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No 6179

Wednesday 17 February 2010

Vol cxl No 20

pp. 545–600

Regulations For Examinations

The General Board give notice that, on the recommendation of the Faculty Board or other authority concerned, the regulations for certain University examinations have been amended as follows:

Archaeological and Anthropological Tripos, Parts IIa and IIb

(Statutes and Ordinances, p. 258)

With effect from 1 October 2010

The titles of Papers A8, A24, and A31 have been amended as follows:

A8.From ‘Later European prehistory’ to ‘European prehistory’

A24.From ‘Mesopotamian archaeology II: states to empires’ to ‘Mesopotamian archaeology II: territorial states to empires’

A31.From ‘Ancient India II: early historic cities of India’ to ‘Ancient India II: early historic cities of South Asia’

SUPPLEMENTARY REGULATIONS

(Statutes and Ordinances, p. 264)

Parts IIa and IIb

Archaeology

With immediate effect

The supplementary regulations for certain papers have been amended as follows:

Papers A13–16. Classical archaeology

By amending the detail so as to read:

Within Classical archaeology, four different papers are available, concerning which information is available from the Classics Faculty.

Papers A25 and A26. Europe in the first millennium ad

By removing from line 3 the words ‘and where relevant it extends also into North Africa’.

The Faculty Board are satisfied that no candidates’ preparation for the examination in 2010 has been adversely affected by this change.

With effect from 1 October 2010

Papers A8, A24, and A31

The titles of these papers have been amended as set out above.

Social Anthropology

Papers S7–S11. Special subjects in social anthropology

The list of papers available has been amended by retitling the paper under (c) (currently ‘Gender, body, and sexuality’) as ‘Gender, kinship, and care’, and replacing the detail so as to read:

This paper aims to use a variety of disciplinary perspectives to explore powerful new developments in the experience and understandings of gender and kinship in the context of the emergent field of ‘care’. The course addresses recent developments in gender theory and global changes in the nature of intimacy. It examines anthropological evidence of the re-emergence of more traditional kinship and gender relations in new forms. Cross-cultural studies of same-sex and heterosexual relationships and especially friendships will be examined so as to better theorize the ways in which care is being reconfigured both within and outside normative kinship configurations. The new theorization of care builds upon the new ways of caring for the sick, frail, and elderly as well as the young and examines policy concerns about the failures of parents in the care of children. It also examines care as a form of governance and identifies the ways in which the multiple and culturally specific ways of ‘caring’ are often not recognized by the state which increasingly seeks to standardize practices of care and divest them of their socio-cultural meanings and significances. Themes to be addressed include: gender and work/family balance, migration and the international division of reproductive labour (employed care givers and global ‘care-chains’), ‘caring capitalism’, new models and practices of parenting, domestic and state coercions, public planning, and state policy in the realm of care.

Land Economy Tripos

(Statutes and Ordinances, p. 343)

With effect from 1 October 2010

The format for the examination has changed: the papers for the Tripos have been divided into three Groups instead of five; the titles of Papers 2–5, 7, 14, and 16 have been changed; and there will be two papers instead of one, each of two hours’ duration, for Paper 1. The Faculty Board wish to prescribe, from time to time, the length of projects undertaken in Papers 3, 4, 6, and 15. Regulation 16(a) has been clarified to indicate that candidates are required to submit a compulsory dissertation in Part II. The Faculty Board no longer wish to publish a list of subject areas for the dissertation. Candidates will be required to give an oral presentation of the dissertation to Examiners and Assessors, rather than to the Department. The regulations have been amended as follows:

Regulation 12.

By amending the list of papers so as to read:

Group I

Paper 1A. Economics I

Paper 1B. Economics II

Paper 2. The public sector: institutional and legal frameworks

Paper 3. Quantitative methods for land economy

Paper 4. Land economy, development, and sustainability

Group II

Paper 5. Environmental economics and law

Paper 6. Fundamentals of finance and investment

Paper 7. Regional economics and policy

Paper 8. The law of real property: principles, policy, and economic implications

Paper 9. Private law

Paper 10. The built environment

Paper 11. Land and urban economics

Group III

Paper 12. Law and economics

Paper 13. Landlord and tenant law

Paper 14. Planning policy and practice

Paper 15. Advanced techniques in finance and investment for real estate

Paper 16. Land, food, and ecosystem services

Paper 17. Land policy and development economics

By amending the first sentence of the second paragraph of the regulation so as to read:

The subject of each paper shall be examined by means of a paper of three hours’ duration, except for Papers 1A, 1B, and 4 which shall each be examined by means of a paper of two hours’ duration.

and by inserting the words ‘its length,’ after the words ‘the work to be undertaken for the project,’ in the second sentence.

