No 6195
Wednesday 7 July 2010
Vol cxl No 36
pp. 1029–1100
The Faculty Boards and other authorities concerned give notice that in the following examinations in 2010–11, the only models of electronic calculators that candidates will be permitted to take into the examination room will be as follows:
(A) |
Archaeological and Anthropological Tripos, Parts IIa and IIb (Biological Anthropology); |
| Architecture Tripos, Parts Ia, Ib, and II; |
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Chemical Engineering Tripos, Parts I, IIa, and IIb; |
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Computer Science Tripos, Part Ia, (Calculators are not permitted in the Mathematics Papers borrowed from the Mathematical Tripos, Part Ia, and the Natural Sciences Tripos, Part Ia); |
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Computer Science Tripos, Parts Ib, II, and III; |
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M.Phil. Examination in Advanced Computer Science; |
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M.Phil. Examination in Computational Biology; |
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Economics Tripos, Parts I, IIa, and IIb; Diploma and M.Phil. Examinations; |
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Engineering Tripos, Parts Ia, Ib, IIa, and IIb; |
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Geography Tripos, Parts Ia, Ib, and II; |
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Management Studies Tripos; |
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Manufacturing Engineering Tripos, Parts I and II; |
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M.B.A. and Executive M.B.A. Examinations; |
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Master of Finance; |
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Medical and Veterinary Sciences Tripos, Parts Ia and Ib; |
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Second M.B. and Second Veterinary M.B. Examinations; |
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Final M.B. and Final Veterinary M.B. Examinations; |
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M.Phil. Examinations in Epidemiology and in Public Health; |
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Natural Sciences Tripos, Part Ia (Calculators are not permitted in the Subject Mathematics); |
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Natural Sciences Tripos, Parts Ib, II, and III; |
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Philosophy Tripos, Part Ia (Paper 3 only); |
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Politics, Psychology, and Sociology Tripos, Parts I, IIa, and IIb. |
For the above examinations candidates will be permitted to use only the standard University calculator CASIO fx 115 (any version); CASIO fx 570 (any version) or CASIO fx991 (any version). Each such calculator must be marked in the approved fashion.
(B) |
Preliminary Examination for Part I of the Education Tripos |
Education Tripos, Parts I and II.
Candidates taking papers from the Natural Sciences Tripos will be permitted to use only the standard University calculator, marked as approved, as specified for that Tripos.
(C) |
Mathematical Tripos |
The use of electronic calculators will NOT be permitted in any papers set for the Mathematical Tripos. Candidates for Part Ia of the Mathematical Tripos who offer a paper from the Natural Sciences Tripos will be permitted to take into the examination room, for those papers only, the standard University calculator as specified above for those Triposes.
(D) |
Land Economy Tripos and M.Phil. Examinations |
The permitted calculators for use in the Land Economy Tripos, and in the various M.Phil. Examinations will be the standard University calculator CASIO fx 115 (any version); CASIO fx 570 (any version) or CASIO fx991 (any version) or the Hewlett Packard HP 10BII.
(E) |
Other subjects |
Papers from the examinations named above may be taken by those who are candidates for other examinations. The restriction on the use of calculators will apply when any paper or subject is offered from an examination, which is the subject of this Notice.
It is the responsibility of each student to equip themselves with a suitable calculator as described. A few spare calculators are provided in examination rooms but only to students whose own calculator has malfunctioned.
SALE OF STANDARD CALCULATORS
Standard University calculators, the CASIO fx 991ES marked in the approved fashion will be on sale at the beginning of Full Michaelmas Term 2010 at £12 each as follows:
Board of Examinations Office, 10 Peas Hill
Computer Laboratory, William Gates Building, from the Student Administrator (for the Computer Science Tripos and the M.Phil. Examination in Advanced Computer Science);
Faculty of Economics Building, Sidgwick Site.
Department of Chemistry, Part Ia laboratory preparation room (for the Natural Sciences Tripos);
Department of Engineering (for Engineering examinations);
Department of Physiology, Development, and Neuroscience (for Medical and Veterinary students);
Candidates are strongly advised to purchase calculators at the beginning of Full Michaelmas Term at the centres named above.
