The General Board, on the recommendation of the Committee of Management for the Natural Sciences Tripos, have approved amendments to Regulation 30 so that candidates for the subject of examination Neuroscience are no longer required to give an oral presentation and, in the subject of examination Physical Sciences, the scheme of examination for Half Subject Earth Sciences is amended to remove the paper of one and a half hours’ duration and to reduce the three-hour paper to two hours which will consist of two essays on topics related to the seminars in two courses offered.
Regulation 30.
By amending the scheme of examination for the subject of examination ‘Neuroscience’ by deleting the final paragraph.
By amending the scheme of examination for the subject of examination ‘Physical Sciences’ by amending sub-paragraph (iii)(1) so as to delete the reference to one written paper of one and a half hours’ duration.
By amending sub-paragraph (iii)(2) so as to read ‘a written paper of two hours’ duration, consisting of two essays, each essay chosen from topics related to the seminars in each of the two courses offered;’.