No 6751
Wednesday 31 July 2024
Vol cliv No 41
pp. 853–883
(Statutes and Ordinances, p. 267)
The General Board, on the recommendation of the Faculty Board of English, has approved amendments to the regulations and supplementary regulations for the Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic Tripos to update paper details as follows:
Regulation 14.
By amending the title of Paper 7 from ‘Advanced
medieval Welsh language and literature’ to ‘A subject in medieval Welsh literature
specified by the Faculty Board of English’, and retaining the borrowing information in
brackets.
By amending the title and description of Paper 7 to read as follows:
Paper 7. A subject in medieval Welsh literature specified by the Faculty Board of English (also serves as Paper 27b of Part II of the English Tripos)
The work of an author or a group of authors, or a group of texts, or a literary topic or genre within the field of medieval Welsh literature will be prescribed for special study. Candidates will be required to use primary sources in the original language.
(Statutes and Ordinances, p. 338)
The General Board, on the recommendation of the Faculty Board of English, has approved amendments to the regulations for the English Tripos to update certain paper details for Part II as follows:
Regulation 21.
By adding a new Paper 42 (and footnote) to the list of papers in Groups C as follows:
Paper 42.Children’s Literature (also serves as a special subject paper in Part II of the Education Tripos – Revised Regulations)[1]
[1] This paper is available in certain years, depending on the schedule of the Education Tripos.
Regulation 21.
By amending the title of Paper 13 from ‘Postcolonial and related literatures’ to ‘Literatures of the Global South’ and adding a footnote to read ‘This paper is also available to candidates in Part II of the Modern and Medieval Languages Tripos’.
(Statutes and Ordinances, p. 504)
The General Board, on the recommendation of the Academic Standards and Enhancement Committee, has approved the removal of Route B (two years of full-time study) from the routes available for the degree of the Master of Philosophy by advanced study. Route B was required only for the course of study in Architecture and Urban Design, which was rescinded on 1 October 2022 and replaced by the Master of Architecture degree.
The general regulations for the M.Phil. Degree by advanced study shall therefore be amended to remove references relating to Route B and renumbering Route C as Route B, as follows:
Regulation 1.
By removing the Route B information from the list and renumbering Route C as Route B.
Regulation 9.
By replacing the third, fourth and fifth sentences of Regulation 9 with the following:
The course under Route B shall extend over two academic years; candidates under this Route are required to attend classes or other formal instruction during the six terms of the course, beginning from the date announced by the Degree Committee.
Regulation 12.
By replacing the text ‘for Routes B and C,’ with ‘for Route B,’ in Regulation 12.
SCHEDULE
And amending the Schedule by removing the Route B heading and timetable details and amending the Route C heading as Route B.
The General Board, on the recommendation of the Degree Committee for the Faculties of Clinical Medicine and Veterinary Medicine, has approved Foundations of Clinical Psychology as a new subject for examination for the degree of Master of Philosophy by advanced study, with the following special regulations:
1. The scheme of examination for the one-year course of study in Foundations of Clinical Psychology for the degree of Master of Philosophy shall consist of:
(a)a biostatistics assessment;
(b)Multiple choice questions assessments;
(c)five case studies, each of no more than 750 words, on topics announced by the Degree Committee for the Faculties of Clinical Medicine and Veterinary Medicine;
(d)two oral presentations;
(e)an essay of no more than 2,500 words;
(f)an essay of no more than 1,500 words;
(g)an essay of no more than 2,500 words comparing three contrasting research papers, on a topic chosen from a specified list published by the Degree Committee no later than the end of the Easter term preceding the examination;
(h)an individual research project on a topic proposed by the candidate and subject to the approval of the Degree Committee, comprising
(i)a literature review of the relevant field providing background to and context for the research project of no more than 5,000 words (excluding tables, footnotes, appendices, and bibliography); and
(ii)an account of the methods and outcomes of the research project of no more than 5,000 words (excluding tables, footnotes, appendices and bibliography); and
(iii)a poster presentation based on the research project.
2. The list of research papers available to candidates under Regulation 1(c) shall be published by the Degree Committee no later than the end of Michaelmas Term of the academic year of the examination.
3. The examination may include, at the discretion of the Examiners, an oral examination on the work submitted by the candidate under Regulation 1(h) and on the general field of knowledge within which such works falls.
The General Board, on the recommendation of the Degree Committee for the Faculty of Philosophy, has approved Global Risk and Resilience as a new subject for examination for the degree of Master of Philosophy by advanced study, with the following special regulations:
1. The scheme of examination for the one-year full-time or two-year part-time course of study in Global Risk and Resilience for the degree of Master of Philosophy shall consist of:
(a)two research essays of not more than 5,000 words in length, including tables, footnotes and appendices, but excluding bibliography, on a subject approved by the Arts and Humanities Interdisciplinary Education Committee;
(b)a written portfolio of not more than 2,500 words, consisting of individual contributions to, and personal reflections on, an exercise approved by the Interdisciplinary Education Committee;
(c)an individual presentation of work in progress towards the dissertation of not more than 20 minutes (including any associated slides or other materials);
(d)a dissertation of not more than 12,000 words in length, including tables, footnotes and appendices, but excluding bibliography, on a subject approved by the Interdisciplinary Education Committee.
