No 6195
Wednesday 7 July 2010
Vol cxl No 36
pp. 1029–1100
The General Board give notice that, on the recommendation of the Faculty Board or other authority concerned, the regulations for certain University examinations have been amended as follows:
(Statutes and Ordinances, p. 308)
The detail for this option has been amended to clarify the marking scheme, so as to read:
Students who have completed the course in Modern and Medieval Languages in Part I of the Education Tripos shall have the following choices for Part II:
(A)A one-year Part II, the equivalent of five papers in Education Studies as set out in Regulation 12.
(B)A two-year Part II, the equivalent of five papers in Education Studies including a period spent abroad as detailed in Regulation 15.
The student having undertaken an intensive study course or similar and gained an acceptable form of certification in a further language (in the country of that language) which shall be one of those normally available within the Education with Modern and Medieval Languages Tripos, other than French:
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Three Education papers as set out in Regulation 12 |
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translation from and into the foreign language offered at Part I (Paper C1 from Part II of the Modern and Medieval Languages Tripos) |
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oral examination C from Part II of the Modern and Medieval Languages Tripos in the foreign language offered at Part I |
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papers in a new language as follows: Papers A1 and A2 from Part Ia of the Modern and Medieval Languages Tripos, together with Oral examination A in the same language in place of a Year Abroad Project, provided that both papers shall be in the same language, which the student shall not have offered in any previous examination. |
For the purposes of marking 2 and 3 shall together be considered equivalent to one paper; 4 shall be considered equivalent to one paper.
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Year Abroad Project in accordance with the regulations for Part II of the Modern and Medieval Languages Tripos |
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three Education papers as set out in Regulation 12 |
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translation from and into the foreign language (Paper C1 from Part II of the Modern and Medieval Languages Tripos) |
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oral examination C from Part II of the Modern and Medieval Languages Tripos |
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For the purposes of marking 1, 3, and 4 shall together be considered equivalent to one paper. |
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And either: |
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an additional paper taken from Schedule II of the regulations for the Modern and Medieval Languages Tripos |
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use of the foreign language (Paper B1 from Part Ia of the Modern and Medieval Languages Tripos) in a post A-level language not studied at Part I, which shall be one of those normally available within the Education with Modern and Medieval Languages Tripos |
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a further Education paper. |
(Statutes and Ordinances, p 340)
The Faculty Board of History give notice that they have amended the detail for Paper 30 (Historical argument and practice) so as to read:
This paper aims to provide an opportunity for candidates to reflect on broad issues of historical argument and practice arising out of their work for all three years of the Historical Tripos. The paper is a means of enabling candidates to raise and discuss fundamental questions which relate their specialist knowledge to more general themes of historical inquiry and explanation. The focus of this paper, as distinct from other Part II papers, is on understanding the conceptual, historiographical, and methodological dimensions of historical argument and practice. Candidates are required to evaluate the merits of different approaches in relation to the more specific and empirical material that they encounter elsewhere in the Tripos. The questions will be designed to encourage broad discussion of issues derived from, and relevant to, the full range of History papers offered in Parts I and II, and will also allow candidates to draw upon their wider reading. The paper will offer a choice of questions, from which candidates will be required to answer one.
With effect from 1 October 2011, this paper has been renumbered as Paper 1 (see Reporter, p. 765).
The Faculty Board are satisfied that no candidate’s preparation for the examination in 2011 will be adversely affected by this amendment.
(Statutes and Ordinances, p. 354)
The Faculty Board of Modern and Medieval Languages have approved clarification of the wording of Regulation 17 of the Linguistics Tripos. Candidates entering the Linguistics Tripos in October 2010 after having obtained honours in another Honours Examination shall be candidates for honours in Part IIa under the New Regulations. The examination for the Linguistics Tripos under the Old Regulations shall be offered only by students progressing from the Linguistics Preliminary Examination.
The final sentence of the Temporary Regulation has accordingly been amended so as to read:
The examinations for the Linguistics Tripos shall be held under the Old Regulations for the last time in 2011, for the purposes of examining those who have previously been candidates for the Preliminary examination in Linguistics only.
(Reporter, p. 504 and Statutes and Ordinances, p. 532)
The General Board and the Board of Graduate Studies have approved a proposal from the Degree Committee for the Faculties of Clinical Medicine and Veterinary Medicine that the course of study in Medical Science and in Veterinary Science for the M.Phil. Degree be made available to part-time candidates.
The Board of Graduate Studies are satisfied that suitable arrangements are in place to enable part-time students to have sufficient access to teaching and other resources. The Board are also satisfied that the part-time course is comparable to the full-time version in content, intended learning outcomes, the teaching and other resources available, and forms of assessment. The Councils of the Schools of the Biological Sciences and of Clinical Medicine have confirmed that the proposals are consistent with the Schools’ strategic plans, both in respect of the objectives of the Schools and in terms of any implications for student numbers. The special regulation for the examinations in Medical Science and Veterinary Science for the degree of Master of Philosophy have accordingly been amended as follows:
The regulation has been amended by replacing in the first line of the regulation the words ‘The scheme of examination for the one-year course of study in Medical Science’ by the words:
The scheme of examination for the one-year full-time or two-year part-time course of study in Medical Science
The regulation has been amended by replacing in the first line of the regulation the words ‘The scheme of examination for the one-year course of study in Veterinary Science’ by the words:
The scheme of examination for the one-year full-time or two-year part-time course of study in Veterinary Science
(Statutes and Ordinances, p. 531)
Regulation 1 (Option A).
The date by which the list of mandatory and optional modules is to be published has been changed.
The wording of sub-paragraph (a) has been amended so as to read:
(a)at least nine modules selected from a list of mandatory and optional modules published by the Degree Committee for the Faculty of Business and Management not later than the end of the Michaelmas Term preceding the examination. Subject to a minimum number of nine, the Degree Committee shall specify the precise number of mandatory and optional modules required;
On the recommendation of the Faculty Board of Engineering, the General Board, with the concurrence of the Board of Graduate Studies and the Strategic Committee of the Institute of Continuing Education, have approved Construction Engineering as a subject for postgraduate study for the M.St. Degree. Special regulations for the examination in that subject have been approved as follows:
The scheme of examination for the course of study in Construction Engineering for the degree of Master of Studies shall consist of:
(a)a case study, of no more than 5,000 words in length, on a topic approved by the Degree Committee for the Faculty of Engineering;
(b)two essays, each of no more than 3,000 words in length, on a topic approved by the Degree Committee;
(c)a thesis of not more than 15,000 words in length, including footnotes and appendices, but excluding bibliography, on a subject approved by the Degree Committee.
At the discretion of the Examiners the examination may include an oral examination on any or all of the components of the examination specified under (a) to (c) above, and on the general field of knowledge within which they fall.
(Statutes and Ordinances, p. 566)
Regulation 3.
The General Board have approved the Faculty Board of Business and Management as a body to administer qualifications under these regulations.
The Board have approved the following amendment to the Schedule to Diplomas and Certificates open to non-members of the University:
The following course has been added:
Certificates
Institute of Continuing Education
Certificate of Higher Education in Astronomy