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No 6186

Wednesday 28 April 2010

Vol cxl No 27

pp. 757–788

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:

Education Tripos

SCHEDULE 1, SUBJECTS AND PAPERS FOR SECTION II OF PART I OF THE EDUCATION TRIPOS

(Statutes and Ordinances, p. 307)

With effect from 1 October 2010

Physical Sciences

By replacing the reference to ‘Geology’ with ‘Earth Sciences’ and by replacing the reference to ‘Materials and Mineral Sciences’ with ‘Materials Science’.

SCHEDULE 2, SUBJECTS AND PAPERS FOR SECTION IV OF PART II OF THE EDUCATION TRIPOS

(Statutes and Ordinances, p. 308)

With effect from 1 October 2010

Physical Sciences

By replacing the reference to ‘Materials Science and Metallurgy’ with ‘Materials Science’.

Historical Tripos, Part II

(Statutes and Ordinances, p. 335)

With effect from 1 October 2011

The scheme of the examination for Part II of the Historical Tripos has been reorganized. Paper 30 (Historical argument and practice) has been renumbered as Paper 1 (Section A) and the current Papers 1 and 2 (the Sources and Essay papers) have been renumbered as Papers 2i and 2ii (Section B). The current Section B has been relabelled as Section C and a new Section D, entitled Specified Subjects, replaces the current Sections C–E. Regulations 15 and 16 for Part II of the Historical Tripos have accordingly been amended so as to read:

Part II

15. The scheme of examination for Part II shall be:

Section A

Paper 1. Historical argument and practice

Section B

Special Subject

Paper 2i. Essay paper

Paper 2ii. Sources paper

Section C

Political Thought

Paper 3. The history of political thought to c. 1700 (also serves as Paper Pol. 14 of the Politics, Psychology, and Sociology Tripos)

Paper 4. The history of political thought from c. 1700 to c. 1890 (also serves as Paper Pol. 15 of the Politics, Psychology, and Sociology Tripos)1

Paper 5. Political philosophy and the history of political thought since c. 1890 (also serves as Paper Pol. 6 of the Politics, Psychology, and Sociology Tripos)

Section D

Specified Subjects

Papers 6–30. A variable number of papers on topics or comparative themes in history specified by the Faculty Board,2

provided that within the range of papers listed in Sections B and D, a minimum of one paper in each of the following subject areas shall be offered:

(i)ancient history;3

(ii)medieval history;

(iii)early modern history;

(iv)economic and/or social history;

(v)modern British and/or Irish history;

(vi)modern European history;

(vii)American history;

(viii)African, Asian or Latin-American history;

and that no fewer than twelve specified subjects shall be offered in Section D.

16. Candidates for Part II shall offer papers, or papers and a dissertation, as follows:

(a)a candidate who takes the examination in the year next after obtaining honours in Part I of the Historical Tripos or in another Honours Examination, or a candidate who is an Affiliated Student and has been given leave by the Faculty Board to take Part II in the first, second, or third term after the first term kept, shall offer Papers 1, 2i and 2ii, and

either two papers from Sections C–D

or one paper from Sections C–D and a dissertation as prescribed in Regulation 17 on a topic, the title of which has been approved by the Faculty Board, within the range of the Historical Tripos as a whole, provided that a candidate shall not submit a dissertation on a topic falling within the scope of any of the papers that he or she is offering in the examination;

(b)a candidate who takes the examination in the year next but one after obtaining honours in Part I of the Historical Tripos or in another Honours Examination, or a candidate who is an Affiliated Student and has been given leave by the Faculty Board to take Part II in the fourth, fifth, or sixth term after the first term kept, shall offer Papers 1, 2i and 2ii, and

either four papers from Sections C–D

or three papers from Sections C–D and a dissertation as prescribed in Regulation 17 on a topic, the title of which has been approved by the Faculty Board, within the range of the Historical Tripos as a whole, provided that a candidate shall not submit a dissertation on a topic falling within the scope of any of the papers that he or she is offering in the examination;

provided that

(i)no candidate shall offer any paper that he or she has previously offered as a candidate for another Honours Examination;

(ii)the Faculty Board may give notice before the end of the Easter Term in the academical year next but one preceding the examination that a candidate who offered a particular paper or combination of papers in Part I of the Historical Tripos may not offer a particular paper or papers from Section D of Part II;

(iii)no candidate who has obtained honours in Part II of the Classical Tripos shall offer the paper which serves as the subject for Paper C4 of Part II of the Classical Tripos;

