No 6471
Wednesday 28 June 2017
Vol cxlvii No 37
pp. 686–708
The Faculty Board of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies gives notice of the following options to be offered under Regulation 8 for Part Ib and Part II of the Asian and Middle Eastern Studies Tripos in 2017–18. The Faculty reserves the right to withdraw any course that is undersubscribed.
Unless otherwise specified, all papers consist of a three-hour examination.
This paper will consist of two parts: a written paper (70 marks) and an oral examination (30 marks). The written paper will consist of two sections: Section A will contain a text comprehension exercise in Hindi (20 marks) and a ‘fill in the blanks’ exercise to test students’ grammar (20 marks). Section B will contain a translation exercise from Hindi to English (15 marks), and a translation exercise from English to Hindi (15 marks).
The oral examination will consist of three sections. All timings are approximate and the oral examinations are recorded:
(a)listening and comprehension test (20 marks);
(b)role play (15 marks);
(c)discussion on a given topic (15 marks).
Ten minutes in total will be given for Sections (b) and (c).
This paper will consist of a passage in literary and another one in modern Chinese for translation and comment, and six essay questions, of which two must be attempted. Candidates will be allowed to use copies of Chinese-Chinese dictionaries provided.
This paper will consist of two passages in Chinese for translation and comment, and six essay questions, of which two must be attempted. Candidates will be allowed to use copies of Chinese-Chinese dictionaries provided.
This paper consists of ten questions of which candidates will be required to answer three.
This paper is divided into four parts, all of which must be attempted. Part one and part two (each carrying 15 marks) each consists of a Chinese-language passage. Candidates will be asked to summarize the passage briefly and answer a commentary question, both in English. Part three and part four (each carrying 35 marks) each consist of five essay questions, of which one question must be answered. Candidates will be allowed to use copies of Chinese-Chinese dictionaries provided.
This paper will contain ten essay questions of which candidates will be required to attempt three.
This paper consists of two sections. Candidates will be required to translate two unseen passages in Section A and one unseen text in Section B from Japanese to English, answering questions about the text as indicated. Copies of the dictionaries Shinjigen and Kojien will be available during the examination.
The coursework that constitutes this paper’s assessment will consist of one research essay, of between 6,000 and 7,500 words, including footnotes and excluding bibliography. Each student will develop the topic of the essay in consultation with the instructor. A one-page topic and paper outline plus a bibliography will be due during the first class session of Lent Term. Two hard copies and one electronic copy (pdf) of the research essay shall be submitted to the Programmes Administrator in the Faculty Office so as to arrive not later than the division of Full Easter Term.
The coursework that constitutes this paper’s assessment consists of one research essay, of between 6,000 and 7,500 words, including footnotes and excluding bibliography. Each student will develop the topic of the essay in consultation with the instructor. A one-page topic and paper outline plus a bibliography will be due during the first class session of Lent Term. Two copies of the research essay shall be submitted to the Programmes Administrator in the Faculty Office so as to arrive not later than the division of Full Easter Term.
This paper will consist of eight essay questions, of which candidates will be required to answer three. All questions will carry equal marks.
This paper will consist of eight essay questions, of which candidates will be required to answer three. All questions will carry equal marks.
This paper will consist of fifteen questions, in two sections. Section A will contain twelve essay questions; Section B will contain three questions based on images for analysis and discussion. Candidates will be required to answer three questions, at least one from each section. All questions will carry equal marks.
This paper is assessed by a research essay of between 6,000 and 7,500 words, including footnotes and excluding bibliography. Each student will develop the topic of the essay in consultation with the instructor. A one-page topic and paper outline will be due during the first class session of Lent Term. Two hard copies and one electronic copy (pdf) of the project shall be submitted to the Programmes Administrator in the Faculty Office so as to arrive not later than the fourth Friday of Full Easter Term.
The paper will consist of eight essay questions, of which candidates will be expected to answer three. All questions carry equal marks.
The paper will consist of four questions. Questions 1 to 3 will consist of a seen passage for translation into English (20 marks each) and grammar questions (5 marks each) on some of the forms found in the selected passage. Question 4 will consist of an unseen translation from Sanskrit into English for which a glossary will be provided (25 marks). All questions must be answered.
This paper will consist of two parts: a written paper (70 marks) and an oral exam (30 marks). The written paper will consist of two sections: Section A will contain two passages in Hindi to be translated in to English (35 marks). Section B will contain two passages in English to be translated in to Hindi (35 marks).
The oral examination will consist of three sections. All timings are approximate and the oral examinations are recorded.
(a)listening and comprehension test (10 marks);
(b)role play (10 marks);
(c)discussion on a given topic (10 marks).
Ten minutes in total will be given for Sections (b) and (c).
Further to its notice of 14 June 2017 (see Reporter, 6469, 2016–17, p. 598), the Board of History and Philosophy of Science gives notice that, following a subsequent amendment, the full list of prescribed sources for the essay component of the Part II course in History and Philosophy of Science in 2017–18 is now as follows:
1.Franz Boas, The Mind of Primitive Man (New York: Macmillan, 1911; 2nd ed. 1938)
2.The Stanford School:
•John Dupré, The Disorder of Things: Metaphysical Foundations of the Disunity of Science (Cambridge, MA & London: Harvard University Press, 1993), chapter 10, ‘The Disunity of Science’, pp. 221–243
•Ian Hacking, ‘Do we see through a microscope?’, Pacific Philosophical Quarterly 62 (1981): 305–322
•Nancy Cartwright, ‘Fundamentalism versus the patchwork of laws’, chapter 1 of The Dappled World: A Study in Boundaries of Science (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1999)
3.Hans Reichenbach, The Direction of Time (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1971)
4.Jan van der Straet (Stradanus), Nova Reperta (New Inventions), a series of 20 engravings, c. 1590
5.Medical Reports of the Chinese Imperial Maritime Customs Service <https://www.lib.noaa.gov/collections/foreign_climate_data_pages/foreign_climate_data_china.html#o39974593>
6. Claus Pias, Cybernetics: The Macy Conferences 1946–1953 – The Complete Transactions (Zurich: Diaphanes, 2016)
Each source will have four hours of seminars, to be held in the first half of Michaelmas Term 2017. Candidates are expected to attend the seminars for four of the sources. They will then be required to write essays on two sources. The essays must be submitted by the second Monday of Full Lent Term 2018. Each essay should be not more than 3,000 words in length (including footnotes, but excluding bibliography).