Candidates already possessing a CASIO fx 115 (any version) or CASIO fx 570 (any version) will be able to have it marked appropriately at no cost at one of the above centres.
For the Land Economy Tripos, and the M.Phil. Examinations in Land Economy the Hewlett Packard HP 10BII calculators are available only from the Department of Land Economy, and their use is confined to Land Economy examinations.
The CASIO fx 991ES is being withdrawn by CASIO. Whilst stocks are available the Board of Examinations will continue to sell these calculators to students. Once this model becomes unavailable, the CASIO fx 115ES PLUS will replace it. The price of these calculators will be £16.
Further to their notice of 17 June 2009 (Reporter, 2008–09, p. 875) the Faculty Board of Classics give notice of the following changes and additions to the prescribed subjects and books for the Classical Tripos, 2011:
Passages to be set from the following schedule:
Paper 1. Lysias 1; Ps. Xenophon Athenaion Politeia; Homer, Odyssey 19 and 20; Herodotus 9; Plato, Crito; Euripides, Medea.
Paper 2. Lysias 1; Homer, Odyssey 19 line 100 to end; Plato, Crito; Euripides, Medea.
Paper 3. Virgil, Aeneid 8; Cicero, Pro Lege Manilia; Virgil, Eclogues; Livy, 21, sections 1–4, 26–63; Lucretius 3, lines 1–462, 741–1094.
Paper 4. Virgil, Aeneid 8, lines 1–65, 370–731; Cicero, Pro Lege Manilia, sections 1–3, 36–end; Virgil, Eclogues; Livy, 21, sections 1–4, 26–63.
Designated authors:
Paper 7. Lysias and Plato.
Paper 8. Cicero (speeches) and Livy (narrative).
Topic 1. Roman humour
Schedule A: (1) Plautus, Asinaria; (2) Phaedrus, Book 5, Seneca, Apocolocyntosis; (3) Horace, Satires Book 1.
Schedule B: Terence, Hautontimorumenus; Catullus 10, 21, 29, 31, 36, 41, 42, 43, 50, 53, 56, 57, 93, 94, 105, 114, 115; Cicero, In Pisonem; Cicero, De Oratore 2.216–90; Martial Books 10; Macrobius, Saturnalia 2.5.1–10.
Topic 4. –NOT AVAILABLE FOR EXAMINATION IN 2011
Designated authors: Cicero (speeches) and Livy (narrative).
GROUP A (LITERATURE)
Sophocles, Electra 1–515; Catullus 1–15, 61–2.
GROUP X
Gods and idols.
GROUP O
These amendments will also apply for 2012.
The Faculty Board have confirmed that no candidate’s preparation for the examination in 2011 will be adversely affected by these changes.
The Faculty Board of Classics give notice that the following subjects and books have been prescribed for the Classical Tripos, 2012 (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 287):
Passages to be set from the following schedule:
Paper 1. Lysias 1; Ps. Xenophon Athenaion Politeia; Homer, Odyssey 19 and 20; Herodotus 9; Plato, Crito; Euripides, Medea.
Paper 2. Lysias 1; Homer, Odyssey 19 line 100 to end; Plato, Crito; Euripides, Medea.
Paper 3. Virgil, Aeneid 8; Cicero, Pro Lege Manilia; Virgil, Eclogues; Livy, 21, sections 1–4, 26–63; Lucretius 3, lines 1–462, 741–1094.
Paper 4. Virgil, Aeneid 8, lines 1–65, 370–731; Cicero, Pro Lege Manilia, sections 1–3, 36–end; Virgil, Eclogues; Livy, 21, sections 1–4, 26–63.
Paper 5. There are no designated books for this paper.
Designated authors:
Paper 7. Lysias and Plato.
Paper 8. Cicero (speeches) and Livy (narrative).
Topic 1. The Iliad and responses to it
Schedule A: (1) Iliad 1, 3, 6; (2) Iliad 21, 24; (3) Iliad 9, 18.
Schedule B: Odyssey 11; Sophocles, Ajax; Euripides, Trojan Women; Plato, Laches; Thucydides 2.1–65.
Topic 2. Dramatic women
Schedule A: (1) Euripides, Hippolytus; (2) Sophocles, Antigone; (3) Aristophanes, Lysistrata.
