No 6447
Wednesday 7 December 2016
Vol cxlvii No 13
pp. 176–199
The General Board begs leave to report to the University as follows:
1. This Report proposes the rescinding of the Medical and Veterinary Sciences Tripos (MVST), and the introduction of two new Triposes, the Medical Sciences Tripos and the Veterinary Sciences Tripos, with effect from October 2018.
2. These proposals have the support of: the Faculty Board of Biology; the Medical Education Committee, Veterinary Education Committee, and MVST Part I Committee; the Senior Tutors’ Committee; and the Undergraduate Admissions Committee.
3. The proposal to replace the Medical and Veterinary Sciences Tripos with the two new Triposes is intended to support recruitment and admissions efforts, and better reflect the current differences in teaching and assessment of preclinical medical and veterinary students which have evolved since the current Medical and Veterinary Sciences Tripos regulations were introduced in 2000 (Reporter, 1999–2000; 5795, p. 257; 5798, p. 366). The two new Triposes will each retain the academic and scientific rigour of the MVST, but without the constraints of the current Tripos, and will better align with the respective clinical courses and the accreditation requirements of the General Medical Council and the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons.
4. The pre-clinical medical and veterinary courses are already advertised separately in the University’s Undergraduate Prospectus, with different UCAS codes. Transfer is prohibited between medicine and veterinary medicine. In order to meet the requirements of the accrediting bodies, the two courses set different requirements for professional work experience, and therefore have different work patterns and workloads. The continued joining of the veterinary and the medical courses in a single Tripos imposes unnecessary restrictions on both courses.
5. In response to concerns expressed by the Cambridge Veterinary School about the recruitment of veterinary students, the Senior Tutors’ Committee has agreed that a lower ‘typical offer’ should apply to applicants for the Veterinary Science Tripos.
6. The co-teaching of core scientific material to medical and veterinary students is unique to Cambridge, and under this proposal the current arrangements for co-teaching of students would continue as before. Co-teaching of medical and veterinary students is an important and desirable element of the courses, as it underlines the scientific nature of the courses and allows students to benefit from the diverse and rigorous academic milieu of Cambridge, and prepares graduates to be high achievers in an unusually wide range of future careers. It is also an effective use of teaching and learning resources that limits the impact of this change on the Faculty and Departments.
7. The structure of each of the two Triposes would remain in two Parts. If the recommendations of this Report are approved, the following papers would be taken under each Tripos:
Part Ia students on the Medical Sciences Tripos will take three papers:
• Functional Architecture of the Body (FAB)
• Homeostasis (HOM)
• Molecules in Medical Science (MIMS)
Part Ia students on the Veterinary Sciences Tripos will take three papers:
• Veterinary Anatomy and Physiology (VAP)
• Homeostasis (HOM)
• Molecules in Medical Science (MIMS)
Part Ib students on the Medical Sciences Tripos will take five papers:
• Biology of Disease (BOD)
• Mechanisms of Drug Action (MODA)
• Head and Neck Anatomy (HNA)
• Human Reproduction (HR)
• Neurobiology with Human Behaviour (NHB)
Part Ib students on the Veterinary Sciences Tripos will take five papers:
• Biology of Disease (BOD)
• Mechanisms of Drug Action (MODA)
• Veterinary Reproductive Biology (VRB)
• Neurobiology with Animal Behaviour (NAB)
• Comparative Vertebrate Biology (CVB)
8. The current examination arrangements are less than satisfactory because although the preclinical courses differ, and the two cohorts have different work patterns and workloads, veterinary and medical students are examined under the same Tripos and are assessed in direct competition with each other. Examination content, weighting, and emphasis is matched as far as is possible, and a single class-list is drawn up, but the arrangements are compromised. The creation of two new Triposes will allow assessment processes to be improved to support student progression within a more appropriate student cohort. The proposed changes will introduce separate class-lists, without the comparative element between the different cohorts.
9. If the proposals are approved, in order to maintain and enhance academic quality, the MVST Part I Committee, under a new name, will continue to contribute to the administration of the two overlapping courses. Overall responsibility for the courses would lie with the Medical Education Committee and Veterinary Education Committee, liaising with the Faculty Boards of Clinical Medicine and Veterinary Medicine, and reporting to the Faculty Board of Biology.
