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Humanitas Visiting Professorships, 2016
Engineering Tripos, Parts IIa and IIb, 2015–16: Modules and sets
English Tripos

Humanitas Visiting Professorships, 2016

The Management Committee for the Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences, and Humanities announce that with the agreement of the General Board, the following persons have been appointed to Humanitas Visiting Professorships for 2015–16:

Humanitas Visiting Professorship in Statecraft and Diplomacy (Michelmas Term 2015):
President Martti Ahtisaari (Former President of Finland)

Humanitas Visiting Professorship in Chamber Music (Michelmas Term 2015):
Dame Mitsuko Uchida (Classical pianist)

Humanitas Visiting Professorship in Media (Lent Term 2016):
Emily Bell (Journalist, Professor of Professional Practice and Director, Tow Center for Digital Journalism, Columbia Journalism School)

Humanitas Visiting Professorship in Sustainability Studies (Lent Term 2016):
Paul Ferraro (Professor of Economics, Georgia State University)

Humanitas Visiting Professorship in History of Art (Easter Term 2016):
Wim Pijbes (Director of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam)

Engineering Tripos, Parts IIa and IIb, 2015–16: Modules and sets

Part IIa: Modules

The Faculty Board of Engineering give notice that the modules prescribed for the examinations to be held in 2016, and the mode of examination for each module, will be as follows:

Key:

Sets:	M = Michaelmas Term	L = Lent Term
Assessment:	p = examination only	p+c = examination and coursework

Unit	Title	Set	Mode	Notes
Group A: Energy, fluid mechanics, and turbomachinery
3A1	Fluid mechanics I	IIAM8 / L7	p	Double module
3A3	Fluid mechanics II	IIAM1 / L1	p	Double module
3A5	Thermodynamics and power generation	IIAM7	p
3A6	Heat and mass transfer	IIAL3	p
Group B: Electrical engineering
3B1	Radio frequency electronics	IIAM3	p
3B2	Integrated digital electronics	IIAL3	p
3B3	Switch-mode electronics	IIAM2	p
3B4	Electric drive systems	IIAL2	p
3B5	Semiconductor engineering	IIAM6	p
3B6	Photonic technology	IIAL7	p
Group C: Mechanics, materials, and design
3C1	Materials processing and design (engineering)	IIAM5	p	Also runs as MET 3P1
3C5	Dynamics	IIAM6	p
3C6	Vibration	IIAL6	p
3C7	Mechanics of solids	IIAM4	p
3C8	Machine design	IIAM3	p
3C9	Fracture mechanics of materials and structures	IIAL5	p
Group D: Civil, structural, and environmental engineering
3D1	Geotechnical engineering I	IIAM1	p
3D2	Geotechnical engineering II	IIAL1	p
3D3	Structural materials and design	IIAM2	p
3D4	Structural analysis and stability	IIAL2	p
3D5	Water engineering	IIAM11	p	Moved to MT for 2015–16
3D7	Finite element methods	IIAL4	p
3D8	Building physics and environmental geotechnics	IIAM3	p
Group E: Management and manufacturing
3E1	Business economics	IIAL9	p
3E2	Marketing	IIAM10	p
3E3	Modelling risk	IIAM9	p
3E5	Human resource management	IIAM10	p
3E6	Organizational behaviour	IIAL10	p
3E10	Operations management for engineers	IIAL9	p
Group F: Information engineering
3F1	Signals and systems	IIAM5	p
3F2	Systems and control	IIAL5	p
3F3	Signal and pattern processing	IIAL6	p
3F4	Data transmission	IIAL4	p
3F5	Computer and network systems	IIAM4	p
3F6	Software engineering and design	IIAL1	p
Group G: Bioengineering
3G1	Introduction to molecular bioengineering	IIAM7	p
3G2	Mathematical physiology	IIAL3	p
3G3	Introduction to neuroscience	IIAL2	p
3G4	Medical imaging and 3-D computer graphics	IIAL11	p	Moved to LT for 2015–16
3G5	Biomaterials	IIAM11	p
Group M: Multidisciplinary modules
3M1	Mathematical methods	IIAL10	p
Group S: Modules shared with Part IIb
4C4	Design methods	IIAM11	p	Shared module
4D8	Pre-stressed concrete	IIAL11	p+c	Shared module; alternated with 4D16
4M12	Partial differential equations and variational methods	IIAL11	p	Shared module
4M16	Nuclear power engineering	IIAL11	p	Shared module

Part IIa: Sets

Candidates must offer ten modules for examination. Candidates may offer only one module from any one of the sets, and can offer no more than two modules from Groups I and S combined. Students may not take more than two management modules.

