The Faculty Board of Biology gives notice that the following combination of Major and Minor subjects, additional to, or amending, those previously published (Reporter, 2015–16; 6414, p. 353; 6424, p. 504), will be offered in the Natural Sciences Tripos, Part II (Biological and Biomedical Sciences) in 2016–17:
Code |
Major subject |
Permissible minor subjects |
Examination requirements |
402 |
Pathology (A & B) |
103 105 107 108 109 113 114 116 118 119 120 122 123 124 126 128 |
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) |
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) |
103 105 106 107 108 109 111 113 114 116 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 126 128 |
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 |
Four written papers of three hours each. |
412 |
Plant Sciences (Cellular – M1, M2, L1, L3) |
105 106 107 108 109 111 115 116 118 119 121 122 124 125 127 128 |
Four written papers of three hours each. |
424 |
Pathology (B & E) |
103 107 108 109 113 114 116 118 123 126 128 |
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. |
Code |
Minor subject |
Examination requirements |
103 |
Health and disease (HSPS Paper BAN8) (maximum 15 candidates) |
One written paper of three hours’ duration. |
104 |
Human evolution and palaeolithic archaeology (HSPS Paper BAN3) (maximum 15 candidates) |
One written paper of three hours’ duration. |
105 |
Behavioural ecology and adaptation (HSPS Paper BAN2) (maximum 15 candidates) |
One written paper of three hours’ duration. |
111 |
Central mechanisms of reward and emotion (Neuroscience Module N6) (maximum 15 candidates) |
One written paper of three hours’ duration. |
The Degree Committee for the Faculty of History gives notice that in the academical year 2016–17 the course options available under Regulation 1(c) (Statutes and Ordinances, 2015, p. 478, as amended in the Reporter on 22 June 2016 (6431, 2015–16, p. 685)) are as follows:
1. New worlds in early America
2. Varieties of American Empire
3. American political development in the 20th century
4. Immigration, race, and nationality: the American experience
At the discretion of the Directors of the M.Phil. Degree, students may also be able to choose options available under other M.Phil. Degrees offered by the Faculty of History.
The Degree Committee for the Faculty of History gives notice that in the academical year 2016–17 the course options available under Regulation 1(d) (Statutes and Ordinances, 2015, p. 489, as amended in the Reporter on 22 June 2016 (6431, 2015–16, p. 686)) are as follows:
1. Poverty, disease, and medicine in Britain, 1500–1800
2. Inequality: a global history
3. The history of economic and social thought
4. British industrialization in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries
5. Money, trade, and politics: from the gold standard to the Euro crisis
6. Health, politics, and economic growth since 1750
7. Energy, economy, and environment c.1700–2015
8. History and public policy
9. ‘Late development’: the uneven spread of industrialization in Asia, Africa, and Latin America
10. Institutions and development
At the discretion of the Directors of the M.Phil. Degree, students may also be able to choose options available under other M.Phil. Degrees offered by the Faculty of History.
The Degree Committee for the Faculty of History gives notice that in the academical year 2016–17 the course options available under Regulation 1(c) (Statutes and Ordinances, 2015, p. 502, as amended in the Reporter on 27 July 2016 (6434, 2015–16, p. 802)) are as follows:
1. Class and social mobility in the long twentieth century
2. Approaches to the long eighteenth century
3. Sexuality and gender
4. History and public policy
At the discretion of the Directors of the M.Phil. Degree, students may also be able to choose options available under other M.Phil. Degrees offered by the Faculty of History.
The Degree Committee for the Faculty of History gives notice that in the academical year 2016–17 the course options available under Regulation 1(c) (Statutes and Ordinances, 2015, p. 503, as amended in the Reporter on 22 June 2016 (6431, 2015–16, p. 690)) are as follows:
1. Comparative fascism(s): theory and practice
2. Approaches to the long eighteenth century
3. The Soviet Union and Russia since 1970: contemporary history in practice
4. Cold War Europe
At the discretion of the Directors of the M.Phil. Degree, students may also be able to choose options available under other M.Phil. Degrees offered by the Faculty of History.
The Degree Committee for the Faculty Board of Biology gives notice of the following essay topics for the one-year course in Social and Developmental Psychology for the degree of Master of Philosophy (Statutes and Ordinances, 2015, p. 509) in the academical year 2016–17:
•Individual differences
•Social cognition
•Close relationships in childhood and adulthood
•Gender and development
•Forensic child psychology
•Traditional and new family forms
•Social interaction and representation
The Degree Committee for the Faculty of History gives notice that in the academical year 2016–17 the course options available under Regulation 1(c) (Statutes and Ordinances, 2015, p. 512, as amended in the Reporter on 22 June 2016 (6431, 2015–16, p. 692)) are as follows:
1. Inequality: a global history
2. ‘Late development’: the uneven spread of industrialization in Asia, Africa, and Latin America
3. Global early modernity?
4. Print cultures in African History: publics, politics, and identities
5. Empires in comparative perspective
6. Global thinkers
7. Mobility, circulation, and diaspora: migration, society, and politics in Modern South Asia
At the discretion of the Directors of the M.Phil. Degree, students may also be able to choose options available under other M.Phil. Degrees offered by the Faculty of History.
The Degree Committee for the Faculty Board of Biology gives notice of the following theme and details of the portfolio for the one-year course in Biological Science for the degree of Master of Research (Statutes and Ordinances, 2015, p. 515) in the academical year 2016–17:
The portfolio comprises three research reports following each research placement (each being 4,000 words) and one research proposal inclusive of a critical appraisal (being 8,000 words), all exclusive of tables, footnotes, bibliography, and appendices.
J. W. NICHOLLS, Registrary
END OF THE OFFICIAL PART OF THE ‘REPORTER’