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No 6287

Wednesday 28 November 2012

Vol cxliii No 10

pp. 147–190

Form and conduct of examinations, 2013

Notices by Faculty Boards, or other bodies concerned, of changes to the form and conduct of certain examinations to be held in 2013, by comparison with those examinations in 2012, are published below. Complete details of the form and conduct of all examinations are available from the Faculties or Departments concerned.

Classical Tripos, Part Ia, 2013

The Faculty Board of Classics give notice that with effect from the examination to be held in 2013, the form of the examination for the following paper for Part Ia of the Classical Tripos will be as specified below:

Paper 5. Greek and Latin texts (also serves as Paper GL5 of Part Ia of the Modern and Medieval Languages Tripos)

This paper will contain questions on works contained in the schedules of Greek and Latin texts prescribed for Papers 1 to 4. The paper will contain questions on six passages. The first three passages will be passages of Greek prose and verse, two of which will come from the texts prescribed for Section (a) of Paper 2. The latter three passages will be passages of Latin prose and verse, two of which will come from texts prescribed for Section (a) of Paper 4. The first five questions on each passage will be focused on detailed understanding of the language and the final question will ask for an extended analysis and appreciation.

Candidates will be required to answer questions on two passages, one Greek and one Latin. Any verse passage set may include a question testing knowledge of scansion.

All other papers remain unchanged.

Economics Tripos, 2013

The Faculty Board of Economics give notice that with effect from the examinations to be held in 2013, the form of the examination will be changed as follows:

Part I

Paper 3. Quantitative methods in economics

The paper will be examined by a three-hour written paper only (instead of a three-hour written paper and project work), and the weightings of the four sections within the paper have been revised as follows:

Section A: 30% (previously 24%)

Section B: 20% (previously 16%)

Section C: 30% (previously 24%)

Section D: 20% (previously 16%)

A Statistical Formula sheet will no longer be provided for the paper.

Part IIb

Paper 2. Macroeconomic principles and problems

The structure of the paper will now be divided in three sections: Section A: Business cycle theory; Section B: Economic growth; Section C: all the other parts of the paper. Two questions will be set for Sections A and B, and six questions set for Section C. For each topic there will be an essay-based question and a problem-based question. Students will be required to answer a total of four questions, with at least one question from each section. Each question will carry equal weight.

Part IIb

Paper 6. Banking, money, and finance

The Course on Credit and financial development will now be included under Section A: Corporate finance.

Part IIb

Paper 9. Industry

Currently this paper has two sections. Students are required to answer four questions in total, one out of three questions in Section A, and three out of eight questions in Section B.

The number of questions set in Section B will be reduced from eight to seven, with students being required to answer three questions out of seven.

Part IIb

Paper 10. Theory and practice of econometrics II

The number of questions in Sections A and B and the number of questions candidates are required to answer in each section will be changed as follows:

Section A (two thirds of the allocation of marks)

This section will contain six short questions (instead of five), two from each of the three course components: Microeconometrics; Econometric methods; Time series methods. Students will be required to answer four questions (instead of two).

Section B (one third of the allocation of marks)

This section will contain three slightly longer questions (instead of four), one from each of the three course components: Microeconometrics; Econometric methods; Time series methods. Students will still be required to answer one question.

All other papers remain unchanged. Full details of the examination can be found by following the appropriate links from http://www.econ.cam.ac.uk/intranet/exams/FORM-AND-CONDUCT-OF-EXAMINATION-PAPERS-FOR-THE-ECONOMICS-TRIPOS.pdf.

