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No 6472

Wednesday 5 July 2017

Vol cxlvii No 38

pp. 709–751

Notices by Faculty Boards, etc.

Classical Tripos: Prescribed subjects and books

The Faculty Board of Classics gives notice that details of the subjects and books prescribed for the following examinations in the Classical Tripos are available on the Faculty of Classics website at http://www.classics.cam.ac.uk/student-information/undergraduate-students:

Preliminary Examination for Part Ia, 2018

Parts Ia, Ib, and II, 2018

Part II, 2019

The Faculty Board also gives notice of amendments to the prescribed subjects for the Classical Tripos in 2019 as follows:

Part II

Group B (Philosophy)

B3. Philosophy, politics, and the polis

Group X

X1. Rome – the very idea

Management Studies Tripos, 2017–18

The Faculty Board of Business and Management gives notice that, in the academical year 2017–18, the subjects for examination for the Management Studies Tripos will be as listed below. The method of examination is shown for each subject.

8. Scheme of examination (compulsory subjects)

M1

Organizational behaviour and marketing

Three-hour written examination: four questions to be answered, two from Section A (Organizational behaviour), and two from Section B (Marketing)

M2

Quantitative methods and operations management

Three-hour written examination: four questions to be answered, two from Section A (Quantitative methods), and two from Section B (Operations management)

M3

Economics and finance

Three-hour written examination: four questions to be answered, two from Section A (Economics), one from Section B(1) (Accounting), and one from Section B(2) (Finance)

9. Easter Term group consultancy project

Project

Group-authored report (70%), individual performance/presentation (30%). Deliverable to client: group presentation and summary

10. Coursework (elective subjects – all students must choose two)

MSE7

Human resource management

Individual take-home essay (100%)

MSE8

Environment and sustainability

Individual take-home essay (100%)

MSE9

Business economics

Individual take-home essay (100%) N.B. This elective is not available to students who have previously studied on the Economics Tripos

MSE10

Topics in corporate governance

Individual take-home essay (65%), group presentation (30%), class participation (5%)

MSE11

Business innovation in a digital age

Individual take-home essay (65%), individual presentation (7%), group case analysis (20%), group critique (5%), peer review (3%)

MSE12

Strategic management

Individual take-home essay (50%), group take-home essay (40%), class participation (10%)

10. Coursework (compulsory subject)

Negotiations workshop

Individual assignment (100%)

Examination for the degree of Master of Business Administration, Michaelmas Term 2017

The Faculty Board of Business and Management gives notice that, in the Michaelmas Term 2017 of the academical year 2017–18, the subjects for examination for the M.B.A. Degree will be as listed below. The method of examination is shown for each subject.

4. (a) One-year course

6. (a) Compulsory modules

Michaelmas Term 2017

Subject

Form of assessment

MBA1 Microeconomics

Examination – 1 hour (100%)

MBA2 Management science

Individual in-class test – 2.5 hours (100%)

MBA4 Corporate finance

Examination – 2 hours and 15 minutes’ reading time (100%)

MBA5 Financial reporting and analysis

Examination – 1.5 hours (60%); group assignment – 2,000 words (40%)

MBA6 CVP research methods

Attendance only

MBA7 Organizational behaviour

Individual assignment – 3,000 words (100%)

MBA8 Management praxis

Individual assignment – 3,000 words (100%)

MBA9 Cambridge venture project

Group project and presentation – 20 minutes plus deck of slides, 35 maximum (100%)

MBA115 Entrepreneurship

Individual assignment – 3,000 words (100%)

Lent Term 2018

Subject

Form of assessment

MBA10 Strategy

Assessment to be announced by the end of Michaelmas Term

MBA11 Marketing

Assessment to be announced by the end of Michaelmas Term

MBA34 Global consulting project

Group assignment (100%)

