No 6482
Wednesday 1 November 2017
Vol cxlviii No 6
pp. 72–95
Notices by Faculty Boards, or other bodies concerned, of changes to the form and conduct of certain examinations to be held in 2017–18, by comparison with those examinations in 2016–17, are published below. Complete details of the form and conduct of all examinations are available from the Faculties or Departments concerned.
The Faculty Board of Human, Social, and Political Science gives notice of the following papers which are offered for Part I of the Archaeology Tripos in the academical year 2017–18.
This paper will be assessed by coursework, accounting for 40% of the final mark and by one three-hour examination, counting for 60% of the final mark. The exam paper will be divided into two sections and candidates will be required to answer questions from both sections.
This paper will be assessed by four pieces of coursework, counting for 40% of the final mark, and one three-hour examination, counting for 60% of the final mark. The exam paper will be divided into two sections and candidates will be required to answer questions from both sections.
This paper will be assessed by coursework, accounting for 40% of the final mark and by one three-hour examination, counting for 60% of the final mark. The exam paper will be divided into two sections and candidates will be required to answer questions from both sections.
This paper will be assessed solely by a three-hour examination. Candidates must answer all questions. The number of questions may vary from year to year. The relative percentage weight of each question will be specified in the examination paper.
With reference to extracts from set texts and/or unseen passages, candidates may be required to transliterate, and/or translate into English, and/or normalize, and/or answer linguistic or philological questions. Candidates may be asked questions about Akkadian grammar. Candidates may be asked to translate passages or sentences into Old Babylonian.
For the purposes of setting unseens and passages for translation into Akkadian, it will be assumed that candidates are familiar with all the vocabulary and idioms encountered in the set texts.
This paper is assessed through two in-class tests of two hours each. The first one will take place after the end of week two of Lent Term, while the second will be conducted after the end of week four of Easter Term. Each test will make up 50% of the total mark awarded for the paper.
Each test will consist of short questions designed to test the students’ knowledge of grammatical forms, and/or the transliteration and translation of selections of unseen sentences and passages in hieroglyphic Middle Egyptian, appropriate to the expected level of proficiency of the students at the time of each assessment. In addition to the transliteration and translation, the complete grammatical analysis of each Egyptian sentence or passage will be required for both tests. The use of sign lists and glossaries or dictionaries is permitted, and copies will be supplied to the students for use in the test by the course co-ordinator.
This paper will be assessed by coursework, accounting for 40% of the final mark and by one three-hour examination, counting for 60% of the final mark. The exam paper will be undivided.
This paper will be assessed solely by a three-hour examination. The exam paper will be undivided.
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 2017–18.
This paper will be assessed by four pieces of coursework, counting for 40% of the final mark, and one three-hour examination, counting for 60% of the final mark. The exam paper will be divided into two sections and candidates will be required to answer questions from both sections.
This paper will be assessed solely by a three-hour examination. Candidates must answer all questions. The number of questions may vary from year to year. The relative percentage weight of each question will be specified in the examination paper.
With reference to extracts from set texts and/or unseen passages, candidates may be required to transliterate, and/or translate into English, and/or normalize, and/or answer linguistic or philological questions. Candidates may be asked questions about Akkadian grammar. Candidates may be asked to translate passages or sentences into Old Babylonian.
For the purposes of setting unseens and passages for translation into Akkadian, it will be assumed that candidates are familiar with all the vocabulary and idioms encountered in the set texts.
This paper is assessed through two in-class tests of two hours each. The first one will take place after the end of week two of Lent Term, while the second will be conducted after the end of week four of Easter Term. Each test will make up 50% of the total mark awarded for the paper.
Each test will consist of short questions designed to test the students’ knowledge of grammatical forms, and/or the transliteration and translation of selections of unseen sentences and passages in hieroglyphic Middle Egyptian, appropriate to the expected level of proficiency of the students at the time of each assessment. In addition to the transliteration and translation, the complete grammatical analysis of each Egyptian sentence or passage will be required for both tests. The use of sign lists and glossaries or dictionaries is permitted, and copies will be supplied to the students for use in the test by the course co-ordinator.
For single track students the examination of this paper will take the form of a three-hour examination paper (80% of the total mark), a report on the Easter field trip (10% of the total mark), and a training excavation report (10% of the total mark).
Joint track students will sit the same three-hour examination paper (80% of the total mark) as single track students. As regards the coursework component, joint track students who participated in both the field trip and the training excavation will be assessed through the same coursework tasks as single track students. Joint track students who did not participate in the field trip and/or the training excavation will instead submit an artefact-based project worth 20% of the overall mark.
The examination for this paper will take the form of a three-hour examination paper, worth 60% of the overall mark, one assessed essay worth 10% of the overall mark, and a practical project worth 30% of the overall mark.
The examination for this paper will take the form of a three-hour examination paper, worth 85% of the overall mark, and one practical examination worth 15% of the overall mark. The three-hour examination will be undivided and candidates are required to answer three of the questions.
The examination for this paper will take the form of a three-hour examination paper, worth 80% of the overall mark, and one project worth 20% of the overall mark. The exam paper will be undivided and candidates are required to answer three questions.
The examination for this paper will take the form of a three-hour examination paper, worth 80% of the overall mark, and one project worth 20% of the overall mark. The examination paper will be divided into two sections.
