No 6177
Wednesday 3 February 2010
Vol cxl No 18
pp. 525–532
The Faculty Board of Biology give notice, in accordance with Regulation 30 for the Natural Sciences Tripos, that the following combinations of Major and Minor Subjects will be offered in the Natural Sciences Tripos, Part II (Biological and Biomedical Sciences) in 2010–11.
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) four written papers of three hours’ duration each in one Major Subject;
(b) one written paper of three hours’ duration in 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.
|
Major Subject |
Permissible Minor Subjects |
|
|
401 |
Pathology – Mechanisms of Disease (Minimum 20 candidates) |
101 104 107 121 |
|
402 |
Pathology (A & B) |
101 104 105 107 110 114 116 117 118 119 120 |
|
403 |
Pathology (A & C) |
101 103 104 105 107 110 114 116 117 118 119 120 |
|
404 |
Pathology (A & D) |
101 103 104 105 107 110 114 116 117 118 119 120 |
|
405 |
Pathology (B & C) |
101 104 105 107 110 111 114 116 117 118 119 120 |
|
406 |
Pathology (B & D) |
101 104 105 106 107 110 111 114 116 117 118 119 120 121 |
|
407 |
Pathology (C & D) |
101 103 104 105 107 110 111 114 116 117 118 119 120 |
|
408 |
Pharmacology |
101 103 104 107 108 110 113 115 116 117 119 120 |
|
409 |
Psychology |
111 115 118 (further Minor Subjects may be available depending on the Psychology options chosen) |
|
411 |
Biochemistry (Maximum 5 candidates) |
103 104 |
|
412 |
Plant Sciences (Cellular – M1, M4, L1, L2) |
101 104 105 107 108 110 111 115 116 117 118 119 120 |
|
413 |
Plant Sciences (Ecology – M3, M1 or Zoology M3, L2 and Zoology L2) |
103 104 106 108 110 111 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 |
|
414 |
Genetics (Maximum 6 candidates) |
101 103 104 105 107 108 113 114 115 116 117 118 (a fifth Genetics module can be taken as a Minor Subject) |
|
415 |
Physiology, Development, and Neuroscience (Developmental & Reproductive Biology) (Maximum 6 candidates) |
106 107 110 111 116 121 |
|
416 |
Physiology, Development, and Neuroscience (Integrative Physiology) (Maximum 6 candidates) |
101 104 106 107 108 110 111 115 116 117 121 |
|
417 |
Neuroscience (Neuroscience) (Maximum 15 candidates) |
101 104 107 108 110 113 115 116 117 118 (111 is also offered if not taken as a Major Subject module) |
|
418 |
Zoology (Cells & Development – M6, M7, and two from L5, L6, L7) |
103 105 110 111 114 117 118 |
|
419 |
Zoology (Behaviour – M4, M5, L2, L3) |
103 104 106 108 113 114 115 116 117 118 121 |
|
420 |
Zoology (Vertebrate Biology – two from M1, M3, M5 and L1, L3) |
101 103 104 106 107 110 113 114 117 118 119 120 121 |
|
421 |
Zoology (Ecology & Conservation – two from M2, M3, M5 and L2, L3) |
103 104 106 110 113 114 117 118 121 |
|
422 |
Zoology (Ecology & Genetics – two from M2, M3, M5 and two from L2, L3 and Genetics module M5) |
103 104 110 113 114 117 118 |
|
423 |
Zoology (Ecology & Plant Sciences – two modules from M2 and M3 or Plant Sciences M3 and L2, L3) |
103 104 106 110 113 114 117 118 121 |
|
424 |
Pathology (B & E) |
101 104 107 110 114 116 117 118 119 120 |
|
425 |
Pathology (C & E) |
101 103 104 107 110 114 116 117 118 119 120 |
|
426 |
Pathology (D & E) |
101 103 104 107 110 114 116 117 118 119 120 |
|
101 |
Biology of parasitism |
|
103 |
The human lifespan (Bio Anth Foundation BA3) (Maximum 7 candidates) |
|
104 |
The human journey (Bio Anth Foundation BA2) (Maximum 7 candidates) |
|
105 |
The human animal (Bio Anth Foundation BA1) (Maximum 7 candidates) |
|
106 |
Neural degeneration and regeneration (Neuroscience) (Maximum 15 candidates) |
|
107 |
History and ethics of medicine (History and philosophy of medicine) (Maximum 50 candidates) |
|
108 |
Medicine, body, and society (Social and Political Sciences (Politics, Psychology, and Sociology) Paper Soc. 10) |
|
110 |
Gender, kinship, and care (Social and Political Sciences (Politics, Psychology, and Sociology) Paper Int. 5) |
|
111 |
Central mechanisms of sensation and behaviour (Neuroscience) (Maximum 15 candidates) |
|
113 |
Medicine from antiquity to the Enlightenment (HPS Pt II Paper 7) (Maximum 12 candidates) |
|
114 |
Modern medicine and biomedical sciences (HPS Pt II Paper 8) (Maximum 12 candidates) |
|
115 |
Psychology of education (Education Part II) (Maximum 10 candidates) |
|
116 |
Sociology of education (Education Part II) |
|
117 |
Philosophy of education (Education Part II) |
|
118 |
History of education (Education Part II) |
|
119 |
Plant and microbial genetics (Genetics M2) |
|
120 |
Human genetics (Genetics M4) |
|
121 |
Evolutionary genetics (Genetics M5) |