No 6232
Wednesday 20 July 2011
Vol cxli No 36
pp. 1045–1072
The regulations for Parts Ia and Ib of the Tripos have been changed. In Part Ia, the titles of Papers 1 and 2 have been amended. In Part Ib, the number of essays constituting the assessment for Paper 1 has been reduced from three to two.
Regulation 12.
By amending the title of Paper 1 from ‘An introduction to architectural history’ to ‘An introduction to the histories and theories of architecture to 1800’.
By amending the title of Paper 2 from ‘An introduction to architectural theory’ to ‘An introduction to the histories and theories of architecture from 1800 to the present’.
Regulation 14.
By replacing in the second sentence of Section A(i) the word ‘three’ with the word ‘two’.
The Faculty Board of Architecture and History of Art are satisfied that no candidate’s preparation for the examination in 2012 will be affected by this change.
The list of papers available in the Music subject area for Section III of Part I of the Tripos has changed.
Candidates will no longer be able to offer Paper Ed.Mu3 ‘Performance and rehearsal techniques (practical rehearsal and practical examination)’ but will instead be able to offer a dissertation (Paper 4 of Part Ib of the Music Tripos).
By removing Paper Ed.Mu3 ‘Performance and rehearsal techniques (practical rehearsal and practical examination)’ and introducing a new paper so as to read:
Dissertation (Paper 4 of Part Ib of the Music Tripos) in accordance with Regulation 19 of the Music Tripos.
The Faculty Board of Education have confirmed that no candidate’s preparation for the examination in 2012 will be affected by this change.
The Department of Engineering currently runs successful exchange programmes with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Ecolé Centrale Paris, and the National University of Singapore (NUS). The General Board have now approved a proposal from the Faculty Board of Engineering that the scheme be extended from the academical year 2010 to include the Technical University of Munich. The General Board are satisfied that the arrangements for the proposed exchange programme, which mirror those currently in place for the existing exchange programmes, are robust and that suitable funding arrangements for participating students are in place.
The Schedule to the regulations for the Engineering Tripos has accordingly been amended as follows:
By adding to the Schedule
Technical University of Munich
Regulation 16(ii)(2) for Part I of the Tripos has been amended to clarify that a candidate who submits a portfolio may not offer a dissertation on a topic which falls principally within the scope of the paper for which the portfolio is substituted.
Regulation 22, governing the original composition in Parts I and II of the Tripos, has been amended in order that the original composition must consist of not more than 5,000 words inclusive, rather than exclusive, of notes, and to include the additional requirements that candidates will be required to declare that the work submitted does not contain material that has been, or will be, published prior to the end of the Tripos Examination, and that it does not contain material that has been submitted in candidature for a University or College Prize or Scholarship, or for publication in the Mays Anthology.
Regulation 16.
By removing the existing part (2) of sub-section (ii) of the regulation and replacing it with a new sentence so as to read:
(2) a candidate who submits a portfolio may not offer a dissertation on a topic which falls principally within the scope of the paper for which the portfolio is substituted.
Regulation 22.
By substituting in line 2 the word ‘exclusive’ with the word ‘inclusive’, and by amending the final sentence of the regulation so as to read:
Candidates will be required to declare (1) that the original composition is their own work, (2) that it does not contain material used to any substantial extent for a comparable academic purpose, (3) that it does not contain material that has been, or will be, published prior to the end of the Tripos Examination, and (4) that it does not contain material that has been submitted in candidature for a University or College Prize or Scholarship, or for publication in the Mays Anthology.
By amending the fourth sentence of the first paragraph (lines 7–8) so as to read:
These rules shall also govern the acceptability of topics for period dissertations substituted for Papers 2, 3, and 4 but not the open dissertation under Paper 9, in which candidates may write on any literature(s) in English irrespective of country of origin.
And by inserting in line 11 the word ‘principally’ after the words ‘a topic which falls’.
By replacing the detail for this paper so as to read:
The paper, which will be set for three and a half hours (including half an hour’s reading time), will consist of questions offering passages of English verse or prose from various periods for critical comment. The passages set may also include extracts from works of literary criticism and theory, some of which may be in translation. The questions will require close critical analysis of the given passages. They will also allow for the raising of general critical and theoretical issues appropriate to the reading of those extracts. Candidates will be required to answer three questions.
By amending the title of the paper to ‘Postcolonial and related literature’, and by replacing the second paragraph of the regulation so as to read:
The paper will be divided into two sections. Section A will consist of passages for comment; Section B will consist of essay questions, enabling comparison between texts from different regions.
Regulation 16.
By relettering sub-paragraphs (c)–(e) as (d)–(f) and by inserting a new sub-paragraph (c) so as to read:
(c)When the Faculty Board have approved a title, no change may subsequently be made in it, except that a candidate may apply to the Faculty Board for permission to revise the title of that dissertation; such an application shall be submitted not later than the second Friday of the Full Lent Term next preceding the examination.
