The Faculty Board of Archaeology and Anthropology give notice of the following list of papers to be offered for the examination in Archaeology for Parts IIa and IIb of the Archaeological and Anthropological Tripos, 2010–11 (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 258):
A1 |
Archaeological thought I |
A2 |
Archaeology in action I (also serves as Paper O12 of Part II of the Classical Tripos) |
A3 |
Archaeological thought II |
A4 |
Archaeology in action II |
A10 |
Archaeological practice |
A6 |
The Palaeolithic of the Old World |
A7 |
The Upper Palaeolithic from the Alps to the Americas |
A8 |
European prehistory |
A9 |
Special topics in European prehistory |
A13 |
Aegean prehistory |
A14 |
Roman Britain |
A15 |
The poetics of Classical art |
A16 |
Roman cities |
A17 |
The historical archaeology of Ancient Egypt I |
A19 |
Ancient Egyptian religion I |
A22 |
Mesopotamian culture II: religion and science |
A23 |
Mesopotamian archaeology I: prehistory and early states |
A25 |
Europe in the first millennium ad I: Anglo-Saxon archaeology (also serves as Paper 14 of Part I and Paper 16 of Part II of the Anglo-Saxon, Norse, and Celtic Tripos) |
A26 |
Europe in the first millennium ad II: Scandinavian archaeology (also serves as Paper 15 of Part I and Paper 17 of Part II of the Anglo-Saxon, Norse, and Celtic Tripos) |
A28 |
The archaeology of medieval Britain |
A30 |
Ancient India I: the Indus civilization and beyond |
A34 |
The archaeology of Mesoamerica and North America |
A37 |
Introduction to scientific approaches in archaeology |
A38 |
Archaeological science |
M1 |
Akkadian language II |
M2 |
Akkadian language III |
M3 |
Sumerian |
M4 |
Mesopotamian history I: states and structures |
E1 |
Egyptian language II |
E2 |
Egyptian language III |
The Faculty Board of Archaeology and Anthropology give notice of the following list of papers to be offered for the examination in Biological Anthropology for Parts IIa and IIb of the Archaeological and Anthropological Tripos, 2010–11 (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 259):
Option |
Title |
Form of assessment |
BA5 |
Evolution of technology |
2 hour written exam |
*BA6 |
Humans in an evolutionary paradigm |
Submitted essay of 4,000 words |
*BA7 |
Evolution and function of the human brain |
2 hour written exam |
BA8 |
Evolutionary ecology of extinct hominins |
2 hour written exam |
*BA9 |
Ancient molecules and human evolution |
2 hour written exam + 20% practical work |
*BA10 |
Evolution of human phenotypes and behaviour |
2 hour written exam |
BA11 |
Human evolution and health |
2 hour written exam |
*BA13 |
Primate molecular ecology |
2 hour written exam + 20% practical work |
BA14 |
Apes as models for human evolution |
2 hour written exam |
*BA16 |
Data handling in biological anthropology |
2 hour written exam |
N.B. Candidates who took special subjects: BA6, 7, 9, 10, 13, and 16 for Part IIa will not be able to take these special subjects as IIb candidates.
The Faculty Board of Archaeology and Anthropology give notice of the following list of papers to be offered for the examination in Social Anthropology for Parts IIa and IIb of the Archaeological and Anthropological Tripos, 2010–11 (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 260):
S7 |
Anthropology of colonialism and empire |
S9 |
Gender, kinship, and care (also serves as Paper Int. 5 of the Politics, Psychology, and Sociology Tripos) |
S10 |
Anthropology and development |
S6(a) |
Africa |
S6(b) |
Latin America |
S6(c) |
Southeast Asia |
The Faculty Board of Archaeology and Anthropology give notice that the set texts for Part I of the Archaeological and Anthropological Tripos in the academical year 2010–11 will be as follows:
The Code of Hammurapi, in E. Bergmann ed., Codex Hammurabi (1953), laws 1–65 in cuneiform. The Annals of Sennacherib, third to seventh campaigns, in R. Borger, Babylonisch-assyrische Lesestücke, 2nd ed. (1979), pp. 329–332. In cuneiform.
A. H. Gardiner, Egyptian Grammar (Third edn., Oxford, 1957), reading extracts at ends of chapters XIV, XV, XVII, XX, XXI, XXII, XXIV, XXV, XXVI, XXVII, XXVIII, XXIX, XXX, XXXI, XXXII, XXXIII.
