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No 6197

Wednesday 6 October 2010

Vol cxli No 1

pp. 1-48

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:

Classical Tripos, Part II

(Statutes and Ordinances, p. 292)

With effect from 1 October 2010

Schedule of optional papers

Paper O1.

This paper will in future be Paper 12 (History of ideas on language) of the Linguistics Tripos (New Regulations) (Paper Li. 12 of the Modern and Medieval Languages Tripos).

Linguistics Tripos

OLD REGULATIONS

(Statutes and Ordinances, p. 348)

With immediate effect

The following paper is withdrawn:

Paper 9. Foundations of speech communication (also serves as Paper 7 of the Linguistics Tripos (New Regulations) and Paper Li. 7 of the Modern and Medieval Languages Tripos).

NEW REGULATIONS

(Statutes and Ordinances, p. 350)

With immediate effect

The following paper is suspended until further notice:

Paper 7. Foundations of speech communication (also serves as Paper 9 of the Linguistics Tripos (Old Regulations) and Paper Li. 7 of the Modern and Medieval Languages Tripos).

Modern and Medieval Languages Tripos

(Statutes and Ordinances, p. 363)

With immediate effect

SCHEDULE B

The following papers are suspended until further notice:

Portuguese

Pg. 1. Introduction to the structure and varieties of modern Portuguese

Linguistics

Li. 7. Foundations of speech communication. (Paper 9 of the Linguistics Tripos (Old Regulations) and Paper 7 of the Linguistics Tripos (New Regulations)).

SCHEDULES Ia and Ib

By amending the Schedules so as to suspend Paper Pg. 1 until further notice.

SCHEDULE II

By amending the Schedule so as to suspend Paper Li. 7 until further notice.

The Faculty Board of Modern and Medieval Languages are satisfied that no candidate’s preparation for the examination will be affected by these changes.

Natural Sciences Tripos, Part II (Zoology)

(Statutes and Ordinances, p. 386)

With effect from 1 October 2010

Part II

The requirement to submit an essay for the examination in Zoology has been replaced by the requirement to submit a critical review. The regulations have been amended as follows:

Regulation 28.

The first line has been amended so as to read ‘Each candidate submitting a dissertation, essay, critical review, thesis, project report or similar exercise’.

Regulation 30.

Zoology

The regulation has been amended by replacing the words ‘an essay’ by the words ‘a critical review’ in sub-paragraph (c) and by replacing the words ‘The essay’ with the words ‘The critical review’ in lines 1 and 2 of the following paragraph.

Examinations in Ethnomusicology, Musicology, and Musical Composition for the degree of Master of Philosophy

(Statutes and Ordinances, pp. 514 and 524)

With effect from 1 October 2011

The General Board and the Board of Graduate Studies have approved a proposal from the Degree Committee for Music to reorganize the courses for the above examinations as options within one course for the examination in Music Studies for the Degree of Master of Philosophy. The special regulations for the examinations in Ethnomusicology, Musicology, and Musical Composition have been rescinded with effect from 1 October 2011; special regulations for the new examination in Music Studies have been approved with effect from the same date as follows:

Music Studies

1. The scheme of examination for the one-year course of study in Music Studies for the degree of Master of Philosophy shall consist of

(a)ten short abstracts of not more than 250 words each and an essay, of not more than 3,500 words (including tables, footnotes, and appendices, but excluding bibliography, musical examples, and transcriptions), on issues in musical studies;

(b)two essays, each of not more than 3,500 words (including tables, footnotes, and appendices, but excluding bibliography, musical examples, and transcriptions), on subjects specified by the Degree Committee for the Faculty of Music, provided that with the permission of the Degree Committee a candidate may substitute comparable exercises for either or both of these essays;

(c)either a thesis, of not more than 15,000 words in length (including tables, footnotes, and appendices, but excluding bibliography, musical examples, and transcriptions), on a subject approved by the Degree Committee,

or or a portfolio of four compositions in any idiom of the candidate’s choice; the portfolio should include scores and recordings as appropriate to the nature of the music, and should require thirty to forty-five minutes in total to perform; the portfolio should be accompanied by an explanatory essay of not more than 5,000 words outlining the aesthetic and technical aims of the compositions,

or or the performance of a recital to require between fifty and sixty minutes to perform, together with an essay on a related topic of not more than 7,500 words;

provided that with the permission of the Degree Committee a suitably qualified candidate may submit in place of the abstracts and essay specified under Regulation 1(a) and the submissions specified under Regulation 1(c)

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

or or a portfolio of four compositions in any idiom of the candidate’s choice; the portfolio should include scores and recordings as appropriate to the nature of the music, and should require forty-five to sixty minutes in total to perform; the portfolio should be accompanied by an explanatory essay of not more than 7,500 words outlining the aesthetic and technical aims of the compositions,

or or the performance of a recital to require between fifty and sixty minutes to perform, together with an essay on a related topic of not more than 12,500 words.

2. At the discretion of the Examiners the examination may include an oral examination on the work submitted or performed by the candidate and on the general field of knowledge within which it falls.