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No 6549

Thursday 30 May 2019

Vol cxlix No 31

pp. 615–646

Notices by Faculty Boards, etc.

Archaeology Tripos, 2019–20: Variable papers

The Faculty Board of Human, Social and Political Science gives notice that the following variable papers will be offered in the Archaeology Tripos in 2019–20.

Part I

The following papers will be offered in Part I:

A1

World archaeology

A2

Archaeology in action

A3

Introduction to the cultures of Egypt and Mesopotamia

A4

Being human: Interdisciplinary perspectives

B1

Humans in biological perspective

E1

Egyptian language I

M1

Babylonian language

Part IIa

The following papers will be offered in Part IIa in 2019–20:

A2

Archaeology in action

E1

Egyptian language I

M1

Babylonian language

A10

Archaeological theory and practice I

A11

From data to interpretation (=B5)

A21

Archaeological science

A22

Palaeolithic archaeology

A23

European prehistory

A24

The medieval globe

A26

Mesopotamian archaeology II: Territorial states to empires

A28

Ancient Egypt in context: An archaeology of foreign relations

A30

Archaeology of death and burial in ancient Egypt

A33

Ancient South America

A35

The archaeology of Africa

A37

Classical art and archaeology (Paper 9 of the Classical Tripos, Part Ib)

B2

Human ecology and behaviour

B3

Human evolution

B4

Human comparative biology

B5

From data to interpretation (=A11)

E2

Middle Egyptian text / Advanced Egyptian language

M2

Mesopotamian culture II: Literature

M4

Intermediate Babylonian language

The following papers will not be offered in Part IIa in 2019–20:

A25 Mesopotamian archaeology I: Prehistory and early states
A27 Settlement and society in ancient Egypt
A29 The archaeology of religion in ancient Egypt
A31 Ancient India I: The Indus civilisation and beyond
A32 Ancient India II: Early historic cities of South Asia
A34 The archaeology of Mesoamerica and North America
M3 Mesopotamian culture II: Religion and scholarship

Part IIb

The following year-long papers will be offered in Part IIb in 2019–20:

A10

Archaeological theory and practice I

A12

Archaeological theory and practice II

A21

Archaeological science

A22

Palaeolithic archaeology

A23

European prehistory

A24

The medieval globe

A26

Mesopotamian archaeology II: Territorial states to empires

A28

Ancient Egypt in context: An archaeology of foreign relations

A30

Archaeology of death and burial in ancient Egypt

A33

Ancient South America

A35

The archaeology of Africa

A38

Aegean prehistory (Paper D1 of the Classical Tripos)

A39

Beyond classical art (Paper D2 of the Classical Tripos)

A40

Roman Britain (Paper D3 of the Classical Tripos)

A41

Roman cities: Network of empire (Paper D4 of the Classical Tripos)

B2

Human ecology and behaviour

B3

Human evolution

B4

Comparative human biology

B6

Major topics in human evolutionary studies

E2

Middle Egyptian text / Advanced Egyptian language

E3

Old and late Egyptian texts

E4

Coptic

M2

Mesopotamian culture II: Literature

M4

Intermediate Babylonian language

M5

Advanced Babylonian and Assyrian

M6

Sumerian language

The following term-long papers will be offered in Part IIb:

A13

The past in the present

A50

Special topics in Palaeolithic archaeology and human evolution (A technologically dependent lineage) =B14

A52

Special topics in historic Europe (Britain ad 300–800)

A54

Special topics in regional archaeology 1 (Prehistoric art)

A61

Special topics in archaeological concepts 1 (Archaeology of colonialism)

A62

Special topics in archaeological concepts 2 (Historical ecology)

AS3

Geographical information systems in archaeology

AS5

Human osteology (= B18 Decoding the skeleton)

AS7

Geoarchaeology

AS8

Archaeological chemistry (Molecular archaeology)

AS9

Analysis of archaeological materials (Materials analysis)

AS11

Special topics in archaeological methods 1 (Environmental archaeology)

B11

Special topics in biological anthropology 1 (What finches tell us about humans)

B12

Special topics in biological anthropology 2 (Culture evolves)

B13

Special topics in biological anthropology 3 (Health and disease throughout human evolution)

