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No 6182

Wednesday 10 March 2010

Vol cxl No 23

pp. 637–652

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:

Economics Tripos, Part IIb

(Statutes and Ordinances, p. 299)

With effect from 1 October 2010

The project element of Paper 10 (Theory and practice of econometrics II) for Part IIb of the Economics Tripos has been removed, because for those students opting to take Paper 10, the workload in having to submit both a project and the compulsory dissertation is too great. The paper will now be examined by a written paper of three hours’ duration. This amendment will take effect for those candidates taking the examination in 2011. The regulations have accordingly been amended as follows:

Regulation 19.

By amending the final paragraph so as to read:

Each paper shall be of three hours’ duration.

Regulation 26.

By amending the reference to ‘Regulations 14, 16 or 19’ so as to read ‘Regulations 14 or 16’.

SUPPLEMENTARY REGULATIONS

(Statutes and Ordinances, p. 303)

With effect from the same date

Paper 10. Theory and practice of econometrics II

The detail for this paper has been amended by replacing the second paragraph so as to read:

The examination for this paper consists of a written paper of three hours’ duration.

and by deleting the third paragraph.

Examination in International Relations for the degree of Master of Philosophy

(Statutes and Ordinances, p. 518)

With effect from 1 October 2010

On the recommendation of the Degree Committee for the Faculty of Politics, Psychology, Sociology, and International Studies, the General Board and the Board of Graduate Studies have approved a reorganization of the one-year course of study for the examination in International Relations for the M.Phil. Degree and the suspension of the two-year course. The regulations for the examination have accordingly been amended so as to read:

International Relations

1. The fields of study for the one-year course of study in International Relations for the degree of Master of Philosophy shall consist of the following:

1. International theory

2. International politics

3. International law and international organization

4. International history

5. International economics

6. Foreign policy and security studies

provided that the Degree Committee for the Faculty of Politics, Psychology, Sociology, and International Studies shall have power to amend this list of fields of study by notice given in the Reporter not later than the end of the Michaelmas Term of the respective academical year. The Degree Committee shall give notice of the form of examination for each of the fields of study or specific courses falling within these fields of study not later than the end of the Michaelmas Term of the respective academical year.

2. The scheme of examination for the course of study for the degree of Master of Philosophy in International Relations (General Studies) shall consist of:

(a)four examined courses from the above list of fields of study, provided that the topics shall be chosen from as many different fields of study as the Degree Committee for the Faculty of Politics, Psychology, Sociology, and International Studies may specify;

(b)a thesis of not more than 10,000 words in length, including tables, footnotes, and appendices, but excluding bibliography, on a subject approved by the Degree Committee.

3. The scheme of examination for the course of study for the degree of Master of Philosophy in International Relations (Thesis-led) shall consist of:

(a)three examined courses without restriction as to fields of study;

(b)a thesis, of not more than 25,000 words in length, including tables, footnotes, and appendices, but excluding bibliography, on a subject approved by the Degree Committee;

(c)the satisfactory completion of a research methods and thesis writing course.

4. In accordance with the general regulations for the degree of Master of Philosophy and at the discretion of the Examiners, an oral examination may be held in relation to any of the elements enumerated under Regulations 2 and 3 above.

5. A candidate who successfully passes at least two examined courses from the European Studies options announced by the Degree Committee and successfully presents a thesis in that field of study may obtain the designation ‘European Studies’ for the degree of Master of Philosophy in International Relations. A candidate who successfully passes at least two courses from any of the fields of study enumerated in Regulation 1 above and successfully presents a thesis in relation to that field of study may obtain the designation of that field of study for the degree of Master of Philosophy in International Relations.

Certificates of Postgraduate Study

(Statutes and Ordinances, p. 558)

With effect from 1 October 2010

General regulations and special regulations for a Certificate of Postgraduate Study in Natural Science (Materials Science and Metallurgy: High Performance Structural Metallics)

The General Board and the Board of Graduate Studies have approved a proposal from the Degree Committee for the Faculty of Physics and Chemistry to introduce a Certificate of Postgraduate Study in Natural Science (Materials Science and Metallurgy: High Performance Structural Metallics) with effect from 1 October 2010. The Certificate will be awarded after five terms of study. The length of the course for the Certificate is in accordance with the requirements of the Research Council supporting the course and reflects the extended nature of the training involved. These factors are, in the General Board’s view, likely to become more common, and it is not in the University’s interests to be over-prescriptive with regard to the length of such courses.

General regulations

General Regulations 1 and 2 for Certificates of Postgraduate Study have accordingly been amended to read:

1. Certificates of Postgraduate Study shall be awarded for advanced study and training in research. A subject of such study, and the special regulations for each subject, shall be approved by the General Board on the recommendation of the Faculty Board or other body concerned after consultation with the appropriate Degree Committee, and after submission to, and approval by, the Board of Graduate Studies, who shall satisfy themselves that candidates for the Certificate who may wish to become candidates for the degree of Ph.D., Eng.D., M.Sc. or M.Litt. will receive sufficient training in research to justify the granting of leave to count a whole or some part of the period of candidature for the Certificate towards a full-time or a part-time course of research for one of these degrees.

2. The full-time course of instruction for the Certificate shall normally extend over three consecutive terms and the part-time course of instruction shall normally extend over five consecutive terms. The Board of Graduate Studies, on the recommendation of the Degree Committee concerned, may agree that, for some specified courses, the full-time course of instruction may extend beyond three terms. The Board may also permit a candidate in exceptional circumstances to spend up to two years from the date of commencement of candidature in study for the Certificate.

Special regulations

Special regulations for the examination have been approved as follows:

Natural Science (Materials Science and Metallurgy: High Performance Structural Metallics)

1. Certificates of Postgraduate Study shall be awarded for advanced study and training in research in Materials Science and Metallurgy in High Performance Structural Metallics.

2. The study and training shall include:

(a)successful completion of a minimum of eight courses of training approved by the Degree Committee for the Faculty of Physics and Chemistry;

(b)practical work carried out in one or more of the following ways:

(i)organized experiments or theoretical exercises of an advanced type,

(ii)assistance with a piece of research,

(iii)a small research investigation,

(iv)training in some technique,

(v)devising and commissioning experimental work and analysing the output of this work.

3. The dissertation shall be of not more than 15,000 words in length, inclusive of tables, figures, legends, and appendices, but exclusive of bibliography.