2. The examination may, at the discretion of the Examiners, include an oral examination on any of the work submitted by the candidate under Regulation 1 and on the general field of knowledge within which it falls.
The General Board, on the recommendation of the Degree Committee for the Faculty of Modern and Medieval Languages and Linguistics, has approved Human-Inspired Artificial Intelligence as a new subject for examination for the degree of Master of Philosophy by advanced study, with the following special regulations:
1. The scheme of examination for the one-year full-time or two-year part-time course of study in Human-Inspired Artificial Intelligence for the degree of Master of Philosophy shall consist of:
(a)a dissertation of no more than 15,000 words in length, including footnotes, appendices and bibliography, on a topic proposed by the candidate and subject to the approval of the Arts and Humanities Interdisciplinary Education Committee;
(b)five modules selected from a list of mandatory and optional modules published by the Interdisciplinary Education Committee not later than the end of the Easter Term of the academic year preceding that in which the examination is to be held.
2. In publishing the list of modules, the Interdisciplinary Education Committee shall announce the form of examination for each module, which shall be either a written paper, or one of more pieces of coursework or other exercises or a combination of these, and shall specify the duration of any written paper and the limit to be placed on the length of any essay or exercise.
3. At the discretion of the Examiners, the examination may include an oral examination on any of the work submitted by the candidate under Regulation 1 and on the general field of knowledge within which it falls.
The General Board, on the recommendation of the Degree Committee for the Faculties of Clinical Medicine and Veterinary Medicine, has approved Translating Medical Devices and Advanced Therapies Research as a new subject for examination for the degree of Master of Philosophy by advanced study, with the following special regulations:
1. The scheme of examination for the one-year course of study in Translating Medical Devices and Advanced Therapies Research for the degree of Master of Philosophy shall consist of:
(a)a biostatistics assessment;
(b)a multiple choice questions assessment;
(c)an essay of no more than 2,500 words in length on a topic proposed by the candidate and subject to the approval of the Degree Committee for the Faculties of Clinical Medicine and Veterinary Medicine;
(d)an individual research project on a topic proposed by the candidate and subject to the approval of the Degree Committee, comprising
(i)a literature review of the relevant field providing background to and context for the research project, and the objectives of the research project of no more than 3,000 words in length (excluding tables, footnotes, appendices, and bibliography); and
(ii)an account of the methods and outcomes of the research project of not more than 7,000 words in length (excluding tables, footnotes, appendices and bibliography); and
(iii)an oral presentation on the research project
2. The examination may include, at the discretion of the Examiners, an oral examination on the work submitted by the candidate under Regulation 1(c) and (d) and on the general field of knowledge within which such works falls.
The General Board, on the recommendation of the Degree Committee for the Faculties of Clinical Medicine and Veterinary Medicine, has approved Stem Cell Medicine as a new subject for examination for the degree of Master of Philosophy by advanced study, with the following special regulations:
1. The scheme of examination for the one-year course of study in Stem Cell Medicine for the degree of Master of Philosophy shall consist of:
(a)a biostatistics assessment;
(b)a written paper of no more than 1,500 words;
(c)an oral presentation on a research technique, on a topic proposed by the candidate and subject to the approval of the Degree Committee for the Faculties of Clinical Medicine and Veterinary Medicine;
(d)a research project on a topic proposed by the candidate and subject to the approval of the Degree Committee of not more than 10,000 words in length (excluding tables, footnotes, appendices and bibliography), comprising
(i)a literature review of the relevant field providing background to and context for the research project; and
(ii)an account of the methods and outcomes of the research project;
(e)a poster presentation on the research project.
2. The examination may include, at the discretion of the Examiners, an oral examination on the work submitted by the candidate under Regulation 1(c) to (e) and on the general field of knowledge within which such works falls.
(Statutes and Ordinances, p. 547)
The General Board, on the recommendation of the Degree Committee for the Departments of Archaeology, Social Anthropology and Sociology, has approved the suspension of the course of study in Social Anthropology for the degree of Master of Research for the 2025–26 academic year.
(Statutes and Ordinances, p. 579)
The General Board, on the recommendation of the Faculty Board of Law, has agreed that the Postgraduate Diploma in Legal Studies and the Postgraduate Diploma in International Law be rescinded from the 2025–26 academic year.
(Statutes and Ordinances, p. 660)
The General Board, on the recommendation of the Committee of Management for the Language Centre, has approved the amendment of the regulations for the Language Centre to add a new subject and amend the title of an existing subject, as follows:
By changing ‘Introduction to Reading Latin’ to ‘Basic Latin 1’.
By adding ‘Basic Latin 2’.