Cambridge University Reporter


Social and Political Sciences Tripos, Part I

(Statutes and Ordinances, p. 392)

With effect from 1 October 2008

The scheme of examination for Part I has been amended to allow students a greater degree of specialization in their first year. Regulation 12 for the Tripos has been amended accordingly as follows:

Regulation 12.

By replacing the regulation so as to read:

12. The scheme of examination for Part I shall be as follows:

Section A
Paper 1. Introduction to politics: the analysis of modern politics I (also serves as Paper 4C of Part I of the Archaeological and Anthropological Tripos).
Paper 2. Introduction to sociology: modern societies (also serves as Paper 4B of Part I of the Archaeological and Anthropological Tripos and as Paper 5 of Part IIA of the Economics Tripos).
Paper 3. Introduction to psychology: society, interaction, and the individual (also serves as Paper 4D of Part I of the Archaeological and Anthropological Tripos).

Section B
Paper 4. The development of human society (Paper 1 of Part I of the Archaeological and Anthropological Tripos).
Paper 5. Humans in biological perspective (Paper 2 of Part I of the Archaeological and Anthropological Tripos).
Paper 6. Human societies: the comparative perspective (Paper 3 of Part I of the Archaeological and Anthropological Tripos).
Paper 7. Introduction to computer science (Paper 1 of Part IA of the Computer Science Tripos).
Paper 8. British economic history (Paper 5 of Part I of the Economics Tripos).
Paper 9. Language, communication, and literacy (Paper 2 of the Preliminary Examination for Part I of the Education Tripos).

A candidate for Part I shall be required to offer four papers as follows:
(a) all three papers in Section A
(b) one further paper chosen from Section B.