Set	Unit	Title	Mode	Notes
Michaelmas Term
IIAM1	3A3	Fluid mechanics II	p	Double module
	3D1	Geotechnical engineering I	p

IIAM2	3B3	Switch-mode electronics	p
	3D3	Structural materials and design	p

IIAM3	3B1	Radio frequency electronics	p
	3C8	Machine design	p
	3D8	Building physics and environmental geotechnics	p

IIAM4	3C7	Mechanics of solids	p
	3F5	Computer and network systems	p

IIAM5	3C1	Materials processing and design	p
	3F1	Signals and systems	p

IIAM6	3B5	Semiconductor engineering	p
	3C5	Dynamics	p

IIAM7	3A5	Thermodynamics and power generation	p
	3G1	Introduction to molecular bioengineering	p

IIAM8	3A1	Fluid mechanics I	p	Double module

IIAM9	3E3	Modelling risk	p

IIAM10	3E2	Marketing	p
	3E5	Human resource management	p

IIAM11	4C4	Design methods	p	Shared module
	3G5	Biomaterials	p
	3D5	Water engineering	p	Moved from LT to MT
Lent Term
IIAL1	3A3	Fluid mechanics II	p	Double module
	3D2	Geotechnical engineering II	p
	3F6	Software engineering and design	p

IIAL2	3B4	Electric drive systems	p
	3D4	Structural analysis and stability	p
	3G3	Introduction to neuroscience	p

IIAL3	3A6	Heat and mass transfer	p
	3B2	Integrated digital electronics	p
	3G2	Mathematical physiology	p

IIAL4	3D7	Finite element methods	p
	3F4	Data transmission	p

IIAL5	3C9	Fracture mechanics of materials and structures	p
	3F2	Systems and control	p

IIAL6	3C6	Vibration	p
	3F3	Signal and pattern processing	p

IIAL7	3A1	Fluid mechanics I	p	Double module
	3B6	Photonic technology	p

IIAL9	3E1	Business economics	p
	3E10	Operations management for engineers	p

IIAL10	3E6	Organizational behaviour	p
	3M1	Mathematical methods	p

IIAL11	4M12	Partial differential equations and variational methods	p	Shared module
	4M16	Nuclear power engineering	p	Shared module
	3G4	Medical imaging and 3-D computer graphics	p	Moved from MT to LT
	4D8	Pre-stressed concrete	p+c	Shared module

Part IIb: Modules

The Faculty Board of Engineering give notice that the modules prescribed for the examinations to be held in 2016, and the mode of examination for each module, will be as follows:

Notes:

