Reporter 10/6/98: Regulations: Modern and Medieval Languages Tripos

Modern and Medieval Languages Tripos

The regulations for the Modern and Medieval Languages Tripos (Statutes and Ordinances, pp. 330 and 343) have been amended as set out below. These amendments involve (a) a revision of the regulation governing standing of candidates for Part IA, which will allow candidates to switch to the Modern and Medieval Languages Tripos after taking a two-year Part I in another subject, (b) minor changes in certain papers of Part II, and (c) a revision of the timetable relating to dissertations in Part II. The Faculty Board are satisfied that no candidate's preparation for any of the examinations in 1999 is adversely affected by these changes. The regulations have been amended as follows:

With effect from 1 October 1998:

Regulation 2(b) (New Regulations).

By replacing the words 'six complete terms' by the words 'nine complete terms'.

Regulation 26.

By replacing the first sentence by the following sentences:

A dissertation offered under Regulation 24 shall be submitted in accordance with the provisions set out in sub-paragraphs (a)-(h) below. A dissertation offered under Regulation 24(a)(ii) or (d)(ii) shall be termed a compulsory dissertation; a dissertation offered under Regulation 24(a)(iii), (b)(ii), (c)(ii), or (d)(iii) shall be termed an optional dissertation.

Sub-paragraph (b)(i).

By replacing in the first sentence the words 'the division of the Easter Term' by the words 'the last day of the Easter Term'.

Sub-paragraphs (c)-(g).

By relettering sub-paragraph (g) as (h), and by replacing sub-paragraphs (c)-(f) by the following sub-paragraphs (c)-(g).

(c)	A candidate shall submit the proposed title of the dissertation, together with a statement of the scheme of papers to be offered in the examination, to the Secretary of the Faculty Board, in accordance with any instructions issued by the Board and according to the timetable set out in Schedule E.
(d)	A candidate shall obtain the approval of the proposed title by the Faculty Board according to the timetable set out in Schedule E. When the Faculty Board have approved a title, no change may subsequently be made in it, except that a candidate who has elected to offer an optional dissertation may apply to the Faculty Board for permission to revise the title of that dissertation; such an application shall be submitted not later than the second Friday of the Full Lent Term next preceding the examination.
(e)	A candidate who has elected to offer two papers and an optional dissertation, rather than three papers, under Regulation 24(a), (b), or (c), or three papers and an optional dissertation, rather than four papers, under Regulation 24(d), and who subsequently fails to obtain the approval of the title of the proposed dissertation by the due date, or who fails to submit the dissertation by the due date, shall be required to offer in the examination either three papers or four papers, as the case may be.
(f)	A compulsory dissertation shall be written in English, except that quotations from primary sources must be in the language of the original. An optional dissertation may be written in a modern foreign language instead of English if the Faculty Board so agree. A dissertation shall be typewritten, except where a non-Roman or symbolic typeface is necessary and cannot be provided; in such a case hand-written or photocopied extracts may be inserted. A dissertation shall normally be of not less than 8,000 words and in any case not more than 10,000 words in length (including notes and appendices but excluding bibliography). A dissertation within the field of comparative studies shall relate to at least two languages.
(g)	Two copies of the dissertation shall be submitted, in accordance with detailed arrangements approved by the Faculty Board, so as to reach the Secretary of the Faculty Board by the date specified in Schedule E.

SCHEDULE II (Old Regulations) and SCHEDULE B (New Regulations)

By amending the title of Paper It. 8 (New Regulations) so as to read:

It. 8. Italian culture, from 1500 to 1600.

By deleting Paper 32 (Old Regulations) and Paper Pg. 4 (New Regulations).

By inserting the following as Schedule E (New Regulations):

SCHEDULE E

REQUIREMENTS FOR DISSERTATIONS IN PART II

	Date by which titles are to be submitted	Date by which approval is to be obtained	Date by which dissertations are to be submitted
Compulsory dissertations	Fifth day of Full Michaelmas Term next preceding the examination	Division of Michaelmas Term	Second Friday of Full Lent Term
Optional dissertations	Third Friday of Full Michaelmas Term next preceding the examination	Last day of Full Michaelmas Term	First weekday in March

With effect from 1 October 1999:

SCHEDULE D (New Regulations)

English Tripos, Part II

By amending the description of Paper 12 so as to read:

Paper 12.Special Subject II, Option (b) (in any year in which the subject 'Literature and visual culture' has been prescribed for this option by the Faculty Board of English).

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