No 6444
Wednesday 16 November 2016
Vol cxlvii No 10
pp. 103–121
Notices by Faculty Boards, or other bodies concerned, of changes to the form and conduct of certain examinations to be held in 2017, by comparison with those examinations in 2016, are published below. Complete details of the form and conduct of all examinations are available from the Faculties or Departments concerned.
The Faculty Board of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies gives notice that, with effect from the examinations to be held in 2017, the form of examination for the following papers for Parts Ia, Ib, and II of the Asian and Middle Eastern Studies Tripos will be as specified below:
This paper consists of two sections: a one-and-a-half-hour written examination (50 marks) and an oral examination (50 marks). The written examination will contain one writing task in Arabic from a choice of tasks (30 marks) and a translation from English into Arabic (20 marks).
The oral examination will consist of three sections:
(a)Listening comprehension (20 marks);
(b)Liaison interpreting (15 marks);
(c)Discussion (15 marks). (b) and (c) together: 10 minutes. All timings are approximate and all oral examinations are recorded.
The examination will contain three sections:
(a)Listening comprehension: candidates are asked to listen to Japanese on tape and answer questions in English.
(b)Reading: candidates prepare a short text and then read it aloud for the examiners.
(c)Role play.
This paper consists of three questions: question one requires students to answer questions that test their knowledge of Japanese grammar; question two contains a passage for translation into Japanese; question three requires students to write a composition in Japanese.
This paper will contain two sections: a three-hour written examination (70 marks) and an oral examination (30 marks). The written examination will contain one passage of Arabic on which candidates will be required to answer questions (20 marks); one passage of Arabic for translation into English (20 marks); one passage of English for translation into Arabic (15 marks); and one question requiring a piece of writing in Arabic (15 marks). All questions should be attempted.
The oral examination will contain three sections. All timings are approximate and all oral examinations are recorded.
(a)Listening comprehension: candidates answer questions on a recorded passage, which may be taken from a variety of sources (10 marks).
(b)Liaison interpreting: candidates act as an interpreter for two examiners, one speaking Arabic and one English (10 marks).
(c)Discussion: candidates discuss a topic chosen in advance of the examination (10 marks). (b) and (c) together: 15 minutes.
This paper will contain two sections: a three-hour written examination (70 marks) and an oral examination (30 marks).
The written examination will contain one passage of Persian on which candidates will be required to answer comprehension questions in Persian (30 marks); one passage of Persian for translation into English (15 marks); and one question requiring a piece of writing of approximately 200 words of Persian (25 marks). All questions should be attempted.
The oral examination will consist of three sections. All timings are approximate and all oral examinations are recorded.
(a)Liaison interpreting: candidates act as an interpreter for two examiners; one speaking Persian, and one speaking English (10 marks, 10 minutes);
(b)Listening comprehension: candidates listen to a short passage in Persian on which questions will be answered (10 marks, 10 minutes);
(c)Presentation: candidates prepare several presentations on previously agreed topics, of which they are asked to present one (10 marks, 10 minutes).
The examination consists of two parts: a three-hour written examination (70 marks) and an oral examination which is taken at the end of the fourth year (30 marks).
The written examination consists of three sections. Section A consists of one reading comprehension passage in Persian on which candidates will be required to answer questions in Persian (15 marks). Section B consists of two unseen passages of modern Persian for translation into English (15 marks each). Section C consists of three topics for an essay of about 400 words in Persian, of which one must be attempted (25 marks). All sections must be attempted.
The oral examination consists of three sections. All timings are approximate and all oral examinations are recorded.
(a)Liaison interpreting: candidates act as an interpreter for two examiners, one speaking Persian and one English (10 marks, 10 minutes);
(b)Listening comprehension: candidates listen to a short passage and answer questions about it (10 marks, 10 minutes);
(c)Discussion: candidates discuss one topic selected at the time of the examination from a list of three, chosen and provided previously by themselves (10 marks, 20 minutes).
This paper will consist of fifteen questions, in two sections. Section A will contain twelve essay questions; Section B will contain three questions based on images for analysis and discussion. Candidates for the Asian and Middle Eastern Studies Tripos will be required to answer three questions, at least one from each section. All questions will carry equal marks.
All other papers remain unchanged.
