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No 6412

Wednesday 27 January 2016

Vol cxlvi No 17

pp. 330–341

Form and conduct of examinations, 2016

Notices by Faculty Boards, or other bodies concerned, of changes to the form and conduct of certain examinations to be held in 2016, by comparison with those examinations in 2015, are published below. Complete details of the form and conduct of all examinations are available from the Faculties or Departments concerned.

Human, Social, and Political Sciences Tripos, Part II, 2015–16: Correction

The notice published on 29 July 2015 (Reporter, 6395, 2014–15, p. 824) contained an error, and should have read as follows:

Archaeology courses available in 2015–16:

ARC33.

The archaeology of Africa

The examination for this paper will take the form of a three-hour examination paper, worth 80% of the overall mark, and an artefact-based project worth 20% of the overall mark.

The Faculty Board of Human, Social, and Political Science have confirmed that no candidate’s preparation for the examination in 2016 will be affected.

Examinations in Conservation Leadership, Geographical Research, and Polar Studies for the degree of Master of Philosophy

The Faculty Board of Earth Sciences and Geography give notice that the form of the examination for 2015–16 will be as listed below.

1. Timetable of submission and weight of marks

M.Phil. in Conservation Leadership

Component

Item

Submission date

Weighting (%)

1

CL1: Conservation problems and practice coursework

12 January

10

CL6: Innovation for conservation leadership coursework

21 March

10

2

CL2: Conservation enterprise essay

6 April

10

CL3: Conservation management exercise

6 April

10

CL4: Communicating conservation exercise

20 April

10

CL5: Conservation governance essay

20 April

10

3

Placement report

24 August

40

M.Phil. in Geographical Research

Component

Item

Submission date

Weighting (%)

1

Geographical essay 1

25 April

13.33

Geographical essay 2

25 April

13.33

Research methods essay 3

25 April

13.33

2

SSRMC assessed exercises

Pass

3

Dissertation

23 August

60

M.Phil. in Polar Studies

Component

Item

Submission date

Weighting (%)

1

Essay 1

9 November

15

Essay 2

7 December

15

Essay 3

25 January

15

2

Thesis

10 June

55

2. Thesis subject area deadlines

The subject area of each thesis/project must be approved by the Degree Committee of Earth Sciences and Geography. The deadline for this to be submitted to M.Phil. Administrators is 3 February for the M.Phil. in Geographical Research, and 1 February for the M.Phil. in Polar Studies and the M.Phil. in Conservation Leadership.

3. Oral examination (Vivas)

Each M.Phil. may include, at the discretion of the Examiners, an oral examination on the thesis/project that has been submitted, the general field of knowledge within which it falls, or other parts of the relevant M.Phil. course. All students must be available in Cambridge for an oral examination and must be in contact with the Graduate Office by telephone or email in order that arrangements can be made, if required. The dates of the oral examination (if required) are:

M.Phil. in Conservation Leadership

Thursday, 15 September

M.Phil. in Geographical Research

Thursday, 22 September

M.Phil. in Polar Studies

Tuesday, 13 September

4. Submission

Please check the course Handbook for the time of day students need to submit their essay or dissertation.

5. Pass requirements

In order to be awarded the Degree of Master of Philosophy candidates must achieve a total score of at least 60%. Furthermore, candidates are expected to pass all components by achieving a score of at least 60% of the marks allocated to the component. In the event that a candidate scores a marginal fail in one component of the examination, this may be compensated by an overall average of 60% or more.