Regulation 14(a).

By replacing the reference to Groups I–IV with ‘Group II’ and amending the regulation so as to read:

‘A candidate who has previously obtained honours in Part Ia of the Land Economy Tripos shall offer five papers chosen from Group II, including Paper 8 or Paper 9 or both’.

Regulation 14(b).

By deleting sub-sections (iii) and (iv) and amending sub-section (ii) so as to read: ‘four papers chosen from Group II, including Paper 8 or Paper 9 or both’, and by deleting proviso (4) of the regulation.

Regulation 16.

By amending the first sentence so as to read: ‘Candidates for honours in Part II shall offer papers and a dissertation as follows’; by amending the first part of sub-section (a)(i) so as to read:

(i)four papers chosen from Groups II and III, including at least three papers from Group III;

and by amending sub-section (b)(i) of the regulation so as to read:

(i)four papers chosen from Groups II and III, including at least two papers from Group III; provided that a candidate shall not offer any paper that he or she has previously offered in another Honours examination.

Regulation 17.

By deleting the first sentence of sub-paragraph (a) and amending the second sentence so as to read:

Every dissertation shall be on a topic falling within the area of Land Economy.

and by replacing in lines 3–4 of sub-paragraph (d) the words ‘to an audience consisting of staff and students of the Department and including Examiners’ by the words ‘to two Examiners (who may include an Assessor)’.

SUPPLEMENTARY REGULATIONS

(Statutes and Ordinances, p. 345)

With effect from 1 October 2010

By amending the detail for certain papers as follows:

Group 1

Paper 1. Economics

By replacing the text for this paper so as to read:

Paper 1A. Economics I

An introduction to microeconomics and welfare economics.

Paper 1B. Economics II

An introduction to macroeconomics and macroeconomic policy.

Paper 2. Public law

By amending the title of this paper so as to read:

Paper 2. The public sector: institutional and legal frameworks

Paper 3. Accounting and data evaluation

By replacing the text for this paper so as to read:

Paper 3. Quantitative methods for land economy

An introduction to principles of accounting, mathematics, and statistics relevant to the study of land economy. The examination of this paper includes the submission of a report consisting of two parts (a) accounting and (b) statistics (see below).

Paper 4. Land environment and structural change

By amending the title of this paper so as to read:

Paper 4. Land economy, development, and sustainability

Group II

Paper 5. Environmental economics, law, and policy

By amending the title of this paper so as to read:

Paper 5. Environmental economics and law

Paper 7. Regional economics

By amending the title of this paper so as to read:

Paper 7. Regional economics and policy

By moving Papers 8–11 to this Group.

Group III

By moving Papers 12–17 to this Group.

Paper 14. Planning law and policy

By amending the title of this paper so as to read:

Paper 14. Planning policy and practice

Paper 16. Agriculture, forestry, and rural development

By replacing the title and text for this paper so as to read:

Paper 16. Land, food, and ecosystem services

The ownership and use of land for primary production in the United Kingdom and other developed countries. Food production and consumption. Land uses and the provision of ecosystem services. Public policies towards rural land and ecosystem services.

Group IV and Group V

By deleting the reference to these Groups.

Groups I, II , and V

By amending the title to:

Groups I, II , and III

Papers 3, 4, 6, and 15: project reports

And by replacing the first three sentences of the Supplementary Regulation so as to read:

The project to be undertaken for each of these papers and the word length shall be specified by the Board of Land Economy and announced not later than the division of the Lent Term. Candidates will be required to submit in typescript, by a date to be announced by the Board, an account of the project in the form of an extended essay. The account should be in English.

The Faculty Board have confirmed that no student’s preparation for the examination in 2011 will be adversely affected by these changes.