No 6215
Wednesday 23 February 2011
Vol cxli No 19
pp. 525–568
(Statutes and Ordinances, p. 344)
Regulation 18
Paper 5 (French law) has been suspended for 2011–12.
(Statutes and Ordinances, p. 413)
The regulations for Parts IIa and IIb of the Politics, Psychology, and Sociology Tripos have been amended so as to make provision for the assessment of Paper Pol. 4 (The analysis of modern politics III) by one essay of not more than 5,000 words and an examination of two hours’ duration, and to provide for the submission of the essay for that paper no later than the end of the first week of Full Lent Term.
Regulation 15(a).
By inserting ‘Pol. 4’ into the list of papers in the first sentence not examined by an examination of three hours’ duration, and inserting a sentence after the first sentence so as to read: ‘The examination for Pol. 4 shall consist of the submission of one essay of not more than 5,000 words and an examination of two hours’ duration’.
Regulation 15(c).
By inserting ‘Pol. 4 and’ into line 3 before the words ‘Int. 1A and Int. 1B’ (papers which are not to be assessed by two essays), and inserting a clause immediately after the words ‘Full Easter Term’ in line 5 so as to read: ‘for Pol. 4, one essay no later than the end of the first week of Full Lent Term;’.
The scheme of examination has been amended.
Regulation 14.
By amending the scheme of examination for Paper Pol. 10:
from Pol. 10. Japanese politics (Paper J. 10 of the Asian and Middle Eastern Studies Tripos)
to Pol. 10. A subject in politics and international studies VII.
(Statutes and Ordinances, p. 417)
The supplementary regulations for Papers Pol. 3, 4, and 7–12 have been amended so as to read:
This paper examines questions about ethics and world politics normatively and in a variety of concrete political contexts. The examination will be divided into two sections. Candidates will be required to answer two questions from the first section of the examination and one from the second.
The paper examines a range of issues, substantive and methodological, in comparative politics. A candidate will be required to take a two-hour written examination and to submit an essay of not more than 5,000 words. The examination will require the candidate to answer two questions, taking each question on a different region or case study. For the essay, a candidate will be required to select an option from a list of questions announced by the Faculty Board. The essay and the examination will each carry 50% of the mark for the paper.
A subject in modern politics and international studies specified by the Faculty Board from time to time.
A subject in modern politics and international studies specified by the Faculty Board from time to time.
A subject in modern politics and international studies specified by the Faculty Board from time to time.
A subject in modern politics and international studies specified by the Faculty Board from time to time.
A subject in modern politics and international studies specified by the Faculty Board from time to time.
1This paper is also available to candidates for Part IIaof the Archaeological and Anthropological Tripos.
2This paper will also be available, in certain years, to candidates for the Asian and Middle Eastern Studies Tripos.
(Statutes and Ordinances, p. 252)
The requirement for candidates to offer four papers from Part Ib of the Geographical Tripos has been amended so that candidates will offer one paper from Section A of Part Ib of the Geographical Tripos and three papers from Section B of Part Ib of the Geographical Tripos. The requirement to offer a record of one practical exercise and a dissertation proposal has been amended so that candidates will offer a practical exercise or exercises.
Regulation 3.
By amending the regulation so as to read:
3. Each candidate shall
(a)offer Paper 1 from Group A of Part Ib of the Geographical Tripos and
(b)offer three papers from Group B of Part Ib of the Geographical Tripos; and
(c)submit to the Examiners, in accordance with arrangements to be specified by the Head of Department of Geography and, by a date or dates to be announced not later than the first quarter of Michaelmas Term, a record of a practical exercise or exercises undertaken by the candidate. All items in section (c) shall be submitted together with a declaration as specified in Regulation 25 of the Geographical Tripos.
(Statutes and Ordinances, p. 253)
The subject Mineral Sciences is withdrawn. The regulations have been amended as follows:
Regulation 5.
By amending the regulation so as to read:
5. The examination in Geological Sciences shall consist of the examination requirements for the subjects Geological Sciences A and Geological Sciences B in Part Ib of the Tripos. The Examiners in Geological Sciences A and Geological Sciences B in Part Ib shall, as appropriate, be the Examiners in Geological Sciences in the Preliminary Examination.
Regulation 7.
By amending the first sentence so as to read:
The examination in Materials Science shall consist of the examination requirements for Materials Science in Part Ib of the Tripos and two subjects selected from Chemistry A, Mathematics, and Physics A and Physics B, in Part Ib of the Tripos.