10. The General Board recommends:
I. That the Medical and Veterinary Sciences Tripos be rescinded and that a Medical Sciences Tripos and a Veterinary Sciences Tripos be established with effect from 1 October 2018, with regulations as set out in Annexes I and II.
II. If Recommendation I is approved, that the consequential amendments set out in Annex III be approved with effect from 1 October 2018.
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30 November 2016 |
L. K. Borysiewicz, Vice-Chancellor |
David Good |
Rachael Padman |
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Chad Allen |
A. L. Greer |
Richard Prager |
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Philip Allmendinger |
Roberta Huldisch |
Helen Thompson |
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Anne Davis |
Patrick Maxwell |
Graham Virgo |
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Abigail Fowden |
Martin Millett |
Chris Young |
1. The Medical Sciences Tripos shall consist of two Parts: Part Ia and Part Ib.
2. The following may present themselves as candidates for honours in Part Ia:
(a)a student who has not obtained honours in another Honours Examination, provided that he or she has kept one term and that three complete terms have not passed after her or his first term of residence,1
(b)a student who has obtained honours in another Honours Examination, in the year after so obtaining honours, provided that nine complete terms have not passed after her or his first term of residence.
3. A student who has obtained honours in Part Ia of the Medical Sciences Tripos may be a candidate for honours in Part Ib in the year after so obtaining honours, provided that twelve complete terms have not passed after her or his first term of residence.
4. Notwithstanding the provisions of Regulations 2 and 3, a student who is above the standing for honours may be a candidate not for honours in Part Ia and Part Ib for the purpose of becoming qualified to be a candidate subsequently for the Final M.B. Examination.
5. No student shall be a candidate for more than one Part, or for any Part and another Honours Examination, in the same term.
6. No student who has been a candidate for any Part shall again be a candidate for the same Part.
7. The Faculty Board of Biology shall have power to issue from time to time supplementary regulations defining or limiting all or any of the subjects of the examinations for Part Ia and Part Ib. Due care shall be taken that sufficient notice is given of any alteration of such supplementary regulations.
8. There shall be two bodies of Examiners, one for each Part of the Tripos. For each of the two bodies there shall be a Chair of Examiners and an Assistant Chair, appointed on the nomination of the Faculty Board of Biology.
9. In each Part of the Tripos there shall be appointed for each subject a Senior Examiner and such number of Examiners and Assessors as are required to conduct the examination. The Examiners shall be nominated by the Faculty Board of Biology.
10. The Examiners in each subject shall be jointly responsible for all the questions set in that subject. The work of each candidate in any subject shall be tested by at least two Examiners in the subject, and the Examiners in each subject shall be jointly responsible for the marks in that subject. At least two Examiners or one Examiner and one Assessor shall set and conduct every oral and practical examination. The Examiners shall have regard to the style and method of candidates’ answers, and shall give credit for excellence in these respects.
11. The Assessors shall propose questions in the parts of the subjects assigned to them by the Examiners, shall look over the answers of the candidates to those questions, and shall report thereon to the Examiners. The Assessors may be required to assist the Examiners in setting and conducting every oral and practical examination. The Assessors may be summoned to meetings of the Examiners for the purpose of consultation and advice, but shall not be entitled to vote.
12. The Chair shall communicate the marks of all candidates to the Registrary.
13. The names of candidates who, having presented themselves under Regulation 4, attain the prescribed standard shall be published by the Examiners in lists headed ‘The following (who are not candidates for honours) have attained the honours standard’.
1See also the regulations for Affiliated Students (p. 166).
14. In Part Ia the examination shall consist of the following subjects:
Functional Architecture of the Body (FAB)
Homeostasis (HOM)
Molecules in Medical Science (MIMS)
15. The examination in each subject shall consist of either two written papers or one written paper and a practical examination, covering three sections numbered I–III, as specified below. In addition, the examination in Homeostasis shall include the submission of reports of practical work.