B14

Special topics in biological anthropology 4 (A technologically dependent lineage) = A50

B15

Special topics in biological anthropology 5 (Friends, relatives and communities: Human social evolution)

B16

Special topics in biological anthropology 6 (Genomes: Ancient, modern and mixed)

B17

Special topics in biological anthropology 7 (Our extended family: Primate biology and behaviour)

B18

Special topics in biological anthropology 8 (Decoding the skeleton) = AS5

The following year-long papers will not be offered in Part IIb in 2019–20:

A25 Mesopotamian archaeology I: Prehistory and early states
A27 Settlement and society in ancient Egypt
A29 The archaeology of religion in ancient Egypt
A31 Ancient India I: the Indus civilisation and beyond
A32 Ancient India II: early historic cities of South Asia
A34 The archaeology of Mesoamerica and North America
A36 Topics within regional archaeology
M3 Mesopotamian culture II: religion and scholarship

The following term-long papers will not be offered in Part IIb in 2019–20:

A51 Special topics in European Prehistory
A53 Special topics in Near Eastern archaeology
A55 Special topics in regional archaeology 2
A56 Special topics in regional archaeology 3
A57 Special topics in regional archaeology 4
A58 Special topics in regional archaeology 5
A59 Material culture: conceptual approaches
A60 Special topics in museum studies
AS1 Foundation statistics (this paper is running but will be taken by M.Phil. students only)
AS2 Special topics in advanced statistics / modelling
AS4 Zooarchaeology
AS6 Palaeobotany
AS10 Archaeological genetics
AS12 Special topics in archaeological methods 2

History of Art Tripos, Parts IIa and IIb, 2019–20: Special subjects

The Faculty Board of Architecture and History of Art gives notice of the special subjects for the History of Art Tripos, 2019–20. The Board shall have the power of subsequently issuing amendments if they have due reason for doing so, and if they are satisfied that no student’s preparation for the examination is adversely affected (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 353, Regulation 11(b)).

Paper 1. Approaches to the history of art, with reference to works of criticism

This paper investigates the ways in which art has been written about through its history. It examines the philosophical arguments of classical antiquity; religious debates about images in the Middle Ages; approaches to art and architecture in the Renaissance; the birth of aesthetics in Europe; and the emergence of the history of art as a discipline in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The second half of the course is devoted to more recent developments: twentieth-century contributions to the discipline, such as formalism, iconography and the New Art History; the influence of broader intellectual trends, such as Marxism, Feminism, Psychoanalysis and Postmodernism; and the future of the history of art in a changing academic landscape.

Paper 2. The display of art

Spread over two terms, this course explores the relationship between art and its various publics through a study of the ways in which art is collected, displayed and experienced. The Michaelmas Term (‘The Birth of the Museum’) will focus on the evolution of the Western art museum up to the end of the 19th century. The Lent Term (‘The Critique of the Museum’) will focus on the 20th century, examining the avant-gardes’ radical challenge to the museum and the ways in which the institution changed in response to such critique.

Paper 3/4. Drawing in Renaissance and Early Modern Italy c. 1450–1600

The art and practice of drawing witnessed an unsurpassed explosion of creativity in Renaissance and Early Modern Italy, galvanised by the dramatic expansion of functions, media and techniques. Within this process, artistic centres such as Florence, Rome and Venice developed their own schools with idiosyncratic graphic practices and styles. Gradually, drawing in this period became emancipated from its role in the preparation of other types of art and acquired the characteristics of an independent art form. This special subject focuses on the protagonists of this ‘revolution’: Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, Michelangelo, Titian and their circles, extending to the Carracci in Bologna, who famously synthesised many of the regional styles. Including close study of original drawings in classes to be held in the Prints and Drawings Study Rooms of the Fitzwilliam Museum and the British Museum, this course embraces the practical and technical aspects of drawings, as well as the theories that informed this art.

