No 6519
Wednesday 26 September 2018
Vol cxlix No 1
pp. 1–21
The Faculty Board of Music gives notice that it has prescribed the following papers and subjects for the Music Tripos in 2018–19:
NEW REGULATIONS
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7. |
Notation |
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8. |
Keyboard skills |
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9. |
Introduction to ethnomusicology |
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10. |
Elective topics I |
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(i) Purcell and the English imagination |
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(ii) Introduction to Schenkerian analysis |
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11. |
Elective topics II |
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(i) Winterreise |
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(ii) Music in jazz age Paris |
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12. |
Introduction to music and science |
All papers are examined by a three-hour written examination with the exception of the following:
Paper 8, Keyboard skills, consists of a practical examination involving 30 minutes’ preparation time followed by a 20-minute exam;
Paper 9, Introduction to ethnomusicology, consists of a two-hour written examination and the submission of an essay of no more than 3,500 words.
NEW REGULATIONS
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6. |
Advanced tonal skills |
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7. |
Fugue |
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8. |
Advanced skills |
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(i) Advanced keyboard |
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(ii) Choral performance |
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9. |
Music and worship in Tudor England from the reign of Henry VIII to William Byrd |
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10. |
The music of Chopin |
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11. |
Brahms’s Ein deutsches Requiem in context |
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12. |
The music of Olivier Messiaen, 1949–64 |
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13. |
Issues in ensemble performance from c.1800 to the present |
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14. |
Issues in music and the moving image |
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15. |
British popular music from c.1960 to the present |
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16. |
Decolonizing the ear |
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17. |
Exploring music psychology |
All papers are examined by a three-hour written examination with the exception of the following:
Paper 6, Advanced tonal skills, consists of a syle composition coursework submission and a two-hour written examination;
Paper 7, Fugue, consists of a four-hour written examination;
Paper 8, Advanced skills (i) Advanced keyboard, consists of a practical examination involving 40 minutes of preparation time followed by a 25-minute exam;
Paper 8, Advanced skills (ii) Choral performance, consists of a practical examination involving 30 minutes of preparation time followed by a 30-minute exam;
Paper 13, Issues in ensemble performance from c. 1800 to the present, consists of a two-hour written examination and the submission of an essay of no more than 3,500 words.
The Committee of Management for the Natural Sciences Tripos gives notice of the following additional interdisciplinary papers, which shall be included in the examination requirements of one or more subjects for Part III of the Natural Sciences Tripos (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 405).
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Title of paper |
Mode of assessment |
May be offered in |
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IDP1: Atmospheric chemistry and global change |
1.5-hour written examination |
Chemistry; Physics; Earth Sciences |
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IDP2: Earth system and climate change |
1.5-hour written examination |
Chemistry; Physics; Earth Sciences |
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IDP3: Materials, electronics, and renewable energy |
1.5-hour written examination |
Chemistry; Physics; Earth Sciences |
Notwithstanding the examination requirements set out in Regulation 36 of the Natural Sciences Tripos, the following amendments shall apply to candidates offering interdisciplinary papers:
Candidates may offer up to two of the interdisciplinary papers listed above, without restriction. Candidates shall have less time to complete their other scheduled examination papers, such that, for each interdisciplinary paper offered:
•thirty minutes shall be taken away from the duration of Paper 1, and candidates for this paper will be required to answer one question fewer;
•forty-five minutes shall be taken away from the duration of Paper 3, and candidates will be required to answer one question fewer.
Candidates may offer up to three of the interdisciplinary papers listed above in place of the equivalent number of Minor Topics.
Candidates may offer one or two of the interdisciplinary papers listed above in place of the equivalent number of optional courses. Candidates will offer six optional courses in total.
The Degree Committee for the Faculty of Computer Science and Technology gives notice that the modules available for study for the examination in Advanced Computer Science for the degree of Master of Philosophy (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 513) in the academical year 2018–19, and the form of the examination of each module, will be as follows:
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Number |
Title and mode of assessment [course-work (c), written test (t)] |
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Michaelmas Term 2018 |
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R249 |
Advanced topics in mobile and sensor systems and data modelling, part 1 (c) |
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L11 |
Algebraic path problems (c) |
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L108 |
Category theory (c and t) |
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R05 |
Chip multiprocessors (c) |
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R209 |
Computer security: principles and foundations (c) |
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L21 |
Interactive formal verification (c) |
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L95 |
Introduction to natural language syntax and parsing (c) |
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L50 |
Introduction to networking and systems measurements (c) |
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R244 |
Large-scale data processing and optimization (c) |
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L42 |
Machine learning (c) |
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L101 |
Machine learning for language processing (c) |
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L305 |
Metaprogramming (c) |
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L304 |
Multicore semantics and programming (c) |
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R02 |
Network architectures (c) |
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L90 |
Overview of natural language processing (c) |
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LE49 |
Probabilistic machine learning, part 1 (c) |
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S500 |
Special topic MT (c) |
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Lent Term 2019 |
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R352 |
Advanced graphics and image processing (c) |
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L41 |
Advanced operating systems (c) |
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R01 |
Advanced topics in computer systems (c) |
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R250 |
Advanced topics in machine learning (c) |
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R249 |
Advanced topics in mobile and sensor systems and data modelling, part 2 (c) |
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R248 |
Computer vision (c) |
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R254 |
Cybercrime (c) |
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L312 |
Digital signal processing and computer music (c) |
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P51 |
High performance networking (c) |
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P230 |
Interaction with machine learning (c) |
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R252 |
Machine learning for programming (c) |
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LE49 |
Probabilistic machine learning, part 2 (c) |
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R260 |
Technology and law (c) |
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L301 |
Topics in concurrency (c) |
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S501 |
Special topic LT (c) |
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Easter Term 2018 |
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No modules offered currently in Easter Term 2018 |
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Further details can be found by following the appropriate links from http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/teaching/current/acs.html and https://www.cst.cam.ac.uk/teaching/masters/.
The Degree Committee for the Faculty of Computer Science and Technology gives notice of the form of the evaluation of the Research Skills programme for 2018–19. Students must accumulate a minimum of twelve credits from core and optional units. The mode of delivery and work required for each unit will vary. Students will be required to submit a Research skills logbook which records the units attended and provides evidence of the work completed for each unit.
The Degree Committee for the Faculty of Computer Science and Technology reserves the right to withdraw any module should fewer than five students enrolled on the M.Phil. in Advanced Computer Science elect to study them. To satisfy timetabling, resourcing, or other constraints, the Faculty Board may impose a cap on the numbers of students from any particular course who may take a particular module. Candidates may not offer more than one Special topic for examination.
The Degree Committee for the Faculty of Mathematics gives notice that the following additional optional half module will be offered to candidates studying the one-year course in Computational Biology for the degree of Master of Philosophy (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 519) in the academical year 2018–19:
Theory and practice of deep learning
Candidates will be required to take either Theory and practice of deep learning or Biological imaging and analysis in Lent Term.
The Degree Committee for the Faculty of Human, Social, and Political Science gives notice that the topic titles available to candidates studying the one-year course in Sociology for the degree of Master of Philosophy (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 543) in the academical year 2018–19 will be as follows:
Sociology of media and culture
Sociology of marginality and exclusion
Sociology of reproduction
Foundations of political and economic sociology