c = coursework

p = examination only

p+c = examination and coursework

Unit	Name	Set	Mode	Notes
Group A: Energy, fluid mechanics, and turbomachinery
4A2	Computational fluid dynamics	IIBM1	c
4A3	Turbomachinery I	IIBM7	p+c
4A4	Aircraft stability and control	IIBM10	c	Coursework in Christmas vacation, and further lecture in LT
4A7	Aerodynamics	IIBM3	c
4A10	Flow instability	IIBL6	p
4A12	Turbulence and vortex dynamics	IIBL3	p
4A13	Combustion and IC engines	IIBL5	p
4A15	Aeroacoustics	IIBM9	p
Group B: Electrical engineering
4B2	Power microelectronics	IIBM8	p
4B5	Nanotechnology	IIBM10	p+c
4B6	Solid state devices and chemical/biological sensors	IIBL3	p
4B7	VLSI design, technology, and CAD	IIBL1	p+c
4B11	Photonic systems	IIBM9	p
4B13	Electronic sensors and instrumentation	IIBL2	p
4B14	Solar-electronic power: generation and distribution	IIBM4	p+c
4B19	Renewable electrical power	IIBM2	p
4B20	Display technology	IIBL6	p
4B21	Analogue integrated circuits	IIBM3	p
Group C: Mechanics, materials, and design
4C2	Designing with composites	IIBM5	p+c
4C3	Electrical and nano materials	IIBM6	p
4C4	Design methods	IIBM2	p	Shared with Part IIa
4C5	Design case studies	IIBL4	c
4C6	Advanced linear vibrations	IIBM4	p+c
4C7	Random and non-linear vibrations	IIBM8	p+c
4C8	Applications of dynamics	IIBL1	p+c
4C9	Continuum mechanics	IIBM7	p
4C16	Advanced machine design	IIBL9	p+c
Group D: Civil, structural, and environmental engineering
4D4	Construction engineering	IIBL8	c
4D5	Foundation engineering	IIBL5	p	Coursework element removed
4D6	Dynamics in civil engineering	IIBL2	p+c
4D7	Concrete structures	IIBM4	p+c
4D8	Pre-stressed concrete	IIBL11	p+c	Shared with IIa
4D10	Structural steelwork	IIBM5	p+c
4D13	Architectural engineering	IIBM12	c
4D14	Contaminated land and waste containment	IIBM1	p+c
4D15	Sustainable water engineering	IIBL4	c
4D17	Plate and shell structures	IIBM3	c
Group E: Management and manufacturing
4E3	Information systems	IIBM15	c
4E4	Management of technology	IIBM17	c
4E5	International business economics	IIBL12	c
4E6	Accounting and finance	IIBM16	c
4E11	Strategic management	IIBL13	c
4E12	Project management	IIBL14	c	Part IIb Engineering students only
Group F: Information engineering
4F1	Control system design	IIBM6	p+c
4F2	Robust and nonlinear systems and control	IIBL9	p
4F3	Optimal and predictive control	IIBL2	p
4F5	Advanced communications and coding	IIBM7	p
4F7	Digital filters and spectrum estimation	IIBM8	p
4F8	Image processing and image coding	IIBL3	p
4F10	Statistical pattern processing	IIBM9	p
4F11	Speech and language processing	IIBL1	p
4F12	Computer vision and robotics	IIBM2	p
4F13	Machine learning	IIBM11	c	Moved from LT
Group G: Bioengineering
4G1	Mathematical biology of the cell	IIBL6	c
4G3	Computational neuroscience	IIBL4	c
4G4	Biomimetics	IIBL7	c
4G5	Molecular modelling	IIBM14	c
4G6	Cellular and molecular biomechanics	IIBM10	p
Group M: Multidisciplinary modules
4M1	French	IIBL15	c
4M9	Surveying field course	LV1	c	Long vacation module; numbers will be capped
4M12	Partial differential equations and variational methods	IIBL11	p	Shared with Part IIa
4M14	Sustainable development	IIBM13	c
4M15	Sustainable energy	IIBL8	p+c
4M16	Nuclear power engineering	IIBL11	p	Shared with Part IIa
4M17	Practical optimization	IIBM14	c
4M18	Present and future energy systems	IIBM5	p
4M19	Advanced building physics	IIBM14	c
4M20	Robotics	IIBM12	c	New in 2015–16
Group I: Imported modules
4I1	Strategic valuation (TPE6)	IIBM18	c	Christmas vacation module; numbers will be capped; borrowed from M.Phil. in Technology Policy
4I7	Electricity and environment (TPE7)	IIBL7	c	Borrowed from M.Phil. in Technology Policy
4I8	Medical physics	IIBL10	p	Borrowed from Physics
4I10	Nuclear reactor engineering	IIBM13	p	Borrowed from M.Phil. in Nuclear Energy
4I11	Advanced fission and fusion systems	IIBL10	p	Borrowed from M.Phil. in Nuclear Energy

Part IIb: Restrictions on module combinations

Candidates must offer eight modules for examination. Candidates may offer only one module from any chosen set as listed below. In addition, students may take not more than three from the following: any of the 4E papers; 4I1 and 4I7; 4M1–4, and (when available) 4D16.

No candidate who offered any module for Part IIa may again offer the same module for Part IIb.

There will be no Group R (research) modules available to Part IIb students in 2015–16.

Set	Unit	Title	Mode	Notes
Michaelmas Term
IIBM1	4A2	Computational fluid dynamics	c
IIBM1	4D14	Contaminated land and waste containment	p+c

IIBM2	4B19	Renewable electrical power	p
	4C4	Design methods	p	Shared with Part IIa
	4F12	Computer vision and robotics	p

IIBM3	4A7	Aerodynamics	c
	4B21	Analogue integrated circuits	p
	4D17	Plate and shell structures	c

IIBM4	4B14	Solar-electronic power: generation and distribution	p+c
	4C6	Advanced linear vibrations	p+c
	4D7	Concrete structures	p+c

IIBM5	4C2	Designing with composites	p+c
	4D10	Structural steelwork	p+c
	4M18	Present and future energy systems	p

IIBM6	4C3	Electrical and nano materials	p
IIBM6	4F1	Control system design	p+c

IIBM7	4A3	Turbomachinery I	p+c
	4C9	Continuum mechanics	p
	4F5	Advanced communications and coding	p

IIBM8	4B2	Power microelectronics	p
	4C7	Random and non-linear vibrations	p+c
	4F7	Digital filters and spectrum estimation	p

IIBM9	4A15	Aeroacoustics	p
	4B11	Photonic systems	p
	4F10	Statistical pattern processing	p

