HUMAN, SOCIAL, AND POLITICAL SCIENCES TRIPOS74

Amended by Notice (Reporter, 201213, p. 734)

General

1. The Human, Social, and Political Sciences Tripos shall consist of three Parts, Part I, Part IIa, and Part IIb. In Part IIa and Part IIb there shall be an examination in each of the following five subjects: Archaeology (including Assyriology and Egyptology), Biological Anthropology, Politics and International Relations, Social Anthropology, Sociology, and there shall be a joint examination in each of the following six pairs of subjects: Archaeology and Social Anthropology, Biological Anthropology and Archaeology, Politics and Sociology, Social and Biological Anthropology, Sociology and Social Anthropology, Social Anthropology and Politics. For Part I there shall be a single class-list; for Part IIa and Part IIb there shall be a separate class-list for each of the five subjects of the examination and for each joint examination.

2. The Faculty Board of Human, Social, and Political Science shall nominate a Senior Examiner and such number of Examiners to conduct the examination for Part I of the Tripos, and a Senior Examiner and such number of Examiners to conduct the examination in each subject for Part IIa and Part IIb, as they shall deem sufficient. The Faculty Board shall have power to nominate such number of Assessors as they shall deem sufficient to assist the Examiners for each Part. If required to do so, Assessors shall set papers in the subject or subjects assigned to them, shall mark the answers of the candidates in those papers, shall assess dissertations, 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, but shall not be entitled to vote.

3. The Faculty Board may from time to time make supplementary regulations defining all or any of the subjects and specified texts of examination and may modify, alter, or withdraw such supplementary regulations as they see fit, due care being taken that sufficient notice is given of any change.

4. Before the end of the Easter Term each year the Faculty Board shall give notice of the variable subjects for the examinations to be held in the academical year next following; 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. The Board shall have power when they give notice of variable subjects to announce any consequential restriction on the combination of papers that a candidate may choose to offer.

5. The questions proposed by each Examiner and Assessor shall be submitted for approval to the whole body of Examiners for Part I or to the Examiners in the particular subject for Part IIa or Part IIb.

6. Separate meetings shall be held of all the Examiners for Part I and of the five bodies of Examiners for Part IIa and Part IIb, at which the respective class-lists shall be drawn up. The five bodies of Examiners for Part IIa and Part IIb shall also draw up class-lists for the following subjects: Archaeology and Social Anthropology (the Examiners for Archaeology), Biological Anthropology and Archaeology (the Examiners for Biological Anthropology), Politics and Sociology (the Examiners for Politics and International Relations), Social and Biological Anthropology (the Examiners for Social Anthropology), Sociology and Social Anthropology (the Examiners for Sociology), and Social Anthropology and Politics (the Examiners for Social Anthropology). In each class-list the names of the candidates who deserve honours shall be placed in three classes, of which the second shall be divided into two divisions. The names in the first and third classes, and in each division of the second class, shall be arranged in alphabetical order. For special excellence a mark of distinction may be awarded. The class-lists for the subject Archaeology in Part IIa and Part IIb shall indicate whether a candidate has offered in the examination the Assyriology and/or Egyptology option.

7. No student shall be a candidate for more than one Part, or any Part and also for another Honours Examination in the same term.

8. No student who has been a candidate for any Part shall again be a candidate for the same Part.

9. A candidate shall not offer in any Part of the Tripos a paper that he or she has previously offered in another University examination.

Part I

10. The following may present themselves as candidates for honours in Part I:

1. (a)a student who has not obtained honours in another Honours Examination, provided that he or she has kept one term and that three complete terms have not passed after the student’s first term of residence;
2. (b)a student who has obtained honours in another Honours Examination, in the year after so obtaining honours, provided that he or she has kept seven terms and that nine complete terms have not passed after the student’s first term of residence.

11. The scheme of examination for Part I shall be as follows:

Section A

Section B

A candidate for Part I shall be required to offer four papers as follows:

1. (a)three papers from Section A;
2. (b)one further paper from Section A or a paper from Section B.

