(Statutes and Ordinances, p. 412)
The regulations have been amended to allow the submission of a portfolio of six essays as an alternative mode of assessment for selected papers. Paper B13 will be assessed by this mode in the examination in 2009.
Regulation 20.
By amending the regulation so as to read:
20. The alternative mode of assessment for any paper specified by the Faculty Board under Regulation 19 shall consist of either (a) the submission of two essays or (b) the submission of a portfolio of six essays on topics chosen by the candidate from a list of topics published by the Faculty Board not later than the first Friday of the Full Michaelmas Term next preceding the examination. Where two essays are submitted under (a), the length of each essay shall be, for a candidate in Part I, not more than 3,000 words in length and, for candidates in Parts IIA and IIB, not more than 5,000 words in length (in each case, inclusive of notes but exclusive of bibliography). Where a portfolio of six essays is submitted under (b), the length of each essay shall be not fewer than 1,500 words and not more than 2,000 words in length. Candidates shall be required to declare that the essays are their own work. The essays shall be typewritten, in English, and shall be submitted through the candidate's Director of Studies to the Secretary of the Faculty Board in accordance with detailed arrangements approved by the Board, so that the first essay submitted under (a) or the portfolio of essays submitted under (b) arrive not later than 1 p.m. on the first Monday of Full Easter Term and the second essay under (a) not later than 1 p.m. on the third Monday of Full Easter Term.
Regulation 18.
The title of Paper B5 has been amended from 'Jesus in Gospel tradition' to 'The Johannine tradition'.
(Statutes and Ordinances, p. 416)
The detail for this paper has been amended by the addition of the following final sentence:
This paper shall be examined by the submission of a portfolio of six essays in accordance with the provisions of Regulation 20.
The detail for paper B5 has been amended so as to read:
This paper will be concerned with central issues (arising from the primary sources and critical scholarship) in the study of the Fourth Gospel and Johannine Epistles. Although students will be expected to read the full text of the Gospels and Epistles, specific texts for more detailed study will be announced by the Faculty Board.