Regulations for examinations

Natural Sciences Tripos, Part II

(Statutes and Ordinances, p. 379)

With effect from 1 October 2016

The General Board, on the recommendation of the Natural Sciences Tripos Management Committee, has approved amendments to the examination requirements for the subject of Genetics in Part II of the Tripos, whereby the essay and the thesis shall be on the same subject, with the essay serving as the introduction to the thesis.

Regulation 30.

Genetics

By amending the word count of the essay under paragraph (b) to 'not more than 3,500'.

By inserting after 'The subject of the essay' the words 'and the thesis shall be the same and' in the first paragraph.

By amending the last sentence of the first paragraph to read:

The essay shall be submitted to the Examiners not later than the second day of Full Lent Term, shall contain a critical review of an area of genetics or related genetics, and shall serve as an introduction to the thesis.

By removing the paragraph:

The subject of the thesis shall be either proposed by the candidate and approved by the Examiners, or chosen by the candidate, subject to the approval of the Examiners, from a list of subjects announced by the Examiners. Each candidate shall obtain the approval of the Examiners for her or his subject not later than the end of Full Michaelmas Term. The thesis shall be submitted to the Examiners not later than the seventh day after the last day of Full Lent Term.