Part IIa and Part IIb

12. The following may present themselves as candidates for honours in Part IIa:

(a) a student who has obtained honours in Part I of the Human, Social, and Political Sciences Tripos in the year next after so obtaining honours, provided that six complete terms have not passed after her or his first term of residence;

(b) a student who has obtained honours in any other 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.75

13. A student who has obtained honours in Part IIa of the Human, Social, and Political Sciences Tripos may be a candidate for honours in Part IIb in the year next after so obtaining honours, provided that:

1. (i)the student has kept seven terms and twelve complete terms have not passed after her or his first term of residence;75
2. (ii)no student shall be a candidate for Part IIb in Archaeology unless the Head of the Department of Archaeology and Anthropology is satisfied that the student has, since matriculation, undertaken at least one week of study visit and six weeks of archaeological excavation or fieldwork on a project or projects (or in the case of candidates for Assyriology or Egyptology, an equivalent study visit to Egypt or the Middle East and/or study in a museum) approved by the Head of the Department, provided that the Head of the Department shall have power to grant exemption from this requirement to a candidate who has obtained an equivalent amount of appropriate experience in some other way. Before the division of the Lent Term each year the Head of the Department shall draw up a list of those candidates who have satisfied this requirement or have been granted exemption from it, and shall communicate this information to the Registrary.

14. A student who has obtained honours in another Honours Examination other than Part IIa of the Human, Social, and Political Sciences Tripos may be a candidate for honours in either Part IIa or Part IIb in the year after so obtaining honours, provided that the student has kept seven terms and that twelve complete terms have not passed after her or his first term of residence. Such students shall offer, subject to the provisions of Regulation 9, four papers chosen from those available in Part IIa and Part IIb, in accordance with the guidelines issued by the Faculty Board, and conditional upon written permission from the relevant Head of Department obtained not later than the division of the Michaelmas Term next preceding the examination.

15. The scheme of examination for Part IIa and Part IIb shall be as follows:

Archaeology

The Faculty Board shall announce before the end of the Easter Term the papers that will be available in the examinations to be held in the next academical year.

Biological Anthropology

Politics and International Relations

Social Anthropology

Special subjects in social anthropology

Sociology

16. Each paper shall be of three hours’ duration except POL5, SOC4, ARC6–13, and ARC18–33. The examination for Papers POL5 and SOC4 shall consist of the submission of two essays each of not more than 5,000 words. The Faculty Board shall publish by notice in each Department of the Faculty of Human, Social, and Political Science prescribed titles or subjects for essays by the beginning of the Michaelmas Term next preceding the examination concerned. The essays for POL5 and SOC4 shall be submitted in printed or typewritten form to the Senior Examiner in the relevant subject as follows: one essay no later than the end of the first week of Full Lent Term, and one essay no later than the end of the first week of Full Easter Term. Papers ARC6–13 and ARC18–33 will be assessed by a three-hour written examination plus mandatory course-work elements, prescribed titles or details of which will be published by the Faculty Board by the end of the Easter Term of the year preceding the examination concerned.

17. Subject to the provisions of Regulation 9, candidates for Part IIa shall offer papers and other exercises as follows:

1. (a)Candidates in Archaeology

Option 1 (Archaeology)

1.  (i)ARC6;
2.  (ii)two papers chosen from Papers ARC279, ARC8, ARC10–33;
3.  (iii)one paper chosen from BAN2–4, POL3–4, SAN2–3, SAN8–12, SOC2–3, and Papers 1 and 2 for the subject History and Philosophy in Part Ib of the Natural Sciences Tripos, or one further paper chosen from ARC8, ARC10–33, or either Paper 7 or Paper 8 borrowed from Part I of the Historical Tripos.

Option 2 (Assyriology)

1.  (i)ARC3480 or ARC4;
2.  (ii)ARC22 or ARC23;
3.  (iii)one paper chosen from ARC24–25 and ARC39–40;
4.  (iv)one paper chosen from ARC2, ARC6, ARC8, ARC10–21, ARC24–33, or ARC39–40.

