Reporter 24/5/00: Natural Sciences Tripos, Part IA

Natural Sciences Tripos, Part IA

The regulations for Part IA of the Natural Sciences Tripos (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 346) as amended by Notice on 1 December 1999 (Reporter, p. 198) have been further amended as set out below. The purpose of the amendments is to reduce the number of written papers in the subject Quantitative Biology from two to one, and to include the assessment of practical note-books in the examination for this subject. The regulations have been amended, with effect from 1 October 2000, as follows:

Regulation 16.

By amending sub-paragraphs (b) and (c) so as to read:

(b) The examination in a particular subject shall be as specified in the following subsections:

(i)	one written paper of three hours and a practical examination:
	Biology of Cells.	Geology.

(ii)	one written paper of three hours, and the submission of note-books containing records of practical work:
	Chemistry. Elementary Mathematics for Biologists. Evolution and Behaviour.	Materials and Mineral Sciences. Physics. Quantitative Biology.

(iii)

two written papers of three hours each, and the submission of note-books containing records of practical work:

Mathematics.

(iv)	one written paper of three hours, a practical examination, and the submission of note-books containing records of practical work: Physiology of Organisms.

For those subjects in which note-books containing records of practical work are to be submitted, such note-books shall be presented for the inspection of the Examiners as follows: in Physiology of Organisms, not later than the division of the Easter Term; in other subjects, on the day before the day specified for the beginning of the examinations for Part IA. Note-books shall bear the signatures of the teachers under whose direction the work was performed.

(c) In assigning marks for the examination, the Examiners may, at their discretion, take account of the note-books submitted by candidates. In Chemistry, in Evolution and Behaviour, in Materials and Mineral Sciences, in Physics, in Elementary Mathematics for Biologists, in Quantitative Biology, and in Mathematics, assessments of practical work done by the candidates shall be made available to the Examiners, in Chemistry by the Head of the Department of Chemistry, in Evolution and Behaviour by the Heads of the Departments of Plant Sciences and of Zoology jointly, in Materials and Mineral Sciences by the Heads of the Departments of Earth Sciences and of Materials Science and Metallurgy jointly, in Physics by the Head of the Department of Physics, in Elementary Mathematics for Biologists and in Quantitative Biology by the Chairman of the Faculty Board of Biology, and in Mathematics by the Head of the Computer Laboratory; the Examiners shall take these assessments into account in assigning marks for the examination.

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