Paper 5/6. Encountering Jerusalem : Culture and crusade between East and West , c. 1050–1400

Throughout the Middle Ages, the religious wars known today as the crusades were fought in the Eastern Mediterranean, the Iberian Peninsula and on the northern borders of Europe. This course explores the visual culture of the crusading movement and traces its profound cultural consequences for the societies which undertook and experienced it. It will study the complex ways that the city of Jerusalem was understood, (re)imagined and experienced in western Christendom, in maps, illuminated manuscripts and monumental reproductions of its holy places. It will examine the visual culture of the crusader states established in the near East (‘Outremer’) and the debates surrounding the potentially ‘ecumenical’ or ‘intercultural’ nature of their artistic and architectural achievements. There will be a special focus on the crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem, exploring Latin Christian interventions in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, the Haram al-Sharif/Temple Mount complex and holy sites on the Mount of Olives and in Bethlehem. The uses, meanings and cultural impacts of relics and artefacts (illuminated manuscripts, icons, textiles, glass and metalwork) brought back from the East will be considered. More briefly, the course will introduce the cultural world of the Teutonic Knights, as established during their crusading conquest of the Baltic states and western Rus.

Paper 7/8. Tudor visual culture

Visual culture flourished in sixteenth-century England. In this era of political and religious instability, English artisans and patrons experimented with new forms and motifs, forging idiosyncratic artefacts. Yet this was a period of contradictions: it revelled in a revived medieval chivalry while grappling enthusiastically with classicism, celebrated grandeur in the country house and royal portrait while embracing the intimacy of the portrait miniature. This special subject will examine the tense pluralism of English visual culture in the sixteenth century. Focusing on the courts of Henry VIII and Elizabeth I, we will pay close attention to the social and cultural contexts that framed and shaped the making and reception of art objects. We will study panel painting (including Holbein), miniature painting (including Nicholas Hilliard and Isaac Oliver), sculpture, printmaking, the luxury arts (glass, ceramics and metalware), fashion and court entertainments. The complexities and significance of gender (particularly under Elizabeth), religious confession, literature and courtly self-fashioning for the arts will be addressed. Throughout, English art’s relationship to continental models – at the time and in subsequent historiography – will be critically assessed, as will its connection to the idea of ‘Renaissance’. The paper will feature opportunities for object-led study in the Fitzwilliam Museum and other collections.

Paper 9/10. Paris 1750–1815 : the birth of the modern art world

Many of the features that characterize the modern art world have their origins in Paris in the years 1750–1815, a period which started optimistically with the rule of Louis XV, saw the turmoil of the French Revolution, and ended in the defeat of Napoleon. These features include the birth of the public art gallery, in the Palais du Luxembourg and the Louvre, the rise of a new, articulate middle class public of art lovers, critics, collectors and artists, the development of new venues to discuss art, such as the Salons, and the increasing presence of female artists. The works of Winckelmann were published in French translation immediately after their first appearance in German; the rediscovery of Herculaneum and Pompeï had a great impact on the development of neo-classicism and the new discipline of archaeology; the disputes caused by the rediscovery of Paestum led to radical new assessments of the value of classical art for the present. The French Revolution led to an unprecedented use of art as political propaganda, in festivals, funerals and popular visual culture. A common theme that links all these developments is the emergence of an educated, articulate public as a main actor in the Paris art world.

In this seminar we will investigate how these developments interacted to make Paris in the years 1750–1815 the place where the modern art world was born. Main artists to be discussed include the painters Chardin, Fragonard and David; the sculptors Pigalle and Bouchardon; the architects De Wailly and Soufflot; the interior designers Percier and Fontaine. We will look at major collections at the Palais-Royal, the Luxembourg and the Louvre and their dissemination through prints, and we will read the new art history and criticism produced by writers such as Denis Diderot.

Paper 11/12. Italian art and architecture in the age of Giotto

Italy’s artistic culture underwent a revolution in the decades around 1300 – a seismic shift towards more naturalistic modes of representation most strongly associated with Giotto di Bondone (c. 1267–1337). This course disentangles the Florentine master from Vasarian myth and modern attribution debates, reassessing his achievements within the context of his own time. We consider Giotto alongside other leading painters (his Florentine compatriot Cimabue and the Sienese Duccio, Simone Martini and both Lorenzetti) as well as the architect-sculptor Arnolfo di Cambio, setting them against the dynamic backdrop of Tuscany’s burgeoning urban centres (Florence, Siena, Pisa). We explore links between art and literature, especially through the poetry of Dante, and the emergence of pictorial allegory capable of communicating complex philosophical and political concepts. Beyond Tuscany, the course examines several other major artistic centres where Giotto worked: Rome, where the papacy energetically renewed the eternal city’s early Christian past; Assisi, headquarters of the Franciscan Order and site of the peninsula’s most intensive concentration of fresco cycles; Padua, where the university encouraged artists to engage with classical antiquity and the new science of optics; and Naples, whose Angevin kings refashioned their southern capital with Gothic architecture imported from France.

