No 6290
Wednesday 12 December 2012
Vol cxliii No 13
pp. 268–281
Notices by Faculty Boards, or other bodies concerned, of changes to the form and conduct of certain examinations to be held in 2013, by comparison with those examinations in 2012, are published below. Complete details of the form and conduct of all examinations are available from the Faculties or Departments concerned.
Further to their Notice of 31 October 2012 pertaining to Part II of the Tripos (Reporter, 6283, 2012–13, p. 93) the Faculty Board of English give notice that, with effect from the examination to be held in 2013, the form of the examination for the following papers for Part I of the Anglo Saxon, Norse, and Celtic Tripos will be as specified below:
Candidates will be required to answer THREE questions, ONE from each section. Candidates must not use substantially the same material for more than ONE answer.
All other papers remain unchanged.
The Faculty Board of English give notice that, with effect from the examination to be held in 2013, the form of the examination for the following papers for the English Tripos will be as specified below:
Candidates will be required to answer TWO questions, ONE from each section. In the Section A essay candidates must NOT include anything more than a passing reference to any author from whose work they have analysed an extract in the Section B commentary. Candidates must make substantive reference to more than one author, unless they choose a question which specifically names an author.
Candidates will be required to answer THREE questions, ONE from each section. Candidates must not use substantially the same material for more than ONE answer.
Candidates will be required to answer THREE questions, ONE from each section. Candidates must not use substantially the same material for more than ONE answer.
Candidates will be required to answer THREE questions, ONE from each section. Candidates must not use substantially the same material for more than ONE answer.
Candidates will be required to answer THREE questions, ONE from each section. Candidates must not use substantially the same material for more than ONE answer.
Candidates may answer ANY THREE questions or, if they prefer, ANY ONE question selected from those which are marked with an asterisk *.
Candidates will be required to answer THREE questions in total from at least TWO sections. Answers should show substantial knowledge of material from THREE language areas (which may include English OR a language in translation) in the paper as a whole, and from at least TWO language areas in any ONE answer.
Candidates should answer with reference to literature, theory, film, and art, as appropriate.
Candidates should NOT draw substantially on material from their dissertation or material which they have used or intend to use in another scheduled paper.
Candidates should NOT draw substantially on the same material in more than ONE question on the same paper.
All other papers remain unchanged.
The Faculty Board of Business and Management give notice that in the Lent Term the subjects for examination for the M.B.A. Degree will be as listed below. The method of examination is shown for each subject.
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MBA10. |
Strategy |
Examination (1.5 hours) (50%) |
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MBA11. |
Marketing |
Examination (1.5 hours) (60%) |
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MBA15. |
Operations management |
Examination (1.5 hours) (70%) |
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MBA10. |
Strategy |
Group assignment (50%) |
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MBA11. |
Marketing |
Group assignment (40%) |
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MBA15. |
Operations management |
Individual assignment (30%) |
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MBA16. |
Financial management |
Class participation (20%), individual assignment (40%), group assignment (40%) |
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MBA34. |
Global consulting project |
Group assignment and presentation (80%) and peer review (20%) |
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MBA33. |
Negotiations workshop |
Attendance |
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MBA77. |
Accounting and working capital for startups |
Class participation (20%), group assignment (30%), individual assignment (50%) |
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MBA91. |
Anatomy of a corporate deal |
Attendance |
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MBA89. |
Business strategy and management consulting |
Individual assignment (100%) |
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MBA70. |
Cases in corporate finance I |
Class participation (10%), group case write-up (20%), group valuation project (30%), in-class test (40%) |
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MBA39. |
Corporate social responsibility |
Individual assignments (100%) |
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MBA79. |
Digital marketing |
Class participation (20%), individual assignment (80%) |
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MBA78. |
Financial statement analysis |
Class participation (20%), individual assignment (80%) |
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MBA52. |
Leading and managing beyond profit |
Group assignment (45%), individual assignment and class participation (55%) |
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MBA25. |
Lean six sigma process improvement |
In-class test (100%) |
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MBA102. |
Managerial decision making |
Open book test (100%) |
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MBA14. |
Managing innovation strategically |
Panel assessment and individual assignment (100%) |
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MBA27. |
Philosophy in business |
Individual assignment (100%) |
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MBA81. |
Project management |
In-class test (100%) |
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MBA88. |
Strategies for energy and climate |
Individual assignments (100%) |
