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No 6324

Wednesday 6 November 2013

Vol cxliv No 7

pp. 86–91

Notices by Faculty Boards, etc.

Annual Meetings of the Faculties

Computer Science and Technology

The Chair of the Faculty Board of Computer Science and Technology gives notice that the Annual Meeting of the Faculty will be held at 2.15 p.m. on Tuesday, 19 November 2013, in Lecture Theatre 2 at the William Gates Building, JJ Thomson Avenue. The Agenda for the meeting will be to consider the changes to the Computer Science curriculum in schools and what it might mean for the Faculty.

Earth Sciences and Geography

The Chair of the Faculty Board of Earth Sciences and Geography gives notice that the Annual Meeting of the Faculty will be held at 2.15 p.m. on Tuesday, 19 November 2013, in the Seminar Room, Department of Geography, Downing Place. The business will be the election, in accordance with Statute C, IV, 2, of three members of the board in class (c) to serve for four years from 1 January 2014 and one member to serve in class (c) for one year from 1 January 2014.

Nominations for the election and notice of any other business should reach the Secretary of the Faculty Board (email: secretary@esg.cam.ac.uk) not later than Friday, 15 November 2013.

Natural Sciences Tripos, Part III (Astrophysics) and Master of Advanced Studies in Astrophysics, 2013–14: Examination papers

The Director of the Institute of Astronomy gives notice that the following courses will be available for examination in 2014:

Three-unit lecture courses

These papers, from Part III of the Mathematical Tripos, will be taken in June. Each will be examined by a written paper of three hours’ duration.

40.

Quantum field theory

49.

Cosmology

50.

General relativity

52.

Black holes

54.

Astrophysical fluid dynamics

55.

Structure and evolution of stars

56.

Origin and evolution of galaxies

58.

Galactic astronomy and dynamics

59.

Planetary system dynamics

Two-unit lecture courses

These papers, from Part III of the Mathematical Tripos, will be taken in June and will be examined by a written paper of two hours’ duration.

53.

Advanced cosmology

57.

Dynamics of astrophysical discs

These papers, from Part III of the Natural Sciences Tripos (Physics), will be taken at the start of the Lent Term and will be examined by a written paper of two hours’ duration. Each paper will consist of three questions of which candidates will be required to answer two; all questions carry equal weight.

Paper 1/PP.

Particle physics

Paper 1/PEP.

Physics of the Earth as a planet

One-unit lecture courses

These papers, from Part III of the Natural Sciences Tripos (Physics), will be taken at the start of the Easter Term and will be examined by a written paper of one and a half hours’ duration. Each paper will consist of three questions of which candidates will be required to answer two; all questions carry equal weight.

Paper 2/PA.

Particle astrophysics

Paper 2/FOA.

Frontiers of observational astrophysics

It is recommended that candidates take the equivalent of four 3-unit lecture courses. At least nine units should be selected from the recommended list of courses above. Up to three units may be chosen freely from Part III of the Mathematical Tripos (and need not be relevant to astrophysics), or the allowed list of courses from Part III Physics in the Natural Sciences Tripos, or a mixture of both. The courses offered in Part III of the Mathematical Tripos vary from year to year and may be found in their lecture listing at http://www.maths.cam.ac.uk/lecturelists/PartIIIWeb.pdf. The allowed courses from Part III Physics may be found at http://www.ast.cam.ac.uk/students/undergrad/part_iii/lectures/. Students should consult the Part III Course Co-ordinator for guidance about choice of courses.

Natural Sciences Tripos, Part III (Physics) and Master of Advanced Studies in Physics, 2013–14: Examination papers

The Head of the Department of Physics gives notice that the following Major Topics, Minor Topics, and types of further work will be available for examination in 2014.

Major Topics

These papers will be taken at the start of the Lent Term. Each Major Topic will be examined by a written paper of two hours’ duration. Each paper will consist of three questions of which candidates will be required to answer two; all questions carry equal weight. Candidates are required to take a minimum of three papers. The titles of the papers are as follows:

Paper 1/AQC.

Advanced quantum condensed matter physics

Paper 1/SMB.

Soft matter and biophysics

Paper 1/RAC.

Relativistic astrophysics and cosmology

Paper 1/PP.

Particle physics

Paper 1/PEP.

Physics of the Earth as a planet

Paper 1/QCM.

Quantum condensed matter field theory

Paper 1/AOP.

Atomic and optical physics

Candidates may replace one Major Topic with the paper Quantum field theory (Paper 1/QFT) from Part III of the Mathematics Tripos (taken in June).

Minor Topics

These papers will be taken at the start of the Easter Term. Each Minor Topic will be examined by a written paper of one and a half hours’ duration. Each paper will consist of three questions of which candidates will be required to answer two; all questions carry equal weight. Candidates who are not replacing Minor Topics by other work, as specified below, are required to take a minimum of three papers. The titles of the papers are as follows:

Paper 2/AP.

Atmospheric physics

Paper 2/BP.

Biological physics

Paper 2/FSU.

Formation of structure in the universe

Paper 2/FOA.

The frontiers of observational astrophysics

Paper 2/GFT.

Gauge field theory

Paper 2/MP.

Medical physics

Paper 2/NOQL.

Non-linear optics and quantum states of light

Paper 2/PA.

Particle astrophysics

Paper 2/QI.

Quantum information

Paper 2/SQC.

Superconductivity and quantum coherence

Each paper or piece of further work listed below may replace one Minor Topic:

a Long Vacation Project (2/LVP) (based on pre-approved project work undertaken during the previous Long Vacation)

the Entrepreneurship option (2/ENP), which is examined by course-work

the paper ‘Advanced quantum field theory’ (2/AQFT) from Part III of the Mathematical Tripos (examined in June)

the examination paper ‘Nuclear power engineering’ (2/4M16) from Part IIb of the Engineering Tripos; these candidates will take the same examination paper as candidates from Engineering (examined at the start of the Easter Term)

the Interdisciplinary papers in ‘Materials, electronics, and renewable energy’ (2/IDP3); ‘The Earth system and climate change’ (2/IDP2); and ‘Atmospheric chemistry and global change’ (2/IDP1) (all examined in the second half of the Easter Term).

Where candidates take more than three Major Topics, the examiners will use the best three results in determining the class; where candidates take more than three Minor Topics, the examiners will use the best three results in determining the class: all marks will appear on the transcript.

Examination in Advanced Computer Science for the M.Phil. Degree, 2013–14: Corrections and amendments

Further to their notice of 15 May 2013 (Reporter, 6307, 2012–13, p. 530), the Faculty of Computer Science and Technology give notice of the following corrections to module assessment and an amendment in Michaelmas Term, 2013.

C00 Research skills (c and t) replaces C00 Research Skills (c).

Innovative user interfaces is no longer available in Michaelmas Term 2014.

Further details can be found by following the appropriate links from http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/teaching/current/acs.html.