Engineering Tripos, 2013

The Faculty Board of Engineering give notice that with effect from the examinations to be held in 2013, the form of the examinations for the following papers of the Engineering Tripos will be as follows:

Part Ia

Lecture course

Paper

Mechanical engineering

Paper 1

Thermofluid mechanics (24L)

Section A (4 short questions and 2 long questions)

Mechanics and mechanical vibrations (28L)

Section B (4 short questions and 2 long questions)

Structures and materials

Paper 2

Structures (24L)

Section A (4 short questions and 2 long questions)

Materials (20L)

Section B (4 short questions and 2 long questions)

Electrical and information engineering

Paper 3

Linear circuits and devices (22L)

Section A (3 short questions and 2 long questions)

Digital circuits and information processing (16L)

Section B (3 short questions and 1 long question)

Electromagnetics (12L)

Section C (2 short questions and 1 long question)

Lecture course

Paper

Mathematical methods

Paper 4

Michaelmas Term material (24L)

Section A (3 short questions and 2 long questions)

Lent/Easter Term material (16L)

Section B (3 short questions and 2 long questions)

Computing

Section C (2 short questions)

Candidates will be expected to attempt all the questions on all the papers.

Each paper will last three hours. Candidates will be admitted to the examination room 15 minutes before the scheduled time of the examinations and will be given a reading time of 10 minutes before being allowed to start writing.

Part Ib

Examination

Number of questions

Paper 1:

Mechanics

6

Paper 2:

Structures

6

Paper 3:

Materials

6

Paper 4:

Thermofluid mechanics

Heat transfer and thermodynamics

3

Fluid mechanics

3

Paper 5:

Electrical engineering

Linear circuits and devices

2

Electrical machines

3

Electromagnetic fields and waves

2

Paper 6:

Information engineering

Linear systems and control

3

Communications, and signal and data analysis

3

Paper 7:

Mathematical methods

Vector calculus

3

Linear algebra and probability

3

Paper 8:

Selected topics

Paper 8 is divided into eight sections.

Section A: Introductory business economics

2

Sections B–H:

(B) Civil and structural engineering

3

(C) Mechanics, materials, and design

3

(D) Aerothermal engineering

3

(E) Electrical engineering

3

(F) Information engineering

3

(G) Engineering for the life sciences

3

(H) Manufacturing, management, and design

3

Candidates will be admitted to the examination room 15 minutes before the scheduled time of the examinations and will be given a reading time of 10 minutes before being allowed to start writing.

For Papers 2–3: Candidates are required to answer not more than four questions, which may be taken from either section.

For Papers 1, 4, 6, 7: Candidates are required to answer not more than four questions, with not more than two questions answered from each section.

For Paper 5: Candidates are required to answer not more than four questions. Not more than two questions may be answered from any one section and not more than one question from each of the other two sections.

For Paper 8: Candidates are required to answer not more than one question from Section A and in addition:

• Candidates not taking the Foreign Language option are required to answer not more than four questions, taken from only two of Sections B–H. Not more than two questions from each section may be answered.

• Candidates taking the Foreign Language option are required to answer not more than two questions from one of Sections B–H.

The examinations for Papers 1–7 will last for two hours. The examination for Paper 8 will last for two and a half hours, except for candidates who are taking the Foreign Language option when it will last for one and a half hours.

Additional notes:

i. All questions in all papers will carry equal weight.

ii. The Foreign Language option in Paper 8 will carry equal weight to each of sections B–H on Paper 8.

iii. The Examiners will take into account course-work produced by candidates (in computing, experimental engineering, and design) according to the scheme in the notice published by the Secretary of the Faculty Board (September 2012; http://www.eng.cam.ac.uk/teaching/teachoff/regulations/IB_Cw_Notice.pdf).

iv. Candidates are reminded that any paper in the Part Ib examination may contain questions on course-work associated with the subjects examined in that paper.

v. A booklet of standard data books will be available at all examinations. Where the Examiners consider a particular data book to be useful for a particular paper, it will be placed on each candidate’s desk before the start of the examination for that paper.

vi. Candidates will be allowed to take into the Examination Room only officially marked calculators as explained in the Notice concerning calculators (see Reporter, 6279, 2012–13, p. 20).

vii. In the working of all questions, and in the evaluations of numerical quantities, candidates should show a sufficient number of steps for the Examiners to make a proper assessment of their answers.

