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No 6308

Wednesday 22 May 2013

Vol cxliii No 31

pp. 544–578

Regulations for examinations

Theological and Religious Studies Tripos, Parts IIa and IIb

(Statutes and Ordinances, p. 425)

Parts IIa and IIb

With effect from 1 October 2013

The Regulations for the Tripos have changed. Regulation 18 has been amended so as to extend the suspension of Paper B3, ‘Judaism in the Greek and Roman periods’ until 1 October 2014, and to amend the title of Paper C4 from ‘Religion, power, and political society’ to ‘Topic in the history of Christianity’. Papers B12, ‘Psychology and religion’, and C12, ‘Theology and science’, have been suspended until 1 October 2014.

Regulation 18.

GROUP B.

By continuing to suspend Paper B3, ‘Judaism in the Greek and Roman periods’ until 1 October 2014.

By suspending Paper B12, ‘Psychology and religion’, until 1 October 2014.

GROUP C.

By amending the title of Paper C4 from ‘Religion, power, and political society’ to ‘Topic in the history of Christianity’.

By suspending Paper C12, ‘Theology and science’, until 1 October 2014.

SUPPLEMENTARY REGULATIONS

By amending the title of Paper C4 from ‘Religion, power, and political society’ to ‘Topic in the history of Christianity’, and by replacing the current text with the following: ‘This paper will be concerned with a topic in the history of Christianity, as specified by the Faculty Board from time to time’.

By recording the suspensions of Papers B3, B12, and C12 until 1 October 2014.

Part IIb

With effect from 1 October 2013

SUPPLEMENTARY REGULATIONS

The Faculty Board of Divinity give notice that the Supplementary Regulations for the Tripos have been amended.

By amending the current Supplementary Regulation for Paper D1.(a) and, in accordance with the list of variable subjects to be offered in 2014, both the title of Paper D2.(e) and the current Supplementary Regulation so as to read:

Paper D1.

(a) Old Testament

This paper will examine some of the central critical and theological issues in the Pentateuch. The Faculty Board will prescribe a text for special study.

Paper D2.

(e) The rise of Pentecostalism, 1900 to the present day

This paper will be concerned with the transregional history of Pentecostalism, from 1900 to the present day.

The Faculty Board of Divinity are satisfied that no candidate’s preparation for the examination in 2014 will be affected by these changes.

Examination in Applied Biological Anthropology for the M.Phil. Degree

(Statutes and Ordinances, p. 507)

With immediate effect

The scheme of the examination has been amended so as to replace the requirements for an exercise on laboratory analysis and report writing, three timed essays, and an oral presentation with two 2,500-word essays and two written assignments. The Special Regulations have been amended as follows:

Regulation 1.

By removing sub-paragraphs (iii), (iv), and (v) and replacing them with revised sub-paragraphs (iii) and (iv) so as to read:

(iii)two essays each of not more than 2,500 words in length excluding tables and references based upon material from the core courses;

(iv)two written assignments (either two essays or one essay and one laboratory report) based upon material from the option courses.

Candidates are currently working to the new format of the assessment methods, and the Faculty Board of Human, Social, and Political Sciences have confirmed that no candidate will be disadvantaged by this change.

Examination in Human Evolutionary Studies for the M.Phil. Degree

(Statutes and Ordinances, p. 523)

With immediate effect

The scheme of the examination has been amended so as to replace two of the four 2,500-word essays (which will now be based on material from the core courses, rather than being on topics approved by the Degree Committee) with a quantitative exercise and two written assignments. The Special Regulations have been amended as follows:

Regulation 1.

By removing sub-paragraph (ii) and replacing it with revised sub-paragraphs (ii), (iii), and (iv) so as to read:

(ii)a quantitative exercise on statistical analysis and interpretation;

(iii)two essays each of not more than 2,500 words in length excluding tables and references based upon material from the core courses;

(iv)two written assignments (either two essays or one essay and one laboratory report) based upon material from the option courses.

Candidates are currently working to the new format of the assessment methods, and the Faculty Board of Human, Social, and Political Sciences have confirmed that no candidate will be disadvantaged by this change.