No 6519
Wednesday 26 September 2018
Vol cxlix No 1
pp. 1–21
In the Notice published on 4 July 2018 (Reporter, 6513, 2017–18, p. 761), the titles of Papers X.1 and X.6 borrowed from the Archaeology Tripos by those studying the Asian and Middle Eastern Studies Tripos (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 278) were incorrectly stated. The amendments concerning these papers should have read as follows (the other amendments remain as originally published on 4 July):
Regulation 15.
By amending the title of Paper X.1 so as to read:
X.1 Akkadian language I (Paper M1 of Part I of the Archaeology Tripos)
Regulation 18.
By amending the title of Paper X.6 so as to read:
X.6 Akkadian language II (Paper M4 of Parts IIa and IIb of the Archaeology Tripos)
The General Board, on the recommendation of the Faculty Board of History, has approved changes to the regulations so as to widen the choice of History outline papers available, to add a description for the form of examination for borrowed papers POL5 and POL6, to enhance the range of specialist papers available, and to clarify the possible pathways in Part II.
Regulation 12.
By amending the list of papers to read as follows:
(i)British political history, 1485–1714 (Paper 4);
(ii)British political history, 1688–1886 (Paper 5);
(iii)British political history, since 1880 (Paper 6);
(iv)European history, 1715–1890 (Paper 17);
(v)European history, since 1890 (Paper 18);
(vi)North American history from c. 1500 to 1865 (Paper 22).
Regulation 14.
By amending the list of papers and the introductory sentence to read as follows:
Papers from Sections C, D, F, and G from Part I of the Historical Tripos as follows:
(i)British economic and social history, 1700–1880 (Paper 10);
(ii)British economic and social history, since c. 1880 (Paper 11);
(iii)European history, 31 bc – ad 900 (Paper 13);
(iv)European history, 1450–1760 (Paper 16);
(v)Empires and world history from the fifteenth century to the First World War (Paper 21);
(vi)World history since 1914 (Paper 23);
(vii)The history of the United States from 1865 (Paper 24).
Regulation 14.
By replacing the entirety of Section D to read as follows:
(i)Conceptual issues in politics and international relations (Paper POL5 of Part II of the Human, Social, and Political Sciences Tripos);
(ii)Statistics and methods in politics and international relations (Paper POL6 of Part II of the Human, Social, and Political Sciences Tripos);
(iii)Historical project (Paper HP2).
A candidate for Part Ib shall be required to offer one paper from each section.
Each paper shall be of three hours’ duration except POL5, POL6, and HP2. The examination for POL5 shall consist of the submission of two essays each of not more than 5,000 words. The Faculty Board of Human, Social, and Political Science shall prescribe titles or subjects for essays by the beginning of the Michaelmas Term next preceding the examination concerned. The essays shall be submitted as follows: one essay no later than the date published by the Department of Politics and International Studies, which should be no later than the end of the first week of Full Lent Term, and one essay no later than the date published by the Department of Politics and International Studies, which should be no later than the end of the first week of Full Easter Term.
The examination of POL6 shall consist of one project report of not more than 5,000 words, to be submitted on the date published by the Department of Politics and International Studies, which should be no later than the end of the first week of Full Easter Term, and a two-hour examination. The Faculty Board of Human, Social, and Political Science shall prescribe titles or subjects for essays by the beginning of the Michaelmas Term next preceding the examination concerned.
The examination for HP2 shall consist of the submission of two essays of no fewer than 3,000 and not more than 5,000 words each. The Faculty Board of History shall publish prescribed titles or subjects for essays by the beginning of the Michaelmas Term next preceding the examination concerned. The two essays shall be typewritten and submitted, in accordance with detailed arrangements approved by the Faculty Board, not later than the first Thursday of Full Lent Term and Full Easter Term respectively.
Regulation 16.
By replacing the first sentence of the regulation with: ‘The scheme of examination for Part II shall be:’.
By replacing ‘HP4’ with ‘HP3’ in Section A.
By inserting Section D so as to read:
(i)A Special Subject (Papers 2 and 3 of Part II of the Historical Tripos), on subjects specified by the Faculty Board of History;
(ii)Variable papers, approved by the Committee of Management, on subjects in politics and international relations specified by the Faculty Board of Human, Social, and Political Science for Part IIb of the Human, Social, and Political Sciences Tripos.
Each paper shall be of three hours’ duration except for those in Section D. The examination for the Special Subject chosen from Section D(i) shall consist of the submission of an essay of not more than 7,000 words and a written paper of three hours’ duration. The Faculty Board of History shall publish prescribed titles or subjects for the essay by the division of Lent Term. The essay shall be submitted, in accordance with detailed arrangements approved by the Faculty Board, no later than the third Thursday of Full Easter Term. The paper offered under Section D(ii) shall be examined by a single essay of not more than 5,000 words, which shall be submitted no later than the first Friday of Full Easter Term. The Faculty of Human, Social, and Political Science shall publish by notice the prescribed titles for essays by the beginning of the Michaelmas Term next preceding the examination concerned.
Regulation 17.
By inserting the following regulation, as Regulation 17:
17. A candidate for Part II shall be required to offer Paper HP3 and
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three papers from Sections B–C; |
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one paper from Sections B–C and the three papers from Section D. Where a candidate offers papers from Section D, the two submitted essays shall each be considered a half-paper for the purposes of classing; |
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two papers from Sections B–C and a dissertation as prescribed in Regulation 18 on a topic within the range of the History and Politics Tripos as a whole. |
The Faculty Board of History is content that no student will be disadvantaged by the changes and that prospective students have been notified of the changes in writing.