The Faculty Board of Architecture and the History of Art gives notice that, with effect from the examination to be held in 2017, the form of the examination for the following paper for Parts IIa and IIb of the History of Art Tripos will be as follows:
The paper will be of three hours’ duration. Formerly this paper consisted of one section containing a minimum of twelve and a maximum of fifteen essay questions from which three questions had to be answered. The paper will now be divided into two sections, Section A and Section B. Section A will contain twelve essay questions. Candidates for the History of Art Tripos must answer three questions from Section A only. All questions will carry equal marks.
All other papers remain unchanged.
The Faculty Board of Modern and Medieval Languages gives notice that, with effect from the examination to be held in 2017, the form of the examination for the following paper for the Linguistics Tripos will be as specified below.
Candidates will be required to answer two questions. Candidates may not draw on substantially the same material in both answers.
All other papers remain unchanged.
The Faculty Board of Biology gives notice that, with effect from the examinations to be held in 2017, the form of the following examination will be changed as follows:
Paper I will be a 90-minute examination where questions may examine core knowledge and understanding in any aspect of the course. The examination will consist of single best answer questions designed to examine candidates’ understanding of the mechanisms of drug action. There will be no drugs list as part of the required stationery.
The Faculty Board of Modern and Medieval Languages gives notice that, with effect from the examination to be held in 2017, the form of the examination for the following papers for the Modern and Medieval Languages Tripos will be as specified below.
Candidates will be required to answer three questions. Candidates may not answer more than one question from each section on the examination paper. Candidates who answer questions in the ‘Linguistics’ section of the paper will be required to ensure that their answer covers at least two media (literature/film/art) from at least two countries in the Portuguese-speaking world. Candidates’ answers to questions from all other sections may address a single text/author/film/director/visual artist. Candidates must not draw on substantially the same material for more than one answer.
Candidates will be required to answer all questions. The examination will last for ninety minutes. When the examination commences, candidates will have five minutes in which to read the questions. After that, the exam clip will be played twice. Candidates may take notes during the playing of the clip. After the second play-through of the clip, candidates will be told the exact time at which the examination will end and may then write their answers.
The examination paper will contain three sections. Section A will include two questions which will be passages for translation. Sections B and C will contain a series of essay-style questions. Candidates will be required to answer three questions, one from each section. Candidates may not draw on substantially the same material for more than one answer.
The title of the paper has changed. There will be three questions on the examination paper, each of which will have four sub-options. Candidates will be required to answer three questions. Candidates may not draw on substantially the same material for more than one answer.
This paper will be available for examination by Long Essay in accordance with Regulation 23(d). Candidates may offer two long essays of not fewer than 3,500 words and not more than 4,000 words in length including footnotes but excluding bibliography. The essays must be in answer to questions published by the Faculty at the division of the Michaelmas and Lent Terms respectively, and must be submitted not later than 12 noon on the first Friday of the Full Lent and Easter Terms respectively. There will be between two and four questions published per paper at each occurrence.
Candidates will be required to answer three questions. Candidates may not answer more than one question from each section on the examination paper. Candidates who answer questions in the ‘Linguistics’ section of the paper will be required to ensure that their answer covers at least two media (literature/film/art) from at least two countries in the Portuguese-speaking world. Candidates’ answers to questions from all other sections may address a single text/author/film/director/visual artist. Candidates must not draw on substantially the same material for more than one answer.
The paper will be assessed by two separate elements. Candidates must take both elements. The two elements shall be:
Candidates will be required to answer all questions.
Candidates will be required to answer two questions. Candidates will be required to cover at least two media (literature/film/art) from at least two Portuguese-speaking countries in their answers. Candidates may not draw on substantially the same material for more than one answer. Candidates may not draw substantially on material from their dissertations or on material they intend to use in the examination for another scheduled paper.
This paper will be available for examination by Long Essay in accordance with Regulation 23(d). Candidates may offer two long essays of not fewer than 3,500 words and not more than 4,000 words in length including footnotes but excluding bibliography. The essays must be in answer to questions published by the Faculty at the division of the Michaelmas and Lent Terms respectively, and must be submitted not later than 12 noon on the first Friday of the Full Lent and Easter Terms respectively. There will be between four questions published for this paper at each occurrence.
Two questions for each essay will ask students to address written and visual texts and topics covered in the lectures and supervisions of the preceding term. The essay should draw on at least one written and one visual set text covered in the preceding term and reflect a familiarity with secondary sources.