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MBA29. |
Service design and innovation |
Group assignment (45%), individual assignment (55%) |
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MBA80. |
So, you want to be an entrepreneur |
Individual assignments (100%) |
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MBA30. |
Strategic human resources management |
Group assignment (50%), individual assignment (50%) |
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MBA22. |
Strategic performance management |
Individual assignment (70%), group presentation (30%) |
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MBA32. |
Topics of investment management |
Individual assignment (60%), group assignment (40%) |
No written papers offered in Lent Term
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EMBA4. |
Management practice |
Individual assignment |
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EMBA14. |
Corporate governance and ethics |
Individual assignment |
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EMBA15. |
One elective from Elective I list below |
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EMBA16. |
One elective from Elective II list below |
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EMBA17. |
Leadership in action |
Attendance only |
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EMBA18. |
Individual project |
Individual assignment |
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EMBA19. |
Personal and professional development |
Attendance only |
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EMBA24. |
Fast strategy, intrapreneurship, and business instinct |
Individual assignment |
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EMBA31. |
Global energy security |
Individual assignment |
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EMBA32. |
Macro economics |
Individual assignment (75%) and group assignment (25%) |
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EMBA34. |
Innovation management |
Individual assignment (50%) and group assignment (50%) |
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EMBA35. |
Managerial decision making |
Individual assignment |
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EMBA36. |
Corporate investment |
Individual assignment |
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EMBA23. |
Strategic performance management |
Individual assignment (70%) and group assignment (30%) |
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EMBA27. |
Changing the game: business models, marketing strategy, and innovation |
Individual assignment |
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EMBA28. |
Advanced strategy |
Individual assignment (60%) and group assignment (40%) |
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EMBA33. |
Understanding consumers |
Individual assignment |
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EMBA21. |
How to start technology companies |
Individual assignment |
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EMBA26. |
Philosophy in business |
Individual assignment |
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EMBA37. |
Anatomy of a corporate deal |
Individual assignment |
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EMBA6. |
Organizational behaviour |
Independent assignment (60%), group assignment (20%), and class participation (20%) |
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EMBA7. |
Operations management |
Individual assignment (80%) and class participation (20%) |
The Faculty Board of Business and Management give notice that in the Lent Term 2013, the subjects for examination for the Master of Finance Degree will be as listed below. The method of examination is shown for each subject.
No written papers offered in Lent Term.
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MFIN4. |
Equity derivatives |
In-class test, 1.5 hours |
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MFIN22. |
Management practice |
Seminar, assessed by attendance |
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MFIN5. |
Finance and organizations |
Seminar, assessed by attendance |
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MFIN23. |
City speaker series |
Seminar, assessed by attendance |
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MFIN39. |
Fundamentals of credit |
In-class test (40%), course-work (case study and problem sets) (60%) |
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MFIN3. |
Econometrics |
Mid-term test (40%) – 2 hours, final test (60%) – 2 hours |
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MFIN14. |
Fixed income analysis (open to M.Phil. in Finance) |
Individual essay (30%) 1,500 words, 2-hour in-class test (70%) |
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MFIN16. |
Topics in investment management (open to M.B.A./E.M.B.A.) |
Case write-ups (15% each), 1,000 words each; one group assignment (40%) |
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MFIN19. |
Private equity |
Three individual assignments (35% in total), three group assignments (40%), individual in-class quiz (25%) |
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MFIN34. |
Advanced corporate finance |
Case write-ups (20%), group project (40%), in-class test (40%) |
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MF3. |
Financial reporting and capital markets (borrowed from M.Phil. in Finance) |
Two individual essays (50% each), 2,000 words each |
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MFIN26. |
Group consulting project |
Group project, assessed by group presentation and report |
The Faculty Board of Law give notice that, with effect from the examinations to be held in 2013, the form of the examinations for certain papers for the degree of Master of Law will be changed as follows:
Candidates will still be required to answer three questions but the paper will now be divided into two sections with candidates required to answer at least one question from each section. Each section will contain at least three questions. Section A will contain questions covering any part of the syllabus. Section B will contain questions covering Article 102 TFEU or the EU Merger Regulation.
