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No 6450

Wednesday 11 January 2017

Vol cxlvii No 16

pp. 288–310

Regulations for examinations

Human, Social, and Political Sciences Tripos: Correction

(Statutes and Ordinances, p. 345)

Further to the Notice published on 2 November 2016 (Reporter, 6442, 2016–17, p. 85), Section B of Regulation 11 should have been amended so as to include the following papers and the papers for Biological Anthropology under Regulation 13 should have been deleted:

ARC1.

Introduction to archaeology (from Part I of the Archaeology Tripos)

ARC3.

Introduction to the cultures of Egypt and Mesopotamia (from Part I of the Archaeology Tripos)

BAN1.

Humans in biological perspective (from Part I of the Archaeology Tripos)

PBS1.

Introduction to psychology (from Part I of the Psychological and Behavioural Sciences Tripos)

Preliminary Examination for the Psychological and Behavioural Sciences Tripos

(Statutes and Ordinances, p. 254)

With effect from 1 October 2017

The General Board, on the recommendation of the Faculty Board of Biology, has approved special supplementary regulations for a Preliminary Examination for Part II of the Psychological and Behavioural Sciences Tripos, to read as follows:

1. There shall be a Preliminary Examination for Part II of the Psychological and Behavioural Sciences Tripos.

2. The scheme of examination shall be as follows:

PBS3 Social and developmental psychology

PBS4 Cognitive neuroscience and experimental psychology (lectures and practicals drawn from the subject Experimental Psychology in Part Ib of the Natural Sciences Tripos)

Two Optional Papers from the list published in accordance with Regulation 9 of the regulations for the Psychological and Behavioural Sciences Tripos; subject to Regulation 4 of the Tripos regulations, any candidate who has not previously completed Part Ia of the Tripos must, except with the permission of the Committee of Management, offer PBS 1 and PBS 2 as Optional Papers if he or she has not previously offered these papers within another Tripos.

SUPPLEMENTARY REGULATIONS

There shall be an examination of three hours’ duration set for Paper PBS 3. Paper PBS 4 will be examined by one examination of three hours’ duration and a second examination of one and a half hours’ duration. Other papers will be examined in accordance with the regulations set down by the Faculty or comparable authority concerned.

Psychological and Behavioural Sciences Tripos

(Statutes and Ordinances, p. 407)

With effect from 1 October 2017

The General Board, on the recommendation of the Faculty Board of Biology, has approved an amendment to the regulations so as to admit to Part II a student who has previously obtained honours in any Honours Examination, other than Part Ia or Ib of the Psychological and Behavioural Sciences Tripos, in the year next after so obtaining honours, and provided that he or she has kept seven terms and that fifteen complete terms have not passed after her or his first term of residence, and subject to the prior approval of the Committee of Management in consultation with a Faculty Board or comparable authority concerned. Regulation 21 has also been amended so as to replace paper PBS 7 with PBS 5 and to remove the option for candidates to offer more than two papers from PBS12–14 and the word ‘captions’ has been added to Regulation 22(b) in order to indicate further exclusions from the research dissertation word length.

By amending Regulations 19, 21, and 22(b) so as to read (retaining all footnotes):

19. The following may be candidates for honours in Part II:

(a)A student who has obtained honours in Part Ib of the Tripos in the year next after having done so, provided that he or she has kept seven terms and no more than twelve complete terms have passed after her or his first term of residence;

(b)A student who takes the examination in the year next after obtaining honours in an Honours Examination other than Part Ia or Ib of the Psychological and Behavioural Sciences Tripos, provided that he or she has kept seven terms and no more than fifteen complete terms have passed after her or his first term of residence, and subject to the prior approval of the Committee of Management in consultation with a Faculty Board or comparable authority concerned.

21. A candidate for honours in Part II shall be required to offer PBS 5, the research dissertation, and three further papers, provided that no candidate shall offer more than two papers chosen from the list of Optional Papers published in accordance with Regulation 9.

[22.](b)

The research dissertation shall contain full references to any sources used in its composition, and shall be of not more than 7,000 words in length, including footnotes but excluding any tables, figures, captions, bibliography, and appendices.