(iv)no candidate shall offer in Papers 2i and 2ii a subject which he or she has already offered in Group C of Part II of the Classical Tripos;

(v)no candidate who has previously offered Paper 19 in Part I of the Historical Tripos shall offer Paper 3;

(vi)no candidate who has previously offered Paper 20 in Part I of the Historical Tripos shall offer Paper 4;

(vii)the Faculty Board may specify from among Papers 3–30 a paper or papers which an Affiliated Student who is a candidate under this regulation shall or shall not offer;

(viii)a candidate who has previously obtained honours in Part I of the Historical Tripos, but who did not offer in that Part a paper from among

either    Papers 2–4, 7–9, 12–16, and 19,

or    Papers 23 and 24 (if the subject specified for the paper fell mainly in the period before 1750),

shall offer in Part II

either    Papers 2i and 2ii, provided that the special subject selected by the candidate is one which has been announced by the Faculty Board as a subject falling mainly in the period before 1750,

or    one of the following papers, provided that the subject specified for the paper is a subject falling mainly in the period before 1750:

Papers 3 and 6–30;

or    a dissertation as prescribed in Regulation 17, provided that its subject falls mainly in the period before 1750;

(ix)a candidate who has previously obtained honours in Part I of the Historical Tripos, but who did not offer in that Part a paper from among

either     Papers 5–6, 10–11, 17–18, and 20,

or    Papers 23 and 24 (if the subject specified for the paper fell mainly in the period after 1750),

shall offer in Part II

either    Papers 2i and 2ii, provided that the special subject selected by the candidate is one which has been announced by the Faculty Board as a subject falling mainly in the period after 1750,

or    one of the following papers, provided that the subject specified for the paper is a subject falling mainly in the period after 1750:

Papers 4–5 and 6–30;

or    a dissertation as prescribed in Regulation 17, provided that its subject falls mainly in the period after 1750;

(x)a candidate who has previously obtained honours in Part I of the Historical Tripos but who did not offer in that Part a paper from among Papers 12–18 shall offer in Part II a paper from Section D on a subject in European history specified by the Faculty Board.

SUPPLEMENTARY REGULATIONS

(Statutes and Ordinances, p. 338)

With effect from 1 October 2011

The Faculty Board of History give notice of amendments to supplementary regulations for Part II of the Historical Tripos, as follows:

All current Supplementary Regulations for Part II will be replaced by the following:

Paper 1. Historical argument and practice

This paper aims to provide an opportunity for candidates to reflect on broad issues of historical argument and practice arising out of their work for all three years of the Historical Tripos, but especially Part II. The paper is a means of enabling candidates to raise and discuss fundamental questions which relate their specialist knowledge to more general themes of historical inquiry and explanation. The focus of this paper, as distinct from other Part II papers, is on understanding the conceptual, historiographical, and methodological dimensions of historical argument and practice. However, the paper also fundamentally requires candidates to develop their understanding of these conceptual, historiographical, and methodological issues in relation to their work for their other Part II papers, for example by critically evaluating the merits of different approaches in relation to the more specific and empirical material that they encounter elsewhere in the Tripos. The questions will be designed to encourage broad discussion of issues derived from, and relevant to, papers set in Part II, and will also allow candidates to draw upon their wider reading, done within and outside Parts I and II. The paper will offer a choice of questions, from which candidates will be required to answer one.

Papers 2i and 2ii. Special Subject: sources and long essay

Each candidate shall choose one special subject from a list of special subjects published by the Faculty Board. For each of the subjects primary sources will be specified, some of which may be in a foreign language. A candidate will be required to take one three-hour examination paper and to submit an essay of 5,000 to 6,000 words. The examination paper will include extracts from the specified primary sources and will require commentary by the candidate. For the essay candidates will be required to select an option from a list of options announced by the Faculty Board and to discuss an historical issue with reference to the primary sources, including those specified for the special subject.

Papers 3, 4, and 5:As announced in theReporterof 16 December 2009 (p. 434).

All other supplementary regulations are deleted.

The Faculty Board of History are satisfied that no candidate’s preparation for examination in 2012 will be affected by these changes.

Footnotes

  • 1This paper is also available, in certain years, to candidates for Part II of the Modern and Medieval Languages Tripos.


  • 2One or more subjects specified in Section D may also be available to candidates for Part II of the Modern and Medieval Languages Tripos.


  • 3One or more subjects specified in Sections B and D may also serve as Group C papers of Part II of the Classical Tripos.


