Statutes and Ordinances of the University of Cambridge
CHAPTER IV
PRELIMINARY EXAMINATIONS AND TRIPOS EXAMINATIONS

The Ordinances contained in this Chapter are Ordinances of the General Board

In this section

TRIPOS EXAMINATIONS

EDUCATION TRIPOS54

Two Parts.

1. The Education Tripos shall consist of two Parts; a separate class-list shall be published for each Part.

Standing of candidates.

2. The following may present themselves as candidates for Part I:

  1. (a)a student who has kept one term, provided that six complete terms have not passed after her or his first term of residence;
  2. (b)a student who has obtained honours in another Honours Examination in the year next after or next but one after so obtaining honours, provided that twelve complete terms have not passed after her or his first term of residence.

3. The following may present themselves as candidates for honours in Part II provided55 that they have kept seven terms and that twelve complete terms have not passed after their first term of residence:

  1. (a)a student who has obtained honours in Part I of the Education Tripos, in the year next after so obtaining honours;
  2. (b)a student who has obtained honours in any Honours Examination other than Part I of the Education Tripos, in the year next but one after so obtaining honours.

4. No student shall be a candidate for both Parts, or for either Part and also for another Honours Examination, in the same term.

5. No student who has been a candidate for either Part shall again be a candidate for the same Part.

Supplementary regulations.

6. The Faculty Board of Education shall have power to issue from time to time supplementary regulations defining or limiting all or any of the subjects of examination, and to modify, alter, or withdraw such supplementary regulations as occasion may require, provided that due care is taken to give sufficient notice of any change.

Variable subjects.

7. Public notice of any variable subjects for the examinations in any year shall be given by the Faculty Board before the end of the Easter Term in the year next but one preceding the examination to which they apply; provided that 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.

8. Not later than the first day of Full Michaelmas Term each year the Faculty Board shall publish, by Notice in the Faculty of Education, details of the course-work, performances, workshops, and practical examinations to be undertaken by candidates for each Part of the Tripos during the ensuing academical year.

Examiners.
Assessors.

9. There shall be two separate bodies of Examiners, one for Part I and one for Part II. The Faculty Board shall nominate such number of Examiners as they deem sufficient to conduct the examinations. The Faculty Board shall also have power to nominate one or more Assessors to assist the Examiners in any subject of the Tripos. Assessors shall propose questions in the papers or parts of papers assigned to them by the Examiners, shall mark the answers of the candidates in those papers or parts of papers, and shall advise the Examiners on the performance of candidates in the examination. Assessors may be summoned to meetings of the Examiners for the purpose of consultation and advice.

Class-lists.

10. In the class-lists for each Part of the Tripos, the names of the candidates who obtain honours shall be arranged in three classes, of which the second shall be divided into two divisions. In addition the Examiners may affix a mark of distinction to the names of candidates placed in the first class whose work is of special merit. The names in the first and third classes and each division of the second class shall be arranged in alphabetical order.

Part I.

11. The examination for Part I shall comprise three sections, as set out below. Candidates shall offer:

  1. (a)the examination requirements set out in Section I;
  2. (b)three further papers taken from the examination requirements set out in Section II and Section III, providing that candidates shall offer no fewer than two papers from Section III.

Section I. Education studies

Section I consists of two written papers, each of three hours' duration.

Paper 1

Disciplines of education

Paper 2

Disciplines of education II

Section II. Current issues in education

Section II consists of one written paper of three hours’ duration.

Paper 3

Current issues in education: teaching and learning

Section III. Subject studies

Candidates may offer two or three papers from one subject area only, as outlined in Schedule 1.

Part II.

12. The examination for Part II shall comprise four sections, as set out below. Candidates shall offer:

  1. (a)the examination requirements set out in Section I;
  2. (b)four further papers taken from the examination requirements set out in Sections II–IV, providing that candidates shall offer at least one paper from Section II and no more than two papers from Section IV.

With the permission of the Faculty Board, a candidate may offer a dissertation in place of one paper from Papers 1–4 of Section II, providing that the candidate may not offer more than one dissertation in total under Sections II and IV. Unless otherwise stated in Schedule 2, any dissertation shall be submitted under the conditions set out in Regulation 14.

