No 6570
Wednesday 4 December 2019
Vol cl No 12
pp. 137–166
(Statutes and Ordinances, p. 430)
The General Board, on the recommendation of the Faculty Board of Biology, has approved amendments to the regulations for the Psychological and Behavioural Sciences Tripos to remove unnecessary wording and clarify the date of submission of the research dissertation.
By amending the following regulations so as to read:
Regulation 7.
7. The Committee of Management shall have power to nominate one or more Examiners and Assessors to examine in any of the subjects of the Tripos.
Regulation 12.
12. The scheme of examination for Part Ia shall be as follows:
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PBS 1. |
Introduction to psychology |
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PBS 2. |
Psychological enquiry and methods |
Optional papers from the list published in accordance with Regulation 9.
Regulation 16.
16. The scheme of examination for Part Ib shall be as follows:
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PBS 3. |
Social and developmental psychology |
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PBS 4. |
Cognitive neuroscience and experimental psychology (lectures and practicals drawn from the subject Experimental Psychology in Part Ib of the Natural Sciences Tripos) |
Regulation 22.
22. Candidates for Part II shall submit a research dissertation in an area of Psychology.
(a) The topic of the dissertation shall be a subject either proposed by the candidate and approved by the Committee of Management or chosen by the candidate from a list of subjects approved by the Committee of Management which will be announced before the beginning of the Michaelmas Term. After the Committee of Management has approved a topic no substantial change may be made in it without the further approval of the Committee of Management.
(b) The research dissertation shall contain full references to any sources used in its composition, and shall be of not more than 7,000 words in length, including footnotes but excluding any tables, figures, captions, bibliography and appendices.
(c) The research dissertation shall be submitted to the Examiners not later than the tenth day of Full Easter Term in which the examination is to be held.
Each dissertation shall bear the candidate’s examination number but not the candidate’s name and a declaration that it is the candidate’s own original work, and that it does not contain material that has already been used to any substantial extent for a comparable purpose.
1See Temporary Regulation 23, Statutes and Ordinances, p. 432.
(Statutes and Ordinances, p. 531)
The General Board, on the recommendation of the Faculty Board of Biology, has approved the restructuring of the examination in Developmental Biology for the degree of Master of Philosophy to bring the assessment into line with other Master of Philosophy degrees within the Faculty of Biology. The special regulations for the examination have therefore been amended as follows.
1. The scheme of examination for the one-year course of study in Developmental Biology for the degree of Master of Philosophy shall consist of:
(a)one essay, not exceeding 5,000 words in length, on a topic approved by the Degree Committee for the Faculty of Biology. With the permission of the Degree Committee, the essay may be a research proposal for a prospective Ph.D. project;
(b)an MCQ paper on Research methods and statistics critical appraisal; and
(c)a report on the research project, approved or prescribed by the Degree Committee, and not exceeding 10,000 words in length, including tables, figure legends, and appendices, but excluding bibliography.
2. The examination shall include an oral examination on the work submitted by the candidate under (a)–(c) above and on the general field of knowledge within which such work falls.
The General Board, on the recommendation of the Faculty Board of English, has approved Writing for Performance as a subject for the degree of Master of Studies with effect from 1 September 2020. Special Regulations for the examination in the subject have been approved as follows:
1. The scheme of examination for the course of study in Writing for Performance, for the degree of Master of Studies shall consist of:
(a)a portfolio of creative work or compositions, totalling 20 pages of script/screenplay/performance text; two critical essays of 3,000 words each; and one piece of reflective writing of 2,000 words, on a topic to be approved by the Degree Committee for the Faculty of English;
(b)a dissertation in the form of a portfolio of creative and critical writing on a subject approved by the Degree Committee, comprising a 5,000-word reflective and critical essay (including footnotes and appendices), and an extract from a larger creative project (a 90-minute stage play or screenplay, or two 45-minute TV episodes, or 90-minutes of performance text/stand-up text) with a synopsis of the broader work and a covering letter to a literary agent.
2. At the discretion of the Examiners the examination may include an oral examination on one or more of the pieces of work submitted by the candidate under 1(a) and (b).
3. The Examiners may recommend to the Degree Committee that it recommends to the Strategic Committee of the Institute of Continuing Education the award of the Postgraduate Certificate to a candidate who has satisfactorily completed the requirements specified in Regulation 1(a) and who does not complete, or fails to reach the required standard, in the requirements set out under Regulation 1(b).
(Statutes and Ordinances, p. 603)
The General Board, on the recommendation of the Strategic Committee of the Institute of Continuing Education, has approved the following additions to the Schedule of Diplomas and Certificates open to non-members of the University:
Certificates
Institute of Continuing Education
Certificate in Creative Writing: Fiction, Non-fiction and
Writing for Performance (External Delivery)
Postgraduate Certificate in
Philosophy