(Statutes and Ordinances, p. 517)
The purpose of the amendments is to clarify arrangements for students relating to the duration of the course and the requirements for commencement of study and to incorporate changes to the content of and procedure for examinations for Parts I and III of the Final Vet.M.B. Examination. Specific recommendations relating to additional modes of assessment of the elective held in the final year of the course are outlined. The regulations have been amended as follows:
Regulation 9.
By amending the regulation so as to read:
9. A candidate for the Second Vet.M.B. shall be required:
(a) to have satisfied the University's premedical requirements for the Vet.M.B. The premedical requirements, which shall be determined by the Faculty Board of Veterinary Medicine, shall be specified in Schedule A to these regulations; the Faculty Board shall have power to amend that schedule from time to time as they think fit;
(b) to have diligently attended approved courses of instruction appropriate to the subject or subjects to be offered in the examination. Approved courses recognized for this purpose shall be listed in Schedule B to these regulations; the Faculty Board shall have power to amend that schedule from time to time as they think fit. The Faculty Board shall have authority to approve for this purpose additional courses offered by a university other than Cambridge, or, in exceptional circumstances to waive the requirement.
The Second Vet.M.B. Examination may be taken by an unmatriculated student who has satisfied these requirements and who is certified on behalf of a College to the Registrary to be a bona fide candidate for admission to the College.
Regulation 17.
By amending the first sentence of the regulation so as to read:
Part III of the Final Veterinary Examination shall be held twice a year beginning on the Friday of the second week of Full Easter Term and on the Monday next preceding the first day of Michaelmas Term.
By amending the first two sentences of the third paragraph so as to read:
A candidate attempting Part III for the first time shall be required to take a written paper in each of the four sections at the same sitting, and a practical/oral examination corresponding to the written paper of each of the four sections of the examination.
By adding a final paragraph so as to read:
Candidates for Part III shall also be required to undertake an eight-week elective study period, four weeks of which shall take place following the Easter Term sitting of the written examinations. The elective shall be on a subject chosen by the candidate from a list of topics announced by the Faculty Board from time to time, or on a topic proposed by the candidate and approved by the Faculty Board. Candidates shall be required to submit a dissertation of not more than 3,000 words, give an oral presentation of their work of not more than fifteen minutes, and submit a certificate of diligent attendance signed by the elective supervisor. A satisfactory standard must be attained in the dissertation, oral presentation, and certificate of diligent attendance before the degree of Bachelor of Veterinary Medicine can be awarded. In the case of an unsatisfactory standard being achieved in any of the three elements resubmission will be required at the time of the September examination for Part III.
Regulation 18.
By removing sub-paragraph (b), relettering sub-paragraph (c) as (b), and by inserting the following sentence after the first sentence of the regulation:
No student may be a candidate for Part III if more than ninety-two months have elapsed since he or she began the preclinical veterinary medicine course, providing that the Faculty Board may waive this condition in exceptional circumstances.
By renaming the current Schedule as Schedule B and adding a new Schedule A so as to read:
SCHEDULE A
1. In this Schedule the Advanced level and AS (Advanced Subsidiary) level passes referred to are passes at those levels in a General Certificate of Education (GCE) issued by an awarding body approved by the relevant regulatory authority in England (QCA), Wales (ACCAC), and Northern Ireland (CCEA). The General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE) passes referred to are passes in that Certificate, at Grade A, B, or C, issued by an awarding body approved by the relevant regulatory authority in England (QCA), Wales (ACCAC), and Northern Ireland (CCEA).
2. For the purposes of this Schedule, the following shall be regarded as the equivalent of a pass at (Advanced) level:
| (a) | a pass in the Scottish Qualifications Authority National Course Advanced Higher examination at Grade A, B, C, or D; |
| (b) | a pass in the Scottish Qualifications Authority National Course Higher examination at Grade A, B, or C; |
| (c) | a pass at Grade 5 or above in a subject taken at the Higher level of the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme; |
| (d) | a pass in a General Certificate of Education (GCE) Advanced level within the Advanced Diploma of the Welsh Baccalaureate. |
3. For the purpose of this Schedule, the following shall be regarded as the equivalent of a pass at AS (Advanced Subsidiary) level:
| (a) | a pass at Level 5 or above in a subject taken at the Standard level of the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme. |
4. For the purposes of this Schedule, the following shall be regarded as the equivalent of a pass in the GCSE:
| (a) | a pass at Ordinary level (Grade A, B, or C) in a GCE issued by an examining body approved by the Department for Children, Schools and Families; |
| (b) | a pass in the Scottish Qualifications Authority Standard Grade examination at Grade 1, 2, or 3; |
| (c) | a pass in the International GCSE at Grade A, B, or C; |
| (d) | a pass at Grade 5 or above in a subject taken at Standard level of the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme. |
5. Passes in subjects of examinations for certificates conducted overseas by the Local Examinations Syndicate shall be considered for equivalence according to the level attained, provided always that the examination is conducted in the medium of English.
6. The premedical requirements for the Vet.M.B. shall consist of two Parts, A and B.
| (a) | A student shall be deemed to have completed Part A if he or she has either achieved the required standard in an admissions test approved by the Faculty Board of Veterinary Medicine or obtained GCSE passes in the following subjects or equivalents approved by the Faculty Board: |
| (i) Physics; | |
| (ii) Biology; | |
| (iii) Mathematics; | |
| provided that | |
| (1) a pass in double-award science may be substituted for the passes required under (i) and (ii) above; | |
| (2) passes at Advanced level or AS (Advanced Subsidiary) level may be substituted for the GCSE passes required under (i), (ii), and (iii) above; | |
| (3) a credit in the Science Foundation Course of the Open University may be substituted for the GCSE passes required under (i) and (ii) above. |
| (b) | A student shall be deemed to have completed Part B if he or she has obtained Advanced level or AS (Advanced Subsidiary) level passes in the following subjects or equivalents approved by the Faculty Board: |
| (i) Chemistry; | |
| (ii) at least two of the following: Physics, Biology, Mathematics; | |
| provided that | |
| (1) at least one of these subjects must be passed at Advanced level; | |
| (2) Regulation 1 of the examination requirements for matriculation is complied with. |
| (c) | A student shall be deemed to have completed Part B if he or she has obtained honours or has achieved the honours standard in Part IA of the Natural Sciences Tripos. |
| (d) | For the purposes of the premedical requirements for the Vet.M.B., a student who has obtained an honours degree of this or a recognized university shall be deemed to have satisfied the requirements by passing an admissions test approved by the Faculty Board of Veterinary Medicine. |
(Statutes and Ordinances, p. 522)
By replacing the current entry with:
The papers and practical components of the examination shall be as follows:
| Paper 1. | Respiratory system |
| Paper 2. | Radiography and radiology |
| Paper 3. | Parasitology 1 |
| Paper 4. | Dermatology |
| Paper 5. | Biology of infectious disease in domestic animals (in addition there will be a written project and an oral presentation) |
| Paper 6. | Clinical pathology |
| Paper 7. | Parasitology 2 |
| Paper 8. | Nutrition |
| Paper 9. | Urology |
| Paper 10. | Animal breeding |
| Paper 11. | Alimentary system |
| Paper 12. | Neurology |
| Paper 13. | Endocrinology and metabolic diseases |
| Paper 14. | Cardiology |
| Paper 15. | Veterinary public health |
The written papers will each be of one hour's duration, excepting Papers 3, 7, and 11 which will each be of two hour's duration and have a practical component.