Candidates will still be required to answer three questions (with those taking the two-hour paper still required to answer two questions) but the paper will no longer be divided into two sections.
In addition the following paper has been announced for 2012–13 (Reporter, 6271, 2011–12, pp. 734–5):
This paper will be divided into two sections and will contain no fewer than eight questions. Candidates will be required to attempt three questions, of which at least one question must be taken from Section A and at least one question from Section B.
All other papers remain unchanged.
Full details of the examination can be found by following the appropriate links from http://www.law.cam.ac.uk/faculty-resources/.
The Degree Committee for the Faculty of Business and Management give notice that in the academical year 2012–13, the subjects for examination in Finance for the M.Phil. Degree will be as listed below. The method of examination is shown for each subject.
(1)MF5 Corporate finance I and II [two-hour written examination (55%), plus two group presentations (10% each), two referee reports (10% each), and participation (5%)]
either
(2)M300 Econometric methods [two-hour written examination] and
(3)M310 Further time series with applications in finance and macroeconomics [two-hour written examination] or
M320 Cross section and panel data econometrics [two-hour written examination]
or
(2)MP0-1 Quantitative research methods [two 1.5-hour tests] and
(3)MP01A Quantitative research methods – Advanced [two 1.5-hour tests]
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M100 |
Microeconomics I [two-hour written examination] |
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M400 |
Asset pricing [two-hour written examination] |
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MF1 |
Introduction to financial reporting [assessed by two-hour class test and presentation] |
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MF3 |
Financial reporting and capital markets [assessed by two 2,000-word essays] |
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MF6 |
Asset pricing I and II [three-hour written examination, plus written problem sets] |
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MFIN14 |
Fixed income analysis [assessed by written examination and course-work] |
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MFIN40 |
Overview of financial regulation [two-hour written examination] |
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TPE6 |
Strategic valuation [assessed by project consisting of written report and associated spreadsheet model] |
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MISO7 |
Sociology of markets [written report and presentation] |
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MISO9 |
Organizational behaviour [written report] |
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MMS04 |
Quantitative marketing models [presentation (20%), term paper (60%), idea paper (10%), and participation (10%)] |
(Please see http://www.maths.cam.ac.uk/postgrad/mathiii/examtimetable.pdf.)
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Paper 40 |
Optimal investment [one two-hour written examination] |
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Paper 39 |
Advanced financial models [one three-hour written examination] (compulsory for Fin. Eng. Stream on the M.Phil. in Finance) |
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Paper 28 |
Actuarial statistics [one two-hour written examination] |
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Paper 25 |
Stochastic calculus and applications [one three-hour written examination] |
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Paper 29 |
Time series and Monte Carlo inference [one two-hour written examination] |
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Paper 63 |
Numerical solution of differential equations [one three-hour written examination] |
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Pape 31 |
Statistical theory [one two-hour written examination] |
A 12,000-word dissertation could be substituted in place of three modules.
The Degree Committee for Judge Business School give notice that in the academical year 2012–13, the subjects for examination in Innovation, Strategy, and Organization for the M.Phil. Degree will be as listed below. The method of examination is shown for each subject.
