Notices by Faculty Boards, etc.

Law Tripos, 2024–25: Half-papers and seminar courses

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 2024–25 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 data protection law

Topics in European legal history

Topics in legal and political philosophy

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

Public law

Select issues in international law

Psychological and Behavioural Sciences Tripos, 2024–25: Optional papers

(Statutes and Ordinances, p. 428)

The Committee of Management of the Psychological and Behavioural Sciences Tripos gives notice that the optional papers offered for Part Ia, Part Ib, and Part II of the Psychological and Behavioural Sciences Tripos for the academic year 2024–25 are as follows.

Starred (*) papers are subject to restricted student numbers.

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 2*	Ethics and political philosophy (Part I of the Philosophy Tripos)
POL 1	The modern state and its alternatives (Part IA of the Human, Social and Political Sciences (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	Comparative human biology (Part IIA of the Archaeology Tripos)
CR 1	Foundations in criminology and criminal justice (Part IIA of the HSPS Tripos)
ED 3*	Modernity, globalisation and education (Part IB of the Education Tripos)
ED 8*	Formal and informal contexts of learning (Part IB 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 2	Social theory (Part IIA of the HSPS Tripos)
SOC 3*	Modern societies II: Global social problems (Part IIA of the HSPS Tripos)

Part II
BANX	Evolutionary anthropology and behaviour 1 (Part IIB of the Archaeology Tripos)
BANY	Evolutionary anthropology and behaviour 2 (Part IIB of the Archaeology Tripos)
CR 2	Criminology, sentencing and the penal system (Part IB/II of the Law Tripos)
HPS 4	Philosophy and scientific practice (Part II, History and Philosophy of Science, of the Natural Sciences Tripos)
PBS 6	Advanced topics in developmental psychology (Part II Psychological and Behavioural Sciences Tripos)
PBS 7	Advanced topics in social and applied psychology (Part II Psychological and Behavioural Sciences Tripos)
PBS 8	The family (Part II 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)
PHIL 9*	Philosophy of mind (Part II of the Philosophy Tripos)
PHIL 10*	Political philosophy (Part II of the Philosophy Tripos)
SOC 11*	Racism, race and ethnicity (Part IIB of the HSPS Tripos)
SOC 13*	Health, medicine and society (Part IIB of the HSPS Tripos)

Master of Corporate Law (M.C.L.), 2024–25: Designated papers

(Statutes and Ordinances, p. 465)

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 2024–25:

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
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

Explanation of forms of examination:

‘3’ indicates a subject in which a three-hour final examination is required; a candidate has no option of substituting a dissertation.

‘2’ indicates a subject in which a two-hour final examination is required; a candidate has no option of substituting a dissertation.

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

Master of Law (LL.M.), 2024–25: Designated papers and prescribed subjects

(Statutes and Ordinances, p. 466)

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 2024–25:

Paper no.	Paper title	Form of examination	Designation(s)
1	Law, medicine and life sciences	d	ip
3	International dispute resolution	3	c, i
4	Law of restitution	d	c
5	Economics of law and regulation	d	c, e
6	Law and information	3	c, e, ip
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, ip
14	Competition law	3	c, e, ip
15	International law, climate change, and the environment	d	i
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
24	International criminal law	d	i
25	International human rights law	d	i
29	International investment law	d	i
30	Jurisprudence	3
34	International law of global governance	3	i
35	History of English civil and criminal law	d
36	International intellectual property: Progress, property and sovereignty	d	c, e, i, ip
38	Public law seminar course	d
38	History and theory of international law seminar course	d	i
39	Legislation	3
41	Advanced private law	d
43	Criminal justice and human rights law	3
45	Advanced public law	3
46	Law, technology and society	3	ip
48	Race, gender and the law	d
49	Comparative legal history	d
50	The Global South and international law	3	i

Explanation of forms of examination:

•A candidate may take a written paper of three hours’ duration 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 12,000 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 course prescribed for 2024–25:

(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 12,000 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 three-hour final examination is required, the candidate having no option of substituting a dissertation.

Explanation of designations:

c Commercial law

eEuropean law

iInternational law

ipIntellectual property, technology and information law

Chancellor’s Medal for English Law, 2024–25: Eligible papers

(Statutes and Ordinances, p. 809)

The Faculty Board of Law gives notice that the following papers prescribed for the LL.M. Examination in 2024–25 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
6	Law and information
7	Corporate insolvency law
8	International financial law
9	Corporate finance law
10	Corporate governance law
12	Intellectual property
22	Advanced labour law
30	Jurisprudence
35	History of English civil and criminal law
38	Public law seminar course. To be determined on an individual basis per dissertation, once students’ topics and titles have been finalised.
39	Legislation
41	Advanced private law
43	Criminal justice and human rights
45	Advanced public law

