Notices by Faculty Boards, or other bodies concerned, of changes to the form and conduct of certain examinations to be held in 2009–10, by comparison with those examinations in 2009, are published below. Complete details of the form and conduct of all examinations are available from the Faculties or Departments concerned.
The Faculty Board of Architecture and History of Art give notice of the following correction to the notice published on 2 December 2009 (Reporter, p. 351):
The examination consists of a three-hour written examination and the examination paper consists of four sections: a mandatory section requiring a short definition or explanation of certain key terms, and three further sections from each of which candidates must answer one question.
The Examiners for Part Ib of the Geographical Tripos give notice that, for the examination to be held in 2010, the papers to be offered will be examined as shown in the table below. In this table, the following terms are defined:
1.‘Three-hour examination’: The Papers will be examined by a conventional unseen three-hour examination in which candidates will be asked to attempt three questions from a choice of not less than nine questions.
2.‘Two+1 examination’: The assessment of such Papers will consist of a two-hour examination in which candidates will be asked to attempt two questions from a choice of not less than six questions. The Papers will be undivided. In addition, there will be assessed course-work to be submitted not later than the Division of the Easter Term in the year of the examination. The nature of the course-work required will be determined by the University Teaching Officer responsible for the co-ordination of the course who will provide, at the first lecture of the course, written details of the procedures which will be followed. The course-work will be equivalent to one question in quantity and for assessment in determining an overall mark for the Paper.
Paper number |
General titles |
Courses offered 2009–10 |
Mode of assessment |
1 |
Human geography I |
Cities |
Three-hour examination |
2 |
Human geography II |
Understanding the economy: contemporary geographies of capitalism |
Three-hour examination |
3 |
Human geography III |
Development |
Three-hour examination |
4 |
Human geography IV |
Geography and public policy |
Two+1 examination |
5 |
Human geography V |
Culture and society |
Three-hour examination |
6 |
Physical and environmental geography I |
Processes in the climate system |
Three-hour examination |
7 |
Physical and environmental geography II |
Glacial processes, landforms, and sediment |
Three-hour examination |
8 |
Physical and environmental geography III |
Environmental hazards |
Three-hour examination |
9 |
Physical and environmental geography IV |
Rivers and coasts |
Three-hour examination |
10 |
Physical and environmental geography V |
Biogeography |
Three-hour examination |
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 2010, the Papers to be offered will be examined as shown in the table below. In this table, the following terms are defined:
1.‘Three-hour examination’: The Papers will be examined by a conventional unseen three-hour examination in which candidates will be asked to attempt three questions from a choice of not less than nine questions. The Papers will be undivided.
2.‘Two+1 examination’: The assessment of such Papers will consist of a two-hour examination in which candidates will be asked to attempt two questions from a choice of not less than six questions. The Papers will be undivided. In addition, there will be assessed course-work to be submitted not later than the Division of the Easter Term in the year of the examination. The nature of the course-work required will be determined by the University Teaching Officer responsible for the co-ordination of the course who will provide, at the first lecture of the course, written details of the procedures which will be followed. The course-work will be equivalent to one question in quantity and for assessment in determining an overall mark for the Paper.
Paper number |
General titles |
Courses offered 2009–10 |
Mode of assessment |
1 |
Human geography I |
Cultural geography |
Three-hour examination |
2 |
Human geography II |
Working in the new economy |
Three-hour examination |
3 |
A prescribed topic or topics in geography I |
Political geography: geographies of post colonialism |
Three-hour examination |
4 |
A 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 |
Landscape, society, and imagination in 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 |
Three-hour examination |
8 |
Historical geography II |
European historical demography |
Two+1 examination |
9 |
A prescribed topic or topics in environmental geography |
Environment, policy, and society |
Three-hour examination |
10 |
A prescribed topic or topics in geography III |
Morphodynamics of large-scale coastal systems |
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 |
A prescribed topic or topics in geography V |
Volcanology |
Three-hour examination |
15 |
A prescribed topic or topics in geography VI |
Quaternary environments |
Two+1 examination |