Section I. Research and investigation in education

Candidates shall submit a dissertation on a topic related to the investigation and analysis of an educational problem. The dissertation shall be submitted under the conditions set out in Regulation 14. At the discretion of the Examiners, the examination may include an oral examination on the dissertation.

Section II. Advanced topics in education studies

Section II consists of four written papers, each of three hours’ duration.

Paper 1

The psychology of education

Paper 2

The philosophy of education

Paper 3

The sociology of education

Paper 4

The history of education

Section III. Special subjects in education

Candidates may offer one or more special subjects in education, which shall each count as one paper. The special subjects, and the examination requirements for each special subject, shall be announced by the Faculty Board from time to time, providing that due care is taken to give sufficient notice to all candidates.

Section IV. Subject studies

Candidates may offer up to two papers from one subject area only, as outlined in Schedule 2.

13. For both Parts, no candidate shall offer any paper, dissertation, or other exercise that he or she has previously offered in any University examination.

Dissertations.

14. A candidate who intends to submit a dissertation under Section II of Part I, or under Sections I, II, and IV of Part II, shall submit the proposed topic to the Secretary of the Faculty Board through her or his Director of Studies, by a date announced by the Faculty Board not later than the beginning of the Michaelmas Term preceding the examination. The Secretary shall communicate the approval or rejection of the proposed topic to the candidate no later than the beginning of the Lent Term preceding the examination.

The submitted dissertation shall be of not less than 8,000 words and not more than 10,000 words, inclusive of notes and appendices. Dissertations shall be submitted by candidates through the Undergraduate Office to the Secretary of the Faculty Board by a date specified by the Faculty Board not later than the beginning of the Michaelmas Term preceding the examination. Each dissertation shall be in typescript, unless previous permission has been obtained from the Faculty Board to present it in manuscript; it shall bear the candidate’s examination number and shall be accompanied by a brief synopsis.

Candidates will be required to declare that the dissertation is their own work and that it does not contain material already used to any substantial extent for a comparable purpose. At the discretion of the Examiners, a candidate may be examined viva voce on his or her dissertation.

Period abroad.

15. No student who has offered the subject Modern Foreign Languages shall be a candidate for Part II unless evidence has been produced to the Secretary of the Faculty Board that during the academical year next before the year of the examination he or she has spent a period studying abroad under conditions approved by the Faculty Board in a country or countries relevant to the papers to be offered in the examination. Such evidence will normally consist of a certificate from a university or employer confirming dates of attendance. Every student shall submit a report on their period of study abroad to the Faculty Board in the manner prescribed from time to time by the Board. Students shall keep the Secretary of the Faculty Board informed of their address abroad at all times.

16. A candidate proposing to study abroad in accordance with the provisions of Regulation 15 shall apply to the Faculty Board for the approval of her or his plans. The application shall be submitted through the candidate’s Director of Studies to the Secretary of the Faculty Board so as to arrive not later than the last day of Full Michaelmas Term in the academical year next preceding that which the candidate proposes to spend abroad, and shall indicate the country or countries that the student intends to visit and the way in which he or she will be occupied while abroad. If a student subsequently changes her or his plans, he or she must inform the Secretary of the Faculty Board and seek permission afresh. The Faculty Board will normally require a student to reside abroad for a period of at least eight months and to undertake during that time an assistantship at a school, or, with special permission from the Board, some other form of employment approved by them.

Temporary Regulation

17. The examinations for the Education Tripos shall be held under these regulations for the first time

for Part I in 2009

for Part II in 2010

SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 1

Amended by Notice (Reporter, 2007–08, p. 727)

SUBJECTS AND PAPERS FOR SECTION II OF PART I OF THE EDUCATION TRIPOS

Candidates may offer two or three papers chosen from only one subject area, as outlined in the Schedule. Where stated, some papers are examined by means other than a single written paper. Some subject areas may restrict the combinations of papers that may be offered.

Biological Sciences

All candidates shall offer the equivalent of two or three papers.