(Statutes and Ordinances, p. 508)
The list of subjects available has been amended.
Regulation 1(c).
By amending the sub-paragraph so as to read:
(c) written exercises on three of the following subjects:
1.Palaeography
2.Language training
3.Language and society
4.Visual culture
5.The book
6.Writing histories of the Early Modern World
(Statutes and Ordinances, p. 509)
The list of subjects available has been amended.
Regulation 1(c).
By amending the list of subjects in this sub-paragraph so as to read:
1.Topics in the history of economic and social thought
2.British industrialization in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries
3.International political economy since 1945: bargaining over ideas and interests
4.The origins and spread of financial capitalism
5.Gender and development
6.Language and society
7.The economic policies of right-wing dictatorships in the era of mass politics
(Statutes and Ordinances, p. 522)
Regulation 1.
The upper number of items required for a bibliography under Regulation 1(c) has been increased; the word-length of the essay and thesis under Regulations 1(d) and 1(e) has been amended.
By replacing sub-paragraphs (c)–(e) so as to read:
(c)a bibliography related to the subject of the thesis to be submitted under (e) below, containing between seventy-five and one hundred and fifty items;
(d)a bibliographical and historiographical essay, between 2,000 and 3,000 words in length, on the subject of the thesis;
(e)a thesis, between 20,000 and 25,000 words in length, including tables, footnotes, and appendices, but excluding bibliography, on a subject approved by the Degree Committee.
(Statutes and Ordinances, p. 523)
The scheme of the examination has been amended to require one essay on the topics covered in the core course and two essays on optional topics in addition to the thesis; a critical report is no longer required.
Regulation 1.
By deleting sub-paragraph (d) and amending sub-paragraphs (b) and (c) so as to read:
(b)one essay of not more than 5,000 words in length on a topic chosen by the candidate from a list of topics specified by the Degree Committee and falling within the following fields covered in the core course:
Controversies in modern European history;
(c)two essays, of not more than 5,000 words in length, on topics chosen from a list of options announced by the Degree Committee.
(Statutes and Ordinances, p. 526)
The length of the thesis has been amended.
Regulation 1(a).
By replacing the text ‘between 16,000 and 20,000 words’ by the text ‘between 15,000 and 20,000 words’.
(Statutes and Ordinances, p. 540)
The General Board, the Board of Graduate Studies, and the Management Board of the Institute of Continuing Education, on the recommendation of the Faculty Board of English, have agreed that the examination in Modernism (English Literature, 1890–1939) for the M.St. Degree should be suspended until further notice.
(Statutes and Ordinances, p. 567)
The General Board have approved amendments to the programme of awards for courses administered by the Institute of Continuing Education. Students will be required to register for one-year programmes, rather than being given the option of taking individual modules and building them up to a named (or generic) award. This will ensure clearer progression routes and will also allow streamlining of administration.
For awards at level 4 of the Framework for Higher Education Qualifications (FHEQ) (equivalent to a second-year undergraduate course), the proposal is to split any previous (two-year minimum) Certificate of Higher Education programmes (120 credits under the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS)) into 60-CATS credit Certificates in named subject awards which will be non-modular and offered over one year (see below for the Certificate of Higher Education in Historic Building Conservation and in Practical Horticulture and Plantsmanship). In some subject areas there will be more than one non-overlapping 60-credit award available and students successfully completing two will be able to subsume them into the award of a single Certificate of Higher Education (120 CATS credits) or two 60-CATS credit certificates in different subject areas to get the Certificate of Higher Education (generic).
For awards at level 5 of the FHEQ (equivalent to an honours undergraduate course), the proposal is to split any previous (two-year minimum) Diploma of Higher Education programmes (120 CATS credit) into 60-CATS credit Diploma in named subject awards which will be non-modular and offered over one year. In some subject areas there will be more than one non-overlapping 60-credit award available and students successfully completing two will be able to subsume them into the award of a single Diploma of Higher Education (120 CATS credit) or two 60-CATS credit Diplomas in different subject areas to get the Diploma of Higher Education in Combined Humanities.
The Certificate in Continuing Education will be rebadged as the Certificate in (named subject).
