No 6528
Wednesday 28 November 2018
Vol cxlix No 10
pp. 128–153
Notices by Faculty Boards, or other bodies concerned, of changes to the form and conduct of certain examinations to be held in 2018–19, by comparison with those examinations in 2017–18, 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 Biology gives notice that, with effect from the examinations to be held in 2019, the form of the examination for the following papers for the Medical and Veterinary Sciences Tripos will be changed as follows:
Biology of Disease
Paper BOD1, Biology of Disease, Section I. Paper I will be a one-hour examination where questions may examine knowledge and understanding of any aspect of the course. Questions will be compulsory single best answer format.
Paper BOD2, Biology of Disease, Section II. Paper II will be a two-hour examination comprising five equally weighted compulsory questions requiring written answers. All material covered in the practical course is examinable.
Veterinary Reproductive Biology
Sections I and II are now combined into a single 90-minute MCQ/Practical Steeplechase paper. There will be fifteen stations, with five questions per station, i.e. 75 questions in total. Nine of the stations will be theory with no specimens present, six of the stations will be practical with specimens.
The Section III paper remains unchanged, but will now be sat in the Department of Physiology, Development, and Neuroscience.
The Committee of Management for the Natural Sciences Tripos gives notice that, with effect from the examinations to be held in 2019, the form and conduct of the examinations for the following papers in Parts Ia and Ib of the Natural Sciences Tripos will be changed as follows:
The written examination will carry 75% of the total marks for the course; assessed practical work will carry the remaining 25% of the total marks.
The written examination will consist of one paper of three hours’ duration, consisting of two sections. All questions will be compulsory. Section A will contain five short questions, worth five marks each. Section B will contain five long questions worth fifteen marks each. The total available mark for the examination paper is 100.
Candidates are not permitted to use calculators in the examination.
The Committee of Management for the Natural Sciences Tripos gives notice that, with effect from the examinations to be held in 2019, the form and conduct of the examinations in Physics in Part III of the Natural Sciences Tripos, and for the examination for the degree of Master of Advanced Studies, will be as follows:
Each candidate shall offer
(a)a project;
(b)a minimum of three major topics, or equivalent shared and/or borrowed papers, as specified in the course handbook. If a candidate offers additional papers the Examiners will take into account the three papers which they judge to be the best;
(c)a minimum of three minor topics, or equivalent units of further work, as specified in the course handbook. If a candidate offers additional papers the Examiners will take into account the three papers which they judge to be the best;
(d)a paper on general physics, based on the core syllabus of Part I and Part II Physics.
Each major topic paper is of two hours’ duration and shall contain three questions of equal weight. The questions shall generally consist of a mix of discursive material and problems, with the proportion of each being at the Examiners’ discretion. Candidates must attempt two questions.
Each minor topic paper is of one and a half hours’ duration and shall contain three questions of equal weight. The questions shall generally consist of a mix of discursive material and problems, with the proportion of each being at the Examiners’ discretion. Candidates must attempt two questions.
The regulations for the project and general paper, and the titles and total marks for each major topics and minor topics paper, are unchanged.