Part IIa

Module title

Written paper (p);

course-work (c)

Number of questions on the paper

Number of questions to be attempted

3A1

Fluid mechanics I (double module)

p

8

5

3A3

Fluid mechanics II (double module)

p

8

5

3A5

Thermodynamics and power generation

p

4

3

3A6

Heat and mass transfer

p

4

3

3B1

Radio frequency electronics

p

4

3

3B2

Integrated digital electronics

p

4

3

3B3

Switch-mode electronics

p

4

3

3B4

Electric drive systems

p

4

3

3B5

Semiconductor engineering

p

4

3

3B6

Photonic technology

p

4

3

3C1

Materials processing and design

p

4

3

3C5

Dynamics

p

4

3

3C6

Vibration

p

4

3

3C7

Mechanics of solids

p

4

3

3C8

Machine design

P

4

3

3C9

Fracture mechanics of materials and structures

p

4

3

3D1

Geotechnical engineering I

p

4

3

3D2

Geotechnical engineering II

p

4

3

3D3

Structural materials and design

p

4

3

3D4

Structural analysis and stability

p

4

3

3D5

Water engineering

p

4

3

3D7

Finite element methods

p

4

3

3D8

Building physics and environmental geotechnics

p

4

3

3E1

Business economics

p

4

2

3E2

Marketing

p

4

2

3E3

Modelling risk

p

4

2

3E5

Human resource management

p

4

2

3E6

Organizational behaviour

p

4

2

3E10

Operations management for engineers

p

4

2

3F1

Signals and systems

p

4

3

3F2

Systems and control

p

4

3

3F3

Signal and pattern processing

p

4

3

3F4

Data transmission

p

4

3

3F5

Computer and network systems

p

4

3

3F6

Software engineering and design

p

4

3

3G1

Introduction to molecular bioengineering

p

4

3

3G2

Mathematical physiology

p

4

3

3G3

Intoduction to neuroscience

p

4

3

3G4

Medical imaging and 3-D computer graphics

p

Section A: 2

Section B: 2

Section C: 2

1

1

1

3G5

Biomaterials

p

4

3

3M1

Mathematical methods

p

4

3

4C4

Design methods

p

4

3

4D16

Construction and management

p and c

5

3

4M12

Partial differential equations and variational methods

p

4

3

4M16

Nuclear power engineering

p

4

3

The examinations will begin on Monday, 22 April 2013 and will be completed by Wednesday, 8 May 2013. The timetable will be fixed later in the academical year and published alongside details of the venue for the exams, which will be on the New Museums Site.

Single module examinations will last one hour and 30 minutes. Double module examinations (3A1 and 3A3) will last three hours. There will be 10 minutes of ‘reading time’ before each module (including double modules). Candidates should present themselves in the examination room 15 minutes before the advertised start time of each paper. Late arrivals disturb other candidates; please arrive in plenty of time.

Details of the numbers of questions on the examination papers are given in the table below.

The style of new module papers will be similar to those of any ‘sample papers’ issued to candidates during the year.

The Examiners will take into account course-work produced by candidates according to the scheme published by the Faculty Board.

Standard databooks will be available at all examinations. Where additional data sheets or databooks were provided for a particular course they will be attached to the relevant examination paper.

Candidates will be allowed to take into the Examination Hall only officially marked calculators as set out in the Notice concerning calculators (see Reporter, 6279, 2012–13, p. 20).

In the working of all questions and in the evaluation of numerical quantities candidates should show a sufficient number of steps to allow the Examiners to make a proper assessment of their answers.

Candidates are reminded that illegible writing may result in loss of marks.

Part IIb

1. Written examinations for Part IIb of the Engineering Tripos will start on Monday, 22 April 2013 and end on or before Wednesday, 8 May 2013.

The list of modules with written examinations, together with the numbers and distribution of questions for each examination paper, is shown in the table below. A detailed timetable of the examinations, including venue details, will be published during the Lent Term.

