No 6209
Wednesday 12 January 2011
Vol cxli No 13
pp. 365–408
Notices by Faculty Boards, or other bodies concerned, of changes to the form and conduct of certain examinations to be held in 2010–11, by comparison with those examinations in 2010, are published below. Complete details of the form and conduct of all examinations are available from the Faculties or Departments concerned.
The Faculty Board of Architecture and History of Art give notice that, with effect from the examinations to be held in 2011, the form of the examination for the following paper for Part Ia of the Architecture Tripos will be changed as follows:
The examination will consist of a three-hour written paper. Candidates will be required to answer three questions from a choice of at least six. Answers are expected to take the form of illustrated essays, where engineering calculation may be used but is not essential.
The Notice published on 8 December 2010 (Reporter, p. 295) has been corrected: Paper 1 is to be examined by essays, and Paper 2 by written examination. The correct form of the examination for these two papers is as follows:
Courses of lectures are given for these papers during the Michaelmas and Lent Terms: a minimum of six different courses will be offered. For Paper 1, candidates will be required to submit three essays of 2,000 words, each of which should be on a topic relating to one of the lecture courses. These three essays will be marked by an Examiner or Assessor and the marks will be averaged and recorded as the mark for Paper 1. For Paper 2, candidates will be required to sit a three-hour written examination and answer three questions relating to three lecture courses for which they have not submitted an essay in Paper 1.
All other papers remain unchanged. Full details of the examination can be obtained from the Faculty Office.
The Faculty Board of Clinical Medicine give notice that with effect from the 2011 examinations, the Part II Objective Structured Clinical Examinations (OSCEs) in Clinical Paediatrics and Clinical Obstetrics and Gynaecology will be up to two and a half hours long. The examinations will consist of up to ten stations of 10–15 minutes testing core clinical skills and physical examination skills using real patients, simulated patients, and video.
The Faculty Board of Earth Sciences and Geography give notice that the form of the examination for 2010–11 will be as listed below.
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Conservation Leadership |
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Component |
Item |
Submission date |
Weighting (%) |
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1 |
Conservation problems and practice course-work |
Monday, 17 January |
10 |
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Innovation for conservation leadership course-work |
Monday, 21 March |
10 |
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2 |
Essay 1 |
Monday, 4 April |
10 |
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Essay 2 |
Monday, 4 April |
10 |
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Essay 3 |
Tuesday, 26 April |
10 |
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Essay 4 |
Tuesday, 26 April |
10 |
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3 |
Project |
Tuesday, 30 August |
40 |
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Environmental Science |
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Component |
Item |
Submission date |
Weighting (%) |
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1 |
Exercise 1 |
Monday, 6 December |
12.5 |
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Exercise 2 |
Monday, 14 February |
12.5 |
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Exercise 3 |
Monday, 21 March |
12.5 |
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Exercise 4 |
Tuesday, 3 May |
12.5 |
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2 |
Thesis |
Monday, 22 August |
50 |
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Environment, Society, and Development |
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Component |
Item |
Submission date |
Weighting (%) |
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1 |
Essay 1 |
Monday, 7 March |
15 |
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Essay 2 |
Monday, 7 March |
15 |
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Essay 3 |
Monday, 11 April |
15 |
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Essay 4 |
Monday, 11 April |
15 |
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2 |
Thesis |
Thursday, 16 June |
40 |
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Geographical Research |
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Component |
Item |
Submission date |
Weighting (%) |
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1 |
Geographical essay 1 |
Tuesday, 3 May |
13.33 |
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Geographical essay 2 |
Tuesday, 3 May |
13.33 |
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Joint Schools essay |
Tuesday, 3 May |
13.33 |
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2 |
Joint Schools workbook |
Friday, 29 April |
Pass |
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3 |
Thesis |
Tuesday, 30 August |
60 |
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Multi-disciplinary Gender Studies |
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Component |
Item |
Submission date |
Weighting (%) |
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1 |
Essay 1 |
Wednesday, 16 March |
15 |
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Essay 2 |
Tuesday, 3 May |
15 |
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2 |
Thesis |
Thursday, 11 August |
70 |
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Polar Studies |
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Component |
Item |
Submission date |
Weighting (%) |
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1 |
Essay 1 |
Monday, 8 November |
15 |
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Essay 2 |
Monday, 6 December |
15 |
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Essay 3 |
Monday, 31 January |
15 |
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2 |
Thesis |
Thursday, 16 June |
55 |
The subject area of each thesis/project must be approved by the Degree Committee of Earth Sciences and Geography. The deadlines for this are:
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M.Phil. in Conservation Leadership |
Monday, 7 February |
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M.Phil. in Environmental Science |
Monday, 7 February |
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M.Phil. in Environment, Society, and Development |
Monday, 7 February |
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M.Phil. in Geographical Research |
Monday, 7 February |
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M.Phil. in Multi-disciplinary Gender Studies |
Monday, 7 February |
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M.Phil. in Polar Studies |
Friday, 4 February |
Each M.Phil. may include, at the discretion of the Examiners, an oral examination on the thesis/project that has been submitted, the general field of knowledge within which it falls, or other parts of the relevant M.Phil. course. All students must be available in Cambridge for an oral examination and must be in contact with the Graduate Office by telephone or email in order that arrangements can be made, if required. The dates of the oral examination (if required) are:
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M.Phil. in Conservation Leadership |
Wednesday, 28 September |
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M.Phil. in Environmental Science |
Friday, 10 June/Monday, 26 September |
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M.Phil. in Environment, Society, and Development |
Friday, 1 July |
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M.Phil. in Geographical Research |
Tuesday, 27 September |
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M.Phil. in Multi-disciplinary Gender Studies |
Wednesday, 14 September |
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M.Phil. in Polar Studies |
Thursday, 8 September (to be confirmed) |
All assignments are to be submitted to the Graduate Office (or M.Phil. Administrator) by 4 p.m. on the day stated – two copies with a signed cover sheet. The M.Phil. in Multi-disciplinary Gender Studies and M.Phil. in Conservation Leadership may have a different submission time. Please check your course Handbook. Polar Studies students are to submit to SPRI Director’s Assistant at SPRI.
In order to be awarded the Degree of Master of Philosophy, candidates must achieve a total score of at least 60%. Furthermore, candidates are expected to pass all components by achieving a score of at least 60% of the marks allocated to the component. In the event that a candidate scores a marginal fail in one component of the examination, this may be compensated for by an overall average of 60% or more.