One question for each essay will focus on the formal and contextual analysis of a set written text. The essay may invite a comparative response.
One question for each essay will focus on the formal and contextual analysis of a set visual text. The essay may invite a comparative response.
Students may address any aspect of Rus culture up to 1400 in their essays, but they may not focus on the same topic or set written or visual text in more than one essay.
Any overlap between the two essays will be considered a rubric infringement and penalized accordingly.
The section heading ‘War and the hero: Medieval epic and ballad’ has been changed to ‘War and the hero’. All other aspects of the examination remain unchanged.
Candidates will be required to answer three questions. Candidates may not answer more than one commentary question (questions identified with an asterisk). Candidates may not draw on substantially the same material for more than one answer.
The title of the paper has changed.
The examination paper will be divided into two sections, Section A and Section B. Section A will be titled ‘Foundations, identity, difference’. Section B will be titled ‘Topics in Latin American culture and history’. Candidates will be required to answer three questions, at least one from each section. Candidates may not draw on substantially the same material for more than one answer.
Candidates will be required to answer two questions. At least one of the answers should show some knowledge of Catalan visual culture. At least one answer should be comparative.
Candidates for this paper may not draw substantially on material from their dissertations or material which they have used or intend to use in another scheduled paper. Candidates may not draw substantially on the same material in more than one question on the same paper.
Candidates are free to refer to literary texts, films, and other works of art in their answers.
The examinations for the Sp.10O and Sp.10L elements of this paper are unchanged.
This examination has two sections. Candidates must answer two questions, one question from each section. Answers to questions in Section A must make substantive reference to more than one author, unless candidates choose a question which specifically names an author. Answers to questions in Section A must not include anything more than a passing reference to Montaigne. Section B will be specific to Montaigne. Candidates may answer either a commentary or an essay question. Candidates for this paper may not draw substantially on material from their dissertations or material which they have used or intend to use in another scheduled paper.
The section heading ‘Beyond cinema’ has been changed to ‘Trans cinema’. All other aspects of the examination are unchanged.
Candidates will be required to answer three questions. Each answer must show knowledge from two or more countries.
Scripts as a whole must show knowledge of cinema from two or more of the paper’s specified language areas (Spanish, Portuguese, Catalan) and at least two of the paper’s specified regions (Europe, Latin America, Africa).
Candidates for this paper may not draw substantially on material from their dissertations or material which they have used or intend to use in another scheduled paper. Candidates may not draw substantially on the same material in more than one question on the same paper.
The examination paper will contain three sections. Section A will include two questions which will be passages for translation. Sections B and C will contain a series of essay-style questions. Candidates will be required to answer three questions, one from each section. Candidates may not draw on substantially the same material for more than one answer.
The examination paper will contain three sections. Section A will include two questions which will be passages for translation. Sections B and C will contain a series of essay-style questions. Candidates will be required to answer three questions, one from each section. Candidates may not draw on substantially the same material for more than one answer.
The paper will be assessed by two separate elements. Candidates must take both elements. The two elements shall be:
Candidates will be required to answer all questions.
Candidates will be required to answer two questions. Candidates will be required to cover at least two media (literature/film/art) from at least two Portuguese-speaking countries in their answers. Candidates may not draw on substantially the same material for more than one answer. Candidates may not draw substantially on material from their dissertations or on material they intend to use in the examination for another scheduled paper.
Candidates will be required to answer three questions, no more than one from any section.
Candidates for this paper may not draw substantially on material from their dissertations or material which they have used or intend to use in another scheduled paper. Candidates may not draw substantially on the same material in more than one question on the same paper.
Candidates will be required to answer two questions. At least one of the answers should show some knowledge of Catalan visual culture. At least one answer should be comparative.
Candidates for this paper may not draw substantially on material from their dissertations or material which they have used or intend to use in another scheduled paper. Candidates may not draw substantially on the same material in more than one question on the same paper.
Candidates are free to refer to literary texts, films, and other works of art in their answers.
The examinations for the Sp.10O and Sp.10L elements of this paper are unchanged.
Candidates will be required to answer three questions, at least one from each section.
Questions will be grouped into two sections. These sections will be titled ‘Colonial culture’ and ‘Post-Independence Latin American Culture.
Candidates for this paper may not draw substantially on material from their dissertations or material which they have used or intend to use in another scheduled paper. Candidates may not draw substantially on the same material in more than one question on the same paper.