Paper 13/14. The poetics and politics of Surrealism

This course will cover the history of the Surrealist movement from its birth in Paris in 1924 to the dissolution of ‘historical Surrealism’ in 1969. It will focus on the developments of Surrealism during this fascinating period of French history and explore its revolutionary role in art, literature and politics in France in the inter- and post-war years: from its birth in the aftermath of World War I, to its engagement with Marxism and psychoanalysis in the 1930s, to its exile in New York during World War II, to its post-war international exhibitions. Students will be encouraged to examine Surrealist art from a number of thematic perspectives – including desire, mythology, occultism and utopianism, and to generally consider the relationship between Surrealist art and politics (gender, racial and national) so that its successes and failures, and its legacy today, can be critically assessed.

Paper 17/18. Vision and representation in contemporary art

This course explores the changing status of the art object from the mid-1980s to the current day, considering how vision and representation took centre stage. While the optical had been fundamental to the Modernist project, with the rise of Minimalism and Conceptualism in the 1960s and 1970s these concerns had been displaced. By the 1980s artists and theorists influenced by political breakthroughs in the decades before, returned to the visual field to explore the limits of representation in a changing world. Beginning with appropriation and moving through to recent returns to image-making in post-internet art, as well as queer experiments with alternative forms of portraiture, we will trace the politics of looking and being looked at. This course will also address changes in technology, exploring artists’ investigations of digital and analogue media and the range of theoretical interests this has supported from Hito Steyerl’s discussion of the ‘poor image’, to Tacita Dean’s fetishisation of film, and Ryan Trecartin’s experiments with mimesis. More broadly, this course will provide a framework to consider Contemporary Art in our work as art historians. We will not only address the history of art-making over the last thirty years, but also to think through how we might approach the unstable and changing world of contemporary practice.

Paper 19/20. British architecture in the Age of Enlightenment, Industry and Reform

The century from c. 1750 to c. 1850 was one of almost unprecedented development in British architecture. New relationships with the ruined buildings of the ancient Graeco-Roman world emerged in response to the effects of the Grand Tour and of the incipient science of archaeology, while an indigenous antithesis was represented by surviving or revived Gothic forms. The ideologies of the Picturesque and of Romanticism incorporated both classicism and medievalism, as well as more exotic forms of architecture inspired by Britain’s trading links with the Far East. This was also the period in which Britain emerged as the world’s first industrial nation, leading not just to new building materials and building types but also to rapid expansion of cities. In this Special Subject, the architectural effects of changing political and social imperatives in the late 18th and early 19th centuries will be studied against the background of longstanding British traditions in building and landscape design.

Paper 21/22. Imperial art and patronage in Early Modern China

This course explores the imperial art of the first three emperors of the Qing dynasty (1644–1911), a period in China’s history when court patronage of the arts inspired new heights in refinement, technical prowess and production output. The most talented artists and skilled craftsmen from all over the empire, as well as European Jesuit missionaries with special know-how, were recruited to serve in the Palace Workshops, located in the Forbidden City, to create masterpieces in media such as porcelain, jade, ivory, bamboo, wood, lacquer, glass and metal. For the first time in history, court painters were introduced to the principles of Western linear perspective and chiaroscuro modelling, creating a ‘new’ type of Chinese painting based on the synthesis of European methods and traditional Chinese media and formats. Imperial patronage and collecting played a key role in the development of the arts that was born in an era of political and social stability and great economic prosperity.

The course will focus on the art produced under the patronage of the Kangxi (r. 1662–1772), Yongzheng (r. 1723–1735) and Qianlong emperors (r. 1736–1795). Through the study of architecture, porcelain, sculpture, textiles, court painting and works of art in various media, it shows how imperial art at the time was created and influenced by music, religion, ritual, technology, imperial ideology and aesthetics.