Natural Sciences Tripos

(Statutes and Ordinances, p. 384)

With effect from 1 October 2010

Part Ia

Geology and Materials and Mineral Sciences

The title of the subjects ‘Geology’ and ‘Materials and Mineral Sciences’ have been amended to ‘Earth Sciences’ and ‘Materials Science’, respectively.

Parts Ib, II, and III

Materials Science and Metallurgy

The title of the subject ‘Materials Science and Metallurgy’ has been amended to ‘Materials Science’.

Part II

Chemistry, Experimental and Theoretical Physics, Geological Sciences, and Materials Science

The choice between alternative options, A and B, in the subjects Chemistry, Experimental and Theoretical Physics, Geological Sciences, and Materials Science in Part II of the Natural Sciences Tripos, has been rescinded.

The Committee of Management for the Natural Sciences Tripos are satisfied that no student’s preparation for the examination in 2011 will be adversely affected by these changes. The regulations have been amended as follows:

Regulation 30.

Chemistry

By amending the first line so as to read ‘Each candidate shall offer:’.

Experimental and Theoretical Physics

By amending the first ten lines so as to read:

Each candidate shall offer:

(a)Papers 1 and 2;

(b)either Paper 3 and Paper 4 or Paper 3 and one half-paper drawn from Paper 4 or Paper 4 and one half-paper drawn from Paper 3;

(c)a computing exercise and three or more units of further work.

Geological Sciences

By amending the first line so as to read ‘Each candidate shall offer:’, and by deleting lines 2–10 and the third paragraph (lines 21–26).

Materials Science

By amending the first line so as to read ‘Each candidate shall offer:’.

Regulation 31.

By removing the first sentence of the third paragraph and by removing from the following sentence the words ‘In addition,’.

SUPPLEMENTARY REGULATIONS

(Statutes and Ordinances, p. 398)

With effect from the same date

Experimental and Theoretical Physics

Geological Sciences

Materials Science

These entries have been deleted.

Chemistry

The entry has been amended so as to read:

All candidates shall offer Paper 2 and Paper 3. Candidates who have previously offered Chemistry A and Chemistry B in Part Ib of the Natural Sciences Tripos shall also offer Paper 1A and Paper 4A; candidates who have previously offered only one out of Chemistry A and Chemistry B in that examination shall also offer either Paper 1A and Paper 4A or Paper 1B and Paper 4B.

Preliminary Examination for Part II of the Natural Sciences Tripos

(Statutes and Ordinances, p. 251)

With effect from 1 October 2010

The regulations have been amended by replacing all references to the subject and papers in ‘Materials Science and Metallurgy’ by reference to ‘Materials Science’.

Theological and Religious Studies Tripos, Part IIa

(Statutes and Ordinances, p. 423)

With effect from 1 October 2010

The regulations for the Theological and Religious Studies Tripos have been amended so as to allow candidates for Part IIa of the Tripos to offer Paper 3 of Part Ia of the Philosophy Tripos.

Regulation 18.

Group B

By inserting a paper entitled Paper B17. Logic (Paper 3 of Part Ia of the Philosophy Tripos) to the list of papers prescribed under the regulation.

The Faculty Board of Divinity are satisfied that no candidate’s preparation for the examination in 2011 will be affected by this amendment.

Bachelor of Theology for Ministry

(Statutes and Ordinances, p. 446)

With effect from 1 October 2010

The regulations for the Bachelor of Theology for Ministry have been amended so as to restrict Paper 11. Christian doctrine (half-paper) to candidates entering directly into the first year of examination.

Regulation 18.

By inserting a new clause (iv):

(iv)Paper 11 may not be offered by any candidate who has passed the Qualifying Examination or by any candidate who has passed a previous course with a component in Christian doctrine deemed by the Faculty Board to be of equivalent scope and academic standard to Paper 7 of the Qualifying Examination.

and by renumbering current clauses (iv)–(v) as (v)–(vi).

Examination in Management for the degree of Master of Philosophy

(Statutes and Ordinances, p. 521)

With effect from 1 October 2010

The regulations for the examination have been amended to increase the number of modules to be examined.

Regulation 1.

By replacing in line 2 the words ‘nine modules’ by the words ‘eleven modules’.

Examination in Local and Regional History for the degree of Master of Studies

(Statutes and Ordinances, p. 539)

With effect from 1 October 2010

The requirements for the thesis to be submitted as part of the examination in Local and Regional History for the M.St. Degree have been amended, for candidates commencing the course after 1 September 2010, as follows:

By replacing in sub-paragraph (b) the words ‘including footnotes, appendices, and bibliography’ by the words ‘excluding footnotes, appendices, and bibliography’.