The examination for this paper will take the form of a three-hour examination paper, worth 80% of the overall mark, and a project worth 20% of the overall mark.The examination paper will be divided into two sections.
The examination for this paper will take the form of a three-hour examination paper, worth 80% of the overall mark, and a project worth 20% of the overall mark. The examination paper will be divided into two sections.
This paper will be assessed through three coursework essays of 2,000 words each, on topics specified by the co-ordinator.
The examination for this paper will take the form of a three-hour examination paper, worth 80% of the overall mark, and a project worth 20% of the overall mark.
This paper is assessed through two in-class tests of two hours each. The first one will take place after the end of week two of Lent Term, while the second will be conducted after the end of week four of Easter Term. Each test will make up 50% of the total mark awarded for the paper.
Each test will consist of the transliteration and translation of selections of unseen passages in hieroglyphic Middle Egyptian. In addition to the transliteration and translation, the complete grammatical analysis of each Egyptian passage will be required for both tests. The use of sign lists and glossaries or dictionaries is permitted, and copies will be supplied to the students for use in the test by the course co-ordinator.
The following papers are not offered in 2017–18:
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ARC15. |
A topic in classical archaeology and/or art (Paper D2 from the Classics Tripos) |
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ARC18. |
Society and settlement in Ancient Egypt |
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ARC20. |
The archaeology of religion in Ancient Egypt |
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ARC22. |
Mesopotamian archaeology I: prehistory and early states |
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ARC25. |
Mesopotamian culture II: religion and scholarship |
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ARC28. |
The archaeology of medieval Britain |
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ARC29. |
Ancient India I: The Indus civilization and beyond |
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ARC32. |
The archaeology of Mesoamerica and North America |
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ARC33. |
The archaeology of Africa |
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ARC36. |
Sumerian |
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ARC39. |
Mesopotamian history I: states and structures |
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ARC40. |
Mesopotamian history II: empires and systems |
The examination will consist of a three-hour written examination paper, worth 100% of the mark. The paper will be divided into four sections, containing two or three questions each, and candidates are asked to answer three questions, not more than one from each section.
The examination for this paper will take the form of a three-hour examination paper, worth 85% of the overall mark, and one practical examination worth 15% of the overall mark. The three-hour examination will be undivided and candidates are required to answer three of the questions.
The examination for this paper will take the form of a quantitative notebook project and a research grant proposal. Both are homework assignments and each worth 50% of the mark.
The examination of this paper will take the form of a homework essay worth 100% of the mark.
The examination will consist of a three-hour written examination paper. The paper will be undivided with 8–10 questions and candidates are asked to answer three questions.
The examination will consist of a three-hour written examination paper. The paper will be divided into four sections, each section containing three questions, and candidates are asked to answer three questions, no more than one from each section.
The examination for this paper will take the form of a three-hour examination paper worth 100% of the mark. The papers will be divided into four sections, each section containing three questions, and candidates are asked to answer three questions, not more than one from each section.
The examination for this paper will take the form of a three-hour written examination paper, worth 80% of the overall mark, and one project worth 20% of the overall mark. The exam paper will be undivided and candidates are required to answer three questions.
The examination will consist of a three-hour written paper. Candidates will be required to answer three questions from a choice of at least thirteen, including questions on the politics of the Middle East, the international relations of the Middle East, and the politics of Islamism. The paper will be undivided.
The examination will consist of a three-hour written paper from which candidates will be required to answer three questions. The paper will be undivided but will include at least six questions on British politics and six questions on the politics of the European Union.
The examination will consist of a three-hour written paper from which candidates will be required to answer three questions. There will be two sections, and students must answer at least one question from each section. Section A will consist of questions from all parts of the paper except Part III. Section B will have questions on the different regions discussed in Part III.
The examination will consist of a three-hour written paper. Candidates will be required to answer three questions from a choice of at least twelve, including questions on conflict, questions on peacebuilding, and questions on cases. The paper will be undivided.
The examination will consist of a three-hour written paper. Candidates will be required to answer three questions from a choice of no less than twelve, including questions on democracy and dictatorship in Southeast Asia and questions on state formation and plural societies in Southeast Asia. The paper will be undivided.
The examination will consist of a three-hour written paper. Candidates will be required to answer three questions from a choice of at least ten questions. The paper will be undivided.
The examination will consist of a three-hour written paper. Candidates will be required to answer three questions from a choice of at least fourteen. The paper will be undivided.
This paper will be assessed through two coursework essays of 5,000 words each, on topics specified by the co-ordinator.
The examination will consist of a three-hour written examination paper containing between ten and fourteen questions. Candidates are asked to answer three questions. Candidates will be expected to demonstrate a range of ethnographic knowledge in their answers, and to show a depth of knowledge of some specific ethnographic examples.
The examination will consist of a three-hour written examination paper containing between ten and fourteen questions. Candidates are asked to answer three questions. Candidates will be expected to demonstrate a range of ethnographic knowledge in their answers, and to show a depth of knowledge of some specific ethnographic examples.
The examination will consist of a three-hour written examination paper containing between ten and fourteen questions. Candidates are asked to answer three questions. Candidates will be expected to demonstrate a range of ethnographic knowledge in their answers, and to show a depth of knowledge of some specific ethnographic examples.