Statutes and Ordinances of the University of Cambridge
CHAPTER IV
pp. 259–264
PRELIMINARY EXAMINATIONS AND TRIPOS EXAMINATIONS

The provisions contained in this Chapter are Regulations of the General Board

In this section

TRIPOS EXAMINATIONS

ARCHAEOLOGY TRIPOS8

Grace 2 of 4 November 2015

General

1. The Archaeology 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 four subjects: Archaeology, Assyriology, Egyptology, and Biological Anthropology, and there shall be a joint examination in each of the following pairs of subjects: Biological Anthropology and Archaeology, and Egyptology and Assyriology. 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 single-subject examination and for each joint examination.

2. There shall be three bodies of Examiners, one for Part I, one for Part IIa, and one for Part IIb. The Faculty Board of Human, Social, and Political Sciences shall nominate a Chair of Examiners for each of the three bodies, Senior Examiners for Part IIa and Part IIb, and other Examiners for each Part 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 or subjects for Part IIa or Part IIb.

6. Separate meetings shall be held of the Examiners for Part I and of the Examiners for Part IIa and Part IIb, at which the respective class-lists shall be drawn up. 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.

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

ARC1.

Introduction to archaeology

ARC2.

Archaeology in action

ARC3.

Introduction to the cultures of Egypt and Mesopotamia

ARC4.

Akkadian language 1

ARC5.

Egyptian language 1

ARC6.

Being human: interdisciplinary perspectives

BAN1.

Humans in biological perspective

Section B

POL1.

The modern state and its alternatives (Paper POL1 of the Human, Social, and Political Sciences Tripos)

SAN1.

Social anthropology: the comparative perspective (Paper SAN1 of the Human, Social, and Political Sciences Tripos)

SOC1.

Modern societies I: introduction to sociology (Paper SOC1 of the Human, Social, and Political Sciences Tripos)

PBS1.

Introduction to psychology (Paper PBS1 of the Psychological and Behavioural Sciences Tripos)

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 one paper from Section B.

Part IIa and Part IIb

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

  1. (a)a student who has obtained honours in Part I of the Archaeology 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;
  2. (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;9

provided that no student shall be a candidate for Part IIa in Archaeology or Biological Anthropology and Archaeology unless the Head of the Department of Archaeology and Anthropology is satisfied that the student has, since matriculation, undertaken two weeks of excavation on a project approved by the Head of the Department, provided that the Head of the Department shall have the power to grant exemption from this requirement to a candidate who has obtained or will obtain an equivalent amount of appropriate experience in other ways.

13. A student who has obtained honours in Part IIa of the Archaeology 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;9
  2. (ii)no student shall be a candidate for Part IIb in Archaeology or Biological Anthropology and 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 four weeks of excavation or other fieldwork on a project approved by the Head of the Department, provided that the Head of the Department shall have the power to grant exemption from this requirement to a candidate who has obtained an equivalent amount of appropriate experience in other ways.
  3. (iii)no student shall be a candidate for Part IIb in Assyriology, Egyptology, or Assyriology and Egyptology unless the Head of the Department of Archaeology and Anthropology is satisfied that the student has, since matriculation, undertaken four weeks of study visit, study in a museum, and/or fieldwork, according to a plan approved by the Head of the Department, provided that the Head of the Department shall have the power to grant exemption from this requirement to a candidate who has obtained an equivalent amount of appropriate experience in other ways.

14. A student who has obtained honours in another Honours Examination other than Part IIa of the Archaeology 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 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:

ARC7.

Archaeological theory and practice I

ARC8.

From data to interpretation

ARC9.

Archaeological theory and practice II

ARC10.

A topic in archaeology 1

ARC11.

A topic in archaeology 2

ARC12.

A topic in archaeology 3

ARC13.

A topic in archaeology 4

ARC14.

A topic in archaeology 5

ARC15.

Archaeology in the world*

ARC16.

A special topic in archaeology 1*

ARC17.

A special topic in archaeology 2*

ARC18.

A special topic in archaeology 3*

ARC19.

A special topic in archaeology 4*

ARC20.

A special topic in archaeology 5*

ARC21.

A special topic in archaeology 6*

ARC22.

A special topic in archaeology 7*

ARC23.

A special topic in archaeology 8*

ARC24.

A special topic in archaeology 9*

ARC25.

A special topic in archaeology 10*

ARC26.