Schedule B: Aeschylus, Agamemnon; Sophocles, Trachiniae; Euripides, Medea; Euripides, Helen.
Topic 3. Mythical Narratives
Schedule A: (1) Hesiod, Theogony; (2) Aesop 102, 228, 229,292; Plato, Symposium (189a–193e) and Protagoras (320c–324c); Lucian, Prometheus; (3) Ps-Aeschylus Prometheus Bound.
Schedule B: Hesiod, Works and Days; Homeric Hymn to Apollo; Pindar, Olympians 1, 6, 7, 9; Aristophanes, Birds; Diodorus 1.1–29; Ps-Apollodorus 1.1–7; Lucian, Prometheus es in verbis.
Topic 4. – to be confirmed
Topic 1. Roman humour
Schedule A: (1) Plautus, Asinaria; (2) Phaedrus, Book 5, Seneca, Apocolocyntosis; (3) Horace, Satires Book 1.
Schedule B: Terence, Hautontimorumenus; Catullus 10, 21, 29, 31, 36, 41, 42, 43, 50, 53, 56, 57, 93, 94, 105, 114, 115; Cicero, In Pisonem; Cicero, De Oratore 2.216–90; Martial Books 10; Macrobius, Saturnalia 2.5.1–10.
Topic 2. Past and Present in Trajanic Rome
Schedule A: (1) Tacitus Histories 1; (2) Pliny Epistles 2; (3) Juvenal Satires 1–5.
Schedule B: Tacitus Agricola; Pliny Panegyric and Epistles 1.5, 1.6, 8.14, 9.13, 9.14; Martial Epigrams 10.1–10, 10.34, 10.72, 11.1–7; Suetonius Domitian; Dio Cassius Roman History 68 (this last to be read in English only).
Topic 3. The Neronian period. Spectacles of power and the inner self
Schedule A: (1) Lucan 8; (2) Seneca, Thyestes; (3) Petronius, Cena Trimalchionis.
Schedule B: Lucan 9; Persius 1, 5, 6; Calpurnius Siculus 1, 4, 7; Seneca, Epistles (as in Costa); Seneca, Medea; Suetonius, Nero; Tacitus, Annals 15.
Topic 4. – to be confirmed
Plato, Republic 473c11–535a1.
Designated authors: Lysias and Plato.
Designated authors: Cicero (speeches) and Livy (narrative).
Homer, Odyssey, and/or Virgil, Aeneid.
Sophocles and myth.
Horace, Epodes and Odes I–III.
Sophocles, Electra 1–515; Catullus 1–15, 61–2.
Plato, Theaetetus.
Aristotle on nature and change (Physics books II–IV).
God and Anti-god.
Ancient Greek democracy – and its legacies.
Knowledge, wealth, and power in the Roman Empire.
Athens after Alexander.
Transformation of the Roman world, ad 284–476.
Roman Britain.
The poetics of classical art.
Roman cities.
Gods and idols.
Prostitutes and saints.
The Faculty Board of Classics give notice that the following books have been prescribed for the Preliminary Examination for Part Ia of the Classical Tripos 2011 (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 246):
Passages to be set from the following schedule:
Paper 1: Latin texts. Cicero. Pro Archia Poeta; Ovid, Metamorphoses 3.
Paper 2: Latin questions. Cicero. Pro Archia Poeta; Ovid, Metamorphoses 3; a selection of unseen authors.
Portfolio of essays. Augustus. Res Gestae; Catullus, a selection.