All written examinations will last for one and a half hours, unless stated otherwise below. Candidates will be admitted to the examination room 15 minutes before the scheduled time of the examinations and will be given a reading time of 10 minutes before being allowed to start writing, except in the case of 4I8 Medical Physics.

2. Each candidate shall offer eight modules in total unless the Faculty Board has exceptionally given permission for substitution of a dissertation for one module. For each module in the Tripos, the form of examination is by either (i) course-work only, or (ii) written paper only, or (iii) a mixture of course-work and written paper. All modules carry an equal weight regardless of the method of assessment. Where a module is assessed by the combination of written paper and course-work, the course-work will carry weight equal to one quarter of one module with the written paper carrying three-quarters of the module weight. In the exceptional case of a dissertation being submitted in place of a module, the dissertation will carry weight equal to one module.

3. Each candidate shall also submit a report on a project that he or she is undertaking during the academical year.

The project will carry marks equal to six modules.

This project report must be handed into the Department on or before 4 p.m. on Wednesday, 29 May 2013 to the relevant Group Centre, details of which are given in the document ‘Second Notice about Fourth Year Projects’ dated June 2012.

4. Students who obtain a mark of at least lower second-class equivalent standard in their project, at least third class equivalent standard in their combined module marks and at least lower second class equivalent standard overall (the project total being given weight equivalent to three quarters of the module total) will normally graduate with the M.Eng. Degree, as well as the B.A. Degree.

Candidates who are judged to be of first class standard in both their module aggregate and their project will be awarded a distinction. Candidates who are not of distinction standard but who are judged to be of at least upper second class standard in both their module aggregate and their project will be awarded a merit grade. In other respects the examination will not be classed.

5. Any course-work associated with modules will be specified by the module leader along with dates by which the work has to be handed in for assessment. Course-work that has been marked and returned to candidates should be kept in a safe place. Candidates will have to return it to the Department in the Easter Term 2013 for scrutiny by the Examiners.

Failure to keep course-work and failure to hand it in complete with the assessor’s comments could result in the Examiners querying the validity of both the work and the marks. Please watch out for further notices giving details of the arrangement for handing in course-work.

The candidates must ensure that their names and the module title are clearly written on each course-work submission, which must be separately bound and submitted for each module together with the assessor’s comments and markings. This set of course-work produced by each student should then be handed in, ideally within a single folder, clearly marked with the student’s name and College.

6. The examination for module 4C7 will be specified as an ‘open book’ examination as defined in the form and conduct notice.

For this ‘open book’ module examination, candidates are authorized to bring into the examination room any lecture notes issued by the module lecturers on that particular module, together with lecture notes on that module written personally by the student in his or her own handwriting. No other material is authorized to be brought into the examination room. Permitted notes for one ‘open book’ module may not be brought into the examination on any other module. In all other modules the normal rules of University Examinations apply and no written material or lecture notes may be brought into the examination room.

7. The examination for module 4I8, a module in Part III of the Physics Tripos, will be taken under the rules applying to examinations in that Tripos. There will therefore be no reading time at the beginning of the examination for this module. Candidates will be able to enter the examination room 10 minutes before the start time to find their seat.

8. Standard data books as used in Part I of the Engineering Tripos will be available at all examinations. Where additional data sheets or data books were provided for a particular module these will be made available in the relevant examination.

9. Candidates will be allowed to take into the Examination Room only officially marked calculators as explained in the Notice concerning calculators (Reporter, 6279, 2012–13, p. 20).

10. In the working of all questions, and in the evaluation of numerical quantities, candidates should show a sufficient number of steps, along with adequate explanation of their reasoning, to allow the Examiners to make a proper assessment of their answers. Candidates are reminded that illegible writing may put them at a serious disadvantage.

11. In all papers, the different questions on each paper carry the same number of marks, unless specifically stated otherwise. Questions which have been divided into sections will have a percentage mark beside each section. This percentage will be indicative of the relative weighting that examiners expect to attach to that section in their marking of the question. Examiners reserve the right to vary this percentage for flair or other factors demonstrated by the candidates.