Society and settlement in Ancient Egypt (offered in alternate years)

ARC27.

Ancient Egypt in context: an archaeology of international relations (offered in alternate years)

ARC28.

The archaeology of religion in ancient Egypt (offered in alternate years)

ARC29.

The archaeology of death and burial in ancient Egypt (offered in alternate years)

ARC30.

Mesopotamian archaeology I: prehistory and early states (offered in alternate years)

ARC31.

Mesopotamian archaeology II: territorial states to empires (offered in alternate years)

ARC32.

Mesopotamian culture I: literature (offered in alternate years)

ARC33.

Mesopotamian culture II: religion and scholarship (offered in alternate years)

ARC34.

Akkadian language II

ARC35.

Akkadian language III

ARC36.

Sumerian language

ARC37.

Egyptian language II

ARC38.

Egyptian language III

ARC39.

Mesopotamian history I: states and structures (offered in alternate years)

ARC40.

Mesopotamian history II: empires and systems (offered in alternate years)

ARC41.

A topic within classical archaeology and/or art (Classical archaeology, Paper D2 from the Classical Tripos)

ARC42.

Aegean prehistory (Paper D1 from the Classical Tripos)

ARC43.

A topic within classical archaeology and/or art (Roman cities, Paper D4 from the Classical Tripos)

*Papers marked above with an asterisk shall be offered over one term.

BAN2.

A subject in biological anthropology I

BAN3.

A subject in biological anthropology II

BAN4.

A subject in biological anthropology III

BAN5.

Theory and practice in biological anthropology

BAN6.

A subject in biological anthropology IV

BAN7.

A subject in biological anthropology V

BAN8.

A subject in biological anthropology VI

BAN9.

A subject in biological anthropology VII

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

(a) Candidates in Archaeology

(i)

Paper ARC7;

(ii)

Paper ARC8;

(iii)

one paper chosen from the following: ARC210, ARC10–ARC14, ARC26–ARC31;

(iv)

one further paper chosen from the following: ARC10–ARC14, ARC 26–ARC31, ARC41, BAN2–BAN4, BAN6–BAN9, or one paper chosen from the following: POL3, POL4, SAN7–SAN13, SOC3, SOC4.

(b) Candidates in Assyriology

(i)

Paper ARC34 or ARC411;

(ii)

Paper ARC30 or ARC31;

(iii)

one paper chosen from the following: ARC32–ARC33, ARC39–ARC40;

(iv)

one further paper chosen from the following: ARC2, ARC7, ARC8, ARC10–ARC14, ARC26–29, ARC32–ARC33, ARC39–ARC41, BAN2–BAN4, BAN6–BAN9, POL3, POL4, SAN7–SAN13, SOC3, SOC4.

(c) Candidates in Biological Anthropology

(i)

Paper BAN2;

(ii)

Paper BAN3;

(iii)

Paper BAN4;

(iv)

one paper chosen from the following: ARC2, ARC7, ARC8, ARC10–ARC14, ARC26–ARC31, ARC41, BAN6–BAN9, POL3, POL4, SAN7–SAN13, SOC3, SOC4 from Part IIa of the Human, Social, and Political Sciences Tripos, or PBS3 or PBS4 from Part Ib of the Psychological and Behavioural Sciences Tripos.

(d) Candidates in Egyptology

(i)

Paper ARC37 or ARC512;

(ii)

Paper ARC210 or ARC7;

(iii)

Paper ARC26 or ARC27;

(iv)

Paper ARC28 or ARC29.

(e) Candidates in Assyriology and Egyptology

(i)

Paper ARC34 or ARC413;

(ii)

Paper ARC37 or ARC512;

(iii)

one paper chosen from ARC26–ARC29;

(iv)

one paper chosen from ARC30–ARC33.

(f) Candidates in Biological Anthropology and Archaeology

(i)

Paper ARC210 or ARC7;

(ii)

one further paper chosen from the following: ARC2, ARC7, ARC8, ARC10–ARC14, ARC26–ARC31, ARC41;

(iii)

two papers chosen from BAN2–BAN4.

