Notices by Faculty Boards, etc.

Annual meetings of the Faculties

Biology

The Chair of the Faculty Board of Biology gives notice that the Annual Meeting of the Faculty will be held at 2.30 p.m. on Thursday, 10 November 2016, in the Faculty Office, 17 Mill Lane. The main business is to elect two members of the Faculty Board in class (c) in accordance with Regulation 1 of the General Regulations for the Constitution of the Faculty Boards (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 585) via a procedure approved by the Faculty by which one of those elected is nominated by each of the Departments of Biochemistry and Zoology to serve from 1 January 2017 to 31 December 2020.

Nominations, for which the consent of the candidate must be obtained, signed by the proposer and seconder, together with notice of any other business, should be sent to the Secretary, Dr Fiona Russell, Faculty of Biology, 17 Mill Lane, Cambridge, CB2 1RX, to arrive not later than 12 noon on Monday, 7 November 2016.

Classics

The Chair of the Faculty Board of Classics gives notice that the Annual Meeting of the Faculty will be held at 9 a.m. on Thursday, 17 November 2016 in room G21 in the Faculty of Classics, Sidgwick Site. The main item of business will be the election of two members of the Faculty Board in class (c) to serve for four years from 1 January 2017, in accordance with Regulation 1 of the General Regulations for the Constitution of the Faculty Boards (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 585).

Nominations for election, and notice of any other business, should be received by Ms Amie Mitchell (email: am2283@cam.ac.uk), Faculty of Classics, Sidgwick Avenue, not later than Thursday, 3 November 2016.

Asian and Middle Eastern Studies Tripos, Part II, 2016–17

The Faculty Board of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies gives notice of the following additional option to be offered under Regulation 8 for Part II of the Asian and Middle Eastern Studies Tripos in 2016–17. The paper described is offered in addition to those announced on 8 June 2016 (Reporter, 6429, 2015–16, p. 621).

The Faculty reserves the right to withdraw any course that is undersubscribed.

Unless otherwise specified, all papers consist of a three-hour examination.

Middle Eastern Studies

MES.38. History of the modern Middle East

This paper will consist of eight essay questions, of which candidates will be required to answer three. All questions will carry equal marks.

The Faculty Board of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies is satisfied that no student’s preparation for the examination in 2017 will be adversely affected.

Human, Social, and Political Sciences Tripos, Part II, 2016–17: Papers

The Faculty Board of Human, Social, and Political Science gives notice of the following papers which are offered, and those which are not offered, for Part II of the Human, Social, and Political Sciences Tripos in the academical year 2016–17:

Archaeology papers available in Part IIa:

ARC2.	Archaeology in action I
ARC4.	Akkadian language
ARC5.	Egyptian language
ARC6.	Archaeological theory and practice I

Archaeology papers available in Part IIb:

ARC7.	Archaeological theory and practice II
ARC9.	Archaeological science II
ARC35.	Akkadian language III
ARC36.	Sumerian language
ARC38.	Old and late Egyptian texts

Archaeology papers available in Part IIa or Part IIb:

ARC8.	Archaeological science I
ARC10. / BAN3.	Human evolution and palaeolithic archaeology
ARC11. / BAN9.	Special topics in palaeolithic archaeology and human evolution
ARC12.	European prehistory
ARC14.	Aegean prehistory (Paper D1 of Part II of the Classical Tripos)
ARC16.	The poetics of classical art (Paper D3 of Part II of the Classical Tripos)
ARC17.	Roman cities (Paper D4 from Part II of the Classical Tripos)
ARC18.	Society and settlement in ancient Egypt
ARC20.	The archaeology of religion in ancient Egypt
ARC22.	Mesopotamian archaeology I: prehistory and early states
ARC25.	Mesopotamian culture II: religion and scholarship
ARC26.	The north seas in the early middle-ages
ARC29.	Ancient India I: the Indus civilization and beyond
ARC32.	The archaeology of Mesoamerica and North America
ARC33.	The archaeology of Africa
ARC34.	Akkadian language II
ARC37.	Middle Egyptian texts
ARC39.	Mesopotamian history I: states and structures

Archaeology papers NOT available in 2016–17:

ARC13.	Special topics in European prehistory
ARC15.	Paper D2 of Part II of the Classical Tripos
ARC19.	Ancient Egypt in context: an archaeology of foreign relations
ARC21.	The archaeology of death and burial in ancient Egypt
ARC23.	Mesopotamian archaeology II: territorial states to empires
ARC24.	Mesopotamian culture I: literature
ARC27.	Europe in late antiquity and the migration period (Paper 15 of Part I and Paper 17 of Part II of the Anglo-Saxon, Norse, and Celtic Tripos)
ARC28.	The archaeology of medieval Britain (Paper 11 of Part II of the Historical Tripos)
ARC30.	Ancient India II: early historic cities of South Asia
ARC31.	Ancient South America
ARC40.	Mesopotamian history II: empires and systems

Biological Anthropology papers available in Part IIa or Part IIb:

BAN2.	A subject in biological anthropology I: behavioural ecology and adaptation
BAN3. / ARC10.	A subject in biological anthropology II: human evolution and palaeolithic archaeology
BAN4. / BAN5.	A subject in biological anthropology III: theory and practice in biological anthropology
BAN6.	A subject in biological anthropology IV: evolution within our species
BAN7.	A subject in biological anthropology V: culture and behaviour
BAN8.	A subject in biological anthropology VI: health and disease
BAN9. / ARC11.	A subject in biological anthropology VII: special topics in palaeolithic archaeology and human evolution

Biological Anthropology papers available in Part IIb:

BAN5. / BAN4.

