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No 6437

Wednesday 28 September 2016

Vol cxlvii No 3

pp. 13–20

Notices by Faculty Boards, etc.

Natural Sciences Tripos, Part II (Biological and Biomedical Sciences), 2016–17

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:

Major subjects

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.

Minor subjects

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.

Examination in American History for the M.Phil. Degree, 2016–17

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.

Examination in Economic and Social History for the M.Phil. Degree, 2016–17

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.

Examination in Modern British History for the M.Phil. Degree, 2016–17

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.

Examination in Modern European History for the M.Phil. Degree, 2016–17

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.

Examination in Social and Developmental Psychology for the M.Phil. Degree (by advanced study), 2016–17

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

Examination in World History for the M.Phil. Degree, 2016–17

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.

Examination in Biological Science for the M.Res. Degree, 2016–17

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:

Stem cell biology

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’