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No 6449

Wednesday 14 December 2016

Vol cxlvii No 15

pp. 266–287

Regulations for examinations

Classical Tripos, Part II

(Statutes and Ordinances, p. 284)

With effect from 1 October 2017

The General Board, on the recommendation of the Faculty Board of Classics, has approved amendments to the regulations for the Tripos have been amended so as to abolish the requirement for candidates to take at least two papers from a group. This will allow candidates to have a greater choice of papers.

Regulation 23.

By removing the current regulation and replacing it with a regulation so as to read:

23. A student who is a candidate for Part II in the year next after obtaining honours in Part Ib or in another Honours Examination shall offer

either

(a)

four papers chosen from Groups A, B, C, D, E, X, and from the Schedule of Optional Papers;

or

(b)

three papers chosen from Groups A, B, C, D, E, X, and from the Schedule of Optional Papers, together with a thesis, as prescribed in Regulation 26 on a topic (proposed by the candidate and approved by the Faculty Board) which falls within the field of Classics;

provided that

(1) no candidate shall offer a thesis on a topic that coincides substantially with the subject of any of the papers that he or she is offering in the examination;

(2) no candidate shall offer more than one thesis, or more than one paper from the Schedule of Optional Papers.

Regulation 24.

By removing the current regulation and replacing it with a regulation so as to read:

24. A student who is a candidate for Part II in the year next but one after obtaining honours in Part Ib or in another Honours Examination shall offer

either

(a)

five papers chosen from Groups A, B, C, D, E, X, and from the Schedule of Optional Papers;

or

(b)

four papers chosen from Groups A, B, C, D, E, X, and from the Schedule of Optional Papers, together with a thesis, as prescribed in Regulation 26, on a topic (proposed by the candidate and approved by the Faculty Board) which falls within the field of Classics;

provided that

(1) no candidate shall offer a thesis on a topic that coincides substantially with the subject of any of the papers that he or she is offering in the examination;

(2) no candidate shall offer more than one thesis, or more than one paper from the Schedule of Optional Papers.

The Faculty Board of Classics has confirmed that no candidate’s preparation will be affected.

Economics Tripos

(Statutes and Ordinances, p. 294)

With immediate effect

The General Board, on the recommendation of the Faculty Board of Economics, has approved an amendment to Regulation 16, so as to reduce the duration of the examination for Paper 3, ‘Theory and practice of econometrics I’, from three hours to two hours. This change will result in Paper 3 becoming an unsectioned paper with empirical questions, which better reflects the nature of current econometric practice and teaching.

By replacing ‘The examination for Paper 3 shall consist of a written paper of three hours’ duration and the submission of project work undertaken by the candidate;’ in Regulation 16 with ‘The examination for Paper 3 shall consist of a written paper of two hours’ duration and the submission of project work undertaken by the candidate;’.

The Faculty Board of Economics has confirmed that no candidate’s preparation for the examination will be affected.

Engineering Tripos, Part IIb: Correction

(Statutes and Ordinances, p. 311)

With effect from 1 October 2017

The General Board, on the recommendation of the Faculty Board of Engineering, gives notice of a correction to the previous amendment of the regulations for this degree (Reporter, 6444, 2016–17, p. 105) as follows:

In Regulation 28, amending the date of submission for the statement of modules to be not later than the second Wednesday of Full Michaelmas Term in the year of candidature.