K. H. Sethe, Aegyptische Lesestücke (1924–37), nos. 3, 14, 22, 23.
The Faculty Board of Archaeology and Anthropology give notice that the set texts for Parts IIa and IIb of the Archaeological and Anthropological Tripos in the academical year 2010–11 will be as follows:
(a) K. H. Sethe, Aegyptische Lesestücke (1924–37), nos. 11, 12, 18, 24, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 34.
(b) Urkunden der 18. Dynastie (ed. K. Sethe and W. Helck, Berlin) IV. 356–375 and IV, 647–67.
(c) M. Sandman, Texts from the time of Akhenaten, 93–96.
K. H. Sethe, Urkunden des alten Reiches, in Urkunden des ägyptischen Altertums, hrsg. von G. Steindorff, Abt, I, Bd. 1, Heft 1–4 (1932–33), nos. 17, 26 (Biographies of Weni and Harkhuf).
K. H. Sethe, Die altaegyptischen Pyramidentexte, Bd. 1 (1908), sections 393a–414c = Utterances 273–74 (the Cannibal Hymn).
P. Posener-Kriéger and J.-L. de Cenival, Hieratic papyri in the British Museum (5th series, 1968), ‘The Abu Sir Papyri’, plates IIIA–VA, XXA, XXIA, XXXIIIA–XXXVA, LIIIA.
A. H. Gardiner (ed.), The Blinding of Truth and Wenamun (in Late-Egyptian Stories, Bibliotheca Aegyptiaca I, 1932).
A. H. Gardiner, Ramesside Administrative Documents (1948), pp. 45–59.
A. H. Gardiner (ed.), Papyrus Sallier I (in Late Egyptian Miscellanies, Bibliotheca Aegyptiaca VII, 1937).
(a) Gilgamesh, Tablet XI, lines 1–266, in S. Parpola, The Standard Babylonian Epic of Gilgamesh (1997), pp. 57–62. In cuneiform.
(b) The Gula Hymn of Bullutsa-rabi, W. G. Lambert, Orientalia 36 (1967) 105–32. In transliteration.
Texts studied for this paper will include letters and legal documents in Old Babylonian dialect, letters and laws in Assyrian dialect, and selections from literary and historical texts of different periods.
Students will read in class Sumerian texts selected from historical inscriptions, legal documents, and literary texts of the Early Dynastic, Ur III, and Old Babylonian periods.
The Faculty Board of Law give notice that they have prescribed the following subjects as half-papers for Paper 48 of the Law Tripos in 2010–11 (Law Tripos, Regulation 18, Statutes and Ordinances, p. 349):
Civil procedure
Competition law
European human rights law
Historical foundations of the British constitution
Landlord and tenant law
Law and legal change in the Tudor period
Law of taxation
Media law
Personal property
The Faculty Board of Law give notice that they have prescribed the following subjects for seminar courses in Part II of the Law Tripos in 2010–11 (Law Tripos, Regulation 22(a), Statutes and Ordinances, p. 350):
Family in society
Select issues in international law
Law and ethics of medicine
Public law
The legal process: justice and human rights
Women and the law
The Faculty Board of Law give notice that they have prescribed the following papers and forms of examination for the LL.M. Examination, 2011 (LL.M. Regulations 1 and 2, Statutes and Ordinances, p. 460):
