Cambridge University Reporter


Modern and Medieval Languages Tripos, 2008-09: Notice

The Faculty Board of Modern and Medieval Languages give notice of the following papers in Schedule D (papers taken from other Triposes) that may be taken in Part II for the examination in 2008-09.

Anglo-Saxon, Norse, and Celtic Tripos

PART I
Paper 2. Scandinavian history in the Viking Age.
Paper 5. Old English language and literature.
Paper 6. Old Norse language and literature.
Paper 7. Medieval Welsh language and literature.
Paper 8. Medieval Irish language and literature.

PART II
Paper 7. Advanced medieval Welsh language and literature.
Paper 8. Advanced medieval Irish language and literature.
Paper 11. Germanic philology.
Paper 12. Celtic philology.

Classical Tripos, Part II

Paper A1. Homer, Odyssey, and/or Virgil, Aeneid.
Paper A2. Apollo and Dionysus in Greek literature.
Paper A3. Horace, Epodes and Odes I-III.
Paper B1. Plato, Theatetus.
Paper B2. Aristotle on nature and change (Physics books II-IV).
Paper C4. Transformation of the Roman world.
Paper D3. A topic within classical archaeology and/or art: the poetics of classical art.
Paper E2. E pluribus unum: The making of Greek.
Paper E3. The Latin language. και συ, τεκνον: Latin and the Greek language.

English Tripos, Part II

Paper 2. Tragedy.
Paper 3. Chaucer.
Paper 12. Special Subject II. Option (a) Commonwealth and international literature in English.
  Option (b) Literature and visual culture.

Historical Tripos

PART I
Paper 18. European history, since 1890.

PART II
Paper 4. History of political thought from c.1700 to c.1890.
Paper 28. The history of Latin America in the colonial period, c. 1500-1830.

Natural Sciences Tripos, Part IB

Paper 1B. Experimental psychology.

Oriental Studies Tripos

Paper Is. 13. Middle Eastern and Islamic culture.
Paper Is. 22. Middle Eastern and Islamic history, 6.
Paper Is. 23. Middle Eastern and Islamic history, 7.

Philosophy Tripos, Part II

Paper 11. Aesthetics.

The following papers will not be available in 2008-09:

Historical Tripos, Part II, Paper 20 and Paper 22.

Social and Political Sciences Tripos, Part II, Paper Int. 7.