(a)The examination in Homeostasis shall consist of:
(i)one written paper of three hours, which shall contain compulsory short-answer questions (Section I)1 and essay questions (Section III); candidates will be allowed one hour to complete Section I;
(ii)a practical examination of two hours (Section II);1
(iii)reports of practical work which shall be submitted to the Examiners by the dates published in the practical handbook. In assigning marks for the examination, the Examiners may take account of the reports.
(b)The examination in Molecules in Medical Science shall consist of:
(i)one written paper of three hours, which shall contain compulsory short-answer questions (Section I) and practical questions (Section II);1 candidates will be allowed one hour to complete Section I;
(ii)one written paper of two hours (Section III).
(c)The examination in Functional Architecture of the Body shall consist of:
(i)one written paper of two hours and 45 minutes, which shall contain compulsory short-answer questions (Section I)1 and essay questions (Section III); candidates will be allowed 45 minutes to complete Section I;
(ii)a practical examination of one hour and 15 minutes (Section II).1
16. In each subject the examination shall carry the same maximum marks; the maximum marks allocated to Sections I and II together shall be equal to the maximum marks allocated to the remaining parts of the examination in that subject.
17. Every candidate shall offer for examination all of the subjects listed under Regulation 14.
18. The names of the candidates who obtain honours in Part IA shall be arranged in three classes, of which the second shall be divided into two divisions. The names in the first and third classes, and in each division of the second class, shall be arranged in alphabetical order.
1In each subject of Part Ia Sections I and II of the examination also serve as the examination in the corresponding subject of the Second M.B. Examination.
19. In Part IB the examination shall consist of the following subjects:
Biology of Disease (BOD)
Head and Neck Anatomy (HNA)
Human Reproduction (HR)
Mechanisms of Drug Action (MODA)
Neurobiology with Human Behaviour (NHB)
20. The examination in each subject shall consist of one written paper and a practical examination, covering three sections numbered (I)–(III) as specified below.
(a)The examination in Biology of Disease shall consist of:
(i)one written paper of three hours, which shall contain compulsory short-answer questions (Section I)1 and essay questions (Section III); candidates will be allowed one hour to complete Section I;
(ii)a practical examination of two hours (Section II).1
(b)The examination in Mechanisms of Drug Action shall consist of:
(i)one written paper of one-and-a-half hours which shall contain compulsory short-answer questions (Section I);1
(ii)a practical examination of two hours (Section II);1
(iii)one written paper of two hours containing essay questions (Section III).*
(c)The examination in Neurobiology with Human Behaviour shall consist of:
(i)one written paper of one and a half hours which shall contain compulsory short-answer questions (Section I);1
(ii)a practical examination of one hour (Section II);1
(iii)one written paper of three hours (Section III) which shall contain essay questions on Neurobiology and Psychology of Medicine.
(d)The examination in Human Reproduction shall consist of:
(i)one written paper of two-and-a-half hours, which shall contain compulsory short-answer questions (Section I)1 and essay questions (Section III); candidates will be allowed one hour to complete Section I;
(ii)a practical examination of one hour (Section II).1
(e)The examination in Head and Neck Anatomy shall consist of combined written and practical papers totalling an hour and a half, which shall contain a practical paper (Sections I and II)1 and short answer questions (Section III).
21. Every candidate shall offer for examination all of the subjects listed under Regulation 19.
22. The maximum marks allocated to the examination in each subject or paper shall be in the following proportions:
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Biology of Disease (BOD) |
10 |
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Head and Neck Anatomy (HNA) |
4 |
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Human Reproduction (HR) |
8 |
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Mechanisms of Drug Action (MODA) |
10 |
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Neurobiology with Human Behaviour (NHB) |
14 |
For the examinations in each subject, the maximum marks for Sections I and II together shall be equal to the maximum marks allocated to Section III.
23. The names of the candidates who obtain honours in Part Ib shall be arranged in three classes, of which the second shall be divided into two divisions. The names in the first and third classes, and in each division of the second class, shall be arranged in alphabetical order.
24. The examinations for the Tripos shall be held for the first time as follows:
Part Ia in 2019;
Part Ib in 2020.
*Sub-paragraph (iii) was omitted in error on publication and was added on 8 December 2016.
