Notices by Faculty Boards, etc.

Chemical Engineering Tripos, Part IIb: Entry requirement from 1 October 2015

The Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology Syndicate hereby defines the standard required for entry to Part IIb of the Chemical Engineering Tripos with effect from the Part IIb course commencing in the academical year 2015–16.

In order to be a candidate for honours in Part IIb of the Chemical Engineering Tripos, a student should have obtained at least a II.2 in Part IIa of the Chemical Engineering Tripos.

A student who has not met the required standard may request consideration as a special case. A request for special consideration should be forwarded by the student’s Director of Studies or Tutor to the Secretary of the Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology Syndicate at the earliest opportunity and, at the latest, within two weeks of the results being announced. The Director of Studies or Tutor should state the reasons for requesting dispensation, confirm that the College supports the request and is able to support the student, and believes that the student will be capable of undertaking the Part IIb course successfully. The Committee nominated by the Syndicate to consider special cases is not expected to consider circumstances of a nature on which the Applications Committee would normally make a judgement.

Linguistics Tripos, Part II, 2012–13: Notice of variable subjects

The Faculty Board of Modern and Medieval Languages give notice of the following variable subjects to be examined in 2013:

Paper 14. History of the French language

Paper 15. First and second language acquisition

Paper 16. Psychology of language processing and learning

Paper 17. Language typology

Paper 18. Computational linguistics

Examinations in Environmental Policy, in Planning, Growth, and Regeneration, in Real Estate Finance, and in Land Economy Research, for the M.Phil. Degree (one-year course), 2012–13: Notice

The Degree Committee for the Department of Land Economy give notice, with the approval of the Board of Graduate Studies and the General Board, that in the academical year 2012–13 the modules for: Environmental Policy; Planning, Growth, and Regeneration; Real Estate Finance; and Land Economy Research, in the examination for the M.Phil. Degree (one-year course), in addition to the compulsory dissertation, will be as follows. Each candidate’s course of study will be subject to the approval of the Degree Committee. Modules may be withdrawn if there is not sufficient demand or in the event of exceptional circumstances. Availability of modules will be subject to satisfactory completion of prerequisite modules specified by the Department of Land Economy in the M.Phil. Handbook, and to timetabling constraints.

Environmental Policy

Core methodology module

either

RM01 Quantitative research methods I (Michaelmas Term)

or

RM03 Mixed research methods (Michaelmas Term)

Core modules

EP02 Fundamentals of environmental economics (Michaelmas Term)

EP03 Fundamentals of international environmental law (Michaelmas Term)

At least two from

EP01 Environmental values (Michaelmas Term)

EP04 Environmental policy assessment and evaluation (Lent Term)

EP05 Advanced international environmental law (Lent Term)

EP06 Aspects of environmental policy-making (Lent Term)

EP09 Economic development and land use policies (Michaelmas Term)

EP10 Climate change policy and land development (Lent Term)

Optional modules

RM02 Quantitative research methods II (Lent Term)

PGR01 Urban and environmental planning I (Michaelmas Term)

PGR02 Issues in public policy and regeneration I (Michaelmas Term)

PGR05 Housing and regeneration (Lent Term)

PGR07 Spatial economics (Lent Term)

PGR08 Institutions and development I (Michaelmas Term)

PGR09 Institutions and development II (Lent Term)

PGR10 Urban and environmental planning II (Lent Term)

RE01 Introduction to real estate finance (Michaelmas Term)

RE02 Real estate development (Lent Term)

RE03 Real estate securities, securitization, and investment (Lent Term)

RE04 Private real estate investment: risk and return (Lent Term)

RE05 Legal issues in land use and finance (Lent Term)

RE06 The macroeconomy and housing (Michaelmas Term)

Planning, Growth, and Regeneration

Core methodology module

either

RM01 Quantitative research methods I (Michaelmas Term)

or

RM03 Mixed research methods (Michaelmas Term)

Core modules

PGR01 Urban and environmental planning I (Michaelmas Term)

PGR02 Issues in public policy and regeneration I (Michaelmas Term)

PGR10 Urban and environmental planning II (Lent Term)

RE02 Real estate development (Lent Term)

Optional modules

RM02 Quantitative research methods II (Lent Term)

PGR05 Housing and regeneration (Lent Term)

PGR07 Spatial economics (Lent Term)

PGR08 Institutions and development I (Michaelmas Term)

PGR09 Institutions and development II (Lent Term)

EP01 Environmental values (Michaelmas Term)

EP02 Fundamentals of environmental economics (Michaelmas Term)

EP03 Fundamentals of international environmental law (Michaelmas Term)

EP04 Environmental policy assessment and evaluation (Lent Term)

