No 6207
Wednesday 8 December 2010
Vol cxli No 11
pp. 289–312
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. 301)
The title of Paper 8 in Part IIb of the Economics Tripos has been amended as follows:
from The economics of underdeveloped countries to The economics of developing countries.
This paper is suspended until further notice.
(Statutes and Ordinances, p. 409)
The regulations have been changed in respect of Part Ib so as to allow candidates other than those who have previously obtained honours in Part Ia of the Philosophy Tripos to submit extended essays in place of any one of Papers 1–3, and 5–7. The titles of certain papers available in Parts Ib and II have also been changed.
Regulation 5.
The title of Paper 5 has been amended from History of modern philosophy to Modern and medieval philosophy.
In lines 1 and 2 of sub-paragraph (d) the words ‘for Part Ib who has previously obtained honours in Part Ia of the Philosophy Tripos’ have been deleted.
Regulation 6.
The title of Paper 4 has been amended from History of modern philosophy to European philosophy from Kant.
The Faculty Board have confirmed that no candidate’s preparation for the examination in 2011 will be affected by these changes.
(Statutes and Ordinances, p. 443)
The details of the examination requirements in the subjects Materials Science and Physics have been amended as follows:
By replacing in the first sentence for each subject the words ‘written papers, and topics for an optional essay’ with the words ‘the examination requirements’.
On the recommendation of the Degree Committee for the Faculty of Engineering, the General Board and the Board of Graduate Studies have approved Nuclear Energy as a subject for advanced study for the M.Phil. Degree (one-year course). Special regulations for the examination in the subject have been approved as follows:
1. The scheme of examination for the one-year course of study in Nuclear Energy for the degree of Master of Philosophy shall consist of:
(a)ten modules selected from a list of mandatory and optional modules published by the Degree Committee for the Faculty of Engineering not later than the end of the Easter Term of the academical year preceding that in which the examination is to be held;
and
(b)a thesis, of not more than 20,000 words in length (or not more than 30,000 words in length for a collaborative project), including footnotes, appendices, and bibliography, on a topic approved by the Degree Committee for the Faculty of Engineering.
2. In publishing the list of modules and additional modules, the Degree Committee shall announce the form of examination for each module, which shall be either a written paper, or one or more pieces of course-work or other exercises, or a combination of these, and shall specify the duration of any written paper and the limit to be placed on the length of any piece of course-work or other exercise. The Degree Committee may announce limitations on the combinations of optional modules allowed. The Degree Committee shall have the power to give notice of additional optional modules not later than the end of the Michaelmas Term of the academical year of the examination.
3. The assessment of the thesis shall include an oral presentation of the project work on which the thesis is based.
4. The examination may include, at the discretion of the Examiners, an oral examination on the thesis and on the general field of knowledge within which it falls.
On the recommendation of the Faculty Board of Archaeology and Anthropology, the General Board, with the concurrence of the Board of Graduate Studies and the Strategic Committee of the Institute of Continuing Education, have approved Historic Environment as a subject for postgraduate study for the M.St. Degree. Special regulations for the examination in that subject have been approved as follows:
1. The scheme of examination for the course of study in Historic Environment for the degree of Master of Studies shall consist of:
(a)four essays, each of no more than 4,000 words in length, and each on a topic approved by the Degree Committee for the Faculty of Archaeology and Anthropology;
(b)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.
2. At the discretion of the Examiners the examination shall include an oral examination on the thesis and on the general field of knowledge within which it falls.