The regulations for the Year Abroad in Part II of the Tripos have been clarified. The Faculty Board no longer wish to cite specifically the undertaking of a lectorship at a university as one of the options open to candidates taking the Year Abroad. In addition, the Faculty Board no longer require students to seek special permission to undertake approved employment, and wish to instruct candidates that the period abroad should normally coincide with the academic year in Cambridge, beginning in October; and that the Year Abroad Project shall not be worked on for any period of term-time residence during the Year Abroad.
Regulations 28 and 29.
By amending the footnote attached to each regulation so as to read:
The Faculty Board shall normally require a student to reside abroad for a period of at least eight months and to undertake during that time either a course of study approved by them at a university, or an assistantship at a school, or some other form of employment approved by them. The period of residence abroad in a location or locations under conditions approved by the Faculty Board shall normally coincide with the academic year in Cambridge, beginning in October; the Year Abroad Project shall normally be completed during a student’s Year Abroad and shall not be worked on for any period of term-time residence in Cambridge during the Year Abroad, although some face-to-face supervision might take place.
Regulation 30.
The number of written papers is reduced to four. Sub-paragraph (a) has been amended so as to read:
(a)four written papers of three hours each;
Papers 1–4 are replaced by Papers 1–8, each of two hours’ duration. The first paragraph has been amended so as to read:
Each candidate shall offer:
(a)Papers 1, 2, 3, and 4;
(b)a minimum of three and a maximum of four from Papers 5, 6, 7, and 8;
(c)three or more units of further work;
(d)a computing exercise.
Each paper shall be of two hours’ duration.
Half Subject Experimental and Theoretical Physics
Papers 1–4 are replaced by Papers 1–8, each of two hours’ duration. Lines 1–9 of sub-paragraph (ii) have been amended so as to read:
(ii) The examination requirements for Half Subject Experimental and Theoretical Physics shall consist of:
(1) two papers drawn from Papers 1, 2, 3, and 4 of the papers in Experimental and Theoretical Physics for Part II of the Natural Sciences Tripos;
(2) one paper drawn from Papers 5, 6, 7, and 8 of the papers in Experimental and Theoretical Physics in Part II of the Natural Sciences Tripos;
(3) two units of further work not to include the research review;
(4) a computing exercise.
Each paper shall be of two hours’ duration.
Regulation 36.
Details regarding the length of the report, list of approved subjects, and approval date for the research project have been amended. The date by which the submission date of records of course-work and associated exercises shall be announced has been changed.
Sub-paragraph (b) has been amended so as to read:
(b)a report of a research project of not more than 7,000 words, including footnotes, but excluding appendices and bibliography;
The following paragraph has been amended so as to read:
The subject of the research project may be either proposed by the candidate and approved by the Head of the Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy, or chosen by the candidate from a list of approved subjects announced by the Head of the Department not later than the end of the Easter Term in the year next preceding the examination. Each candidate shall either obtain the approval of the Head of the Department for the subject proposed, or notify the Head of the Department of the subject chosen from the list, not later than the beginning of the Michaelmas Term.
The final sentence of the penultimate paragraph has been amended so as to read:
The records of course-work and associated exercises shall be submitted to the Examiners through the Head of the Department on a date to be announced by the Head of the Department not later than the division of the Michaelmas Term.
The titles of Papers 2 and 4 in Part Ia of the Tripos have been amended. In Part II, Paper 6 has been suspended until further notice and the requirements for the examination have been amended (i) so as to debar a candidate who has previously obtained honours in Part IIb of the Theological and Religious Studies Tripos from offering any paper that he or she offered in that examination; (ii) to amend the requirement for candidates to offer the essay paper (Paper 12) in combination with a dissertation and three subject papers. Instead candidates will be permitted to submit two extended essays in combination with the dissertation and three subject papers, and will thus have the option of being assessed on 40% course-work for that Part. Candidates may not offer the dissertation with significantly overlapping material with the submitted essays, and the topics for the extended essays must fall within the syllabus, rather than the scope, of the subject papers; (iii) to amend the deadline for submitting dissertations from the last day of the Lent Term to the second Friday of the Easter Term. The deadline for extended essays remains unchanged.
Regulation 4.
By amending the titles of the following papers:
Paper 2 from Ethics to Ethics and political philosophy
Paper 4 from Set text or texts to Set texts.
Regulation 6.
Paper 6 (Philosophy of science) has been suspended until further notice.
Regulation 7.
By replacing at each occurrence in sub-sections (a), (b), and (c) of the regulation the words ‘papers from among Papers 1–12’ with the words ‘papers from among Papers 1–11’, and by amending the final two lines so as to read:
provided that a candidate who has previously obtained honours in Part II of the Classical Tripos or Part IIb of the Theological and Religious Studies Tripos shall not offer any paper that he or she offered in that examination.
Regulation 8.
By replacing in line 5 the word ‘scope’ with the word ‘syllabus’ and by removing sub-section (i); redesignating the current sub-section (ii) as sub-section (i), and inserting a new sub-section (ii) so as to read:
(ii)a candidate who chooses to submit essays shall not write in place of Paper 12 a dissertation on a subject that overlaps significantly with either of the submitted essays.
