Skip to main contentCambridge University Reporter

No 6396

Wednesday 23 September 2015

Vol cxlvi No 1

pp. 1–17

Regulations for examinations

Classical Tripos, Part II

(Statutes and Ordinances, 2014, p. 305)

With effect from 1 October 2015

The General Board, on the recommendation of the Faculty Board of Classics, have approved an amendment to the Schedule of Optional Papers for Part II of the Tripos so as to replace the current Paper O1, History of ideas on language, (Paper 12 of the Linguistics Tripos) with Paper O1, The history and structure of modern Greek, (Paper Gr.7 of the Modern and Medieval Languages Tripos); and so as to replace Paper O11, Ancients and moderns, (Paper 1 set for the subject History and Philosophy of Science in Part II of the Natural Sciences Tripos), with Paper O11, Metaphysics, epistemology, and the sciences (Paper 6 set for the subject History and Philosophy of Science in Part II of the Natural Sciences Tripos).

Part II

Regulation 22.

SCHEDULE OF OPTIONAL PAPERS

By replacing the current title of Paper O1 so as to read:

Paper O1. The history and structure of modern Greek (Paper Gr.7 of the Modern and Medieval Languages Tripos)

And by replacing the current title of Paper O11 so as to read:

Paper O11. Metaphysics, epistemology, and the sciences (Paper 6 set for the subject History and Philosophy of Science in Part II of the Natural Sciences Tripos).

The Faculty Board of Classics are satisfied that no candidate’s preparation for the examination in 2016 will be adversely affected.

Modern and Medieval Languages Tripos, Part Ib

(Statutes and Ordinances, 2014, p. 387)

With effect from 1 October 2015

The General Board, on the recommendation of the Faculty Board of Modern and Medieval Languages, have approved an amendment to Schedule Ib, which governs the papers that may be taken in Part Ib, so as to allow Paper SL.5 ‘Russian culture after 1880’ to be replaced by two long essays under the provisions of Regulation 23.

SCHEDULE Ib

Papers available in Part Ib

Slavonic Studies

By marking Paper SL.5 with a dagger so as to indicate that the paper may be replaced by two long essays under the provisions of Regulation 23.

The Faculty Board of Modern and Medieval Languages are satisfied that no candidate’s preparation for the examination in 2016 will be adversely affected.

Bachelor of Theology for Ministry

(Statutes and Ordinances, 2014, p. 458)

With effect from 1 October 2015

The General Board, on the recommendation of the Faculty Board of Divinity, have approved an amendment to the list of papers available for examination. Certain papers have been suspended in 2015–16.

Regulation 13.

By inserting a footnote against the following papers so as to read ‘This paper is suspended in 2015–16’:

GROUP B

B.Th.14.

Reform and renewal in Christian history

B.Th.16.

Special subject in the study of religion

GROUP C

*B.Th.25.

Old Testament exegesis

*B.Th.27.

Biblical themes in Christian doctrine

*B.Th.29.

The Gospel and western culture

GROUP D

B.Th.43.

Judaism, Christianity, and Islam in encounter

The Faculty Board of Divinity are satisfied that no candidate’s preparation for the examination in 2016 will be affected.

SUPPLEMENTARY REGULATIONS

The Supplementary Regulations for papers B.Th.12, Christian doctrine, B.Th.24, New Testament studies, B.Th.26, New Testament exegesis, and B.Th.42, Further church history, have been amended in order that the examination in Paper B.Th.12 shall henceforth take a different form of assessment than that specified; teaching arrangements for papers B.Th.24 and B.Th.26 are clarified; and the title of Paper B.Th.42 has been corrected.

GROUP B

B.Th.12. Christian doctrine

By amending the final sentence of the Supplementary Regulation so as to read:

This paper will be examined by the mixed mode of assessment specified in Regulation 14(a).

GROUP C

B.Th.24. New Testament studies

By replacing the first sentence of the current Supplementary Regulation with two sentences so as to read:

This paper will use the classes for Tripos Paper B4. It will provide for the close study of a particular theme within the New Testament from a selection prescribed by the Faculty Board.

The remainder of the Supplementary Regulation remains unchanged.

B.Th.26. New Testament exegesis

By replacing the first sentence of the current Supplementary Regulation with two sentences so as to read:

This paper will use the classes for Tripos Paper B5. This paper will provide for the close study of one or more New Testament texts or themes from a selection prescribed by the Faculty Board.

The remainder of the Supplementary Regulation remains unchanged.

GROUP D

B.Th.42. Further church history

By correcting the title of the paper so as to read:

B.Th.42. Topics in church history

The Faculty Board of Divinity are satisfied that no candidate’s preparation for the examination in 2016 will be affected.