Option 3 (Egyptology)

1.  (i)ARC3781 or ARC5;
2.  (ii)ARC2 or ARC6;
3.  (iii)ARC18 or ARC19;
4.  (iv)ARC20 or ARC21.

Option 4 (Assyriology and Egyptology)

1.  (i)ARC3480 or ARC4;
2.  (ii)ARC3781 or ARC5;
3.  (iii)one paper from ARC18–21;
4.  (iv)one paper from ARC22–25.

1. (b)Candidates in Biological Anthropology

1.  (i)Papers BAN2–4;
2.  (ii)one paper chosen from ARC8, ARC10–33, BAN6–8, POL3–4, SAN2–3, SAN8–12, SOC2–3, and Papers 1 and 2 for the subject History and Philosophy in Part Ib of the Natural Sciences Tripos.

1. (c)Candidates in Politics and International Relations

1.  (i)POL3;
2.  (ii)POL4;
3.  (iii)either POL7 or POL8;
4.  (iv)one paper chosen from ARC8, ARC10–33, BAN2–4, SAN2–3, SAN8–12, SOC2–3, Papers 1 and 2 for the subject History and Philosophy in Part Ib of the Natural Sciences Tripos, POL5–6, or either Paper 10 or Paper 11 borrowed from Part I of the Historical Tripos.

1. (d)Candidates in Social Anthropology

1.  (i)Papers SAN2–4;
2.  (ii)one paper chosen from SAN8–12, ARC8, ARC10–33, BAN2–4, POL3–4, SOC2–3, and Papers 1 and 2 for the subject History and Philosophy in Part Ib of the Natural Sciences Tripos.

1. (e)Candidates in Sociology

1.  (i)SOC2;
2.  (ii)SOC3;
3.  (iii)either SOC4 or SOC5;
4.  (iv)one paper chosen from ARC8, ARC10–33, BAN2–4, POL3–4, SAN2–3, SAN8–12, SOC4–5, Papers PBS 3–4 of the Psychological and Behavioural Sciences Tripos, and Papers 1 and 2 for the subject History and Philosophy in Part Ib of the Natural Sciences Tripos, or either Paper 10 or Paper 11 borrowed from Part I of the Historical Tripos.

1. (f)Candidates in Archaeology and Social Anthropology

1.  (i)one paper chosen from ARC2 and ARC6, and one paper chosen from ARC2, ARC6, ARC8, and ARC10–33;
2.  (ii)two papers chosen from SAN2–4.

1. (g)Candidates in Biological Anthropology and Archaeology

1.  (i)one paper chosen from ARC2 and ARC6, and one paper chosen from ARC2, ARC6, ARC8, and ARC10–33;
2.  (ii)two papers chosen from BAN2–4.

1. (h)Candidates in Politics and Sociology

1.  (i)one paper chosen from POL3–4;
2.  (ii)one paper chosen from POL7–8;
3.  (iii)SOC2 and SOC3.

1. (i)Candidates in Social and Biological Anthropology

1.  (i)two papers chosen from SAN2–4;
2.  (ii)two papers chosen from BAN2–4.

1. (j)Candidates in Sociology and Social Anthropology

1.  (i)SAN2 and SAN3;
2.  (ii)SOC2 and SOC3.

1. (k)Candidates in Social Anthropology and Politics

1.  (i)POL3 or POL4;
2.  (ii)POL7 or POL8;
3.  (iii)one paper chosen from SAN2–3, and one paper chosen from SAN2–4 and SAN8–12.

18. Subject to the provisions of Regulation 9, candidates for Part IIb shall offer papers and other exercises as follows:

1. (a)Candidates in Archaeology

Option 1 (Archaeology)

1.  (i)ARC7;
2.  (ii)two papers chosen from Papers ARC8–3382, one of which may be substituted by a dissertation on a subject approved by the Head of the Department of Archaeology and Anthropology, which shall be submitted in accordance with the provisions of Regulation 20;
3.  (iii)one further paper chosen from Papers ARC8–33, BAN2–4, BAN6–8, POL13–1483, SAN2–3, SAN8–12, SOC6–1584.