Theory and practice in biological anthropology

Politics and International Studies papers available in Part IIa:

POL3.	International organization
POL4.	Comparative politics
POL5.	Conceptual issues in politics and international relations
POL6.	Statistics and methods in politics and international relations
POL7.	The history of political thought to 1700
POL8.	The history of political thought from 1700–1890

Politics and International Studies papers available in Part IIb:

POL9.	Conceptual issues and texts in politics and international relations
POL10.	The history of political thought from 1700–1890
POL11.	Political philosophy and the history of political thought since 1890
POL12.	The politics of the Middle East
POL13.	The politics of Europe
POL14.	The politics of Asia
POL15.	The politics of Africa
POL16.	Conflict and peacebuilding
POL17.	Politics and gender
POL18.	The idea of a European Union
POL19.	China in the international order

Sociology papers available in Part IIa:

SOC2.	Social theory
SOC3.	Modern societies II
SOC4.	Concepts and arguments in sociology
SOC5.	Statistics and methods

Sociology papers available in Part IIb:

SOC6.	A subject in sociology I: advanced social theory
SOC7.	A subject in sociology II: media, culture, and society
SOC8.	A subject in sociology III: revolution, war, and militarism
SOC9.	A subject in sociology IV: modern capitalism
SOC10.	A subject in sociology V: gender
SOC11.	A subject in sociology VI: racism, race, and ethnicity
SOC12.	A subject in sociology VII: modern Britain
SOC13.	A subject in sociology VIII: health, medicine, and society
SOC14.	The sociology of education (Paper 3 of Part II of the Education Tripos)
SOC15.	Criminology, sentencing, and the penal system (Paper 34 of the Law Tripos)

Social Anthropology papers available in Part IIa:

SAN2.

Comparative social analysis

SAN3.

Anthropological theory and methods

SAN4.

The anthropology of an ethnographic area

(a) Europe

(b) Pacific

(c) South Asia

(d) Inner Asia

Social Anthropology papers available in Part IIb:

SAN5.

Advanced social anthropology I: thought, belief, and ethics

SAN6.

Advanced social anthropology II: political economy and social transformations

SAN7.

The anthropology of an ethnographic area

(a) Europe

(b) Pacific

(c) South Asia

(d) Inner Asia

Social Anthropology papers available in Part IIa or Part IIb:

SAN8.	A subject in social anthropology I: anthropology and development
SAN10.	A subject in social anthropology III: the anthropology of post-socialist societies
SAN11.	A subject in social anthropology IV: anthropology of media and visual culture

Social Anthropology papers NOT available in 2016–17:

SAN9.	A subject in social anthropology II
SAN12.	A subject in social anthropology V
SAN13.	A subject in social anthropology VI

Management Studies Tripos, 2016–17

The Faculty Board of Business and Management gives notice of a correction to the list of subjects for examination in the Management Studies Tripos in the academical year 2016–17, as published on 27 July 2016 (Reporter, 6434, 2015–16, p. 803). The method of examination is shown for each subject

8. Scheme of examination (compulsory subjects):

M1.	Organizational behaviour and marketing	Three-hour written examination Four questions to be answered: two from Section A (organizational behaviour) and two from Section B (marketing)

M2.	Quantitative methods and operations management	Three-hour written examination Four questions to be answered: two from Section A (quantitative methods) and two from Section B (operations management)

M3.	Economics and finance	Three-hour written examination Four questions to be answered: two from Section A (economics) one from Section B(1) (accounting) and one from Section B(2) (finance)

9. Easter Term group consultancy project:

Project

Group-authored report, 6,000 words (70%), individual participation/presentation (30%)

Deliverable to client: group presentation and summary

10. Coursework (elective subjects – all students much choose two):

MSE7.	Human resource management	Individual take-home essay, 3,000 words (100%)

MSE8.	Environment and sustainability	Individual take-home essay, 3,000 – 4,000 words (100%)

MSE9.	International business economics	Individual take-home essay, 3,000 words (100%) N.B. this elective is not available to students who have previously studied on the Economics Tripos

MSE10.	Topics in corporate governance	Individual take-home essay, 3,000 words (65%), group presentation (25%), class participation (10%)

MSE11.	Business innovation in a digital age	Individual take-home essay, 3,000 words (65%), individual presentation (10%), group presentation (25%)

MSE12.	Strategic management	Individual take-home essay, 3,000 words (50%), group assignment (40%), class participation (10%)

10. Coursework (compulsory subject):

Negotiations workshop

Individual assignment, 2,000 words (100%)

Natural Sciences Tripos, Part II (Biological and Biomedical Sciences), 2016–17

The Faculty Board of Biology gives notice that the following combination of Major and Minor subjects, additional to, or amending, those previously published (Reporter, 2015–16, 6414, p. 353 and 6424, p. 504; 2016–17, 6437, p. 16), will be offered in the Natural Sciences Tripos, Part II (Biological and Biomedical Sciences) in 2016–17:

Minor subjects

Code	Minor subject	Examination requirements
104	Human evolution and palaeolithic archaeology (HSPS Paper BAN3) (maximum 15 candidates)	One written paper of three hours’ duration worth 70% of the overall mark, one project worth 20% of the overall mark, and one practical examination worth 10% of the overall mark.

105	Behavioural ecology and adaptation (HSPS Paper BAN2) (maximum 15 candidates)	One written paper of three hours’ duration, worth 50% of the overall mark, and a project, worth 50% of the overall mark.

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