IIBM10	4A4	Aircraft stability and control	c
	4B5	Nanotechnology	p+c
	4G6	Cellular and molecular biomechanics	p

IIBM11	4F13	Machine learning	c

IIBM12	4D13	Architectural engineering	c
IIBM12	4M20	Robotics	c

IIBM13	4I10	Nuclear reactor engineering	p
IIBM13	4M14	Sustainable development	c

IIBM14	4M17	Practical optimization	c
	4M19	Advanced building physics	c
	4G5	Molecular modelling	c

IIBM15	4E3	Information systems	c

IIBM16	4E6	Accounting and finance	c

IIBM17	4E4	Management of technology	c

IIBM18	4I1	Strategic valuation (TPE6)	c	Christmas vacation module; cap 10–14
Lent Term
IIBL1	4B7	Vlsi design, technology, and CAD	p+c
	4C8	Applications of dynamics	p+c
	4F11	Speech and language processing	p

IIBL2	4B13	Electronic sensors and instrumentation	p
	4D6	Dynamics in civil engineering	p+c
	4F3	Optimal and predictive control	p

IIBL3	4A12	Turbulence and vortex dynamics	p
	4B6	Solid state devices and chemical/biological sensors	p
	4F8	Image processing and image coding	p

IIBL4	4C5	Design case studies	c
	4D15	Sustainable water engineering	c
	4G3	Computational neuroscience	c

IIBL5	4A13	Combustion and IC engines	p
IIBL5	4D5	Foundation engineering	p	Coursework element removed

IIBL6	4A10	Flow instability	p
	4B20	Display technology	p
	4G1	Mathematical biology of the cell	c

IIBL7	4G4	Biomimetics	c
IIBL7	4I7	Electricity and environment	c

IIBL8	4D4	Construction engineering	c
IIBL8	4M15	Sustainable energy	p+c


IIBL9	4C16	Advanced machine design	p+c
IIBL9	4F2	Robust and nonlinear systems and control	p

IIBL10*	4I8	Medical physics	p
IIBL10*	4I11	Advanced fission and fusion systems	p

IIBL11	4M12	Partial differential equations and variational methods	p	Shared with Part IIa
	4M16	Nuclear power engineering	p	Shared with Part IIa
	4D8	Pre-stressed concrete	p+c	Shared with Part IIa

IIBL12	4E5	International business economics	c

IIBL13	4E11	Strategic management	c

IIBL14	4E12	Project management	c	Part IIb Engineering students only

IIBL15	4M1	French	c
Long Vacation
LV1	4M9	Surveying field course	c	Numbers will be capped at 16

* Please note that as the Faculty Board of Engineering do not have exclusive control over all sets they cannot guarantee that those marked with a star will not clash with any other set.

English Tripos

(Statutes and Ordinances, p. 338)

With effect from 1 October 2015

The Faculty Board of English give notice of the following supplementary regulations for Parts I and II of the English Tripos.

SUPPLEMENTARY REGULATIONS

Part I

Paper 1. Practical criticism and critical practice

The paper, which shall be set for three and a half hours, shall consist of questions offering passages of English verse or prose from various periods for critical comment.

Paper 2. Early medieval literature and its contexts (also serves as Paper 20 of Part II of the English Tripos, as Paper 9 of Part II of the Classical Tripos, and as Paper 11 of Part I of the Anglo-Saxon, Norse, and Celtic Tripos)

The period covered by this paper is 1066–c.1350. English, French, and Latin texts shall be prescribed for special study, and passages set from them for translation or explanation or both. Questions shall also be set on English, French, and Latin texts of the period. Candidates will be required to show knowledge of literature from two languages in the paper as a whole. Candidates are expected to show such knowledge of the life and thought of the period as is necessary for the understanding of its literature.

Paper 3. English literature and its contexts, 1300–1550

Medieval texts shall be prescribed for special study, and passages shall be set from them for translation or comment, or both. The Faculty Board may give notice from time to time of a list of topics on which optional questions will be set. Questions shall be set both on the literature and on the life and thought of the period.

Paper 4. English literature and its contexts, 1500–1700

There are no prescribed texts or topics for this paper. Questions will be set on the literature of the period and its contexts. Candidates will be required to answer three questions. In their scripts as a whole, they must demonstrate substantial knowledge of the literature of the British Isles (which may include Ireland). They must also show substantial knowledge of literature from both before and after 1603.

Paper 5. Shakespeare

Questions shall be set requiring explanation and discussion of a specified work or works. Questions shall also be set on the whole range of Shakespeare’s work and matters of historical and critical interest.