12. Sample question papers will not be prepared, but for new modules or modules significantly changed from last year, the candidates may expect examples papers to be given out by the lecturers on the module and these examples papers will contain some questions which give an indication of the style and difficulty which may be expected in any written examination on that module.

Number/Title/Method of Assessment

(written paper (p), coursework (c))

Number of questions on the paper

Number of questions to be attempted

4A3

Turbomachinery I (p and c)

3

2

4A9

Molecular thermodynamics (p)

4

3

4A10

Flow instability (p)

4

3

4A11

Turbomachinery II (p and c)

3

2

4A12

Turbulence and vortex dynamics (p)

4

3

4A13

Combustion and IC engines (p)

4

3

4A15

Aeroacoustics (p)

4

3

4B2

Power microelectronics (p)

4

3

4B5

Nanotechnology (p and c)

5

3

4B6

Solid state devices and chemical/biological sensors (p)

4

3

4B7

VLSI design, technology, and CAD (p and c)

5

3

4B11

Photonic systems (p)

4

3

4B13

Electronic sensors and instrumentation (p)

5

3

4B14

Solar-electronic power: generation and distribution (p and c)

4

3

4B19

Renewable electrical power (p)

4

3

4B20

Display technology (p)

4

3

4B21

Analogue integrated circuits (p)

4

3

4C2

Designing with composites (p and c)

4

3

4C3

Electrical and nano materials (p)

5

3

4C4

Design methods (p)

4

3

4C6

Advanced linear vibrations (p and c)

4

3

4C7

Random and non-linear vibrations (p and c)

4

3

4C8

Applications of dynamics (p and c)

4

3

4C9

Continuum mechanics (p)

3

2

4C15

MEMS: design (p and c)

4

3

4C16

Advanced machine design (p and c)

3

3

4D5

Foundation engineering (p and c)

4

3

4D6

Dynamics in civil engineering (p and c)

4

3

4D7

Concrete structures (p and c)

4

3

4D10

Structural steelwork (p and c)

4

3

4D14

Contaminated land and waste containment (p and c)

4

3

4D16

Construction and management (p and c)

5

3

4F1

Control system design (p and c)

3

2

4F2

Robust and non-linear control (p)

4

3

4F3

Optimal and predictive control (p)

4

3

4F6

Signal detection and estimation (p)

4

3

4F7

Digital filters and spectrum estimation (p)

4

3

4F8

Image processing and image coding (p)

4

3

4F10

Statistical pattern processing (p)

5

3

4F11

Speech and language processing (p)

4

3

4F12

Computer vision and robotics (p)

4

3

4G6

Cellular and molecular biomechanics (p)

4

3

4I5

Nuclear materials (p)

3

2

4I8

Medical physics (p)

3

2

4M6

Materials and processes for microsystems (MEMS) (p and c)

4

3

4M12

Partial differential equations and variational methods (p)

4

3

4M15

Sustainable energy (p and c)

3

2

4M16

Nuclear power engineering (p)

4

3

Full details of the examinations for all Parts of the Tripos can be found at http://www.eng.cam.ac.uk/teaching/.

Preliminary Examination for the Historical Tripos, 2013

The Faculty Board of History give notice that with effect from the examinations to be held in 2013, the form of the examinations for certain papers of the Preliminary Examination for Part I and Part II of the Historical Tripos will be as follows:

Part I

Section D, European history
Paper 17. European history, 1715–1890

The paper will no longer be divided into Section A and Section B; candidates will still be required to answer three questions.

Part II

Section D, Specified Subjects
Paper 22. ‘Total War’ and European societies, 1792–1815

This paper is being examined for the first time. There will be one three-hour examination paper. Candidates will be required to answer three questions.

Part II

Dissertation

The minimum length of the dissertation has been increased from not less than 7,000 words to not less than 10,000 words.

