Notices by Faculty Boards, etc.

Law Tripos, 2023–24: Half-papers and seminar courses

(Statutes and Ordinances, p. 381)

The Faculty Board of Law gives notice that, in accordance with Regulation 17, the subjects prescribed as half-papers for Paper 49 of the Law Tripos and seminar courses for Paper 50 in Part II of the Law Tripos in 2023–24 are as listed below:

Half-Papers for Paper 49

Banking law

European environmental and sustainable development law

Landlord and tenant law

Law of succession

Personal information law

Topics in European legal history

Animal rights law

Comparative law

Seminar courses for Paper 50

Select issues in criminal law and criminal justice

Family in society

Law and ethics of medicine

Private law

Public law

Tax law and policy

Music Tripos, Parts Ib and II, 2023–24: Optional papers

(Statutes and Ordinances, p. 414)

The Faculty Board of Music gives notice of the following optional papers which may be offered in Parts Ib and II of the Music Tripos in the 2023–24 academic year:

Part Ib

12. Special topic in music I: Carmen in context (three-hour written examination)

13. Special topic in music II: Introduction to Schenkerian analysis (three-hour written examination)

14. Special topic in music III: Music and global history (coursework and a two-hour written examination)

15. Special topic in music IV: Music in Jazz Age Paris (three-hour written examination)

Part II

  6. Advanced tonal skills (style composition coursework and a three-hour online written examination)

  7. Fugue (five-hour online written examination)

  8. Advanced skills:

(i)Advanced keyboard (practical examination: 40 minutes’ preparation time followed by a 25-minute examination)

(ii)Choral performance (practical examination: 20 or 40 minutes’ preparation time followed by a 35-minute examination)

  9. Topics in music and science: Exploring music psychology (coursework and a two-hour written examination)

10. The operas of Da Ponte and Mozart (three-hour written examination)

11. After Napoleon: Music and modernity in the 1820s (three-hour written examination)

12. Studies in musical modernism and new media (three-hour written examination)

13. The cyclic mass from Machaut to Monteverdi (three-hour written examination)

14. Global popular musics (three-hour written examination)

15. Planetary listening: Toward a decolonial ecomusicology? (three-hour written examination)

16. Issues in African American music (coursework and a three-hour online written examination)

17. The beginnings of Western polyphony, c. 800–c. 1200 (three-hour written examination)

Natural Sciences Tripos, Part II (Biological and Biomedical Sciences), 2023–24

Further to the Notices published on 9 February, 8 March and 11 May 2023 (Reporter, 2022–23: 6687, p. 409; 6691, p. 448; and 6699, p. 656), the Faculty Board of Biology gives notice of the following amendments to the Major and Minor Subjects available in Biological and Biomedical Sciences for Part II of the Natural Sciences Tripos, in 2023–24:

Amendments to Major Subjects for 2023–24:

	Major Subject	Permissible Minor Subjects	Examination requirements
408	Pharmacology Maximum 15 candidates	107, 108, 109, 111, 113, 114, 120, 124, 127, 126, 128, 129, 137, 142, 143, 144, 146, 147, 149, 151 and 154	Four written papers: three papers of five hours and one paper of three hours.
414	Genetics Maximum 10 candidates	107, 108, 113, 126, 128, 132, 144, 145, 147, 148, and 151 – Students to choose a Minor Subject that does not have lecture clashes with the Genetics modules – please consult the relevant lecture timetables.	Four written papers of five hours each.
429	Human evolution, ecology and behaviour Maximum 10+ candidates	108, 144, 146, 147 and 152 – Students may choose Minor Subjects that do not have lecture clashes with the Human Evolution modules chosen – please consult the relevant lecture timetables.	Two core papers to be assessed by a three-hour written examination, plus the examination requirements of two optional papers.
430	History and philosophy of science and medicine Maximum 12 candidates	105, 108, 109, 120, 121, 126, 127, 134, 135, 138, 141, 143, 145, 146, 148, 149, 152 and 153.	Four written papers of five hours each.

Amendments to Minor Subjects for 2023–24:

	Minor Subject	Examination requirements
126	Topics in music and science: Exploring music psychology (Music Paper 9) Maximum 3 candidates	One written paper of three hours’ duration.