Linguistics Tripos, Part II, 2019–20: Variable subjects

The Faculty Board of Modern and Medieval Languages gives notice that the following variable subjects for the Linguistics Tripos shall not be available for examination in 2019–20:

Part II, Section C.

Paper 17. A subject in linguistics to be specified by the Faculty Board from time to time (also serves as Paper Li. 17 of the Modern and Medieval Languages Tripos).

Paper 19. A subject in linguistics to be specified by the Faculty Board from time to time.

Natural Sciences Tripos, Part II (Biological and Biomedical Sciences), 2019–20: Major and Minor Subjects

The Faculty Board of Biology gives notice that the following combinations of Major and Minor Subjects, additional to or amending those previously published on 6 February 2019 (Reporter, 6536, 2018–19, p. 389) will be offered in the Natural Sciences Tripos, Part II (Biological and Biomedical Sciences) in 2019–20:

Major Subject

Permissible Minor Subjects

Examination requirements

402

Pathology (A and B)

105, 107, 108, 109, 111, 113, 114, 119, 120, 124, 128, 129, 130, 132, 133, 134, 135, 137, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147, 148, 149

Four written papers of three hours each.

403

Pathology (A and C)

107, 108, 109, 111, 113, 114, 119, 120, 122, 124, 128, 129, 130, 132, 133, 137, 140, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147, 148, 149

Four written papers of three hours each.

404

Pathology (A and D)

105, 107, 108, 109, 111, 113, 114, 119, 120, 124, 129, 130, 132, 133, 134, 135, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147, 148, 149

Four written papers of three hours each.

405

Pathology (B and C)

104, 107, 108, 109, 111, 113, 114, 119, 120, 124, 128, 129, 130, 132, 133, 137, 140, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147, 148, 149

Four written papers of three hours each.

406

Pathology (B and D)

104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 111, 113, 114, 119, 120, 124, 129, 130, 132, 133, 134, 135, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147, 148, 149

Four written papers of three hours each.

407

Pathology (C and D)

104, 107, 108, 109, 111, 113, 114, 119, 120, 124, 129, 130, 132, 133, 140, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147, 148, 149

Four written papers of three hours each.

408

Pharmacology

(maximum 15 candidates)

107, 108, 109, 111, 113, 114, 119, 120, 122, 124, 127, 128, 129, 131, 133, 136, 137, 142, 143, 144, 146, 148, 149

Four written papers of three hours each.

412

Plant sciences

(Cellular – M1, M2, L1, L3)

104, 105, 106, 108, 109, 119, 121, 124, 135, 141, 146, 148

Four written papers of three hours each.

413

Plant sciences

(Ecology – M3 and Zoology M2, L2 and L4)

104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 111, 114, 121, 122, 124, 133, 135, 137, 138, 139, 140, 142, 143, 145, 147, 149

Four written papers of three hours each.

414

Genetics

(maximum 13 candidates)

107, 108, 113, 114, 122, 124, 128, 130, 132, 136, 145, 147. A fifth Genetics module can be taken as a Minor Subject. Students may choose additional Minor Subjects that do not have lecture clashes with the Genetics modules chosen – please consult the relevant lecture timetables.

Four written papers of three hours each.

424

Pathology (B and E)

105, 107, 108, 109, 111, 113, 114, 119, 120, 124, 138, 129, 130, 132, 133, 134, 135, 137, 139, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147, 148, 149

Four written papers of three hours each.

425

Pathology (C and E)

107, 108, 109, 111, 113, 114, 119, 120, 122, 124, 138, 129, 130, 132, 133, 137, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147, 148, 149

Four written papers of three hours each.

426

Pathology (D and E)

105, 107, 108, 109, 111, 113, 114, 119, 120, 124, 129, 130, 132, 133, 134, 135, 139, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147, 148, 149

Four written papers of three hours each.

428

Psychology, neuroscience and behaviour

107, 108, 109, 122, 124, 128, 136. Students may choose Minor Subjects that do not have lecture clashes with the PNB modules chosen – please consult the relevant lecture timetables.

Four written papers of three hours each.