17. Candidates for Part IIb who have taken Part IIa in the Archaeology Tripos may not change their subject track between Parts IIa and IIb, unless changing from a joint track to one of the single subjects within it, unless with the written permission of the Head of the Department of Archaeology and Anthropology given before the division of Michaelmas Term. Subject to the provisions of Regulation 9, candidates for Part IIb shall offer papers and other exercises as follows:

(a) Candidates in Archaeology

(i)

Paper ARC714 or ARC9;

(ii)

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 18;

(iii)

Paper ARC15 and one paper chosen from ARC16–ARC25;

(iv)

either two further papers chosen from ARC16–ARC25, or one further paper chosen from the following: ARC10–ARC14, ARC26–ARC31, ARC42–ARC43, BAN2–BAN4, BAN6–BAN9, or POL13, POL14, SAN7—SAN13, or SOC6—SOC15 from the Human, Social, and Political Sciences Tripos.

(b) Candidates in Assyriology

(i)

Paper ARC3415 or ARC35;

(ii)

Paper ARC30 or ARC31;

(iii)

one paper chosen from the following: ARC32–ARC33, ARC36, ARC39–ARC40;

(iv)

either one further paper chosen from the following: ARC9–ARC14, ARC26–ARC29, ARC36, ARC39–40, ARC42–ARC43, BAN2–BAN4, BAN6–BAN9; or two papers chosen from Papers ARC15–ARC25; or one Part IIb paper chosen from POL13, POL14, SAN7–SAN13, or SOC6–SOC15 from the Human, Social, and Political Sciences Tripos; 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 18.

(c) Candidates in Biological Anthropology

(i)

if a candidate took Part IIa of the Archaeology Tripos:

   (1) Paper BAN5;

 (2) one paper chosen from BAN6–BAN9;
   (3) either one further paper chosen from the following: BAN6–BAN9, ARC9–ARC14, ARC26–ARC31, ARC42–ARC43; or two further papers chosen from ARC15–ARC25;

 (4) either one further paper chosen from the following: BAN6–BAN9, ARC9–ARC14, ARC26–ARC31, ARC42–ARC43; or two further papers chosen from ARC15–ARC25; 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 18;

(ii)

if a candidate did not take Part IIa of the Archaeology Tripos:

   (1) Paper BAN2;

 (2) Paper BAN3;
   (3) Paper BAN4;

 (4) either one paper chosen from the following: BAN6–9, ARC9–ARC14, ARC26–ARC31, ARC42–ARC43; or two papers chosen from ARC15–ARC25; 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 18.

(d) Candidates in Egyptology

(i)

Paper ARC3716 or ARC38;

(ii)

Paper ARC26 or ARC27;

(iii)

Paper ARC28 or ARC29;

(iv)

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 18.

(e) Candidates in Assyriology and Egyptology

(i)

Paper ARC3417 or ARC35;

(ii)

Paper ARC3716 or ARC38;

(iii)

one paper chosen from ARC26–ARC33;

(iv)

either one further paper chosen from the following: ARC26–ARC33 or ARC36; 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 18.

(f) Candidates in Biological Anthropology and Archaeology

(i)

Paper ARC7 or ARC9;

(ii)

one paper chosen from BAN6–BAN9;

(iii)

one paper chosen from BAN6–BAN9;

(iv)

either two papers chosen from ARC15–ARC25; or one paper chosen from the following: ARC10–ARC14, ARC26–ARC31, ARC42–ARC43; 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 18.

18. (a) A candidate for Part IIb who offers a dissertation shall submit an application, including the title of the proposed dissertation and a brief account of its scope. Applications shall be submitted to the Head of the 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 without the further approval of the Head of Department.

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

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

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

Temporary Regulation

20. The examinations for the Archaeology Tripos shall be held for the first time as follows:

  1.  Part I in 2018;
  2.  Part IIa in 2019;
  3.  Part IIb in 2020.

Footnotes

  1. 8. These regulations will come into effect in accordance with the timetable in Temporary Regulation 20.a
  2. 9. See also the regulations for Affiliated Students (p. 166).a b
  3. 10. ARC2 is required if a candidate has not taken it at Part I.a b c
  4. 11. ARC4 is required if a candidate has not taken it at Part I.a
  5. 12. ARC5 is required if a candidate has not taken it at Part I.a b
  6. 13. ARC4 is required if a candidate has not taken it at Part I.a
  7. 14. ARC7 is required if a candidate has not taken it at Part IIa.a
  8. 15. ARC34 is required if a candidate has not taken it at Part IIa.a
  9. 16. ARC37 is required if a candidate has not taken it at Part IIa.a b
  10. 17. ARC34 is required if a candidate has not taken it at Part IIa.a