Notices by Faculty Boards, etc.

Archaeological and Anthropological Tripos, Part IIb, 2014–15: Amendment

The Faculty Board of Human, Social, and Political Science give notice of an amendment to the Social Anthropology papers which were listed on 2 July 2014 (Reporter, 6354, 2013–14, p. 667).

Paper S9 ‘A special subject in social anthropology V’ is not offered in 2014–15 and Paper S11, with the correct title of ‘The anthropology of post-socialist societies’ is offered.

The Faculty Board are satisfied that no candidate’s preparation for the examination will be adversely affected by this amendment.

Examination in Development Studies for the M.Phil. Degree, 2014–15

The Centre of Development Studies gives notice that in the academical year 2014–15 the subjects for the examination in Development Studies for the M.Phil. Degree will be as follows:

Group 1

1	Development economics: to be examined by means of one 4,000-word essay and one two-hour examination.
2	Institutions and development: to be examined by means of one 4,000-word essay and one two-hour examination.
3	Sociology and politics of development: to be examined by means of one 4,000-word essay and one two-hour examination.
4	Globalization, business, and development: to be examined by means of one 4,000-word essay and one two-hour examination.
5	Cities and development: to be examined by means of one 4,000-word essay and one two-hour examination.

Group 2: full subjects

13	Financial organization and economic growth: to be examined by means of two 4,000-word essays.
14	Philosophical issues in economic development: to be examined by means of two 4,000-word essays.
30	Justice and development: to be examined by means of two 5,000-word essays.
31	Trans-national criminal justice: to be examined by means of two 5,000-word essays.
34	The comparative development of India and China: to be examined by means of two 5,000-word essays.
43	Development issues in Sub-Saharan Africa: to be examined by means of two 5,000-word essays.
50	Economic issues of contemporary Latin America: to be examined by means of two 5,000-word essays.
400	The development of Central Asia and Caucuses: to be examined by means of two 5,000-word essays.

Group 2: half subjects

500	The development of Southeast Asia: to be examined by means of one 5,000-word essay.
700	Latin America: human development challenges: to be examined by means of one 5,000-word essay.
800	Anthropology in development: to be examined by means of one 5,000-word essay.
	Half-papers from the M.Phil. in Planning, Growth, and Regeneration (Land Economy) subject to the approval of the Department of Land Economy and the Course Director of the M.Phil. Degree in Development Studies.

In place of one full subject or two half subjects in Group 2, a candidate may offer a dissertation.

The Centre of Development Studies gives notice that options in Group 2 may be added to or removed from the above list by the end of Michaelmas Term 2014. A further Notice will be issued if any such changes are made.

Examination in Modern South Asian Studies for the M.Phil. Degree, 2014–15

The Centre of South Asian Studies, under the aegis of the Degree Committee for the Faculty of Human, Social, and Political Science, gives notice that the mandatory and optional modules available to study for the examination in Modern South Asian Studies (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 539) in the academical year 2014–15 will be:

SA1	Introduction to modern South Asia: key themes, concepts, and debates (core course)
	This will be examined by an essay of not more than 3,000 words on a topic chosen from a list approved by the Degree Committee and a book review of not more than 2,000 words on a book chosen by the candidate within the remit of the core course.
SA2	Optional course:
	This will be examined by an essay of not more than 5,000 words on a topic under either (i), (ii), (iii), or (iv) below, chosen by the candidate from a list approved by the Degree Committee:
	(i)	Modern art and society: appropriating modernism in twentieth-century India
	(ii)	Modern Indian society: politics, development, and ecology
	(iii)	Hierarchy and belonging: new approaches to gender, race, class, and community in colonial and postcolonial South Asia
	(iv)	Law in pre-modern and modern South Asia

The Centre reserves the right to withdraw modules if there is insufficient demand or in the event of exceptional circumstances.