429

Human evolution, ecology and behaviour

108, 109, 113, 122, 127, 130, 131, 132, 142, 145, 147

Two core papers to be assessed by a three-hour written examination, plus the examination requirements of two optional papers.

Modifications for Minor Subjects for 2019–20 will be as follows:

Minor subject

Examination requirements

124

Social psychology
(Psychological and Behavioural Sciences Paper 7) (maximum 10 candidates)

One written paper of three hours’ duration.

144

Plant signalling networks in growth and development
(maximum 3 candidates)

One written paper of three hours’ duration.

145

Microbes: evolution, genomes and lifestyle
(maximum 3 candidates)

One written paper of three hours’ duration.

146

Evolution and ecosystems dynamics
(maximum 3 candidates)

One written paper of three hours’ duration.

147

Plant genomes and synthetic biology
(maximum 3 candidates)

One written paper of three hours’ duration.

148

Responses to global change
(maximum 3 candidates)

One written paper of three hours’ duration.

149

Exploiting plant metabolism
(maximum 3 candidates)

One written paper of three hours’ duration.

Candidates should consult the examination regulations of the relevant Tripos for the latest examination requirements.

Psychological and Behavioural Sciences Tripos, 2019–20: Optional papers

The Committee of Management of the Psychological and Behavioural Sciences Tripos gives notice of the following optional papers which are offered for Part Ia, Part Ib, and Part II of the Psychological and Behavioural Sciences Tripos in the academic year 2019–20:

Part Ia

A1

 World archaeology (Part I of the Archaeology Tripos)

B1

 Humans in biological perspective (Part I of the Archaeology Tripos)

NS 1

*Evolution and behaviour (Part Ia of the Natural Sciences Tripos)

NS 2

*Mathematical biology (Part Ia of the Natural Sciences Tripos)

PHIL 1

*Metaphysics* (Part I of the Philosophy Tripos)

PHIL 2

 Ethics and political philosophy (Part I of the Philosophy Tripos)

POL 1

 The modern state and its alternatives (Part Ia of the HSPS Tripos)

SAN 1

 Social anthropology: The comparative perspective (Part Ia of the HSPS Tripos)

SOC 1

 Modern societies I: Introduction to sociology (Part I of the HSPS Tripos)

Part Ib

B2

 Human ecology and behaviour (Part IIa of the Archaeology Tripos)

B3

 Human evolution (Part IIa of the Archaeology Tripos)

B4

 Human comparative biology (Part IIa of the Archaeology Tripos)

ED 3

*Modernity, globalisation and education (Part IIa of the Education Tripos)

HPS 1

 History of science (Part Ib of the Natural Sciences Tripos)

HPS 2

 Philosophy of science (Part Ib of the Natural Sciences Tripos)

NS 3

 Neurobiology (Part Ib of the Natural Sciences Tripos)

PHIL 4

*Knowledge, language and the world (Part Ib of the Philosophy Tripos)

PHIL 7

*Political philosophy (Part Ib of the Philosophy Tripos)

SOC 3

 Modern societies II: Global social problems and dynamics of resistance (Part IIa of the HSPS Tripos)

Part II

PBS 6

 Developmental psychopathology (Part II of the Psychological and Behavioural Sciences Tripos)

PBS 7

 Social psychology (Part II of the Psychological and Behavioural Sciences Tripos)

PBS 8

 The family (Part II of the Psychological and Behavioural Sciences Tripos)

PBS 9

 Cognitive and experimental psychology (Part II, Psychology, of the Natural Sciences Tripos)

PBS 10

 Behavioural and cognitive neuroscience (Part II, Psychology, of the Natural Sciences Tripos)

BANX

 Evolutionary anthropology and behaviour (Part IIb of the Archaeology Tripos)

CR 1

 Criminology, sentencing and the penal system (Part IIa/IIb of the Law Tripos)

HPS 4

 Philosophy and scientific practice (Part II, History and Philosophy of Science, of the Natural Sciences Tripos)

PHIL 9

*Philosophy of mind (Part II of the Philosophy Tripos)

PHIL 11

*Political philosophy (Part II of the Philosophy Tripos)

SOC 11

 Racism, race and ethnicity (Part IIb of the HSPS Tripos)

SOC 13

 Medicine, body and society (Part IIb of the HSPS Tripos)

