No 6378
Wednesday 4 March 2015
Vol cxlv No 22
pp. 409–419
The General Board have, on the recommendation of the Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology Syndicate, approved amendments to the regulations so as to require six, rather than eight, modules to be chosen from Group B and C topics, to require publication by Notice of modules and course-work to apply equally to all module Groups, and to permit assessment via examination, course-work, or both, throughout all module Groups.
By amending Regulation 16(a) so as to read:
16. (a) The scheme of the examination for Part IIb shall be as follows:
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Group A: |
Compulsory topics |
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Group B: |
Advanced chemical engineering topics |
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Group C: |
Broadening material topics |
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Group D: |
Research project |
Each candidate shall be required to take all Group A topics, to take a total of six modules from Group B and Group C topics, and to take a Group D project. The Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology Syndicate shall have power to announce restrictions on the combination of modules that a candidate may choose to offer. Not later than the end of the Full Easter Term each year, the Syndicate shall publish by Notice in the Reporter the modules prescribed for the following academical year, and shall specify the mode of examination for each module. For modules to be examined by course-work, details of the work required shall be published by the Syndicate by notice in the Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology not later than the beginning of the Full Michaelmas Term preceding the examination. The Examiners may require each candidate to submit reports on the course-work undertaken, and may impose such oral or practical tests as they think fit.
(b) Group A modules may be assessed by examination, by course-work, or by a combination of the two. Each written examination paper on Group A compulsory topics shall be of two hours’ duration.
(c) Each Group B module on an advanced chemical engineering topic may be assessed by examination, by course-work, or by a combination of the two. Each written examination paper shall be of one and a half hours’ duration.
(d) Each Group C module on a broadening material topic may be assessed by examination, by course-work, or by a combination of the two. Each written examination paper shall be of one and a half hours’ duration.
(e) Each candidate shall undertake a Group D project, in which they perform original work in one or more of the following forms: a theoretical investigation, an experimental investigation, an essay, a design project. The Examiners shall require each candidate to submit one or more written reports on the work undertaken.
The General Board have, on the recommendation of the Natural Sciences Management Committee, approved the following amendments to the regulations for the Tripos to better reflect examination practice regarding the setting and marking of work.
Regulation 17.
By removing Evolution and Behaviour from the list of subjects set out in sub-paragraph (c) so that assessment is carried out by the Examiners.
By amending the Provider of assessment for Elementary Mathematics for Biologists from ‘Chair of the Faculty Board’ to ‘Course Organizer’.
Regulation 30.
By replacing the two references to ‘Head of Department of Biochemistry’ with ‘Examiners’.
By replacing the two references to ‘Chair of the Faculty Board of Biology’ with ‘Examiners’.
By replacing the two references to ‘Chair of the Faculty Board of Biology’ with ‘Examiners’ and by replacing references to ‘Chair’ for the paper and ‘Chair’ for the subject with ‘Examiners’.
By replacing the four references to ‘Head of Department’ with ‘Course Organizer’.
The General Board have, on the recommendation of the Natural Sciences Management Committee, approved an amendment to the examination requirements for the subject of Pharmacology to change the timing and audience for the Part II presentations.
Regulation 30.
By amending the penultimate paragraph so as to read:
Before the division of Full Easter Term, each candidate is required to give a brief oral communication to an audience that includes the internal examiners.
The General Board have, on the recommendation of the Natural Sciences Management Committee, approved amendments to the examination requirements for the subject of Zoology to reflect current practice of requiring and allocating marks for student presentations and the change in terminology regarding the research paper.
Regulation 30.
By replacing references to the ‘critical review’ with ‘research paper review’ and by adding two final paragraphs to read:
During the first week of Full Easter Term, each candidate is required to give a brief oral communication to an audience including two assessors.
In assigning marks for (d) the Examiners shall take account of the oral reports.
The General Board have, on the recommendation of the Faculty Board of Divinity, amended the list of papers available for examination, by suspending certain papers.
Regulation 13.
B.Th.2. Elementary Hebrew (Paper A1A of the Theological and Religious Studies Tripos)
By inserting a footnote against the paper so as to read ‘This paper is suspended in 2015–16’.
B.Th.3. Introduction to New Testament Greek
By inserting a footnote against the paper so as to read ‘This paper is suspended until further notice’.
The Faculty Board of Divinity are satisfied that no candidate’s preparation for the examination in 2016 will be affected.
The General Board have, on the recommendation of the Degree Committee for the Department of History and Philosophy of Science, approved an amendment to the title of the examination to ‘History and Philosophy of Science and Medicine’.
The General Board have, on the recommendation of the Degree Committee for the Faculty of Business and Management, approved amendments to the regulations so as to rescind Option B, the dissertation option, to remove the requirement to offer a minimum of nine modules, and to require the Degree Committee to publish by Notice the number of mandatory and optional modules required in each year.
By amending Regulation 1 so as to read:
1. The scheme of examination for the one-year course of study in Technology Policy for the degree of Master of Philosophy shall consist of:
(a)the completion of mandatory and optional modules, a list of which will be published by the Degree Committee for the Faculty of Business and Management not later than the end of the Michaelmas Term preceding the examination. The Degree Committee shall announce by Notice the precise number of mandatory and optional modules required in each year;
(b)a project report of not more than 12,000 words in length, including diagrams and footnotes, but excluding bibliography and appendices on a subject approved by the Degree Committee.
The General Board, on the recommendation of the Degree Committee for Human, Social, and Political Science and with the concurrence of the Academic Policy and Operations Committee for the Institute of Continuing Education, have approved changes to the scheme of examination so as to reduce the assessment requirements for the six variable modules.
By replacing Regulation 1(c) with the following:
(c)compulsory attendance at a course of study on each of six topics from a list of no fewer than eight and no more than fifteen fields to be set by the Degree Committee. Candidates will be assessed on three of their six topics and the form of examination shall be determined by the Degree Committee on the recommendation of the Course Directors in advance of the course. Provided that candidates for each field shall be examined in the same way, the form of examination for any field may be:
(i)two essays not exceeding 2,000 words in length and on set topics falling within a field designated by the Degree Committee;
(ii)one essay not exceeding 4,000 words in length and on set topics falling within a field designated by the Degree Committee.
The General Board have agreed to add the following award to the Schedule of Diplomas and Certificates open to non-members of the University:
Diploma in Astronomy