The following options shall count as one paper:

Biology of Cells (the examination requirements for this subject as set out in the regulations for Part Ia of the Natural Sciences Tripos)

Evolution and Behaviour (the examination requirements for this subject as set out in the regulations for Part Ia of the Natural Sciences Tripos)

Physiology of Organisms (the examination requirements for this subject as set out in the regulations for Part Ia of the Natural Sciences Tripos)

The following options shall count as two papers:

Animal Biology (the examination requirements for this subject as set out in the regulations for Part Ib of the Natural Sciences Tripos)

Cell and Developmental Biology (the examination requirements for this subject as set out in the regulations for Part Ib of the Natural Sciences Tripos)

Ecology (the examination requirements for this subject as set out in the regulations for Part Ib of the Natural Sciences Tripos)

Physiology (the examination requirements for this subject as set out in the regulations for Part Ib of the Natural Sciences Tripos)

Plant and Microbial Sciences (the examination requirements for this subject as set out in the regulations for Part Ib of the Natural Sciences Tripos)

Classics

All candidates shall offer the following two papers:

Passages for translation from Latin authors (Paper 3 of Part Ib of the Classical Tripos)

Latin literature (Paper 6 of Part Ib of the Classical Tripos)

A candidate who wishes to offer three papers may additionally offer one of Papers 7–10 from Part Ib of the Classical Tripos.

English

English and Drama

Candidates may offer two or three of the following papers:

  Paper Ed.D2

Film, culture, and identity

  Paper Ed.D3

Drama production II (performance or workshop and submission of a note-book)

  Paper Ed.E3

Shakespeare and Renaissance drama

  English literature and its contexts, 1300–1550 (Paper 1 of Part I of the English Tripos)

  English literature and its contexts, 1500–1700 (Paper 2 of Part I of the English Tripos)

  English literature and its contexts, 1688–1847 (Paper 3 of Part I of the English Tripos)

  English literature and its contexts, 1830 to the present (Paper 4 of Part I of the English Tripos)

  Literary criticism (Paper 6 of Part I of the English Tripos)

A candidate may offer a dissertation in place of any of these papers, provided that only one dissertation is offered in total. Any dissertation shall be offered under the conditions specified in Regulation 14.

Geography

Candidates may offer two or three of Papers 1–10 of Part Ib of the Geographical Tripos, in accordance with the examination requirements as set out in the regulations for that Tripos. Candidates will be required to submit a portfolio of course-work under conditions specified by the Faculty Board of Earth Sciences and Geography not later than the beginning of the Michaelmas Term preceding the examination.

History

Candidates may offer two or three of any of the following papers:

Paper 1 of Part I of the Archaeological and Anthropological Tripos

Any of Papers 2–24 of Part I of the Historical Tripos

Mathematics

[All candidates shall offer:

  Paper Ed.Ma1

Mathematical reasoning and mathematics education (submission of written assignments)

A candidate who wishes to offer two papers shall also offer two of the following options, which combined will make up one Mathematics paper:

  Paper Ed.Ma

Vectors and matrices (including questions taken from Paper 1 from Part Ia of the Mathematical Tripos)

  Paper Ed.Ma3

Groups (including questions taken from Paper 3 from Part Ia of the Mathematical Tripos)

  Paper Ed.Ma4

Numbers and sets (including questions taken from Paper 4 from Part Ia of the Mathematical Tripos)

A candidate who wishes to offer three papers shall also offer the following papers, which combined make up two Mathematics papers:

  Paper Ed.Ma2

Vectors and matrices (including questions taken from Paper 1 from Part Ia of the Mathematical Tripos)

  Paper Ed.Ma3

Groups (including questions taken from Paper 3 from Part Ia of the Mathematical Tripos)

  Paper Ed.Ma4

Numbers and sets (including questions taken from Paper 4 from Part Ia of the Mathematical Tripos)

  Paper Ed.Ma5

Analysis 1 (including questions taken from Paper 1 from Part Ia of the Mathematical Tripos)]56

〈All candidates shall offer:

  Paper Ed. Ma

Mathematical reasoning and mathematics education (submission of written assignments)

A candidate who wishes to offer two papers shall also offer two of the following options, which combined will make up one Mathematics paper:

  Paper Ed.Ma2

Differential equations (including questions taken from Paper 2 from Part Ia of the Mathematical Tripos)

  Paper Ed.Ma3

Groups (including questions taken from Paper 3 from Part Ia of the Mathematical Tripos)

  Paper Ed.Ma4

Vector calculus (including questions taken from Paper 3 from Part Ia of the Mathematical Tripos)

A candidate who wishes to offer three papers shall also offer the following options, which combined will make up two Mathematics papers:

  Paper Ed.Ma2

Differential equations (including questions taken from Paper 2 from Part Ia of the Mathematical Tripos)

  Paper Ed.Ma3

Groups (including questions taken from Paper 3 from Part Ia of the Mathematical Tripos)

  Paper Ed.Ma4

Vector calculus (including questions taken from Paper 3 from Part Ia of the Mathematical Tripos)〉56

Modern Foreign Languages

All candidates shall offer the following paper:

Translation into the foreign language including comprehension test (Paper B3 from Part Ib of the Modern and Medieval Languages Tripos)

and

one or two additional papers taken from Schedule Ib to the regulations for the Modern and Medieval Languages Tripos, provided that the papers are in the same language.