The Faculty Board of History give notice that they have amended their announcement of special and specified subjects in respect of Paper 8 of Part II of the Historical Tripos, 2011 (Statutes and Ordinances, pp. 325–26, Reporter 2008–09, p. 914), as follows:
By amending the title of Paper 8
from Ancient Greek democracy and its legacies
to Ancient Greek democracy and its legacies (Paper C1 of Part II of the Classical Tripos)
The Faculty Board of History give notice that the options for Paper 1 of Part I of the Historical Tripos, 2012 (Statutes and Ordinances, pp. 333–35) will be as follows:
Themes and Sources:
i |
Money and society from late antiquity to the early modern period |
ii |
Royal and princely courts: ancient, medieval, and early modern |
iii |
Religious conversion and colonialism |
iv |
Remaking the modern body, 1543–1939 |
v |
History of the emotions |
vi |
American perspectives on east and southeast Asia |
ix |
The history of collecting |
x |
Migrants: emigration and immigration within and without Europe, the new world, and the antipodes from the fourth to the twentieth century |
xi |
The politics of memory in the two German states after 1945 (German sources) |
xii |
World War II and its legacy in France (French sources) |
xiii |
Utopian writing 1516–1789 |
The Faculty Board of History give notice that the Special Subjects for Papers 2i and 2ii of Part II of the Historical Tripos, 2012 (see Notice of revised regulations, Reporter, p. 763) will be as follows:
Knowledge, wealth, and power in the Roman Empire |
(A) |
The city of Rome and its rulers, 476–769 |
(B) |
Chivalry, patronage, and rulership: King René of Anjou in fifteenth-century Europe |
(C) |
Uses of the visual in early modern Germany, c. 1450–1550 |
(D) |
Locke’s politics, 1660–1710 |
(E) |
The Irish rebellion of 1641: origins, course, consequences |
(F) |
The Adams family and American culture |
(H) |
Class, party, and the politics of social identity in England, 1914–1945 |
(I) |
Fin de siècle Russia, 1891–1917 |
(K) |
Asia’s revolutionary underground: from Shanghai to Java, 1918–1948 |
(M) |
Margaret Mead and the public face of social science, c. 1928 – c. 1978 |
(N) |
The reconstruction of Germany, 1945–55 |
(P) |
The subjects for the following papers in Part II of the Historical Tripos, 2012 (see Notice of revised regulations, Reporter, p. 763) will be:
1 |
Historical argument and practice |
3 |
History of political thought to c. 1700 |
4 |
History of political thought from c. 1700 to c. 1890 |
5 |
Political philosophy and the history of political thought since c. 1890 |
6 |
Ancient Greek democracy and its legacies (Paper C1 of Part II of the Classical Tripos) |
7 |
Transformation of the Roman world (Paper C4 of Part II of the Classical Tripos) |
8 |
The Near East in the age of Justinian and Muhammad, ad 527–700 |
9 |
Jewish presence in medieval society |
10 |
Death in the middle ages, c. 1050 – c. 1550 |
11 |
The middle ages on film: medieval violence and modern identities |
12 |
Material culture in the early modern world |
13 |
To be announced |
14 |
Persecution and toleration in Britain, 1400–1700 |
15 |
The politics of knowledge from the late Renaissance to the early Enlightenment |
16 |
Culture and identity in Britain’s long eighteenth century |
17 |
World population, development, and environment since 1750: comparative history and policy |
18 |
The French and the British problem, since c. 1688 |
19 |
Ireland since the famine |
20 |
The politics of gender in Britain, 1790–1990 |
21 |
The long road to modernization: Spain, 1800–2000 |
22 |
The history of Latin America in the colonial period, c. 1500–1830 |
23 |
The history of the Indian sub-continent from the late eighteenth century to the present day |
24 |
The history of Africa from 1800 to the present day |
Candidates for Part II in 2012, who have previously taken Part I of the Historical Tripos and who did not offer in that Part a paper falling mainly in the period before 1750, may meet the requirement to take a pre-1750 paper in Part II by offering one of the Special Subjects A, B, C, D, E, and F or by offering Paper 3 or one of the Papers 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, and 15, 22 or a dissertation, provided that its subject falls mainly in the period before 1750.
Candidates for Part II in 2012, who have previously taken Part I of the Historical Tripos and who did not offer in that Part a paper falling mainly in the period after 1750, may meet the requirement to take a post-1750 paper in Part II by offering one of the Special Subjects H, I, K, M, N, and P or by offering Papers 4 or 5 or one of the Papers 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 23, and 24, or a dissertation, provided that its subject falls mainly in the period after 1750.
Candidates for Part II in 2012, who have previously taken Part I of the Historical Tripos and who did not offer in that Part a paper in European History, may meet the requirement to take a European History paper in Part II by offering one of the following papers: 7, 8, 9, 12, 18, and 21.