Title |
Form of examination |
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Paper 2 |
International commercial tax |
t |
|
Paper 3 |
International commercial litigation |
3 |
|
Paper 4 |
Law of restitution |
t |
|
Paper 10 |
Corporate governance |
t |
|
Paper 11 |
Criminal justice – players and processes |
es, t |
|
Paper 12 |
Intellectual property |
es, t |
|
Paper 13 |
Contemporary issues in the law of European integration |
t |
|
Paper 14 |
Competition law |
3 |
|
Paper 15 |
International environmental law |
3 |
|
Paper 17 |
EU trade law |
t |
|
Paper 18 |
External relations law of the European Union |
t |
|
Paper 20 |
Law of armed conflict, use of force, and peacekeeping |
3 |
|
Paper 21 |
Settlement of international disputes |
t |
|
Paper 23 |
The law of the World Trade Organization |
t |
|
Paper 24 |
International criminal law |
t |
|
Paper 25 |
International human rights law |
t |
|
Paper 26 |
Civil liberties and human rights |
es |
|
Paper 29 |
History and philosophy of international law |
t |
|
Paper 30 |
Jurisprudence |
3 |
|
Paper 31 |
Topics in legal and political philosophy |
3 |
|
Paper 32 |
Commercial equity |
t |
|
Paper 33 |
Comparative family law and policy |
t |
|
Paper 34 |
Philosophy of criminal law |
t |
|
Paper 35 |
History of English civil and criminal law |
t |
|
Paper 36 |
International intellectual property law |
es, t |
|
Paper 38 |
Seminar paper |
1. A candidate may take a written paper of three hours’ duration in all the subjects listed above, other than Paper 38.
2. Paper 38: Seminar paper. Paper 38 shall be examined by the submission of a thesis which shall not, without the leave of the Faculty Board, exceed 18,000 words including footnotes and appendices, but excluding bibliography, on a topic approved by the Faculty Board which falls within the scope of one of the following seminar courses prescribed for 2010–11:
(a)Comparative law
(b)European social rights and economic integration
(c)Public law
3.‘es’ indicates a subject in which a candidate has a free choice between:
(a)a written paper of three hours’ duration; and
(b)a written paper of two hours’ duration together with the submission of an essay of not more than 7,000 words, including footnotes and appendices but excluding bibliography, on a topic approved by the Faculty Board which falls within the field of the subject.
4. ‘t’ indicates a subject in which a candidate may submit a thesis in lieu of a final examination. The thesis shall not, without the leave of the Faculty Board, exceed 18,000 words including footnotes and appendices, but excluding bibliography. It shall be on a topic approved by the Faculty Board falling within the field of the subject.
5. ‘3’ indicates a subject in which a three-hour final examination is required, the candidate having no option of substituting a thesis or a two-hour examination and an essay.
6. In 2010–11 there are no subjects which may be examined only in the form of a written paper of two hours’ duration together with the submission of an essay of not more than 7,000 words, including footnotes and appendices but excluding bibliography, on a topic approved by the Faculty Board which falls within the field of the subject.
The Faculty Board of Law give notice that they have designated the following papers prescribed for the LL.M. Examination, 2011, as falling within the fields of Commercial law (c), European law (e), or International law (i) (LL.M. Regulation 1, Statutes and Ordinances, p. 460):
Title |
Designation |
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Paper 2 |
International commercial tax |
c, e |
|
Paper 3 |
International commercial litigation |
c, e |
|
Paper 4 |
Law of restitution |
c |
|
Paper 10 |
Corporate governance |
c |
|
Paper 11 |
Criminal justice – players and processes |
||
Paper 12 |
Intellectual property |
c, e |
|
Paper 13 |
Contemporary issues in the law of European integration |
e |
|
Paper 14 |
Competition law |
c, e |
|
Paper 15 |
International environmental law |
i |
|
Paper 17 |
EU trade law |
e |
|
Paper 18 |
External relations law of the European Union |
e |
|
Paper 20 |
Law of armed conflict, use of force, and peacekeeping |
i |
|
Paper 21 |
Settlement of international disputes |
||
Paper 23 |
The law of the World Trade Organization |
c, i |
|
Paper 24 |
International criminal law |
i |
|
Paper 25 |
International human rights law |
i |
|
Paper 26 |
Civil liberties and human rights |
||
Paper 29 |
History and philosophy of international law |
i |
|
Paper 30 |
Jurisprudence |
||
Paper 31 |
Topics in legal and political philosophy |
||
Paper 32 |
Commercial equity |
c |
|
Paper 33 |
Comparative family law and policy |
||
Paper 34 |
Philosophy of criminal law |
||
Paper 35 |
History of English civil and criminal law |
||
Paper 36 |
International intellectual property law |
c, e, i |
|
Paper 38 |
Seminar paper |
In accordance with Regulation 10 (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 462), the Faculty Board may in addition designate as falling within one of the above fields the subject of a thesis submitted for a seminar course under Paper 38.