MBA16 Cost management and control

Assessment to be announced by the end of Lent Term

MBA116 Digital business

Assessment to be announced by the end of Michaelmas Term

MBA33 Management praxis II

Assessment to be announced by the end of Michaelmas Term

MBA12 Corporate governance and ethics

Assessment to be announced by the end of Michaelmas Term

Easter Term 2018

Subject

Form of assessment

MBA108 Business and society

Assessment to be announced by the end of Lent Term

MBA15 Operations management

Assessment to be announced by the end of Lent Term

MBA13 Leadership in action

Attendance only

MBA54 Macroeconomics

Assessment to be announced by the end of Lent Term

MBA35 Concentration

Students take one of the following eight subjects offered (all assessment to be announced by the end of Lent Term):

MBA35A Cultural arts and media management

MBA35B Energy and environment

MBA35C Entrepreneurship

MBA35D Healthcare strategies

MBA35E Finance

MBA35F Global business

MBA35G Strategy and marketing

MBA35H Social innovation

4 (c) Executive M. B. A. course

2016–2018 class

6. (a) Compulsory modules

Michaelmas Term 2017

Subject

Form of assessment

EMBA11 Managing innovation

Individual assignment (60%), group assignment (40%)

EMBA12 Managing strategy

Individual assignment (70%), group assignment (30%)

EMBA4 Management praxis (this course runs throughout the programme)

Individual assignment (100%)

EMBA17 Leadership in action (this course runs throughout the programme)

Attendance only

(b) Elective modules

Michaelmas Term 2017

None

(c) Project work

Michaelmas Term 2017

Subject

Form of assessment

EMBA13 Team consulting project

Attendance required

6. (a) Compulsory modules

Lent Term 2018

Subject

Form of assessment

EMBA14 Corporate governance and ethics

Individual assignment (100%)

EMBA4 Management praxis (this course runs throughout the programme)

Individual assignment (100%)

EMBA17 Leadership in action (this course runs throughout the programme)

Attendance only

EMBA19 Personal and professional development (this course runs throughout the programme)

Attendance only

(b) Elective modules

Lent Term 2017

Subject

Form of assessment

Elective 1: EMBA15

Assessment to be confirmed by the end of Michaelmas Term

Elective 2: EMBA16

Assessment to be confirmed by the end of Michaelmas Term

2017–2019 class

6. (a) Compulsory modules

Michaelmas Term 2017

Subject

Form of assessment

EMBA1 Analysis of financial reports (Accounting)

In-class test (20%), case write-up (20%), 1.5-hour written examination (60%)

EMBA2 Corporate finance (this course runs into Lent Term as well)

Three group case write-ups (40%), 3-hour written examination (60%)

EMBA3 Microeconomics

Attendance required

EMBA4 Management praxis (this course runs throughout the programme)

Individual assignment (100%)

EMBA5 Management science

Group assignment (50%), 1.5-hour written examination (50%)

EMBA17 Leadership in action (this course runs throughout the programme)

Attendance only

EMBA19 Personal and professional development (this course runs throughout the programme)

Attendance only

(b) Elective modules

Michaelmas Term 2017

None

6. (a) Compulsory modules

Lent Term 2018

Subject

Form of assessment

EMBA6 Organizational behaviour

Individual assignment (100%)

EMBA7 Operations management

Individual assignment (100%)

EMBA8 International business studies

Group assignment (100%)

EMBA17 Leadership in action (this course runs throughout the programme)

Attendance only

EMBA19 Personal and professional development (this course runs throughout the programme)

Attendance only

(b) Elective modules

Lent Term 2018

None

6. (a) Compulsory modules

Easter Term 2018

Subject

Form of assessment

EMBA6 Organizational behaviour

Individual assignment (100%)

EMBA9 Macroeconomics

Group assignment (25%), individual assignment (75%)

EMBA10 Marketing management

Group assignment (40%), 3-hour written examination (60%)

EMBA20 Negotiation skills

Attendance only

EMBA17 Leadership in action (this course runs throughout the programme)

Attendance only

EMBA19 Personal and professional development (this course runs throughout the programme)

Attendance only

(b) Elective modules

Easter Term 2018

None

Examination for the degree of Master of Finance, Michaelmas Term 2017

The Faculty Board of Business and Management gives notice that in the Michaelmas Term 2017 the subjects for examination for the Master of Finance Degree will be as listed below. The method of examination is shown for each subject.