Paper 6. English literature and its contexts, 1660–1870

Paper 7a. English literature and its contexts, 1830–1945

Paper 7b. English literature and its contexts, 1870–present

Part II

Paper 1. Practical criticism

Passages of English prose and verse for critical comment.

Paper 2. Tragedy (also serves as Paper 03 of Part II of the Classical Tripos)

Tragedy ancient and modern, in connection and comparison with English Tragedy.

Paper 3. Compulsory dissertation

Paper 4. Optional dissertation

Paper 5. Chaucer

Candidates will be expected to show a full and detailed knowledge of the works of Chaucer. Questions shall be set on those works and on Chaucer’s relationship to his contemporaries and to the life and thought of his age.

Paper 6. Medieval English literature, 1066–1500 (also serves as Paper 13 of Part II of the Anglo-Saxon, Norse, and Celtic Tripos)

A specific literary subject shall be prescribed for special study. It shall be of a kind to require reading in early as well as in late medieval English literature and may involve the study of related texts from other languages.

Paper 7. Early modern drama, 1588–1642

The paper will be divided into two sections. Section A will consist of passages for comment and Section B will consist of essay questions. In the paper as a whole, candidates must show knowledge of work from a range of playwrights within the period 1588–1642.

Paper 8. Material Renaissance

The paper will be divided into two sections. Section A will consist of passages for comment and Section B will consist of essay questions.

Paper 9. Lyric

The examination paper will be divided into two sections. Section A will consist of essay questions on lyric poetry composed in Britain between 1790 and 1830. Section B will consist of essay questions offering candidates the opportunity to explore many aspects of the nature and history of lyric in many different ways.

Paper 10. English literature, 1847–1872

The paper will be divided into two sections. Section A will consist of passages for comment; Section B will consist of essay questions about authors, topics, genres, and writing in the period generally, and about the relationships between literature, life, and thought 1847–1872.

Paper 11. Modernism and the short story

The paper will be divided into three sections. Section A will consist of passages for comment, which will be drawn either from short stories published between 1890–1945, or from commentary on the short story as a genre. Section B will consist of essay questions about the genre’s formal qualities, about the history of its development during the period, and about the variety of uses to which it was put. Section C will consist of essay questions about the ways in which individual writers made the genre their own.

Paper 12. Contemporary writing in English

The paper will be divided into two sections. Section A will consist of six passages, one from each of the following categories: poetry; drama including screenplays; fictional prose; non-fictional prose (including travel and life-writing); literary criticism; and trans-generic/hybrid modes. Section B will consist of between 15 and 20 essay questions.

Paper 13. Postcolonial and related literature

The paper will be divided into two sections. Section A will consist of passages for comment; Section B will consist of essay questions, enabling comparison between texts from different regions. The scope of the paper is, subject to the following qualifications, literature in English outside the British Isles and the United States of America. It includes expatriate nationals publishing in those countries (e.g. Rushdie, d’Aguiar, Lessing). Comparative and incidental reference to British, Irish, American, and foreign language texts is welcome but should not form the greater part of any single answer. Answering on texts in translation is permitted but should not constitute the greater part of answers to the paper as a whole.

Paper 14. American literature

The paper will be divided into two sections. Section A will consist of passages for comment from or relating to the period 1835–1865. Section B will consist of essay topics covering American literature with particular emphasis on literature from 1820 to the present day. The subject covered by the paper is American literature, life, and thought, with special reference to the period from 1820 to the present day. All candidates will be expected to show such knowledge of the life, history, and thought of the period as is necessary for understanding its literature.

Paper 15. English moralists

The paper will not be divided into sections. Questions will be set on the history and nature of moral thought, broadly interpreted. Candidates will be invited to show knowledge of a range of literary, philosophical, social, and political writings by authors from Plato to the present.

Paper 16. History and theory of literary criticism (also serves as Paper O4 of Part II of the Classical Tripos)

The paper shall comprise historical, critical, and comparative questions on works and problems in the history of literary criticism and also of literary theory from the fourth century bc to the present day. A sufficient number of questions will be set to enable candidates to choose questions on a limited chronological period (including the modern period).

Paper 17. Shakespeare in performance

The paper will be divided into two sections: Section A, Shakespeare’s plays in performance in the Shakespearean theatre; and Section B, Shakespeare’s plays in performance, 1894 to the present.

Paper 18. Literature and visual culture

The paper will be divided into two sections: Section A, practices and methodologies, will address issues of theory and principle. Section B will concern classical Hollywood: genre and style, 1930–1950. Both sections will consist of essay questions, except that either section may in addition contain passages and/or images for comment.

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