Candidates will be required to answer three questions. The examination paper will be split into two sections. Section A will require candidates to identify and write a commentary on a pair of photographic stills taken from two of the prescribed films. There will be a range of three paired options. Section B will contain essay-style questions. Candidates will be required to answer one question from Section A and two questions from Section B.
All other papers remain unchanged.
The Committee of Management for the Natural Sciences Tripos gives notice that, with effect from the examinations to be held in 2017, the form and conduct of certain of the examinations for the Natural Sciences Tripos will be changed as follows.
Candidates must offer four three-hour papers from a total of seventeen, two from Lent Term modules and two from Michaelmas Term modules. Candidates must answer three questions from a choice of six on each paper.
The Faculty Board of Earth Sciences and Geography gives notice that, with effect from the examinations to be held in 2017, the form of the examination for the Seminar Paper will be changed as follows:
Paper (b) will be divided into Section A and Section B.
Section A: will consist of a list of topics with reference to the Part III field trip.
Section B: will consist of a list of topics having reference to general aspects of Earth Sciences.
Candidates will answer one question from each section.
The Faculty Board of Divinity gives notice that, with effect from the examination to be held in 2017, the form of the examination for the following papers for Parts I, IIa, and IIb of the Theological and Religious Studies Tripos will be as follows:
The examination will consist of a three-hour written paper, with questions grouped in three sections, corresponding to the three sections of the course. Candidates will be required to answer four questions from a choice of at least twelve questions, and at least one question from each of the three sections. Each of the three sections relates to each of the three units of the course (and its associated texts for supervision).
The examination will consist of a three-hour paper with three questions; candidates will be required to answer all questions. In question 1, candidates will be required to translate and comment linguistically and exegetically on one passage (from a choice of two) from one of the set texts. In question 2, candidates will be required to translate and comment linguistically and exegetically on one passage (from a choice of two) from the second set text. In question 3, candidates will be required to translate one unseen passage (from a choice of two) from the texts prescribed by the Faculty Board, with vocabulary provided for words that occur less frequently in the New Testament. Questions 1 and 2 are worth 40 marks each; question 3 is worth 20 marks. Copies of the Greek New Testament will be provided.
The course will be examined by two extended essays, one from each part of the course. Titles will be agreed with candidates, subject to the availability of appropriate supervision.
The assessment will consist of the submission of two essays, each of no more than 5,000 words in length, from topics specified by the paper coordinator. Both essays should take the form of a synthetic, comparative analysis. Specific topics may be chosen by the candidate in consultation with the paper coordinator and in accordance with the provisions of Regulation 20 (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 411).
All other papers remain unchanged.
The Faculty Board of Biology gives notice that, with effect from the examinations to be held in 2017, the form of the following examination will be changed as follows:
Paper I will be a 90-minute examination where questions may examine core knowledge and understanding in any aspect of the course. The examination will consist of single best answer questions designed to examine candidates’ understanding of the mechanisms of drug action. There will be no drugs list as part of the required stationery.
The Faculty Board of Divinity gives notice that, with effect from the examination to be held in 2017, the form of the examination for the following papers for the Bachelor of Theology for Ministry will be as follows:
This paper will contain six questions based on the prescribed text and candidates will be required to attempt them all. Two questions require candidates to translate a passage into English and will each contain four verbal forms to be parsed; two require comment on principles of grammar and syntax; and two require candidates to assess three published translations of a passage from the prescribed text and to make theological and linguistic comments. Unmarked copies of the Hebrew text will be provided. In addition, candidates may bring with them a pocket Hebrew lexicon.
The examination will consist of a three-hour written paper. Candidates will be required to answer four questions from a choice of at least twelve questions, and at least one from each of the three sections. Each of the three sections relates to each of the three units of the course (and its associated texts for supervision).
The examination will consist of a three-hour written paper. Candidates will be required to answer four questions from a choice of at least ten questions, at least one from each of two sections. The first section covers movements and thinkers, and the second section covers select topics in philosophical theology.
All other papers remain unchanged.
The Faculty Board of Biology gives notice that, with effect from the examinations to be held in 2017, the form of the following examination will be changed as follows:
Paper I will be a 90-minute examination where questions may examine core knowledge and understanding in any aspect of the course. The examination will consist of single best answer questions designed to examine candidates’ understanding of the mechanisms of drug action. There will be no drugs list as part of the required stationery.