Section B
Paper 2ii. Special Subject: long essay

The length of the submitted essay has been increased from ‘5,000 to 6,000 words’ to ‘6,000 to 7,000 words’.

All other papers remain unchanged. Full details of the examination can be found at https://www.hist.cam.ac.uk/undergraduate/examinations.

Land Economy Tripos, 2013

The Board of Land Economy give notice that, with effect from the examinations to be held in 2013, the form of the examinations for certain papers for the Land Economy Tripos will be changed as follows:

Part Ib and Part II

Paper 10. The built environment

The paper will be divided into three sections: A, B, and C (instead of two sections, A and B). Section A will contain no fewer than four questions, of which candidates will be required to answer two and Sections B and C will contain no fewer than three questions each, of which candidates will be required to answer one question from each section.

All other papers remain unchanged. Full details of the examination can be obtained at http://www.landecon.cam.ac.uk/intranet/tripos/exams/ form_and_conduct/LEFormConductNotice2013-3-10-12.pdf.

Part II

Paper 15. Advanced techniques in finance and investment for real estate

This paper will not have a project as part of the examination in 2013. The paper will be divided into two sections. Section A will contain no fewer than four empirical or problem-oriented questions. Section B will contain no fewer than four essay-type questions. Candidates will be required to answer four questions, two from each section.

Manufacturing Engineering Tripos, 2013

The Faculty Board of Engineering give notice that with effect from the examinations to be held in 2013, the form of the examinations for the following papers of the Manufacturing Engineering Tripos will be as follows:

Part IIa

1. There will be six written examination papers, as follows:

Paper 1 (Single module)

Materials into products

Paper 2 (Single module)

Operation and control of production machines and systems

Paper 3 (Double module)

Operations management; Industrial engineering

Paper 4 (Double module)

Organizational behaviour; Managing business and people

Paper 5 (Double module)

Financial and management accounting; Industrial economics, strategy, and governance

Paper 6 (Single module)

Contemporary issues in manufacturing

Candidates take all six papers. Single module papers are each worth 60 marks; double module papers are each worth 120 marks.

2. In addition to the six examination papers, candidates take Module 3P3 (Design) which is assessed by course-work only. 60 marks are available for this paper.

3. The examinations for papers 1 and 6 will each last one and a half hours. Candidates will be expected to answer three questions on each paper.

The examination for paper 2 will last one and a half hours. Candidates will be expected to answer two questions.

The examinations for papers 3, 4, and 5 will each last three hours. Candidates will be expected to answer four questions on each paper.

4. Paper 1 contains four questions; candidates are expected to answer three questions.

Paper 2 is divided into two sections. Section A (Operation of production machines and systems) contains two questions; candidates are expected to answer one question. Section B (Control of production machines and systems) contains two questions; candidates are expected to answer one question.

Paper 3 is divided into two sections, each containing two questions; candidates are expected to answer both questions in each section.

Paper 4 is divided into three sections. Section A (Organizational behaviour) contains four questions; candidates are expected to answer two questions. Sections B and C (Managing business and people) each contain two questions; candidates are expected to answer one question from each section.

Paper 5 is divided into four sections, each containing two questions; candidates are expected to answer one question from each section.

Paper 6 is divided into three sections, each containing one question; candidates are expected to answer all questions.

5. The Examiners will take into account course-work done by candidates as follows:

Major project:

140 marks

CAD/CAM exercise:

50 marks

Production game:

50 marks

Part IIb

Examinations

1. There will be two written papers, each marked out of 100 marks, totalling 200 marks. Candidates take both papers. The examinations for each paper will last three hours. Each paper will comprise six questions. Candidates will be expected to answer four questions on each paper.