Option 2 (Assyriology)

1.  (i)ARC3585 or ARC34;
2.  (ii)ARC22 or ARC23;
3.  (iii)one paper chosen from ARC24–25, ARC3686, or ARC39–40;
4.  (iv)either one further paper chosen from ARC7, ARC8–2182, ARC26–33, ARC3686, ARC39–40, or a dissertation on a subject approved by the Head of the Department of Archaeology and Anthropology, which shall be submitted in accordance with the provisions of Regulation 20.

Option 3 (Egyptology)

1.  (i)ARC3887 or ARC37;
2.  (ii)ARC18 or ARC19;
3.  (iii)ARC20 or ARC21;
4.  (iv)either one further paper chosen from ARC7, ARC8, ARC10–17, ARC22–33, or a dissertation on a subject approved by the Head of the Department of Archaeology and Anthropology, which shall be submitted in accordance with the provisions of Regulation 20.

Option 4 (Assyriology and Egyptology)

1.  (i)ARC3585 or ARC34;
2.  (ii)ARC3887 or ARC37;
3.  (iii)one paper from ARC18–25;
4.  (iv)either one further paper chosen from ARC18–25, ARC3686, or a dissertation on a subject approved by the Head of the Department of Archaeology and Anthropology, which shall be submitted in accordance with the provisions of Regulation 20.

1. (b)Candidates in Biological Anthropology

1.  (i)BAN5;
2.  (ii)two papers chosen from Papers BAN6–8, one of which may be substituted by a dissertation on a subject approved by the Head of the Department of Archaeology and Anthropology, which shall be submitted in accordance with the provisions of Regulation 20;
3.  (iii)either one paper chosen from ARC8–3382, POL13–1483, SAN2–3, SAN8–12, SOC6–1584, or a further paper chosen from BAN6–8.

1. (c)Candidates in Politics and International Relations

1.  (i)POL9;
2.  (ii)two papers chosen from POL10–1988, one of which may be substituted by a dissertation on a subject approved by the Head of the Department of Politics and International Studies, which shall be submitted in accordance with the provisions of Regulation 20;
3.  (iii)either one paper chosen from ARC8–3382, BAN2–4, BAN6–8, SAN2–3, SAN8–12, SOC6–1584, or a further paper chosen from POL10–1988.

1. (d)Candidates in Social Anthropology

1.  (i)Papers SAN5, SAN6, and SAN7;
2.  (ii)either one paper chosen from Papers SAN8–12, ARC8–3382, BAN2–4, BAN6–8, POL13–1483, SOC6–1584, or a dissertation on a subject approved by the Head of the Department of Archaeology and Anthropology, which shall be submitted in accordance with the provisions of Regulation 20.

1. (e)Candidates in Sociology

1.  (i)one paper chosen from SOC6–13;
2.  (ii)two further papers chosen from SOC6–15, one of which may be substituted by a dissertation on a subject approved by the Head of the Department of Sociology, which shall be submitted in accordance with the provisions of Regulation 20;
3.  (iii)one paper chosen from ARC8–3382, BAN2–4, BAN6–8, POL13–1483, SAN2–3, SAN8–12, Papers PBS9–12 of the Psychological and Behavioural Sciences Tripos or a further paper chosen from SOC6–15.

1. (f)Candidates in Archaeology and Social Anthropology

1.  (i)Paper ARC6 or ARC7;
2.  (ii)one paper chosen from SAN5 and SAN6;
3.  (iii)one paper chosen from ARC8–3382 and one paper chosen from SAN5–12; one of these papers may be substituted by a dissertation on a subject approved by the Head of the Department of Archaeology and Anthropology, which shall be submitted in accordance with the provisions of Regulation 20.