Regulation 9.
By replacing in line 3 the word ‘or’ with the words ‘and/or’ and by removing the last three sentences of sub-section (a).
By removing the last sentence of sub-section (b), by redesignating the sub-section (b) as sub-section (e), and by inserting new sub-sections (b), (c), and (d) to the regulation so as to read:
(b) Essays shall be submitted to the Chairman of Examiners, in accordance with detailed arrangements approved by the Faculty Board, so as to arrive not later than the last day of the Lent Term next preceding the examination.
(c) Dissertations shall be submitted to the Chairman of Examiners, in accordance with detailed arrangements approved by the Faculty Board, so as to arrive not later than the second Friday of the Easter Term in which the examination is to be held.
(d) Every candidate submitting a dissertation or a pair of essays will be required to sign a declaration that the work submitted is her or his own work, unaided except as may be specified in the declaration, and that it does not contain material that has already been used to any substantial extent for a comparable purpose. The Examiners shall have power to examine any candidate viva voce on the dissertation or the essays.
The Faculty Board of Philosophy have confirmed that no candidate’s preparation will be affected by these changes.
Section B
Paper 4 (Introduction to research methods and statistics for social scientists) is suspended until further notice.
The regulations for Parts IIa and IIb have been amended so as to: (i) amend the mode of examination for Papers Int. 1A and Int. 1B; (ii) remove reference to the philosophical essay and its submission date; and (iii) no longer require the dissertation to be accompanied by a synopsis of its contents.
Regulation 15(a).
By amending the final sentence so as to read:
The examination for Int. 1A and Int. 1B shall consist of the submission of a research project, a statistical assignment, and one methodological essay.
Regulation 15(c).
By removing in lines 5–6 the words ‘the philosophical essay shall be submitted by the end of Full Michaelmas Term’.
Regulation 22(d).
By removing from lines 4 and 5 the words ‘(i) a brief synopsis on a separate sheet of paper of the contents of the dissertation, and (ii)’.
Paper 9, entitled ‘Pastoral theology and pastoral practice’ will be temporarily replaced with a paper entitled ‘Psychology of religion’ in 2011–12 only. The paper will be assessed by a mixed mode of assessment, and so a temporary Regulation 15(a) has been introduced for that year to replace the current regulation, which will omit reference to the special assessment arrangements currently in place for Paper 9.
Regulation 14.
By amending the title of Paper 9 from ‘Pastoral theology and pastoral practice’ to ‘Psychology of religion’, and by inserting a footnote to indicate that this paper replaces the current paper in 2011–12 only.
Regulation 15.
By introducing a temporary regulation to replace the current regulation for 2011–12 so as to read:
15. (a) Each full paper shall consist of either an examination of three hours’ duration, or an examination of two hours’ duration plus one essay (mixed mode), or two essays. The Faculty Board shall specify by supplementary regulation which one of these modes of assessment shall apply in the case of each paper.
And by inserting a footnote to indicate that this regulation replaces the current regulation in 2011–12 only.
The Faculty Board of Divinity, and the Management Committee of the Bachelor of Theology for Ministry have confirmed that no candidate’s preparation for the examination in 2012 will be affected by this change.
Paper 9. Psychology and religion 1
This paper will be concerned with the psychological study of religion and its implications for Christian ministry. It will include various different psychological approaches to religion, including empirical and psychoanalytic, and also work on the interface of theology and psychology.
This paper will be examined by the mixed mode of assessment specified in Regulation 15(a).
1This paper will be available for the examination in 2012 only.
Regulation 2 has been amended so as to read:
2. The examination shall consist of:
(a)a thesis of not more than 10,000 words in length, on a topic at the interface of bioscience and business enterprise approved by the Degree Committee, and based on work carried out by the candidate in a relevant commercial environment at one or more institutions approved by the Degree Committee. With the permission of the Examiners the internship may occasionally be replaced by a business-focused research project conducted within the University;
(b)no more than ten essays, each of not more than 4,000 words in length, covering the fields of science, ethics, law, and policy, and the interface of bioscience and business as specified by the Degree Committee, provided that, in place of one of these essays a candidate may submit a critical appraisal;
(c)course-work prescribed by the Degree Committee (which may include written work, group work, and class participation). All Bioscience Enterprise modules, components, and lectures are mandatory.
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 History, have agreed that the examination in Local and Regional History for the M.St. Degree be suspended until further notice.
Regulation 3 has been amended so as to read:
3. The dissertation shall take the form of a research proposal having an evident and central relation to the larger dissertation which the student intends to submit in candidature for the M.Litt., the M.Sc. or the Ph.D. Degree. The research proposal shall be of not more than 10,000 words in length and shall include a review of the relevant literature, a research question, and an outline of a research design and methods.
The General Board have approved the following addition to the Schedule to Diplomas and Certificates open to non-members of the University:
Diploma in Coaching