Group 1 – Core subjects

(a) Written papers

MFIN29 Introduction to derivatives

2-hour class test (100%)

MFIN10 Economic foundations of finance

1.5-hour written examination (100%)

MFIN9 Principles of finance

2.5-hour written examination (100%)

MFIN7 Financial reporting and analysis

1-hour initial class test (35%), group case study write-up of 2,500 words maximum (40%), group in-class case study presentation (25%)

MFIN6 Financial institutions and markets

1.5-hour written examination (100%)

(b) Coursework

MFIN5 Management lecture series

Seminar, assessed by attendance

MFIN22 Management practice

Seminar, assessed by attendance

MFIN23 City speaker series

Seminar, assessed by attendance

Lent Term 2018

(a) Written papers

MFIN39 Fundamentals of credit

2-hour in-class test (60%), coursework – individual assignment (10%) and case study (30%)

MFIN3 Econometrics

2-hour mid-term test (40%), 2-hour final test (60%)

(b) Projects

MFIN24 Equity research project

Group project, assessed by group presentation (50%) and report of no more than 2,500 words (50%)

(c) Coursework

MFIN5 Management lecture series

Seminar, assessed by attendance

MFIN22 Management practice

Seminar, assessed by attendance

MFIN23 City speaker series

Seminar, assessed by attendance

Easter Term 2018

(a) Projects

MFIN26 Group consulting project

Group project, assessed by 1-hour group presentation (100%)

(b) Coursework

MFIN5 Management lecture series

Seminar, assessed by attendance

MFIN23 City speaker series

Seminar, assessed by attendance

Examination in Advanced Chemical Engineering for the M.Phil. Degree, 2017–18: Modules

The Degree Committee for the Faculty of Engineering gives notice that, in the academical year 2017–18, the mandatory and optional modules available for study for the examination in Advanced Chemical Engineering for the degree of Master of Philosophy, and the form of examination of each module, will be as follows:

Mandatory modules

Ref

Name

Mode of assessment1

DA

Data analysis

Coursework

NM

Numerical methods in chemical engineering

Coursework

Optional modules

Ref

Name

Mode of assessment1, 2

B1

Advanced transport processes

Examination

B3

Pharmaceutical engineering

Examination

B4

Rheology and processing

Examination

B5

Computational fluid dynamics

Coursework

B6

Fluid mechanics and the environment

Examination

B7

Interface engineering

Examination and coursework

C1

Optical microscopy

Examination

C2

Optimization

Examination

C3

Healthcare biotechnology

Coursework

C4

Entrepreneurship3

Coursework

C7

Bionanotechnology

Examination and coursework

C8

Biophysics

Examination

4D14

Contaminated land and waste containment

Examination and coursework

4E1

Innovation and strategic management of intellectual property3

Coursework

4E3

Business innovation in a digital age

Coursework

4E4

Management of technology

Coursework

4E5

International business

Coursework

4E11

Strategic management

Coursework

4G2

Biosensors

Coursework

4G4

Biomimetics

Coursework

4I7

Electricity and environment

Coursework

4M14

Sustainable development

Coursework

4M16

Nuclear power engineering

Examination

4M18

Present and future energy systems

Examination

The Degree Committee for the Faculty of Engineering reserves the right to add to this list during the Michaelmas Term 2017.

Footnotes

  • 1Any written coursework item has a limit of 10,000 words. Any in-class tests will be of no more than 90 minutes’ duration (excluding designated reading time).


  • 2All written examinations are of 90 minutes’ duration (excluding designated reading time).


  • 3To be confirmed.