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REGULATIONS FOR EXAMINATIONS: NOTICE BY THE GENERAL BOARD

The General Board give notice that, on the recommendation of the Faculty Board or other authority concerned, they have approved amendments of the regulations for certain University examinations, as follows:

Classical Tripos, Part I, and Preliminary Examination for Part I

The regulations and supplementary regulations for Part I of the Classical Tripos (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 249) and for the Preliminary Examination for Part I of the Classical Tripos (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 220) have been amended as set out below. The purpose of these amendments is to (i) introduce into the scheme of the examinations a paper intended for candidates who had only a limited knowledge of Latin before entering the University, (ii) reduce the number of papers in Part I by removing Paper 4, the Greek and Latin translation paper, from the papers for Part I, and (iii) introduce into the Preliminary Examination a compulsory paper containing both passages for practical criticism and questions on linguistic structure in both languages. These amendments take effect from 1 October 2000 for the Preliminary Examination for Part I and from 1 October 2001 for Part I of the Tripos. The regulations have been amended as follows:

Part I

Regulation 10.

By amending the titles of Papers 2 and 4 as follows:

Paper 2.  Alternative passages for translation from Greek authors.

Paper 4.  Alternative passages for translation from Latin authors.

Regulation 11.

By amending the regulation so as to read:

11. A candidate shall be required to offer six papers as follows:

Paper 1 or Paper 2; Paper 3 or Paper 4; Papers 5 and 6; and two papers chosen from among Papers 7-10;

provided that the Faculty Board may, in special circumstances, permit a candidate who is offering or who would otherwise have offered both Paper 2 and Paper 4 to offer

(i) a further paper chosen from among Papers 7-10 in place of either Paper 2 or Paper 4

and/or

(ii) either Paper GL 6 (Homer) or Paper GL 7 (Virgil) from Part IA of the Modern and Medieval Languages Tripos in place of Paper 6 or Paper 5 respectively.

A candidate's application to offer this special combination of papers shall be made through his or her Director of Studies to the Secretary of the Faculty Board not later than the second Monday of the Full Michaelmas Term next preceding the examination.

Preliminary Examination

Regulation 2.

By renumbering Papers 4-6 as 6-8 and by inserting the following as Papers 4 and 5:

Paper 4. Alternative Latin translation.

Paper 5. Greek and Latin texts.

Regulation 3.

By amending Regulation 3 so as to read:

3. Every candidate shall offer either Paper 1 or Paper 2, either Paper 3 or Paper 4, and Papers 5 and 6; Paper 2 is intended for candidates who had little or no knowledge of Greek before coming into residence, and Paper 4 is intended for candidates who had a limited knowledge of Latin before doing so. In addition, a candidate may offer one or both of Papers 7 and 8; the Examiners shall give credit for proficiency in these papers.

Supplementary regulations

The supplementary regulations for Part I of the Classical Tripos (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 253) have been amended, with effect from 1 October 2001, as follows:

Paper 2.  Alternative passages for translation from Greek authors

By amending the text so as to read:

This paper is appropriate for candidates who had little or no knowledge of Greek before entry to the University.

Paper 4.  Alternative passages for translation from Latin authors

By amending the text so as to read:

This paper is appropriate for candidates who had a limited knowledge of Latin before entry to the University.

Paper 5. Greek literature

Paper 6.  Latin literature

By amending the final two sentences so as to read:

Section B will contain essay and other questions on these and other works which will be prescribed by the Faculty Board from time to time. Candidates will be required to answer two questions from Section A and two questions from Section B.

Paper 10. Greek and Latin philology and linguistics

By deleting the second sentence, and by inserting as a final sentence the following:

Candidates offering Classical papers for Part IB of the Modern and Medieval Languages Tripos should consult the Faculty of Modern and Medieval Languages for guidance on the number of questions to be answered.

The supplementary regulations for Papers 4-6 of the Preliminary Examination (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 220) have been amended, with effect from 1 October 2000, as follows:

Papers 4 and 5

By inserting the following new supplementary regulations:

Paper 4.  Alternative Latin translation

This paper will be divided into two sections. Section (a) will contain three passages of Latin, each taken from books on a schedule of texts prescribed from time to time by the Faculty Board. Section (b) will contain two passages of Latin for unseen translation.

Paper 5.  Greek and Latin texts

This paper will contain questions on works contained in the schedules of Greek and Latin texts prescribed for Papers 1 to 4. The paper will be divided into two sections. Section (a) will contain two questions on linguistic structures in one passage of Greek prose and one of Latin respectively, each taken from works selected for this purpose by the Faculty Board from the schedule of texts prescribed for Papers 1 to 4. In Section (b) four analysis and appreciation questions will be set on passages in Greek prose, Greek verse, Latin prose and Latin verse respectively, including one question relating to one of the Greek books prescribed for Section (a) of Paper 2 and one relating to one of the Latin books prescribed for Section (a) of Paper 4. Candidates will be required to answer four questions, both questions from Section (a) and two from Section (b).

Paper 6.  Classical questions (previously Paper 4)

By amending the text so as to read:

This paper will be divided into five sections:

(a) Greek and Latin literature;
(b) Greek and Roman philosophy;
(c) Greek and Roman history from c. 800 B.C. to A.D. 337;
(d) Greek and Roman art and archaeology;
(e) Classical philology and linguistics.

Candidates will be required to answer four questions, chosen from at least two of Sections (a)-(e).


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Cambridge University Reporter, 24 May 2000
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