No 6487
Wednesday 6 December 2017
Vol cxlviii No 11
pp. 155–171
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 Engineering gives notice that, with effect from the examinations to be held in 2018, the form of the examinations for certain papers of the Engineering Tripos will be changed as follows:
This year’s examination paper will contain questions on hardware description language (HDL) programmable logic design. All other details of the examination remain unchanged.
The examination will consist of a one-and-a-half-hour written examination. Candidates will be asked to answer not more than two questions from a choice of three.
This paper was previously known as Signal and pattern processing. All other details of the examination remain unchanged.
Candidates will be required to answer all three set questions. Question 1 will carry twice as many marks as each of Questions 2 and 3. This year’s paper will not be divided into sections. All other details of the examination remain unchanged.
The examination will consist of a one-and-a-half-hour written examination. Candidates will be asked to answer not more than three questions from a choice of four.
This year’s examination paper will contain a selection of questions taken from the following topics: overview of renewable electricity sources; onshore and offshore large-scale wind power; hydroelectricity and tidal barrages; grid integration of electrical renewables; economics of renewables; theory and application of solar photovoltaic cells. All other details of the examination remain unchanged.
The examination will consist of a one-and-a-half-hour written examination. Candidates will be asked to answer not more than two questions from a choice of three.
Candidates will be required to answer all three set questions. Question 1 will carry twice as many marks as each of Questions 2 and 3. This year’s paper will not be divided into sections. All other details of the examination remain unchanged.
This paper was previously known as Statistical pattern processing. Candidates will be asked to answer not more than three questions from a choice of four. All other details of the examination remain unchanged.
The examination will consist of a one-and-a-half-hour written examination. Candidates will be asked to answer not more than two questions from a choice of three.
The examination will consist of a one-and-a-half-hour written examination. Candidates will be asked to answer not more than three questions from a choice of four.
All candidates for the papers detailed above will be given ten minutes’ reading time at the start of the examinations. All other parts of the examination remain unchanged.
Full details of the examination requirements, including the project, coursework, and examination credit notices for each Part, can be found on the Department of Engineering’s undergraduate teaching website: http://teaching.eng.cam.ac.uk/.
The Faculty Board of History gives notice that, with effect from the examinations to be held in 2018, the form of the examinations for certain papers of the Historical Tripos will be as follows:
Preliminary Examination for Part II and Part II
Candidates in Part II of the Historical Tripos who are also offering Special Subject O: The Kantian Revolution should not answer starred questions on this paper on the following topics: A7: Kant, or B18: Culture and aesthetic politics in Germany.
This paper is being examined for the first time. There will be one three-hour examination paper, consisting of a maximum of twenty-four essay questions. The paper will be divided into two sections. Candidates will be required to answer three questions, at least one from each section.
This paper is being examined for the first time. There will be one three-hour examination paper, consisting of a maximum of eighteen essay questions. Candidates will be required to answer three questions.
All other papers remain unchanged. Full details of the examination can be found at https://www.hist.cam.ac.uk/undergraduate/examinations.
The Faculty Board of Engineering gives notice that, with effect from the examinations to be held in 2018, the form of the examinations for certain papers of the Manufacturing Engineering Tripos will be changed as follows:
Question 3 of this year’s examination paper will focus on the challenges of ‘scaling up to manufacturing’. All other details of the examination remain unchanged.
All candidates for this paper will be given ten minutes’ reading time at the start of the examination.
Full details of the examination requirements, including the project, coursework, and examination credit notices for each Part, can be found on the Department of Engineering’s undergraduate teaching website: http://teaching.eng.cam.ac.uk/.