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

Master of Corporate Law (M.C.L.), 2023–24: Designated papers

(Statutes and Ordinances, p. 473)

The Faculty Board of Law gives notice that, in accordance with Regulation 6, the following designated papers have been prescribed for the Master of Corporate Law Examination in 2023–24:

Paper no.	Paper title	Form of examination
7	Corporate insolvency law	3
8	International financial law	3
9	Corporate finance law	3
10	Corporate governance	3
14	Competition law	3
M1	The legal and economic structure of corporate transactions	c
M2B	Shareholder litigation	2
M2C	Comparative corporate governance	2
M2D	Corporate taxation	2
M2E	International merger control	2
M2G	The law firm as a business	2
M2I	Law and the digital economy: The corporate dimension	2
M2J	Shareholder activism	2
M2K	Private equity – law and practice	2

Explanation of forms of examination:

'3'indicates a subject in which a final examination is required (duration to be determined); a candidate has no option of substituting a dissertation.

'2'indicates a subject in which a final examination is required (duration to be determined); a candidate has no option of substituting a dissertation.

'c'indicates a subject in which candidates will be evaluated by coursework prescribed by the Faculty Board from time to time.

Master of Law (LL.M.), 2023–24: Designated papers and prescribed subjects

(Statutes and Ordinances, p. 474)

The Faculty Board of Law gives notice that, in accordance with Regulations 1 and 2, it has prescribed the following papers and forms of examination for the Master of Law Examination in 2023–24:

Paper no.	Paper title	Form of examination	Designation(s)
1	Law, medicine and life sciences	d
2	International commercial tax	d	c, i
4	Law of restitution	d	c
5	Economics of law and regulation	d	c, e
6	Law and information	3	c, e
7	Corporate insolvency law	3	c
8	International financial law	3	c
9	Corporate finance law	d	c
10	Corporate governance law	3	c
12	Intellectual property	d	c, e
14	Competition law	3	c, e
15	International law, climate change, and the environment	d	i
16	Constitutional law of the European Union	d	e
18	EU trade law: Internal and international dimensions	d	e, i
20	Law of armed conflict, use of force and peace keeping	3	i
22	Advanced labour law	d	e, i
23	The law of the WTO and free trade agreements	d	i
24	International criminal law	d	i
25	International human rights law	d	i
30	Jurisprudence	3
34	International law of global governance	d	i
35	History of English civil and criminal law	d
38	Public law (dissertation seminar)
38	History and theory of international law (dissertation seminar)		i
39	Legislation	3
41	Advanced private law	d	c
43	Criminal justice and human rights law	3
45	Advanced public law	3
46	Law, technology and society	3
47	Private law and human rights	3
48	Race, gender and the law	d

Explanation of forms of examination:

•A candidate may take a written paper (duration to be determined) in all the subjects listed above, other than Paper 38.

•Paper 38: Seminar Paper. Paper 38 shall be examined by the submission of a dissertation which shall not exceed 18,000 words, including footnotes and appendices but excluding bibliography, on a topic approved by the Faculty Board which falls within the scope of the following seminar courses prescribed for 2023–24:
(a)  Public law;
(b)  History and theory of international law.

'd'indicates a subject in which a candidate may submit a dissertation in lieu of a final examination. The dissertation shall not exceed 18,000 words, including footnotes and appendices but excluding bibliography. It shall be on a topic approved by the Faculty Board falling within the field of the subject.

'3'indicates a subject in which a final examination is required (duration to be determined), the candidate having no option of substituting a dissertation.

Chancellor’s Medal for English Law, 2023–24: Eligible papers

(Statutes and Ordinances, p. 816)

The Faculty Board of Law gives notice that the following papers prescribed for the LL.M. Examination in 2023–24 are deemed to be papers in English Law and Legal History for the purpose of the award of the Chancellor’s Medal for the encouragement of the study of English law (Endowments, 1904, p. 398):

Paper no.	Paper title
1	Law, medicine and life sciences
4	Law of restitution
7	Corporate insolvency law
8	International financial law
9	Corporate finance law
10	Corporate governance law
12	Intellectual property
22	Advanced labour law
35	History of English civil and criminal law
39	Legislation
41	Advanced private law
43	Criminal justice and human rights law
45	Advanced public law
48	Private law and human rights