EP05 Advanced international environmental law (Lent Term)

EP06 Aspects of environmental policy-making (Lent Term)

EP09 Economic development and land use policies (Michaelmas Term)

EP10 Climate change policy and land development (Lent Term)

RE01 Introduction to real estate finance (Michaelmas Term)

RE03 Real estate securities, securitization, and investment (Lent Term)

RE04 Private real estate investment: risk and return (Lent Term)

RE05 Legal issues in land use and finance (Lent Term)

RE06 The macroeconomy and housing (Michaelmas Term)

Real Estate Finance

Core methodology module

RM01 Quantitative research methods I (Michaelmas Term)

Core modules

RE01 Introduction to real estate finance (Michaelmas Term)

RE03 Real estate securities, securitization, and investment (Lent Term)

RE04 Private real estate investment: risk and return (Lent Term)

At least one from

RE02 Real estate development (Lent Term)

RE05 Legal issues in land use and finance (Lent Term)

RE06 The macroeconomy and housing (Michaelmas Term)

RE07 Real estate project modelling and decision methods (Michaelmas Term)

PGR01 Urban and environmental planning I (Michaelmas Term)

PGR07 Spatial economics (Lent Term)

Optional modules

RM02 Quantitative research methods II (Lent Term)

EP01 Environmental values (Michaelmas Term)

EP02 Fundamentals of environmental economics (Michaelmas Term)

EP03 Fundamentals of international environmental law (Michaelmas Term)

EP04 Environmental policy assessment and evaluation (Lent Term)

EP05 Advanced international environmental law (Lent Term)

EP06 Aspects of environmental policy-making (Lent Term)

EP09 Economic development and land use policies (Michaelmas Term)

EP10 Climate change policy and land development (Lent Term)

PGR02 Issues in public policy and regeneration I (Michaelmas Term)

PGR05 Housing and regeneration (Lent Term)

PGR08 Institutions and development I (Michaelmas Term)

PGR09 Institutions and development II (Lent Term)

PGR10 Urban and environmental planning II (Lent Term)

Land Economy Research

Compulsory module

Six Core modules from the Joint Schools’ Social Science Research Methods Course (JSSS) (Michaelmas and Lent Terms)

Choice of two modules to be examined by essay or project in all cases (Michaelmas or Lent)

PGR01 Urban and environmental planning I (Michaelmas Term)

PGR02 Issues in public policy and regeneration I (Michaelmas Term)

PGR05 Housing and regeneration (Lent Term)

PGR07 Spatial economics (Lent Term)

PGR08 Institutions and development I (Michaelmas Term)

PGR09 Institutions and development II (Lent Term)

PGR10 Urban and environmental planning II (Lent Term)

EP01 Environmental values (Michaelmas Term)

EP02 Fundamentals of environmental economics (Michaelmas Term)

EP03 Fundamentals of international environmental law (Michaelmas Term)

EP04 Environmental policy assessment and evaluation (Lent Term)

EP05 Advanced international environmental law (Lent Term)

EP06 Aspects of environmental policy-making (Lent Term)

EP09 Economic development and land use policies (Michaelmas Term)

EP10 Climate change policy and land development (Lent Term)

RE01 Introduction to real estate finance (Michaelmas Term)

RE02 Real estate development (Lent Term)

RE03 Real estate securities, securitization, and investment (Lent Term)

RE04 Private real estate investment: risk and return (Lent Term)

RE05 Legal issues in land use and finance (Lent Term)

RE06 The macroeconomy and housing (Michaelmas Term)

RE07 Real estate project modelling and decision methods (Michaelmas Term)

The Degree Committee also give notice that in the examination to be held in 2012–13, in addition to the compulsory dissertation in each M.Phil.:

1. The modules offered in the Michaelmas Term will be examined before the start of Full Lent Term by one or two essays and/or projects not exceeding 4,000 words each, and/or by written examination.

2. The modules offered in the Lent Term will be examined before the start of Full Easter Term by one or two essays and/or projects not exceeding 4,000 words each, and/or by written examination.

3. All written examinations shall be of two or three hours’ duration.

4. M.Phil. in Land Economy Research candidates will be examined by essay(s) and/or project(s) and not by written examination. They are also required to complete a 4,000-word research methods essay as part of the JSSS course.

Diplomas and Certificates in Modern Languages, 2012–13: Notice

(Statutes and Ordinances, pp. 539 and 541)

The Faculty Board of Modern and Medieval Languages give notice that the following examinations will be available for 2012–13 (subject to the number of Tripos students for paper Du. 5, and the availability of resources):

• Diploma in Modern Greek

• Certificate in Dutch; Certificate in Modern Greek