The Faculty Board of Earth Sciences and Geography give notice that, for the examination for Part II of the Geographical Tripos to be held in 2009, the papers to be offered will be examined as shown in the table below. In this table, the following terms are defined:
Paper number | General titles | Courses offered 2008-09 | Mode of assessment |
1 | Human geography I | The new Europe: people, places, and politics | Three-hour examination |
2 | Human geography II | Working in the new economy | Three-hour examination |
3 |
Prescribed topic or topics in geography I | Contemporary India: the politics of society, environment, and development
| Three-hour examination |
4 | Prescribed topic or topics in geography II
| The social engagement with nature | Three-hour examination |
5 |
The geography of a prescribed area or areas I |
Conservation and society in sub-Saharan Africa |
Three-hour examination |
6 |
The geography of a prescribed area or areas II |
The human geography of the Arctic regions
|
Three-hour examination |
7 | Historical geography I |
The historical geography of the AIDS pandemic |
Two+1 examination |
8 | Historical geography II |
Historical geographies of food, famine, and power |
Two+1 examination |
9 | Prescribed topic or topics in geography III | Geographies of discipline and social regulation in 19th century Britain
| Three-hour examination |
10 | Prescribed topic or topics in environmental geography
| Environment, policy, and society | Three-hour examination |
11 | Prescribed topic or topics in geography IV
| Biogeography | Two+1 examination |
12 | Physical geography I | Earth system processes and feedbacks | Three-hour examination |
13 | Physical geography II | Glacial environments | 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 | Two+1 examination |