Students already enrolled on (modular) awards prior to September 2011 will be permitted up to two years from the start of the academical year 2011–12 to take the elements they need from the new (non-modular) awards to achieve either a 60-credit Certificate or Diploma or a 120-credit Certificate of Higher Education or Diploma of Higher Education. A student who has fewer than 60 credits will aim for a 60-credit award, whereas a student with more than 60 credits, but fewer than 120, will aim for a 120-credit award. Upon completion of an award, any further study at these levels will be via the non-modular 60-credit Certificates and Diplomas. Thus, from the academical year 2013–14 all students are expected to be studying for non-modular awards.
The two-year Certificate of Higher Education in Historic Building Conservation will not be re-packaged in this way and will only be offered as a two-year course. The Certificate of Higher Education in Practical Horticulture and Plantsmanship remains unchanged. The two-year Certificates of Higher Education in Astronomy, Coaching, and English Literature will only be offered as single one-year (60 credits) Certificates in Astronomy, Coaching, and English Literature, hence there will not be Certificates of Higher Education (120 credits) available in these named subjects.
The following courses have been rescinded:
Advanced Diploma/Certificate of Higher Education in Counselling
Postgraduate Diploma in Property Investment
Certificate of Continuing Education (generic award)
Certificate of Continuing Education in Legal Practice for Paralegals
Certificate of Higher Education in Grief and Bereavement Studies
The revised Schedule of courses administered by the Institute is as follows:
Examinations for which the foregoing regulations apply
Diploma in Archaeology (new award)
Diploma in Historic Environment
Diploma in History of Art
Diploma in Local History
Diploma in Modern English Literature
Diploma of Higher Education in Archaeology
Diploma of Higher Education in Combined Humanities
Diploma of Higher Education in Historic Environment
Diploma of Higher Education in History of Art
Diploma of Higher Education in Local History
Diploma of Higher Education in Modern English Literature
Advanced Diploma in Archaeology
Advanced Diploma in English Literature (new award with effect from 1 September 2011)
Advanced Diploma in Historic Environment
Advanced Diploma in History of Art
Advanced Diploma in Local History
Advanced Diploma in the Study of Religion
Postgraduate Diploma in Applied Criminology and Police Management
Postgraduate Diploma in Applied Criminology, Penology, and Management
Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical Science (Primary Care Research)
Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical Science (Translational Medicine and Therapeutics)
Postgraduate Diploma in Notarial Practice1
Certificate in Archaeology (new award)
Certificate in Astronomy (new award)
Certificate in Coaching (new award)
Certificate in English Literature (new award)
Certificate in Genetics (new award)
Certificate in Historic Environment (new award)
Certificate in History of Art (new award)
Certificate in International Development (new award)
Certificate in Principles and Practice of Assessment
Certificate in Theological Studies
Certificate of Higher Education (generic award)
Certificate of Higher Education in Archaeology
Certificate of Higher Education in Counselling2
Certificate of Higher Education in Genetics
Certificate of Higher Education in Grief and Bereavement Studies2
Certificate of Higher Education in Historic Building Conservation
Certificate of Higher Education in Historic Environment
Certificate of Higher Education in History of Art3
Certificate of Higher Education in International Development
Certificate of Higher Education in Practical Horticulture and Plantsmanship
Postgraduate Certificate in Professional Practice in Architecture
Postgraduate Diploma in Training, Learning, and Development
The special regulations for Certificates and Diplomas administered by the Institute have been amended as follows:
By inserting an entry for this Diploma so as to read:
For the Diplomas (60 credits) administered by the Institute of Continuing Education, examination shall be by such tasks appropriate to the discipline as prescribed by the Strategic Committee for the Institute. The volume of work required to complete the award shall be 9,000–12,000 words or the equivalent.
By amending the regulation for this Diploma so as to read:
Diplomas of Higher Education (120-credits) administered by the Institute of Continuing Education shall be awarded on successful completion of two (60-credit) Diplomas.
By rescinding the regulation for this Certificate.
By inserting an entry for this Certificate so as to read:
For the Certificates (60 credits) administered by the Institute of Continuing Education, examination shall be by tasks appropriate to the discipline as prescribed by the Strategic Committee for the Institute. The volume of work required to complete the award shall be 9,000–12,000 words or the equivalent.
By amending the regulation for this Certificate so as to read:
The Certificates of Higher Education (120 credits) administered by the Institute of Continuing Education shall be awarded on successful completion of two (60-credit) Certificates.
Regulations for the Advanced Diploma, Postgraduate Diploma, and Postgraduate Certificate are unchanged.
1This course is suspended from 1 September 2013 until further notice.
2This course will be discontinued from 1 January 2012.
3This course is suspended from 1 January 2012 until further notice.