The detail for Paper 21 (Settlement of international disputes) in the Faculty Board of Law’s Notice published on 9 June (Reporter, p. 959) was incomplete. The paper should have been designated as falling within the field of International law (i) as follows:
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Designation |
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Paper 21 |
Settlement of international disputes |
i |
The Faculty Board of Music give notice that they have prescribed the following set works and topics for the examination for the M.Mus. Degree in 2010–11 (see Reporter, p. 77).
Josquin des Prez, Ave Maria (4 vv)
Tallis, Audivi media nocte
Morley, Out of the deep
Clarke, Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem
Rheinberger, Warum toben die Heiden
Poulenc, Salve Regina
(a) Music and theology
(b) Words and music
(c) Choral performing traditions
(d) Choral and organ music and the liturgy
(e) Organ performing traditions
The Degree Committee for the Faculty Board of Engineering give notice that the mandatory and optional modules available for study for the M.Phil. in Advanced Chemical Engineering (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 499) in the academical year 2010–11 and the form of examination of each module will be as follows:
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Name |
Mode of assessment1 |
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NM |
Numerical methods in chemical engineering |
Course-work |
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MA |
Molecular aspects of chemical engineering |
Course-work |
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MOTI |
Management of technology and innovation |
Course-work |
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Ref |
Name |
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B1 |
Biopharmaceuticals |
Examination and course-work |
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B2 |
Colloid science |
Examination |
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B3 |
Electrochemical engineering |
Examination |
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B4 |
Fluid mechanics and the environment |
Examination |
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B5 |
Modern metrology |
Examination |
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B6 |
Optimization |
Examination |
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B7 |
Particle technology |
Examination |
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B8 |
Rheology and processing |
Examination |
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B9 |
Biosensors |
Course-work |
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4A2 |
Computational fluid dynamics3 |
Course-work |
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4B5 |
Nanotechnology |
Examination and course-work |
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4D15 |
Sustainable water engineering |
Course-work |
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4E1 |
Technological innovation: research and practice |
Course-work |
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4E4 |
Management of technology |
Course-work |
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4E5 |
International business economics3 |
Course-work |
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4E11 |
Strategic management |
Course-work |
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4E12 |
Project management |
Course-work |
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4G4 |
Biomimetics |
Course-work |
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4I5 |
Nuclear materials3 |
Examination |
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4M6 |
Materials and processes for microsystems (MEMS) |
Examination and course-work |
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4M14 |
Sustainable development3 |
Course-work |
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4M15 |
Sustainable energy |
Examination and course-work |
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4M16 |
Nuclear power engineering |
Examination |
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5R15 |
Sustainable development3 |
Course-work |
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TPE5 |
Entrepreneurial science and innovation policy3 |
Course-work |
The Degree Committee for the Faculty Board of Engineering reserve the right to add to this list during the Michaelmas Term 2010.
1All course-work is of one or more of the following formats: class participation, essay, exercise, in-class (open-book) tests, oral presentation, report. Each written course-work item has a limit of 10,000 words. All in-class tests will be of no more than 90 minutes’ duration.
2All written examinations are of 90 minutes’ duration.
3Subject to confirmation.
The Development Studies Committee give notice that in the academical year 2010–11 the subjects for the examination in Development Studies for the M.Phil. Degree will be as follows:
1 Development economics: to be examined by means of a three-hour written paper.
2 Institutions and development: to be examined by means of
either (2a) a three-hour written examination
or (2b) one 5,000-word essay and one two-hour written examination.
3 Sociology and politics of development: to be examined by means of
either (3a) a three-hour written examination
or (3b) one 5,000-word essay and one two-hour written examination.
13 Financial organization and economic growth: to be examined by means of two 4,000-word essays.
14 Philosophical issues in economic development: to be examined by means of three 3,000-word essays.
18 Social anthropology and development (Paper 3a from the examination in Social Anthropological Analysis): to be examined by means of either a three-hour written paper (18a) or two 5,000-word essays (18b).
22 Globalization, big business, and developing countries (Paper MM10 from the examination in Management): to be examined by means of two 5,000-word essays.
30 Justice and development: to be examined by means of two 5,000-word essays.
34 The comparative development of India and China: to be examined by means of two 5,000-word essays.
42 The politics of the Middle East (FE1 from the examination in Politics): to be examined by means of two 5,000 word essays.
162 Economic development and land use policies (EP09 from the examination in Environmental Policy and Politics): to be examined by means of a ‘take home’ project.