Music

Candidates may offer two or three of any of the following papers:

Analysis (Paper 2 of Part Ib of the Music Tripos)

Portfolio of free compositions (Paper 3 of Part Ib of the Music Tripos), which shall be submitted under conditions specified in the regulations for the Music Tripos

Any of the additional papers from Part Ib of the Music Tripos announced by the Faculty Board of Music, which shall be undertaken under any conditions specified by the Faculty Board of Music when they are announced

  Paper Ed.Mu3

Performance and rehearsal techniques (practical rehearsal and practical examination)

Physical Sciences

All candidates shall offer the equivalent of two or three papers.

The following options shall count as one paper:

Chemistry (the examination requirements for this subject as set out in the regulations for Part Ia of the Natural Sciences Tripos)

Geology (the examination requirements for this subject as set out in the regulations for Part Ia of the Natural Sciences Tripos)

Materials and Mineral Sciences (the examination requirements for this subject as set out in the regulations for Part Ia of the Natural Sciences Tripos)

Physics (the examination requirements for this subject as set out in the regulations for Part Ia of the Natural Sciences Tripos)

The following options shall count as two papers:

Chemistry A (the examination requirements for this subject as set out in the regulations for Part Ib of the Natural Sciences Tripos)

Chemistry B (the examination requirements for this subject as set out in the regulations for Part Ib of the Natural Sciences Tripos)

Physics A (the examination requirements for this subject as set out in the regulations for Part Ib of the Natural Sciences Tripos)

Religious Studies

Candidates may offer two or three papers chosen from Group B in Regulation 18 of the Theological and Religious Studies Tripos. Where, under the regulations for that Tripos, a paper may be offered in a form of assessment other than a written paper, the paper offered shall be submitted under conditions specified in the regulations for the Theological and Religious Studies Tripos.

SCHEDULE 2

Amended by Notice (Reporter, 2007–08, p. 401)

SUBJECTS AND PAPERS FOR SECTION IV OF PART II OF THE EDUCATION TRIPOS

Candidates may offer up to two papers from only one subject area, as outlined in the Schedule. Where stated, some papers are examined by means other than a single written paper. Some subject areas may restrict the combinations of papers that may be offered.

Biological Sciences

A candidate who wishes to offer one paper may offer either of the two written papers from the subject History and Philosophy of Science from Part Ib of the Natural Sciences Tripos.

A candidate who wishes to offer two papers may offer one of the following options, which shall count as two papers:

Animal Biology (the examination requirements for this subject as set out in the regulations for Part Ib of the Natural Sciences Tripos)

Cell and Developmental Biology (the examination requirements for this subject as set out in the regulations for Part Ib of the Natural Sciences Tripos)

Ecology (the examination requirements for this subject as set out in the regulations for Part Ib of the Natural Sciences Tripos)

Experimental Psychology (the examination requirements for this subject as set out in the regulations for Part Ib of the Natural Sciences Tripos)

History and Philosophy of Science (the examination requirements for this subject as set out in the regulations for Part Ib of the Natural Sciences Tripos)

Physiology (the examination requirements for this subject as set out in the regulations for Part Ib of the Natural Sciences Tripos)

Plant and Microbial Sciences (the examination requirements for this subject as set out in the regulations for Part Ib of the Natural Sciences Tripos)

Classics

Candidates may offer one or two of the papers from Part II of the Classical Tripos.

English

English and Drama

Candidates may offer one or two of the following papers:

  any of Papers 1–13 of Part II of the English Tripos

  Paper Ed.D4

Modern drama and theatre

  Paper Ed.A1

Arts and performance (written paper and submission of course-work)

A candidate may offer a dissertation in place of any of the papers above, providing that the candidate may offer only one dissertation in total. A dissertation in place of any of Papers 1–13 of Part II of the English Tripos shall be offered under the regulations for that Tripos. Any other dissertation shall be offered under the conditions specified in Regulation 14.