1. (g)Candidates in Biological Anthropology and Archaeology

1.  (i)Paper ARC6 or ARC7;
2.  (ii)one paper chosen from BAN6–8;
3.  (iii)one paper chosen from ARC8–3382 and a further paper chosen from BAN6–8; one of these papers may be substituted by a dissertation on a subject approved by the Head of the Department of Archaeology and Anthropology, which shall be submitted in accordance with the provisions of Regulation 20.

1. (h)Candidates in Politics and Sociology

1.  (i)two papers chosen from POL6, POL10–1988;
2.  (ii)two papers chosen from SOC5–1589;
3.  (iii)a candidate may substitute for one paper a dissertation on a subject approved1 by the Head of the Department of Politics and International Studies, which shall be submitted in accordance with the provisions of Regulation 20.

1. (i)Candidates in Social and Biological Anthropology

1.  (i)one paper chosen from SAN5 and SAN6;
2.  (ii)one paper chosen from BAN6–8;
3.  (iii)one paper chosen from SAN5–12 and a further paper chosen from BAN6–8; one of these papers may be substituted by a dissertation on a subject approved by the Head of the Department of Archaeology and Anthropology, which shall be submitted in accordance with the provisions of Regulation 20.

1. (j)Candidates in Sociology and Social Anthropology

1.  (i)two papers chosen from SOC5–15;
2.  (ii)one paper chosen from SAN5 and SAN6 and one paper chosen from SAN5–SAN12;
3.  (iii)a candidate may substitute for one paper a dissertation on a subject approved by the Head of the Department of Sociology, which shall be submitted in accordance with the provisions of Regulation 20.

1. (k)Candidates in Social Anthropology and Politics

1.  (i)two papers from POL10–1988;
2.  (ii)one paper chosen from SAN5 and SAN6, and one paper chosen from SAN5–SAN12;
3.  (iii)a candidate may substitute for one paper a dissertation on a subject approved by the Head of the Department of Archaeology and Anthropology, which shall be submitted in accordance with the provisions of Regulation 20.

19. Candidates for Part IIa and Part IIb in Archaeology and Biological Anthropology shall present for the inspection of the Examiners, by a date which the Head of the Department of Archaeology and Anthropology shall announce not later than the division of Michaelmas Term, records of such practical work done during the courses leading to the examination as shall be determined from time to time by the Faculty Board. The Examiners shall be provided by the Head of Department with assessments of the candidates’ practical work, and shall take these assignments into account in assigning marks for the examination.

20. (a) A candidate for Part IIb who wishes to offer a dissertation shall submit an application, including the title of the proposed dissertation, a brief account of its scope, and a statement of the scheme of papers to be offered in the examination. A candidate who so wishes may request permission to include a film or filmed material, amounting to not more than twenty minutes in length, as a component part of the dissertation. Applications shall be submitted to the Head of the relevant Department so as to arrive not later than the division of the Full Michaelmas Term next preceding the examination.

(b) Each candidate must obtain the approval of the Head of Department for the proposed title not later than the division of the Lent Term. When the Head of Department has approved a title, no change shall be made to it, or to the candidate’s scheme of papers, without the further approval of the Head of Department.

(c) A dissertation shall be of not more than 10,000 words in length. The inclusion of footnotes, figures, tables, appendices, and bibliography in the word count will be specified by each department. Each dissertation shall be typewritten, with two printed copies submitted in addition to a copy in an approved electronic format.

(d) A dissertation shall be submitted to the Senior Examiner in the relevant subject not later than the second Friday of the Full Easter Term in which the examination is held.

A dissertation shall be accompanied by (i) a brief synopsis on a separate sheet of paper of the contents of the dissertation, and (ii) a certificate signed by the candidate stating the word count of the dissertation, that it is her or his own original work, and that it does not contain material that has already been used to any substantial extent for a comparable purpose.

21. At the discretion of the Examiners, a candidate for Part IIb may be examined viva voce.

Temporary Regulation

22. The examinations for the Human, Social, and Political Sciences Tripos shall be held for the first time as follows:

Part I in 2014

Part IIa in 2015

Part IIb in 2016