231 Issues in public policy and regeneration I (PGR02 from the examination in Planning, Growth, and Regeneration): to be examined by means of a two-hour written examination.
300 Environmental policy and decision-making (Core Paper 1 from the examination in Environment, Society, and Development): to be examined by means of a 4,000-word essay.
301 Society, culture, and human development (Core Paper 2 from the examination in Environment, Society, and Development): to be examined by means of a 4,000-word essay.
310 Urbanization, politics, and environmental politics (Optional Paper 1 from the examination in Environment, Society, and Development): to be examined by means of a 4,000-word essay.
311 Conservation and society (Optional Paper 2 from the examination in Environment, Society, and Development): to be examined by means of a 4,000-word essay.
312 Political ecology and social institutions (Optional Paper 3 from the examination in Environment, Society, and Development): to be examined by means of a 4,000-word essay.
In place of one full subject or two half subjects in Group 2, a candidate may offer a dissertation.
The Development Studies Committee give notice that options in Group 2 may be added to or removed from the above list by the end of Michaelmas Term 2010. A further Notice will be issued if any such changes are made.
The Faculty Board of Economics and the Degree Committee for the Faculty of Economics give notice that in the academical year 2010–11 the subjects for examination will be as listed below.
Module 100: Microeconomics I
Module 200: Macroeconomics I
Module 300: Econometric methods
Module 110: Microeconomics II
Module 120: Topics in economic theory
Module 210: Macroeconomics II
Module 220: Macroeconomics III
Module 310: Times series econometrics and financial econometrics
Module 320: Cross section and panel data econometrics
Module 130: Applied microeconomics
Module 230: Applied macroeconomics
Module 330: Applied econometrics
Module 140: Behavioural economics
Module 150: Economics of networks
Module 160: Political economy
Module 240: International finance
Module 250: International trade
Module 400: Asset pricing
Module 500: Development economics
Module 510: Poverty, environment, and sustainable development
Module 600: Historical perspective in financial crises
Module 610: British industrialization
Module 700: Environment and natural resources: collective action and open access
Module 100: Microeconomics I
Module 200: Macroeconomics I
Module 300: Econometric methods
Module 110: Microeconomics II
Module 120: Topics in economic theory
Module 210: Macroeconomics II
Module 220: Macroeconomics III
Module 310: Times series econometrics and financial econometrics
Module 320: Cross section and panel data econometrics
Module 130: Applied microeconomics
Module 230: Applied macroeconomics
Module 330: Applied econometrics
Module 140: Behavioural economics
Module 150: Economics of networks
Module 160: Political economy
Module 240: International finance
Module 250: International trade
Module 400: Asset pricing
Module 500: Development economics
Module 510: Poverty, environment, and sustainable development
Module 600: Historical perspective in financial crises
Module 610: British industrialization
Module 700: Environment and natural resources: collective action and open access
The method of examination for all modules will be by two-hour written paper in each case.
The Faculty Board of Economics and the Degree Committee for the Faculty of Economics give notice that in the academical year 2010–11 the subjects for examination for the Diploma in Economics will be as listed below.
Papers 1 and 2 will each be examined by means of a three-hour written examination, while Paper 3 will be examined by means of a three-hour written examination (60% of the marks) and a project (40% of the marks).
Paper 1: Microeconomics
Paper 2: Macroeconomics
Paper 3: Econometrics
The Faculty Board of Economics and the Degree Committee for the Faculty of Economics give notice that in the academical year 2010–11 the subjects for examination will be as listed below.
PhD 40: How to do economics
PhD10: Advanced course in economic theory
PhD20: Topics in advanced macroeconomics
PhD30: Advanced econometrics I
PhD31: Advanced macroeconomics II
Module 140: Behavioural economics
Module 150: Economics of networks
Module 160: Political economy
Module 240: International finance
Module 250: International trade
Module 400: Asset pricing
Module 500: Development economics
Module 510: Poverty, environment, and sustainable development
Module 600: Historical perspective in financial crises
Module 610: British industrialization
Module 700: Environment and natural resources: collective action and open access
Microeconomic theory workshop
Applied microeconomics workshop
Macroeconomic workshop
Econometrics workshop