Notices by Faculty Boards, etc.

Annual Meeting of the Faculty of Divinity

The Chairman of the Faculty Board of Divinity gives notice that the Annual Meeting of the Faculty of Divinity will be held at 2.15 p.m. on Thursday, 10 November 2011, in the Lightfoot Room of the Divinity Building, West Road. The business to be discussed will include the Chairman’s report, the report by the Director of CARTS, and the election of two members of the Faculty Board to serve for four calendar years in class (c), from 1 January 2012.

Nominations for the posts in class (c) must be seconded and the consent of the candidate obtained in advance, and should reach the Administrative Officer, Faculty of Divinity, West Road, Cambridge, CB3 9BS, not later than 8 November 2011. Notice of any other business to be discussed should reach the Administrative Officer by the same date.

Asian and Middle Eastern Studies Tripos, Part II, 2012: Notice of additions to Regulation 8 options

Further to their Notice of 9 March 2011 (Reporter, 2010–11, p. 594), the Faculty Board of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies give notice of the following additions to the options offered under Regulation 8 of Part II for the Asian and Middle Eastern Studies Tripos examination in 2012:

Paper X.9 Judaism II (Paper C.8 Judaism II from the Theological and Religious Studies Tripos)

The examination for this paper will consist of a three-hour written paper which will be divided into two sections, A and B, corresponding to the set topics. Each section will contain at least eight questions. Candidates will be required to attempt four questions, including at least one from each section.

Paper X.10 Islam II (Paper C.9 Islam II from the Theological and Religious Studies Tripos)

The examination for this paper will consist of a three‑hour written paper divided into two sections, corresponding to the specified topics. Each section will contain at least eight questions. Candidates will be required to attempt four questions, including at least one from each section.

The Faculty Board are content that no candidate’s preparation will be affected by these changes.

Examination in Modern South Asian Studies for the M.Phil. Degree, 2011–12: Notice

The Centre of South Asian Studies, under the aegis of the Degree Committee for the Faculty of Human, Social, and Political Science, gives notice that the mandatory and optional modules available to study for the M.Phil. in Modern South Asian Studies (Reporter, 2008–09, p. 21) in the academical year 2011–12 will be:

SA1	Debates in South Asian studies (core course):
	This will be examined by an essay of not more than 5,000 words on a topic chosen from a list approved by the Degree Committee.

SA2	Optional course:
	This will be examined by an essay of not more than 5,000 words on a topic under either (i), (ii), or (iii) below, chosen by the candidate from a list approved by the Degree Committee:
	(i) Violence and non-violence: politics of modernity in twentieth-century South Asia
	(ii) Modern Indian society: politics, development, and ecology
	(iii) Mobility, circulation, and diaspora: migration, society, and politics in Modern South Asia

Natural Sciences Tripos, Part II (Biological and Biomedical Sciences), 2011–12: Notice

The Faculty Board of Biology give notice that the following combination of Major and Minor subjects, additional to, or amending, those previously published (Reporter, 2010–11, pp. 487–89 and 2011–12, p. 62) will be offered in the Natural Sciences Tripos, Part II (Biological and Biomedical Sciences) in 2011–12:

Minor subjects:

	Minor subject	Examination requirements
123	Development and psychopathology (Paper Psy. 4. of the Politics, Psychology, and Sociology Tripos)	One written paper of three hours’ duration.
124	Psychology and social issues (Paper Psy. 6. of the Politics, Psychology, and Sociology Tripos)	One written paper of three hours’ duration.
125	Gender development: biological, psychological, and clinical perspectives (Paper Psy. 7. of the Politics, Psychology, and Sociology Tripos)	One written paper of three hours’ duration.