Regulations for examinations

Natural Sciences Tripos, Parts Ia and Ib

(Statutes and Ordinances, p. 405)

The General Board, on the recommendation of the Committee of Management for the Natural Sciences Tripos, has approved changes to the regulations for the Natural Sciences Tripos as specified below.

Part Ia

With effect from 1 October 2020

By amending the regulations, so as to remove the option for students to borrow Paper 1 of the Computer Science Tripos, as follows:

Regulation 15.

By removing ‘Computer Science’ (and the associated footnote) from the list of subjects for examination in Group A.

Regulation 16.

By removing the words ‘providing that no candidate shall offer both Biology of Cells and Computer Science’ from the first sentence of the regulation.

Regulation 17.

By removing ‘Computer Science’ (and the associated footnote) from the list in Regulation 17(a)(i).

And by removing from sub-paragraph (b) the words ‘in Computer Science, on a date or dates announced by the Head of the Department of Computer Science and Technology no later than the division of Michaelmas Term;’.

And by removing from sub-paragraph (c) the entry for Computer Science in the list of assessment providers.

Part Ib

With effect from 1 October 2019

By amending the regulations to reflect changes to the titles of two courses in Part Ib, as follows:

(i) By amending the title of ‘Animal Biology’ to ‘Evolution and Animal Diversity’ in the regulations as follows:

•in Regulation 9, in the list of subjects and nominating bodies;

•in Regulation 20, in the list of subjects for Part Ib;

•in sub-paragraphs (a) and (b)(vii) of Regulation 21; and

•in sub-paragraphs (a)(i) and (c) of Regulation 23.

(ii) By amending the title of ‘Ecology’ to ‘Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation’ in the regulations as follows:

•in Regulation 9, in the list of subjects and nominating bodies;

•in Regulation 20, in the list of subjects for Part Ib;

•in sub-paragraph (b)(ii) of Regulation 21; and

•in sub-paragraph (a)(i) of Regulation 23.

Examination in Mathematics for the M.Phil. Degree

(Statutes and Ordinances, p. 534)

With effect from 1 October 2020

The General Board, on the recommendation of the Faculty Board of Mathematics, has approved a request to remove Mathematics as a subject available for examination for the degree of Master of Philosophy, and have therefore agreed to rescind the Special Regulations for the examination.