1In each subject of Part Ib Sections I and II of the examination also serve as the examination in the corresponding subject of the Second M.B. Examination.
Section I will consist of compulsory short-answer questions on tissue anatomy, aspects of organogenesis, the topographical, functional, and applied anatomy of the human body. Section II will consist of a practical examination and will cover similar aspects. In Section III, candidates will be required to write essays.
Section I will contain computer-marked and short-answer questions on nerve and neuromuscular transmission, muscle, autonomic nervous system, cardiovascular system, respiration, kidney, salt and water balance, digestion, absorption, and temperature regulation. Section II will contain questions on the practical work in experimental physiology and histology. Section III will contain essay questions. Candidates will also be required to submit note-books containing records of practical work (see Regulation 15(a)(iii)).
The examination will test knowledge and understanding of the material contained in the MIMS course. Section I will consist of short-answer questions on the lecture material. Section II will consist of questions on practical aspects, including interpretation and handling of data. Section III will contain essay questions and will consist of three subsections, A, B, and C, each containing a choice of questions. Candidates will be required to answer one question from each subsection. Subsection A will relate principally to the lectures given in the Michaelmas Term, subsection B principally to the lectures given in the Lent and Easter Terms, and subsection C to the entire course of lectures and practicals. The nature of the questions in Section III will be to test integrated understanding rather than detailed factual knowledge.
The examination in BOD will be treated from the standpoint of abnormal biology. It will include the variations that may occur in the structure and functions of living cells, tissues, and organs, together with the biology of parasites, bacteria, and viruses. Section I will consist of compulsory short-answer questions on the lecture material. Section III will consist of essay questions. Section II will consist of a two-hour practical examination which will include laboratory work and questions on practical aspects and problem solving.
The examination will require knowledge of the structure and function of the human head and neck.
Section I will consist of compulsory short-answer questions and Section II will consist of practical questions. Section III will consist of a written paper that will contain essay questions on reproductive biology and the social and ethical aspects of reproduction and the effects of reproductive activity on populations.
Section I of the examination in MODA will require knowledge of the actions of drugs on whole organisms and mammalian systems, and also of the mode of drug action at the cellular, sub-cellular, and molecular levels. Section I will include compulsory short-answer questions and Section III will include essay questions. Section II will consist of a practical examination and will include questions on data handling and problem solving; laboratory work will not be involved. Questions that require an elementary knowledge of statistical procedures may be included in all three sections of the examination.
The examination in NHB will require knowledge of the structure and functions of the central nervous system and the special sense organs, neuroanatomy, experimental psychology and some of its applications to medicine. Particular topics will include neuropharmacology; learning and memory; perception and information processing; intelligence and development; emotion and its physiological basis; and social psychology. Section I will include or consist entirely of compulsory short-answer questions. Section III will consist of essay questions. In Section II, candidates will be examined on practical aspects of neuroanatomy and in experimental neurophysiology; questions may be included which require an elementary knowledge of statistical procedures.
1. The Veterinary Sciences Tripos shall consist of two Parts: Part Ia and Part Ib.
2. The following may present themselves as candidates for honours in Part Ia:
(a)a student who has not obtained honours in another Honours Examination, provided that he or she has kept one term and that three complete terms have not passed after her or his first term of residence,1
(b)a student who has obtained honours in another Honours Examination, in the year after so obtaining honours, provided that nine complete terms have not passed after her or his first term of residence.
3. A student who has obtained honours in Part Ia of the Veterinary Sciences Tripos may be a candidate for honours in Part Ib in the year after so obtaining honours, provided that twelve complete terms have not passed after her or his first term of residence.
4. Notwithstanding the provisions of Regulations 2 and 3, a student who is above the standing for honours may be a candidate not for honours in Part Ia and Part Ib for the purpose of becoming qualified to be a candidate subsequently for Part I of the Final Veterinary Examination.
5. No student shall be a candidate for more than one Part, or for any Part and another Honours Examination, in the same term.
6. No student who has been a candidate for any Part shall again be a candidate for the same Part.
7. The Faculty Board of Biology shall have power to issue from time to time supplementary regulations defining or limiting all or any of the subjects of the examinations for Part Ia and Part Ib. Due care shall be taken that sufficient notice is given of any alteration of such supplementary regulations.