Advanced Chemical Engineering for the M.Phil. Degree, 2024–25

The Degree Committee for the Faculty of Engineering gives notice that, in the academic year 2024–25, the modules available to candidates studying the one-year course in Advanced Chemical Engineering for the degree of Master of Philosophy (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 507) and the form of examination of each module will be as follows:

Modules

Reference	Name	Mode of assessment
B2	Electrochemical engineering	Examination
B3	Pharmaceutical engineering	Examination
B4	Rheology and complex fluids	Examination and coursework
B5	Computational fluid dynamics	Coursework
B7	Interface engineering	Examination
C1	Optical microscopy	Examination
C6	Biosensors and bioelectronics	Coursework
C7	Bionanotechnology	Coursework and examination
C8	Biophysics	Examination
4D15	Water management under climate change	Coursework
4E1	Innovation and strategic management of intellectual property	Coursework
4E5	International business	Coursework
4E11	Strategic management	Coursework
4G5	Materials and molecules: Modelling, simulation and machine learning	Coursework
4M16	Nuclear power engineering	Examination
4M22	Climate change mitigation	Coursework
4M23	Electricity and environment	Coursework

Research requirements

Each candidate must submit a dissertation of up to 10,000 words on a subject approved by the Degree Committee.

Bioscience Enterprise for the M.Phil. Degree, 2024–25

The Degree Committee for the Faculty of Engineering gives notice that the modules available to candidates studying the one-year course in Bioscience Enterprise for the degree of Master of Philosophy (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 513) in the academic year 2023–24 and the form of examination of each module will be as follows:

Reference	Name	Mode of assessment
Science and Technology (ST) modules
ST1	Biopharmaceutical discovery	Coursework
ST2	Biopharmaceutical development	Coursework
ST3	Trends in biotechnology	Coursework
ST4	Diagnostics and devices	Coursework
ST5	Agricultural biotechnology	Coursework
Business (B) modules
B1	Technology and innovation management	Coursework
B2	Healthcare economics	Coursework
B3	Law and intellectual property	Coursework
Transitionary (T) modules
T1	Building a bioscience enterprise	Coursework
T2	Partnerships and alliances	Coursework
T3	Finances and valuation	Coursework
Joint assessments
Several principal individual assessments cover material from multiple modules, and include written papers on selected topics in science and technology in business (each of 4,000 words maximum) and a business plan submission. These assessments are:
STB1	Science and technology in business, Paper I	Coursework
STB2	Science and technology in business, Paper II	Coursework
T4	Bioscience enterprise in practice	Coursework

Coursework includes individual and/or group activities to address one or a selected combination of report, critical appraisal, extended paper or audiovisual presentation and may include engagement in approved extracurricular activities.

All candidates are required to complete a dissertation of up to 10,000 words (reference: E1) on a topic approved by the Degree Committee, and will give a presentation on the project work at a symposium (reference: E2).

Biotechnology for the M.Phil. Degree, 2024–25

The Degree Committee for the Faculty of Engineering gives notice that, in the academic year 2024–25, the modules available to candidates studying the one-year course in Biotechnology for the degree of Master of Philosophy (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 513) and the form of examination of each module will be as follows:

Reference	Name	Mode of assessment
Core modules
BPT	Principles of biotechnology (double module)	Coursework
BPC	Biotechnology practical course (double module)	Coursework
Elective modules (candidates must take six)
B3	Pharmaceutical engineering	Examination
C1	Optical microscopy	Examination
C6	Biosensors and bioelectronics	Coursework
C7	Bionanotechnology	Coursework and examination
C8	Biophysics	Examination
BX2	Biomaterials	Coursework and examination
4G3	Computational neuroscience	Coursework
4G5	Materials and molecules: Modelling, simulation and machine learning	Coursework
4G7	Control and computation in living systems	Coursework and examination
4G9	Biomedical engineering	Coursework
4E1	Innovation and strategic management of intellectual property	Coursework
4E4	Management of technology	Examination
4E5	International business	Coursework
4E11	Strategic management	Coursework
4I8	Medical physics	Examination

Candidates are also required to attend a Professional and Careers Skills module (reference: BPCS).

Research

All candidates are required to complete an individual project report of up to 7,000 words (reference: BIRP) on which they will present at a seminar, and to complete a team project assessed by a report (with individual and/or team elements) of up to 7,000 words (reference: BGRP).

