European history (Paper 19 from the Preliminary Examination to Part I of the Historical Tripos)

Mathematics

All candidates shall offer:

            Differential equations and probability (Paper 2 from Part IA of the Mathematical Tripos)

and     Paper Ed.Ma1 Dynamics (including questions taken from Paper 4 from Part IA of the Mathematical Tripos)

Modern Foreign Languages

All candidates shall offer:

            Use of the foreign language (Paper B1 from Part IA of the Modern and Medieval Languages Tripos)

and       Translation from the foreign language (Paper B2 from Part IA of the Modern and Medieval Languages Tripos)

providing that both papers are offered from the same language.

Music

All candidates shall offer:

            Paper Ed.Mu1       Music; performance and composition (practical examination and submission of written assignment)

and       Paper Ed.Mu2       Musical style; historical subjects and analysis (written examination and submission of written assignments)

Physical Sciences

All candidates shall offer:

            Mathematics (the examination requirements for this subject as set out in the regulations for Part IA of the Natural Sciences Tripos)

and      

either     Chemistry (the examination requirements for this subject as set out in the regulations for Part IA of the Natural Sciences Tripos)

or          Physics (the examination requirements for this subject as set out in the regulations for Part IA of the Natural Sciences Tripos)

Religious Studies

All candidates shall offer:

either       World religions in contemporary perspective (Paper A7 from the Theological and Religious Studies Tripos)

or            Philosophy of religion and ethics (Paper A8 from the Theological and Religious Studies Tripos)

and

either       From Bethlehem to Rome: Luke - Acts and the origins of Christianity (Paper A3 from the Theological and Religious Studies Tripos)

or           Christianity and the transformation of culture (Paper A4 from the Theological and Religious Studies Tripos)

Where, under the regulations for the Theological and Religious Studies Tripos, a paper may be offered in a form of assessment other than a written paper, the paper offered shall be submitted under conditions specified in the regulations for that Tripos.

3. There shall be a Preliminary Examination for Part II of the Education Tripos.

4. The Examination shall comprise four sections, as set out below. Candidates shall offer:
either (a) the examination requirements set out in Section I and Section II;
  (b) two further papers taken from the examination requirements set out in Section III, provided that, with the permission of the Faculty Board, a candidate may offer in place of one paper a dissertation, under conditions set out in Regulation 6;
or (a) the examination requirements set out in Section I;
  (b) three further papers taken from the examination requirements from Section II and Section IV, providing that candidates shall offer no fewer than two papers from Section IV.

Section I. Education studies

Section I consists of two written papers, each of three hours' duration.

Paper 1       Disciplines of education I

Paper 2       Disciplines of education II

Section II. Current issues in education

Section II consists of one written paper of three hours' duration.

Paper 3       Current issues in education: teaching and learning

Section III. Special subjects in education

Candidates may offer one special subject in education, which shall count as one paper. The special subjects, and the examination requirements for each special subject, shall be announced by the Faculty Board from time to time, providing that due care is taken to give sufficient notice to all candidates.

Section IV. Subject studies

Candidates may offer two or three papers from only one subject area specified in Schedule 1 to the Education Tripos.4 Where stated, some papers are examined by means other than a single written paper. Some subject areas may restrict the combinations of papers that may be offered.

5. For either Preliminary Examination, no candidate shall offer any paper, dissertation, or other exercise that he or she has previously offered in any University examination.

6. A candidate who intends to submit a dissertation under Regulation 4 shall submit the proposed topic to the Secretary of the Faculty Board through her or his Director of Studies, by a date announced by the Faculty Board not later than the beginning of the Michaelmas Term preceding the examination. The Secretary shall communicate the approval or rejection of the proposed topic to the candidate no later than the beginning of the Lent Term preceding the examination.

The submitted dissertation shall be of not less than 8,000 words and not more than 10,000 words, inclusive of notes and appendices. Dissertations shall be submitted by candidates through the Undergraduate Office to the Secretary of the Faculty Board by a date specified by the Faculty Board not later than the beginning of the Michaelmas Term preceding the examination. Each dissertation shall be in typescript, unless previous permission has been obtained from the Faculty Board to present it in manuscript; it shall bear the candidate's examination number and shall be accompanied by a brief synopsis.

Candidates will be required to declare that the dissertation is their own work and that it does not contain material already used to any substantial extent for a comparable purpose. At the discretion of the Examiners, a candidate may be examined viva voce on her or his dissertation.

1 These regulations will come into effect in accordance with the timetable in Temporary Regulation 17.

2 See also the regulations for Affiliated Students.

3 Although candidates enter for all four examination papers, the examination load shall be the equivalent of either one or two papers in this subject area. Candidates will leave the examination once they have completed the relevant questions.

4 See p. 508.