The Faculty Board of Law give notice that the following papers prescribed for the LL.M. Examination, 2011, are deemed to be papers in English law and legal history for the purpose of the award of the Chancellor’s Medal for English Law:
Paper 3 |
International commercial litigation |
Paper 4 |
Law of restitution |
Paper 10 |
Corporate governance |
Paper 12 |
Intellectual property |
Paper 26 |
Civil liberties and human rights |
Paper 30 |
Jurisprudence |
Paper 32 |
Commercial equity |
Paper 33 |
Comparative family law and policy |
Paper 34 |
Philosophy of criminal law |
Paper 35 |
History of English civil and criminal law |
The Faculty Board may in addition deem a thesis submitted for a seminar course under Paper 38 to be a paper in English law and legal history for this purpose.
The Faculty Board of Music give notice that they have prescribed the following papers and subjects for the Music Tripos in 2010–11 (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 380):
Nineteenth-century music
A. Twentieth-century music
B. Eighteenth-century opera in Europe
(A) Historical topics
6. Notation
7. Ethnomusicology (title to be confirmed)
8. Music and society in Handel’s London
9. The Mighty Handful and its legacy
10. Jazz
(B) Other topics
11. Introduction to music and science
12. Introduction to Schenkerian analysis
8. Don Giovanni
9. Beethoven: the Late String Quartets
10. The music of Miles Davis
11. Perception and performance
12. German idealistic operas c. 1860–1940
13. The music of Chopin
14. Ethnomusicology (title to be confirmed)
15. The music and musical sources of Guillaume de Machaut
16. Studying music as performance
17. Choral performance
Candidates for Part Ib must offer at least one paper from Section A (Historical topics) of the additional papers.
All papers are examined by a three-hour written examination with the exception of the following:
Part II, Paper 11, Perception and performance
The examination will consist of a written paper of two hours’ duration together with the submission of a written report, each of which counts as 50% of the overall mark.
Part II, Paper 17, Choral performance
The paper will consist of a written examination of two hours’ duration, tests on advanced choral skills and conducting, a performance project and a short dissertation. Before the course begins, candidates will be given precise information regarding assessment.
The Committee of Management for the Natural Sciences Tripos give notice of the following additional interdisciplinary papers, which shall be included in the examination requirements of one or more subjects.
Title of paper |
Mode of assessment |
May be offered in |
IDP1: Atmospheric chemistry and global change |
One-hour written examination |
Chemistry; Experimental and Theoretical Physics; Geological Sciences |
IDP2: The Earth system and climate change |
One-hour written examination |
Chemistry;Experimental and Theoretical Physics; Geological Sciences |
IDP3: Materials, electronics, and renewable energy |
One-hour written examination |
Chemistry;Experimental and Theoretical Physics; Geological Sciences |
Notwithstanding the examination requirements set out in Regulation 36 of the Natural Sciences Tripos, the following amendments shall apply to candidates offering interdisciplinary papers:
Candidates may offer up to two of the interdisciplinary papers listed above, without restriction.
Candidates shall have less time to complete their other scheduled examination papers, such that, for each interdisciplinary paper offered:
•thirty minutes shall be taken away from the duration of Paper 1, and candidates for this paper will be required to answer one question fewer;
•forty-five minutes shall be taken away from the duration of Paper 3, and candidates will be required to answer one question fewer.
Candidates may offer up to three of the interdisciplinary papers listed above in place of the equivalent number of Minor Topics.
Candidates may offer one or two of the interdisciplinary papers listed above. Such a decision will affect the time duration of Papers 2 and 3 taken by the candidate.
Paper 2A will be a two-hour written paper for candidates offering one of Papers IDP1, IDP2, and IDP3.
Paper 2B will be a one-hour written paper for candidates offering two of Papers IDP1, IDP2, and IDP3.
Paper 3A will be a two-hour written paper for candidates offering one of Papers IDP1 or IDP3 (also includes candidates offering Paper IDP2 together with Paper IDP1 or Paper IDP3).
Paper 3 will be a one-hour written paper for candidates offering both Papers IDP1 and IDP3.
Candidates offering Papers IDP1 (Atmospheric chemistry and global change) and/or IDP3 (Materials, electronics, and renewable energy) will also offer a literature review associated with each of these papers, of no more than 5,000 words. The literature review will be on a topic which may be either proposed by the candidate and approved by the Head of Department, or chosen by the candidate from a list of approved topics announced by the Head of Department early in the Lent Term. The review shall be submitted to the Examiners not later than the first Wednesday of Full Easter Term.