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No 6555

Wednesday 10 July 2019

Vol cxlix No 37

pp. 795–815

Regulations for examinations

History and Modern Languages Tripos, Part II

(Statutes and Ordinances, p. 343)

With effect from 1 October 2022

Further to the General Board's Notice on p. 800, the following changes to the regulations for Part II of the History and Modern Languages Tripos have been approved.

The papers available at Part II shall be amended as follows:

SCHEDULE C

German

By removing paper Ge.15 from Schedule C and retitling papers Ge.8–Ge.14 to read as follows:

Ge.8.

History of the German language

Ge.9.

The making of German culture

Ge.10.

German literature, thought and history from 1700 to 1832

Ge.11.

The modern German historical imagination

Ge.12.

Revolutions in German literature, thought and history from 1830 to 1945

Ge.13.

Memory and identity in German-speaking Europe since 1945

Ge.14.

Title to be confirmed

Modern and Medieval Languages Tripos, Part II

(Statutes and Ordinances, p. 390)

With effect from 1 October 2022

The General Board, on the recommendation of the Faculty Board of Modern and Medieval Languages, has approved changes to Part II of the Modern and Medieval Languages Tripos and the History and Modern Languages Tripos (p. 799) in respect of the schedules of papers available in German. The number of papers available will be reduced from eight to seven, while maintaining and refreshing the full range of teaching content and further addressing the need for diversity-aware teaching and learning.

SCHEDULE B

German

By removing paper Ge.15 from Schedule B and retitling papers Ge.8–Ge.14 to read as follows:

Ge.8.

History of the German language

Ge.9.

The making of German culture

Ge.10.

German literature, thought and history from 1700 to 1832

Ge.11.

The modern German historical imagination

Ge.12.

Revolutions in German literature, thought and history from 1830 to 1945

Ge.13.

Memory and identity in German-speaking Europe since 1945

Ge.14.

Title to be confirmed

SCHEDULE II

By removing Ge.15 from the list of papers available for German in Part II.

Master of Business Adminstration (M.B.A.)

(Statutes and Ordinances, p. 448)

With effect from 1 October 2019

The General Board, on the recommendation of the Faculty Board of Business and Management, has approved changes to the regulations for the degree of Master of Business Administration so as to update the name of the governing body, correct an internal reference within the regulations, and include Doctor of Business in the list of degrees for which periods of study for this degree may not be counted.

Regulation 10.

By replacing the reference to Regulation 4 with Regulation 12.

Regulation 11.

By adding the Bus.D. to the list of degrees for which periods of study for the Master of Business Administration may not be counted.

Regulation 12.

By replacing the references to the 'Judge Institute of Management' with 'Judge Business School' throughout.

Archaeology for the M.Phil. Degree

(Statutes and Ordinances, p. 515)

With effect from 1 October 2020

The General Board, on the recommendation of the Degree Committee for the Departments of Archaeology, Social Anthropology and Sociology, has approved amendments to the regulations for the examination in Archaeology for the degree of Master of Philosophy so as to remove 'Archaeological science' as an option and to add the option of six one-term modules to the scheme of examination.

Regulation 1.

By replacing 'Option 1. Archaeological science' with 'Option 1. Archaeology' and deleting 'Option 10. Archaeology'.

Regulation 2.

By inserting 'six one-term modules' in Regulation 2(c) so as to read:

(c)from a list of mandatory and optional modules, a combination of one-term and two-term modules making up a total equivalent to six terms' worth of modules (combinations might include six one-term modules; one two-term module and four one-term modules; two two-term modules and two one-term modules; or three two-term modules).

Archaeological Science for the M.Phil. Degree

With effect from 1 October 2020

The General Board, on the recommendation of the Degree Committee for the Departments of Archaeology, Social Anthropology and Sociology, has approved the introduction of a new course in Archaeological Science for the degree of Master of Philosophy. Special Regulations for the examination have been approved as follows:

Archaeological Science

1. The scheme of examination for the one-year course of study in Archaeological Science for the degree of Master of Philosophy shall consist of:

(a)a thesis of not more than 15,000 words in length, exclusive of tables, footnotes, bibliography, and appendices, on a topic approved by the Degree Committee;

(b)the presentation of a seminar on the topic of the candidate's thesis research and a written report of the presentation;

(c)from a list of mandatory and optional modules, a combination of one-term and two-term modules making up a total equivalent to six terms' worth of modules (combinations might include six one-term modules; one two-term module and four one-term modules; two two-term modules and two one-term modules; or three two-term modules).

2. In publishing the lists of modules, the Degree Committee shall announce for each option which modules are mandatory, the optional modules available and their permissible combinations, and the form of examination for each module, which shall be either a written paper, or coursework, or a combination of these, and shall specify the duration of any written paper and the limit to be placed on the length of any essay or other exercise.

3. The examination may include, at the discretion of the Examiners, an oral examination on the thesis and on the general field of knowledge within which it falls, and on the other work submitted as part of the examination.

Entrepreneurship for the M.St. Degree

(Statutes and Ordinances, p. 559)

With effect from 1 October 2020

The General Board, on the recommendation of the Faculty Board of Business and Management, has approved amendments to the regulations for the examination in Entrepreneurship for the degree of Master of Studies so as to change the word limit of the project report from 15,000 to 12,000 words and to clarify the module requirements.

Regulation 1.

By replacing Regulation 1 with the following:

1. The scheme of examination for the course of study in Entrepreneurship for the degree of Master of Studies shall consist of:

(a)ten modules selected from a list of mandatory and optional modules published by the Degree Committee for the Faculty of Business and Management not later than the end of the Easter Term next preceding the examination. In publishing the list of modules and additional modules the Degree Committee shall announce the form of examination for each module, which shall be either a written paper, or one or more essays or other exercises, or a combination of these, and shall specify the duration of any written paper and the limit to be placed on the length of any essay or other exercise;

(b)a project report of not more than 12,000 words in length, including footnotes and appendices, but excluding bibliography, on a subject approved by the Degree Committee.