8. There shall be two bodies of Examiners, one for each Part of the Tripos. For each of the two bodies there shall be a Chair of Examiners and an Assistant Chair, appointed on the nomination of the Faculty Board of Biology.
9. In each Part of the Tripos there shall be appointed for each subject a Senior Examiner and such number of Examiners and Assessors as are required to conduct the examination. The Examiners shall be nominated by the Faculty Board of Biology.
10. The Examiners in each subject shall be jointly responsible for all the questions set in that subject. The work of each candidate in any subject shall be tested by at least two Examiners in the subject, and the Examiners in each subject shall be jointly responsible for the marks in that subject. At least two Examiners or one Examiner and one Assessor shall set and conduct every oral and practical examination. The Examiners shall have regard to the style and method of candidates’ answers, and shall give credit for excellence in these respects.
11. The Assessors shall propose questions in the parts of the subjects assigned to them by the Examiners, shall look over the answers of the candidates to those questions, and shall report thereon to the Examiners. The Assessors may be required to assist the Examiners in setting and conducting every oral and practical examination. The Assessors may be summoned to meetings of the Examiners for the purpose of consultation and advice, but shall not be entitled to vote.
12. The Chair shall communicate the marks of all candidates to the Registrary.
13. The names of candidates who, having presented themselves under Regulation 4, attain the prescribed standard shall be published by the Examiners in lists headed ‘The following (who are not candidates for honours) have attained the honours standard’.
1See also the regulations for Affiliated Students (p. 166).
14. In Part Ia the examination shall consist of the following subjects:
Homeostasis (HOM)
Molecules in Medical Science (MIMS)
Veterinary Anatomy and Physiology (VAP)
15. The examination in each subject shall consist of either two written papers or one written paper and a practical examination, covering three sections numbered I–III, as specified below. In addition, the examination in Homeostasis shall include the submission of reports of practical work.
(a)The examination in Homeostasis shall consist of:
(i)one written paper of three hours, which shall contain compulsory short-answer questions (Section I)1 and essay questions (Section III); candidates will be allowed one hour to complete Section I;
(ii)a practical examination of two hours (Section II);1
(iii)reports of practical work which shall be submitted to the Examiners by the dates published in the practical handbook. In assigning marks for the examination, the Examiners may take account of the reports.
(b)The examination in Molecules in Medical Science shall consist of:
(i)one written paper of three hours, which shall contain compulsory short-answer questions (Section I) and practical questions (Section II);1 candidates will be allowed one hour to complete Section I;
(ii)one written paper of two hours (Section III).
(c)The examination in Veterinary Anatomy and Physiology shall consist of:
(i)one written paper of three hours, which shall contain compulsory short-answer questions (Section I)1 and essay questions (Section III); candidates will be allowed one hour to complete Section I;
(ii)a practical examination of two hours (Section II)1.
16. In each subject the examination shall carry the same maximum marks; the maximum marks allocated to Sections I and II together shall be equal to the maximum marks allocated to the remaining parts of the examination in that subject.
17. Every candidate shall offer for examination all of the subjects listed in Regulation 14.
18. The names of the candidates who obtain honours in Part Ia shall be arranged in three classes, of which the second shall be divided into two divisions. The names in the first and third classes, and in each division of the second class, shall be arranged in alphabetical order.
19. In Part Ib the examination shall consist of the following subjects:
Biology of Disease (BOD)
Comparative Vertebrate Biology (CVB)
Mechanisms of Drug Action (MODA)
Neurobiology with Animal Behaviour (NAB)
Veterinary Reproductive Biology (VRB)
20. The examination in each subject shall consist of one written paper and a practical examination, covering three sections numbered (I)–(III) as specified below.
