Reporter 28/7/99: Natural Sciences Tripos, Part II, Neuroscience

Natural Sciences Tripos, Part II, Neuroscience

The regulation for the subject Neuroscience in Part II of the Natural Sciences Tripos has been amended as set out below. The purpose of these amendments is (a) to require reports to be printed or typewritten and (b) to introduce an additional component into the examination requirements by requiring candidates to give a presentation of their research projects. The regulations for the Natural Sciences Tripos (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 362) have been amended, with effect from 1 October 1999, as follows:

Regulation 32.

Neuroscience. The scheme of examination shall be as follows:

(a) Each candidate shall offer four written papers of three hours each.

(b) Each candidate shall submit to the Examiners, not later than the second Friday of Full Lent Term, a critical review, in printed or typewritten form, of not more than 2,000 words in length, of a published scientific paper chosen from a list of such papers which shall be announced by the Chairman of the Management Committee for Neuroscience not later than the second Friday of Full Michaelmas Term. Each candidate shall, not later than the end of Full Michaelmas Term, notify the Chairman of the paper that he or she has chosen for review.

(c) Each candidate shall submit to the Examiners, not later than the fifth day of the Full Easter Term in which the examination is to be held, a report of a research project, in printed or typewritten form, of not more than 5,000 words (excluding tables, appendices, footnotes, and bibliography). The subject of the project may be either proposed by the candidate and approved by the Chairman of the Management Committee, or chosen by the candidate from a list of approved subjects announced by the Chairman not later than the division of the Michaelmas Term. Each candidate shall, not later than the end of Full Michaelmas Term, either obtain the approval of the Chairman for the subject proposed or notify the Chairman of the subject chosen from the list. During Full Easter Term, on a day specified by the Chairman, each candidate will be required to give a brief oral presentation of his or her project to an audience consisting of staff and students and including internal Examiners. In assigning marks for the examination the Examiners shall take account of the candidates' research projects (both the report and the presentation).

The Examiners shall have power at their discretion to examine a candidate viva voce on the subject of his or her research report and on the general field of knowledge within which the subject falls.

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