2. There will be six module assessments, totalling 100 marks. The marks available for each module will be as follows:

Production technologies and materials:

30 marks

Industrial systems operations and services:

10 marks

Managing people:

15 marks

Sustainable manufacturing:

15 marks

Technology and innovation management:

15 marks

Strategy and marketing:

15 marks

Course-work

3. The Examiners will take into account course-work produced by candidates as follows:

300 marks divided as follows:

Manufacturing systems and robot lab:

45 marks

One two-week industrial assignment:

35 marks

One four-week industrial assignment:

70 marks

Individual long project:

150 marks

4. Candidates who obtain a mark of at least lower second class equivalent standard in both the examinations and in the course-work will normally graduate with the M.Eng. Degree, as well as the B.A. Degree. Candidates who obtain a mark of at least upper second class equivalent standard in both the examinations and in the course-work will be awarded a merit. Candidates who obtain a mark of at least first class equivalent standard in both the examinations and in the course-work will be awarded a distinction. In other respects the examination will not be classed.

Medical and Veterinary Sciences Tripos, 2013

The Faculty Board of Biology give notice that the form of the examinations for the Medical and Veterinary Sciences Tripos, Part Ia, which will be held in 2013, has changed as follows:

Part Ia

Functional architecture of the body

Section III will last two hours and will carry 50% of the total mark. Section III will be divided into two parts, each containing three questions. Candidates will be required to answer one question from each part, spending 60 minutes on each. Each question will carry an equivalent mark. Part A will require an answer in essay format and will examine the ability to integrate structure with function and to construct logical arguments. Part B will also be in essay format and will assess the ability to apply anatomical knowledge to a clinical situation or problem and to deduce basic clinical implications from first, anatomical principles. Neither part will require any more detailed factual knowledge of anatomy than Sections I and II.

The format of Sections I and II will remain unchanged.

Veterinary anatomy and physiology

Section III will last two hours and will carry 50% of the total mark. Section III will be divided into two parts, each containing three questions. Candidates will be required to answer one question from each part, spending 60 minutes on each. Each question will carry an equivalent mark. Part A will require an answer in essay format and will examine the ability to integrate structure with function and to construct logical arguments. Part B will also be in essay format and will assess the ability to apply anatomical knowledge to a clinical situation or problem and/or to deduce basic clinical implications from first principles.

The format of Sections I and II will remain unchanged.

The Faculty of Biology confirms that no student will be disadvantaged by these changes.

Natural Sciences Tripos, 2013

The Committee of Management for the Natural Sciences Tripos give notice that, with effect from the examinations to be held in 2013, the form and conduct of certain of the examinations for the Natural Sciences Tripos will be changed as follows:

Part Ia

Computer Science

The form and conduct for the Computer Science paper is as announced for Paper 1 of the Computer Science Tripos.

Materials Science

The written examination paper will count for 85% of the total mark for Part Ia Materials Science. Practical work will be continuously assessed throughout the year and will count for 15% of the total mark for Part Ia Materials Science. Full details are available at: http://www.msm.cam.ac.uk/teaching/.

Part Ib

Cell and Developmental Biology

Practical paper

The practical paper will be divided into three sections.

Section A

Candidates will be asked to answer all eight short questions set. Candidates should aim to spend one hour on Section A.

Section B

Candidates will be asked to answer three questions out of four questions set. Candidates should aim to spend thirty minutes on each answer in Section B.

Section C: Experimental design

Candidates will be asked to answer one question out of two questions set. Candidates should aim to spend thirty minutes on the answer to Section C.

All other papers remain unchanged. A specimen paper will be provided.

Chemistry A

There are two three-hour written papers set for Chemistry A, papers A1 and A2.

Each paper will contain five questions of equal weight; candidates are required to answer all five questions.

Paper A1 will contain two questions relating primarily to the material presented in the lecture course ‘Introduction to quantum mechanics’, one question relating primarily to the material presented in the lecture course ‘Molecular spectroscopy’ and two questions relating primarily to the material presented in the lecture course ‘Symmetry and bonding’. Any question may, however, draw on material from the whole of the Chemistry A course.