(a)The examination in Biology of Disease shall consist of:
(i)one written paper of three hours, which shall contain compulsory short-answer questions (Section I)2 and essay questions (Section III); candidates will be allowed one hour to complete Section I;
(ii)a practical examination of two hours (Section II);2
(b)The examination in Mechanisms of Drug Action shall consist of:
(i)one written paper of one and a half hours which shall contain compulsory short-answer questions (Section I);2
(ii)a practical examination of two hours (Section II);2
(iii)one written paper of two hours containing essay questions (Section III).*
(c)The examination in Neurobiology with Animal Behaviour shall consist of:
(i)one written paper of one hour, which shall contain compulsory short-answer questions (Section I);2
(ii)a practical examination of one hour (Section II);2
(iii)one written paper of two hours (Section III) which shall contain essay questions on Neurobiology with Animal Behaviour.
(d)The examination in Neurobiology with Human Behaviour shall consist of:
(i)one written paper of one and a half hours which shall contain compulsory short-answer questions (Section I);2
(ii)a practical examination of one hour (Section II);2
(iii)one written paper of three hours (Section III) which shall contain essay questions on Neurobiology and Psychology of Medicine.
(e)The examinations in Human Reproduction and in Veterinary Reproductive Biology shall each consist of:
(i)one written paper of two-and-a-half hours, which shall contain compulsory short-answer questions (Section I)2 and essay questions (Section III); candidates will be allowed one hour to complete Section I;
(ii)a practical examination of one hour (Section II).2
(f)The examination in Comparative Vertebrate Biology shall consist of:
(i)a combined written and practical paper of one-and-a-half hours, which shall contain short answer questions (Section I) and a practical examination (Section II)2; candidates will be allowed forty-five minutes to complete each section;
(ii)one written paper of one-and-a-half hours, which shall contain essay questions (Section III).
(g)The examination in Head and Neck Anatomy shall consist of combined written and practical papers totalling one-and-a-half hours, which shall contain a practical paper (Sections I and II)2 and short answer questions (Section III).
21. Every candidate shall offer for examination all of the subjects listed in Regulation 19.
22. The maximum marks allocated to the examination in each subject or paper shall be in the following proportions:
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Biology of Disease (BOD) |
10 |
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Comparative Vertebrate Biology (CVB) |
8 |
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Mechanisms of Drug Action (MODA) |
10 |
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Neurobiology with Animal Behaviour (NAB) |
10 |
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Veterinary Reproductive Biology (VRB) |
8 |
For the examinations in each subject, the maximum marks for Sections I and II together shall be equal to the maximum marks allocated to Section III.
23. The names of the candidates who obtain honours in Part Ib shall be arranged in three classes, of which the second shall be divided into two divisions. The names in the first and third classes, and in each division of the second class, shall be arranged in alphabetical order.
24. The examinations for the Tripos shall be held for the first time as follows:
Part Ia in 2019;
Part Ib in 2020.
*Sub-paragraph (iii) was omitted in error on publication and was added on 8 December 2016.
1In each subject of Part Ia Sections I and II of the examination also serve as the examination in the corresponding subject of the Second Vet.M.B. Examination.
2In each subject of Part Ib Sections I and II of the examination also serve as the examination in the corresponding subject of the Second Vet.M.B. Examination.
Section I will contain computer-marked and short-answer questions on nerve and neuromuscular transmission, muscle, autonomic nervous system, cardiovascular system, respiration, kidney, salt and water balance, digestion, absorption, and temperature regulation. Section II will contain questions on the practical work in experimental physiology and histology. Section III will contain essay questions. Candidates will also be required to submit note-books containing records of practical work (see Regulation 15(a)(iii)).
The examination will test knowledge and understanding of the material contained in the MIMS course. Section I will consist of short-answer questions on the lecture material. Section II will consist of questions on practical aspects, including interpretation and handling of data. Section III will contain essay questions and will consist of three subsections, A, B, and C, each containing a choice of questions. Candidates will be required to answer one question from each subsection. Subsection A will relate principally to the lectures given in the Michaelmas Term, subsection B principally to the lectures given in the Lent and Easter Terms, and subsection C to the entire course of lectures and practicals. The nature of the questions in Section III will be to test integrated understanding rather than detailed factual knowledge.
Section I will consist of computer-marked and short-answer questions on the anatomy of domestic mammals and on the structure and function of the gastrointestinal systems of herbivorous mammals. Section II will consist of questions on associated practical work. In Section III, candidates will be required to write two or three essays chosen from not fewer than eight.
