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Natural Sciences Tripos, Part II (Biological and Biomedical Sciences), 2015–16
Natural Sciences Tripos, Part III (Experimental and Theoretical Physics) and Master of Advanced Studies in Physics, 2015–16

Natural Sciences Tripos, Part II (Biological and Biomedical Sciences), 2015–16

The Faculty Board of Biology gives notice that the following combination of Major and Minor Subjects, additional to, or amending, those previously published (Reporter, 6374, 2014–15, p. 371 and 6384, 2014–15, p. 507), will be offered in the Natural Sciences Tripos, Part II (Biological and Biomedical Sciences) in 2015–16:

Major Subjects:

	Major Subject	Permissible Minor Subjects	Examination requirements
402	Pathology (A & B)	103 104 105 107 108 109 113 114 116 118 119 120 122 123 124 126 128	Four written papers of three hours each.
403	Pathology (A & C)	104 105 107 108 109 113 114 116 117 118 119 120 122 123 124 126 128	Four written papers of three hours each.
404	Pathology (A & D)	103 104 105 107 108 109 113 114 116 117 118 119 120 122 123 124 126 128	Four written papers of three hours each.
405	Pathology (B & C)	104 105 107 108 109 111 113 114 116 118 119 120 122 123 124 126 128	Four written papers of three hours each.
406	Pathology (B & D)	103 104 105 106 107 108 109 111 113 114 116 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 126 128	Four written papers of three hours each.
407	Pathology (C & D)	104 105 107 108 109 111 113 114 116 117 118 119 120 122 123 124 126 128	Four written papers of three hours each.
408	Pharmacology	104 107 108 109 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 122 123 125 126 127 128	Four written papers of three hours each.
409	Psychology	108 111 115 124 125 Students may choose Minor Subjects that do not have lecture clashes with the Psychology modules chosen – please consult the relevant lecture timetables	Four written papers of three hours each.
411	Biochemistry Maximum 7 candidates	104 109 114 122 128	Five written papers: four papers of three hours each and one paper of three and a quarter hours.
412	Plant Sciences (Cellular – M1, M4, L1 L2)	104 105 107 108 109 111 115 116 118 119 122 124 125 127 128	Four written papers of three hours each.
413	Plant Sciences (Ecology – M3, M1 or Zoology M3, L2 and Zoology L2)	104 105 106 108 109 111 118 121 124	Four written papers of three hours each.
414	Genetics Maximum 13 candidates	104 105 107 109 113 114 115 116 118 122 125 127 128 A fifth Genetics module can be taken as a Minor Subject	Four written papers of three hours each.
417	Neuroscience (Neuroscience) Maximum 15 candidates	107 113 115 116 117 118 122 125 128 Minor Subjects 106 and 111 are also offered if not taken as Major Subject modules	Four written papers of three hours each.
424	Pathology (B & E)	103 104 107 108 109 113 114 116 118 122 123 126 128	Four written papers of three hours each.
425	Pathology (C & E)	104 107 108 109 113 114 116 117 118 122 123 126 128	Four written papers of three hours each.
426	Pathology (D & E)	103 104 107 108 109 113 114 116 117 118 122 123 126 128	Four written papers of three hours each.

Minor Subjects:

Minor Subject

Examination requirements

126

Exploring Music Psychology (Music Part II paper 17)

Maximum 3 candidates – candidates must demonstrate some musical knowledge to be permitted to study this option

One written paper of three hours duration.

Natural Sciences Tripos, Part III (Experimental and Theoretical Physics) and Master of Advanced Studies in Physics, 2015–16

The Head of the Department of Physics gives notice that the following Major Topics, Minor Topics, and types of further work will be available for examination in 2016.

Major Topics

These papers will be taken at the start of the Lent Term. Each Major Topic will be examined by a written paper of two hours’ duration. Each paper will consist of three questions of which candidates will be required to answer two; all questions carry equal weight. Candidates are required to take a minimum of three papers. The titles of the papers are as follows:

Paper 1/AQC.	Advanced quantum condensed matter physics
Paper 1/BIO.	Biological physics
Paper 1/RAC.	Relativistic astrophysics and cosmology
Paper 1/PP.	Particle physics
Paper 1/PEP.	Physics of the Earth as a planet
Paper 1/QCM.	Quantum condensed matter field theory
Paper 1/AOP.	Atomic and optical physics

Candidates may replace one Major Topic with the paper ‘Quantum field theory’ (Paper 1/QFT) from Part III of the Mathematics Tripos (taken in June).

Minor Topics

These papers will be taken at the start of the Easter Term. Each Minor Topic will be examined by a written paper of one and a half hours’ duration. Each paper will consist of three questions of which candidates will be required to answer two; all questions carry equal weight. Candidates who are not replacing Minor Topics by other work, as specified below, are required to take a minimum of three papers. The titles of the papers are as follows:

Paper 2/EXO.	Exoplanets and planetary systems
Paper 2/FSU.	Formation of structure in the universe
Paper 2/FOA.	The frontiers of observational astrophysics
Paper 2/GFT.	Gauge field theory
Paper 2/MP.	Medical physics
Paper 2/NOQL.	Non-linear optics and quantum states of light
Paper 2/PA.	Particle astrophysics
Paper 2/PNS.	The physics of nanoelectronic systems
Paper 2/QI.	Quantum information
Paper 2/SQC.	Superconductivity and quantum coherence

Each paper or piece of further work listed below may replace one Minor Topic:

• A Long Vacation Project (2/LVP) (based on pre-approved project work undertaken during the previous Long Vacation)

• The Entrepreneurship option (2/ENP), which is examined by coursework

• The paper ‘Advanced quantum field theory’ (2/AQFT) from Part III of the Mathematical Tripos (examined in June)

• The papers ‘Nuclear power engineering’ (2/4M16) and ‘Mathematical biology of the cell’ (2/4G1) from Part IIb of the Engineering Tripos (examined at the start of the Easter Term)

• The Interdisciplinary papers in ‘Materials, electronics, and renewable energy’ (2/IDP3); ‘The Earth system and climate change’ (2/IDP2); and ‘Atmospheric chemistry and global change’ (2/IDP1) (all examined in the second half of the Easter Term)

Where candidates take more than three Major Topics, the examiners will use the best three results in determining the class; where candidates take more than three Minor Topics, the examiners will use the best three results in determining the class: all marks will appear on the transcript.

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