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MPO-1 SSRMC |
Quantitative research methods (assessed by a number of research exercises as determined by the module leader) (assessed by three one-hour online tests) |
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or |
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MPO-1 |
Quantitative research methods (assessed by two 1.5-hour tests) |
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MPO-2 |
Qualitative research methods (assessed by 7 research exercises) |
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MISO1 |
Information systems, innovation, and organizational change [assessed by 3,000-word essay (70%), plus half-hour seminar presentation (30%)] |
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MISO2 |
Strategy and innovation [assessed by 3,000-word essay (30%), plus half-hour seminar group presentation (30%), plus one-hour class test (40%)] |
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MISO3 |
Foundations of organizational analysis [assessed by 3,000-word essay (70%), plus half-hour seminar group presentation (20%), plus class participation (10%)] |
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MISO-6 |
Marketing, innovation, and emerging economies [assessed by 3,500-word essay (70%), plus class participation (10%), plus twenty minutes seminar presentation (20%)] |
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MISO-7 |
Sociology of markets [assessed by presentation (50%), and 4,000-word essay (50%)] |
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MISO-8 |
Organizational behaviour research methods [assessed by class participation (50%) and 4,000-word essay (50%)] |
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MISO-9 |
Organizational behaviour [assessed by a 4,000 word essay (70%) and class participation (30%)] |
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MISO-10 |
Consumer behaviour [assessed by class participation (20%), presentation (30%), and 3,000-word essay (50%)] |
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MMSO2 |
Operations strategy and technology management [class participation (20%), summary of reading (20%), paper on research opportunities (30%), review report (30%)] |
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MMSO4 |
Quantitative marketing models [presentation (20%), term paper (60%), idea paper (10%), and participation (10%)] |
12,000-word dissertation.
The Degree Committee for Judge Business School give notice that in the academical year 2012–13, the subjects for examination in Management for the M.Phil. Degree will be as listed below. The method of examination is shown for each subject.
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MM1 |
Quantitative techniques for management (assessed by two-hour written examination) |
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MM2 |
Information systems (assessed by two-hour written examination) |
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MM3 |
Business economics (assessed by two-hour written examination) |
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MM4 |
Strategic management (assessed by two-hour written examination) |
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MM5 |
Organizational analysis (assessed by two-hour written examination) |
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MM6 |
Accounting and finance (assessed by two-hour written examination) |
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MM30 |
Marketing [assessed by two-hour written examination (70%), plus group project presentation (30%)] |
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MM35 |
Management consulting project [assessed by one-hour joint presentation (50%), plus 3,000-word essay (25%), plus class participation (25%)] |
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MM37 |
Operations management (assessed by two-hour written examination) |
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MM10 |
Globalization at the crossroads (assessed by 4,000-word essay) |
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MM11 |
Human resources management (assessed by 4,000-word essay) |
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MM20 |
Environment and sustainability (assessed by 3,000-word essay, plus one-hour seminar presentation) |
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MM31 |
Supply chain management [assessed by class test (60%), group presentation and report (30%), and class participation (10%)] |
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TPE6 |
Strategic valuation (project consisting of written report and associated spreadsheet model) |
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MF3 |
Financial reporting and capital markets (assessed by two 2,000-word essays) |
The Degree Committee for the Faculty of Business and Management give notice that in the academical year 2012–13, the subjects for examination in Management Science and Operations for the M.Phil. Degree will be as listed below. The method of examination is shown for each subject.
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(1) MP0-1 |
Quantitative research methods [two 1.5-hour tests] |
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(2) MP0-1A |
Quantitative research methods – advanced [two 1.5-hour tests] |
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(3) MMSO1 |
Mathematical models of operations management [class participation (20%), summary of reading (30%), provision of proofs (20%), and reviewer’s report (30%)] |
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(4) MMSO2 |
Operations strategy and technology management [class participation (20%), summary of reading (20%), paper on research opportunities (30%), and reviewer’s report (30%)] |
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(5) MMSO3 |
Management of the innovation process [paper summary (20%), class participation (20%), presentation (30%), and final research proposal (30%)] |
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(6) MMSO4 |
Quantitative marketing models [presentation (20%), term paper (60%), idea paper (10%), and participation (10%)] |
Three optional subjects are taken from a selection of the M.Phil. ISO and Mathematical Tripos, Part III (please see: http://www.maths.cam.ac.uk/postgrad/mathiii/examtimetable.pdf) including, as the most typical subject:
Paper 38 Mathematics of operational research (one three-hour written examination)