Paper A2 will contain three questions relating primarily to the material presented in the lecture course ‘Molecular energy levels and thermodynamics’ and two questions relating primarily to the material presented in the lecture course ‘Electrons in solids’. Any question may, however, draw on material from the whole of the Chemistry A course.

Chemistry B

There are two three-hour written papers set for Chemistry B, papers B1 and B2.

Each paper will contain five questions of equal weight; candidates are required to answer all five questions.

Paper B1 will contain four questions relating primarily to the material presented in Michaelmas Term and one question relating primarily to the material presented in the lecture course ‘Introduction to chemical biology’. Any question may, however, draw on material from the whole of the Chemistry B course.

Paper B2 will contain four questions relating primarily to the material presented in Lent Term and one question relating primarily to the material presented in the lecture course ‘Introduction to chemical biology’. Any question may, however, draw on material from the whole of the Chemistry B course.

Experimental Psychology

For the purposes of the examination, ‘Intelligence testing and IQ’ will now be assessed along with ‘Social psychology’; material pertaining to ‘Intelligence testing and IQ’ topics will be assessed in Paper 2, Section B (and not in Paper 2, Section C, as in previous years). No other aspects of the examination have changed.

Materials Science

The written examination papers will count for 85% of the total mark for Part Ib Materials Science.

Practical work will be continuously assessed throughout the year and will count for 15% of the total mark for Part Ib Materials Science.

Full details are available at http://www.msm.cam.ac.uk/teaching/.

Part II

Materials Science

Paper 1 of the written examination will be a general paper covering a range of topics from the course. On paper 1, there will be a single question and the rubric will read ‘Answer all parts of the question’. Paper 1 will count for 15% of the total mark for Part II Materials Science.

Papers 2–4 will each consist of eight questions, based primarily on a grouping of lecture courses as advertised on the Department website and noticeboard before the beginning of Michaelmas Term. On each of papers 2–4, the rubric will read ‘Answer five questions. All questions carry equal credit.’ Papers 2–4 will each count for 20% of the total mark for Part II Materials Science.

Continuously-assessed work is unchanged and counts for 25% of the total mark for Part II Materials Science.

Full details are available at http://www.msm.cam.ac.uk/teaching/.

Part III

Interdisciplinary paper IDP2: The Earth system and climate change

(This is an amendment to the Notice published in the Reporter on 7 June 2012; see Reporter, 6269, 2011–12, pp. 694–5.)

Practical examinations for Geological Sciences candidates only, will now take the form of one two-and-a-half-hour practical examination in the Easter Term instead of assessed practicals during the Lent Term.

Full details of the examinations can be obtained in the relevant course booklet.

Materials Science (Part III)

Paper 1 of the written examination will be worth 18% of the total marks for Part III Materials Science. The vacation report and presentation will be worth 2% of the total marks for Part III Materials Science.

All other parts of the examination remain unchanged.

Full details are available at http://www.msm.cam.ac.uk/teaching/.

Materials Science (Master of Advanced Study, M.A.St.)

Paper 1 of the written examination will be worth 18% of the total marks for the Master of Advanced Studies in Materials Science. The vacation report and presentation will be worth 2% of the total marks for the Master of Advanced Studies in Materials Science.

All other parts of the examination remain unchanged.

Full details are available at http://www.msm.cam.ac.uk/teaching/.

Bachelor of Theology for Ministry

The Faculty Board of Divinity give notice that, with effect from the examinations to be held in 2013, the form will be changed as follows:

Paper 13. Reform and renewal in Christian history

Candidates will be required to:

(a) sit a two-hour examination, consisting of two sections, and to answer one question from each section. Section A will contain at least four questions on the Protestant Reformation in Europe, ca. 1517–1618, and Section B will contain at least four questions on the Catholic Reformation in Europe, ca. 1492–1618;

and

(b) offer one essay title from a list approved by the Faculty Board, submitted in accordance with the requirements of Regulation 15. Essay questions will be based on Section C of the teaching: Theological and comparative issues and the English Reformation.

All other papers remain unchanged.