*Papers marked with an asterisk are subject to a cap in numbers

Scientific Computing for the M.Phil. Degree, 2019–20: Papers

The Degree Committee for the Faculty of Physics and Chemistry gives notice that the following papers are available for the examination in Scientific Computing for the degree of Master of Philosophy in 2019–20:

Paper 1:

Electronic structure

Paper 2:

Atomistic modelling of materials

Paper 3:

Mesoscale and coarse-grain modelling

Paper 4:

Introduction to topological materials

Paper 5:

Computational continuum modelling

Paper 6:

Advanced continuum modelling

Paper 7:

Introduction to computational multiphysics

Candidates should choose a minimum of three papers.

Paper 1 will be examined by a two-hour written examination consisting of four questions, of which candidates will be required to answer all.

Papers 2–7 will be examined by a two-hour written examination consisting of three questions, of which candidates will be required to answer two.

At the discretion of the Course Director, students may also be able to choose options available under other Masters’ Degrees offered by the Departments of the Schools of the Physical Sciences, Technology, and Biological Sciences.

Physical Sciences (Environmental Data Science) for the M.Res. Degree, 2019–20

The Degree Committee for the Faculty of Earth Sciences and Geography gives notice that with effect from the examinations to be held in 2019, the form of examinations will be as follows:

Guided Team Challenge

Written report of up to 2,000 words and an oral presentation

10% of the total mark

Research Project

Written report of up to 5,000 words

65% of the total mark

Oral presentation

10% of the total mark

Ph.D. Project Proposal

Written proposal of up to two pages and oral examination conducted on the Ph.D. Project Proposal, Research Project, and general field of knowledge

15% of the total mark

In addition, candidates are required to attend core and optional courses. Full details can be obtained in the course handbook.

Physical Sciences (Nanoscience and Nanotechnology) for the M.Res. Degree, 2019–20

The Degree Committee for the Faculty of Physics and Chemistry gives notice that the modules available for the examination in Physical Sciences (Nanoscience and Nanotechnology) for the degree of Master of Research in 2019–20, and the form of examination for each module, shall be as follows:

NE.01

Characterisation techniques

Core

Examination

NE.04

Nanofabrication techniques

Core

Examination

NE.05

Nanomaterials

Core

Examination

NE.06

Nanochemistry

Core

Examination

NE.07

Physics at the nanometre-scale

Core

Examination

NE.08

Bionanotechnology

Core

Examination

NE.09

Nanoelectrochemistry

Optional

Examination

NE.10

Energy harvesting

Optional

Examination

NE.11

Nano self-assembly

Core

Examination

Coursework

Science communication in media, business and research

Core

Coursework

Coursework

Societal and ethical dimensions of micro and nanotechnology

Core

Coursework

Coursework

Nurturing and managing innovation in science

Core

Coursework

Practicals

Practical training course

Core

Coursework

Nanointegration

Nanointegration training course

Core

Coursework

Projects

Mini project I (max. 3,000 words), plus Mini‑project II (max 3,000 words), plus Midi‑project (max. 10,000 words)

Core

Written reports and feedback from Supervisors

Proposal

Formulation and defence of a Ph.D. project proposal

Core

Written report, oral presentation, oral examination

The taught modules (NE.xx) are taught in the Michaelmas and Lent Terms and will be assessed by two formal written examinations in the Easter Term.

Paper 1 – The three-hour examination paper will contain two sections. Candidates will be required to answer questions from both sections:

Section A – answer any three questions. The three questions in total carry one third of the credit for the paper.

Section B – answer any two questions. Each question carries one third of the credit for the paper.

Modules examined are Characterisation techniques (NE.01), Nanofabrication techniques (NE.04), Nanochemistry (NE.06), Nanoelectrochemistry (NE.09) and Energy harvesting (NE.10).

Paper 2 – The three-hour examination paper will contain two sections. Candidates will be required to answer questions from both sections:

Section A – answer any three questions. The three questions in total carry one third of the credit for the paper.

Section B – answer any two questions. Each question carries one third of the credit for the paper.

Modules examined are Nanomaterials (NE.05), Physics at the nanometre-scale (NE.07), Bionanotechnology (NE.08) and Nano self-assembly (NE.11).