Geography

Candidates may offer one or two of Papers 1–15 of Part II of the Geographical Tripos, in accordance with the examination requirements as set out in the regulations for the Geographical Tripos. Some papers may require candidates to submit a portfolio of course-work in addition.

History

Candidates may offer one or two of Papers 3–29 of Part II of the Historical Tripos.

Mathematics

Candidates may offer the equivalent of one or two papers from Part Ib of the Mathematical Tripos, provided that in place of the equivalent of one paper a candidate may offer a dissertation under the conditions specified in Regulation 14. All candidates will be required to answer questions from all four papers from Part Ib of the Mathematical Tripos.57

Modern Foreign Languages

A candidate shall offer the oral examination C from Part II of the Modern and Medieval Languages Tripos, which shall be conducted under the conditions specified in the regulations for the Modern and Medieval Languages Tripos

and

one or two of the following papers, provided that any paper offered is in the same language as the oral examination and that at least one of the papers listed in (i) and (ii) must be offered:

  1. (i)Translation from and into the foreign language (Paper C1 from Part II of the Modern and Medieval Languages Tripos Tripos);
  2. (ii)Essay in the foreign language (Paper C2 from Part II of the Modern and Medieval Languages);
  3. (iii)any one paper chosen from Schedule II of the Modern and Medieval Languages Tripos.

Music

Candidates may offer one or two of the following papers:

Paper 1 of Part II of the Music Tripos, a dissertation which shall be submitted under the regulations of the Music Tripos

Any of Papers 3–6 of Part II of the Music Tripos, all of which shall be submitted or undertaken under the conditions specified in the regulations for the Music Tripos

Any of the additional papers from Part II of the Music Tripos announced by the Faculty Board of Music, which shall be undertaken under any conditions specified by the Faculty Board of Music when they are announced

  Paper Ed.A1

Arts and performance (written paper and submission of course-work)

Physical Sciences

A candidate who wishes to offer one paper may offer either of the two written papers from the subject History and Philosophy of Science from Part Ib of the Natural Sciences Tripos.

A candidate who wishes to offer two papers may offer one of the following options, which shall count as two papers:

Chemistry A (the examination requirements for this subject as set out in the regulations for Part Ib of the Natural Sciences Tripos)

Chemistry B (the examination requirements for this subject as set out in the regulations for Part Ib of the Natural Sciences Tripos)

Geological Sciences A (the examination requirements for this subject as set out in the regulations for Part Ib of the Natural Sciences Tripos)

Geological Sciences B (the examination requirements for this subject as set out in the regulations for Part Ib of the Natural Sciences Tripos)

History and Philosophy of Science (the examination requirements for this subject as set out in the regulations for Part Ib of the Natural Sciences Tripos)

Materials Science and Metallurgy (the examination requirements for this subject as set out in the regulations for Part Ib of the Natural Sciences Tripos)

Mineral Sciences (the examination requirements for this subject as set out in the regulations for Part Ib of the Natural Sciences Tripos)

Physics A (the examination requirements for this subject as set out in the regulations for Part Ib of the Natural Sciences Tripos)

Physics B (the examination requirements for this subject as set out in the regulations for Part Ib of the Natural Sciences Tripos)

Religious Studies

Candidates may offer one or two papers from Group C in Regulation 18 of the Theological and Religious Studies Tripos. Where, under the regulations for that Tripos, a paper may be offered in a form of assessment other than a written paper, the paper offered shall be submitted under conditions specified in the regulations for the Theological and Religious Studies Tripos.

Footnotes

  1. 54. These regulations will come into effect in accordance with the timetable in Temporary Regulation 17, p. 285.(Refs: 1)
  2. 55. See also the regulations for Affiliated Students.(Refs: 1)
  3. 56. The schedule of papers in angular brackets will replace the schedule of papers in square brackets (a temporary schedule for 2009 examination only) with effect from 1 October 2009.(Refs: 1, 2)
  4. 57. Although candidates enter for all four examination papers, the examination load shall be the equivalent of either one or two papers in this subject area. Candidates will leave the examination once they have completed the relevant questions.(Refs: 1)