The examination in BOD will be treated from the standpoint of abnormal biology. It will include the variations that may occur in the structure and functions of living cells, tissues, and organs, together with the biology of parasites, bacteria, and viruses. Section I will consist of compulsory short-answer questions on the lecture material. Section III will consist of essay questions. Section II will consist of a two-hour practical examination which will include laboratory work and questions on practical aspects and problem solving.
The examination will require knowledge of the structure and function of birds, fish, amphibians, and reptiles, and certain species of laboratory animal.
Section I of the examination in MODA will require knowledge of the actions of drugs on whole organisms and mammalian systems, and also of the mode of drug action at the cellular, sub-cellular, and molecular levels. Section I will include compulsory short-answer questions and Section III will include essay questions. Section II will consist of a practical examination and will include questions on data handling and problem solving; laboratory work will not be involved. Questions that require an elementary knowledge of statistical procedures may be included in all three sections of the examination.
The examination in NAB will require knowledge of the structure and functions of the central nervous system, the special sense organs, neuropharmacology, and animal behaviour, with particular reference to domestic animals. Section I will include or consist entirely of compulsory short-answer questions. Section III will consist of essay questions. In Section II, candidates will be examined on practical aspects of neuroanatomy and in experimental neurophysiology; questions may be included which require an elementary knowledge of statistical procedures.
Section I of the examination will consist of computer-marked and short-answer questions on the structure and function of the reproductive systems of mammals, with particular reference to domestic mammals. Section II will consist of questions on associated practical work and may include a data-handling exercise. Section III will consist of essay questions.
By amending the references to the Medical and Veterinary Sciences Tripos in Schedule I of the regulations for Examination Requirement for Matriculation (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 165) so as to read:
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Medical Sciences and Veterinary Sciences |
GCSEs – Double Award Science and Mathematics or single award Biology and Physics and Mathematics |
By amending the references to the Medical and Veterinary Sciences Tripos in the regulations for the dates of Examinations and Publication of Class-lists (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 234) to read as follows:
Regulation 2.
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Saturday before last Sunday but one in May |
Medical and Veterinary Sciences Tripos, Part Ib1 |
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Monday before first Sunday in June |
Medical and Veterinary Sciences Tripos, Part Ia |
Regulation 3.
Medical Sciences Tripos, Part Ib2 (Lent Term examination)
By amending Regulation 1(a) of the regulations for Publication of Lists of Successful Candidates in Examinations (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 237) so as to read:
(a)Each Examiner for any Part of the Medical Sciences Tripos or the Veterinary Sciences Tripos, or for Part Ia or Part Ib of the Natural Sciences Tripos, shall be present at the meeting of the Examiners at which the marks of the candidates in her or his particular subject are finally approved.
In Regulations 10(a)(i) and 23(a) of the regulations for the degree of Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery: Curriculum Regulations (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 458) (and in the footnote in those regulations that refers to the Tripos) by amending the references to the Medical and Veterinary Sciences Tripos to Medical Sciences Tripos.
In Regulations 8(a)(i) and 20(b) of the regulations for the degree of Bachelor of Veterinary Medicine (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 546) (and in the footnotes in those regulations that refer to the Tripos) by amending the references to the Medical and Veterinary Sciences Tripos to Veterinary Sciences Tripos.
By amending Regulation 2 of the regulations for the Marmaduke Sheild Scholarship (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 933) so as to read:
2. The persons eligible to the Scholarship shall be such undergraduates of not more than three years’ standing from matriculation, and such Bachelors of Arts of not more than four years’ standing from matriculation, as have passed or gained exemption from the Second M.B. Examination, and have also obtained honours in Part Ib of the Medical Sciences Tripos with Anatomy as one of their subjects.
If the proposals are approved, the General Board has agreed to amend Rule 8 of the rules made by the General Board in accordance with Regulation 11 for the election of student members of Faculty Boards and other bodies (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 592) by replacing all references to the Medical and Veterinary Sciences Triposes with references to the Medical Sciences Tripos and the Veterinary Sciences Tripos.
1Except the viva voce examination in Comparative Vertebrate Biology, which shall begin on the first day of Full Easter Term.
2Examination in Head and Neck Anatomy only.