Energy Technologies for the M.Phil. Degree, 2024–25

The Degree Committee for the Faculty of Engineering gives notice that the modules available to candidates studying the one-year course in Energy Technologies for the degree of Master of Philosophy (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 520) in the academic year 2024–25 and the form of examination of each module will be as follows:

Reference	Name	Mode of assessment
Core modules (compulsory)
ETA1	Energy topics	Coursework
ETA2	Revision of fundamentals	Coursework
ETB1	Clean fossil fuels	Coursework
ETB2	Renewables 1: Wind, wave, tidal and hydro	Coursework
ETB3	Renewables 2: Solar and biofuels	Coursework
ETB4	Energy systems and efficiency	Coursework
Elective modules (candidates must choose four or six, depending on whether a long or short dissertation is taken)
4A2	Computational fluid dynamics	Coursework
4A3	Turbomachinery I	Coursework and examination
4A4	Aircraft stability and control	Coursework
4A7	Aerodynamics (coursework)	Coursework
4A10	Flow instability	Examination
4A12	Turbulence and vortex dynamics (examination)	Examination
4A13	Combustion and IC engines	Examination
4B19	Renewable electrical power	Examination
4C3	Designing with composites	Coursework and examination
4D13	Architectural engineering	Coursework
4E1	Innovation and strategic management of intellectual property	Coursework
4E3	Business innovation in a digital age	Coursework
4E4	Management of technology	Examination
4E6	Accounting and finance	Coursework
4E11	Strategic management	Coursework
4F12	Project management	Coursework
4F2	Robust and non-linear systems and control	Examination
4F3	Optimal and predictive control	Examination
4F12	Computer vision	Examination
4I10	Nuclear reactor engineering	Examination
4I11	Advanced fission and fusion systems	Examination
4M12	Partial differential equations and variational methods	Examination
4M16	Nuclear power engineering	Examination
4M19	Advanced building physics	Coursework
4M22	Climate change mitigation	Coursework
4M23	Electricity and environment	Coursework
4M25	Advanced robotics	Coursework
5R10	Turbulent reacting flows	Coursework
5R18	Environmental fluid mechanics and air pollution	Coursework
ESD450	Policy, legislation and government	Coursework
B2	Electrochemical engineering	Examination

Research requirements

Each candidate must submit a dissertation either of up to 10,000 words (if the candidate has taken six elective modules) or of up to 20,000 words (if the candidate has taken four elective modules) on a subject approved by the Degree Committee.

Connected Electronic and Photonic Systems for the M.Res. Degree, 2024–25

The Degree Committee for the Faculty of Engineering gives notice that the modules available to candidates studying the one-year course in Connected Electronic and Photonic Systems for the degree of Master of Research (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 544) in the academic year 2024–25 and the form of examination of each module will be as follows:

Reference	Name	Mode of assessment
Electronic components and systems
4B24	Radio frequency systems	Coursework and examination
4B25	Embedded systems for the Internet of Things	Coursework
UCLRFD	RF circuits and devices	Coursework and examination
UCLWCP	Wireless communications principles	Coursework and examination
Photonic components and systems
4B11	Photonic systems	Examination
4B23	Optical fibre communications	Coursework and examination
UCLAPD	Advanced photonic devices	Examination
UCLOTN	Optical transmission and networks	Examination
UCLPSS	Photonic sub-systems	Examination
Business
4E3	Business innovation in a digital age	Coursework
4E4	Management of technology	Examination
4E11	Project management	Coursework
UCLETP	Entrepreneurship theory and practice	Coursework
UCLTBE	Telecommunication business environment	Coursework
Electives
4B5	Quantum and nanotechnologies	Coursework and examination
4B28	Very Large-Scale Integration (VLSI)	Coursework and examination
4F5	Advanced information theory and coding	Examination
4F8	Image processing and image coding	Examination
4F12	Computer vision	Examination
4I14	Biosensors and bioelectronics	Coursework
UCLAML	Applied machine learning systems	Coursework
UCLBCL	Broadband communications lab	Coursework
UCLBTC	Broadband technologies and components	Examination
UCLIOT	Internet of Things	Coursework
UCLPON	Physics and optics of nano-structure	Coursework and examination
UCLSNS	Software for network and services design	Coursework

The modules beginning ‘UCL’ are provided and examined by University College London.

Research

All candidates are required to complete two project reports (references: MP1 and MP2).

Contents

Law Tripos, 2024–25: Half-papers and seminar courses

Half-Papers for Paper 49

Psychological and Behavioural Sciences Tripos, 2024–25: Optional papers

Master of Corporate Law (M.C.L.), 2024–25: Designated papers

Explanation of forms of examination:

Master of Law (LL.M.), 2024–25: Designated papers and prescribed subjects

Explanation of forms of examination:

Explanation of designations:

Chancellor’s Medal for English Law, 2024–25: Eligible papers

Advanced Chemical Engineering for the M.Phil. Degree, 2024–25

Modules

Research requirements

Bioscience Enterprise for the M.Phil. Degree, 2024–25

Biotechnology for the M.Phil. Degree, 2024–25

Research

Energy Technologies for the M.Phil. Degree, 2024–25

Research requirements

Connected Electronic and Photonic Systems for the M.Res. Degree, 2024–25

Research