No 6466
Wednesday 24 May 2017
Vol cxlvii No 32
pp. 532–553
The Faculty Board of Earth Sciences and Geography gives notice that, for the examination for Part Ib and Part II of the Geographical Tripos to be held in 2018, the papers to be offered will be examined as shown in the tables below.
In these tables, the following terms are defined:
1.'Two+1 examination': The assessment of such papers will consist of a conventional two-hour examination in which candidates will be asked to attempt two questions from a choice of not fewer than six questions. The papers will be undivided. In addition, there will be assessed coursework to be submitted not later than the division of the Easter Term in the year of the examination. The nature of the coursework required will be determined by the University Teaching Officer responsible for the co-ordination of the course, who will provide written details of the procedures which will be followed. The coursework will be equivalent to one question in quantity and for assessment in determining an overall mark for the paper.
2.'Three-hour examination': The papers will be examined by a conventional unseen three-hour examination in which candidates will be asked to attempt three questions from a choice of not fewer than nine questions. The papers will be undivided.
|
Paper |
General titles |
Courses offered 2017–18 |
Mode of assessment |
|
1 |
Living with global change |
Part i: Core ideas Part ii: Core themes Part iii: Core skills |
Two+1 examination |
|
2 |
Human geography I |
Austerity and affluence |
Two+1 examination |
|
3 |
Human geography II |
Development theories, policies, and practices |
Two+1 examination |
|
4 |
Human geography III |
Citizenship, cities, and civil society |
Two+1 examination |
|
5 |
Physical and environmental geography I |
Environmental systems and processes |
Two+1 examination |
|
6 |
Physical and environmental geography II |
Glacial processes |
Two+1 examination |
|
7 |
Physical and environmental geography III |
Biogeography |
Two+1 examination |
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Paper |
General titles |
Courses offered 2017–18 |
Mode of assessment |
|
1 |
A prescribed topic or topics in human geography I |
The geographies of global urbanism |
Three-hour examination |
|
2 |
A prescribed topic or topics in human geography II |
Geographies of the Arctic |
Two+1 examination |
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3 |
A prescribed topic or topics in human geography III |
Political ecology in the global south |
Three-hour examination |
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4 |
A prescribed topic or topics in human geography IV |
The political geography of postcolonialism |
Three-hour examination |
|
5 |
A prescribed topic or topics in geography I |
Environmental knowledges and the politics of expertise |
Three-hour examination |
|
6 |
A prescribed topic or topics in geography II |
Political appetites: geographies of food and power |
Three-hour examination |
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7 |
A prescribed topic or topics in geography III |
Landscape and power |
Two+1 examination |
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8 |
A prescribed topic or topics in geography IV |
Quaternary climates and environments |
Two+1 examination |
|
9 |
A prescribed topic or topics in physical geography I |
Glaciology |
Three-hour examination |
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10 |
A prescribed topic or topics in physical geography II |
Volcanology |
Three-hour examination |
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11 |
A prescribed topic or topics in physical geography III |
Muddy coasts and estuaries |
Two+1 examination |
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12 |
A prescribed topic or topics in physical geography IV |
Biogeography: biological processes and environmental change |
Two+1 examination |