No 6354
Wednesday 2 July 2014
Vol cxliv No 37
pp. 664–702
Further to the Notice published on 17 July 2013 (Reporter, 6316, 2012–13, p. 740), the General Board, on the recommendation of the Faculty Board of Biology, have agreed to amend Regulation 20(c)(iii) so as to read:
(iii)one written paper of three hours (Section III) which shall contain essay questions on Neurobiology and Psychology of Medicine.
On the recommendation of the Degree Committee for the Faculty of Engineering, the General Board have approved Machine Learning, Speech and Language Technology as a subject for advanced study for the M.Phil. Degree with effect from 1 October 2015. Special regulations for the examination in the subject have been approved as follows:
1. The scheme of examination for the one-year course of study in Machine Learning, Speech and Language Technology for the degree of Master of Philosophy shall consist of:
(a)at least ten modules selected from a list of mandatory and optional modules published by the Degree Committee for the Faculty of Engineering not later than the end of the Easter Term preceding the commencement of the course of study;
and
(b)a thesis, of not more than 20,000 words in length, including footnotes, appendices, and bibliography, on a topic approved by the Degree Committee for the Faculty of Engineering. Its assessment shall include an oral presentation of the project work on which the thesis is based.
2. The Degree Committee shall announce how modules will be examined not later than the division of Lent Term preceding the examination. Examinations shall be through written papers, or one or more pieces of course-work or other exercises, or a combination of these. The Degree Committee shall specify the duration of any written paper and the limit to be placed on the length of any piece of course-work or other exercise.
3. The examination may include, at the discretion of the Examiners, an oral examination on the work submitted by the candidate under (a) and (b) above and on the general field of knowledge within which such work falls.
On the recommendation of the Degree Committee for the Faculty of Mathematics, the General Board have approved Mathematics as a subject for advanced study for the M.Phil. Degree with effect from 1 October 2015. Special regulations for the examination in the subject have been approved as follows:
1. The scheme of examination for the one-year course of study for the degree of Master of Philosophy shall consist of a thesis, of a length and form appropriate to the topic, on a subject approved by the Degree Committee not later than the division of the term preceding the one in which the examination is to take place.
2. The examination shall include an oral examination on the thesis and on the general field of knowledge within which it falls. The student may be required to take taught courses as directed and announced by the Degree Committee not later than the Easter Term preceding the commencement of the course of study.
On the recommendation of the Council of the School of Technology and the Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology Syndicate, the General Board have approved Sensor Technologies and Applications as a subject for training in research for the M.Res. Degree as a one-year course of study. Special regulations for the examination in the subject have been approved as follows:
1. The scheme of examination for the one-year course of study in Sensor Technologies and Applications for the degree of Master of Research shall consist of:
(a)at least six modules selected from a list of mandatory and optional modules published by the Degree Committee for the Faculty of Engineering not later than the end of the Easter Term of the academical year preceding that in which the examination is to be held; and
(b)two reports, each of not more than 7,000 words in length, including diagrams and footnotes but excluding bibliography and appendices, on projects approved by the Degree Committee.
2. In publishing the list of modules and additional modules the Degree Committee shall announce the form of examination for each module, which shall be either a written paper, or one or more pieces of course-work or other exercises, or a combination of these, and shall specify the duration of any written paper and the limit to be placed on the length of any piece of course-work or other exercise. The Degree Committee shall have the power to give notice of additional optional modules not later than the end of the Michaelmas Term of the academical year of the examination.
3. The examination may include, at the discretion of the Examiners, an oral examination on the reports and on the general field of knowledge within which they fall, and on the other work submitted by the candidate under Regulation 1.