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Honour School of Chemistry

A

  • 1. The subject of the Honour School of Chemistry shall be the study of Chemistry.

  • 2. No candidate shall be admitted to examination in this school unless he or she has either passed or been exempted from the First Public Examination.

  • 3. The examination in this school shall be under the supervision of the Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences Board, which shall prescribe the necessary regulations.

  • 4. The examination in Chemistry shall consist of three parts: IA, IB, II.

  • 5. A candidate shall not be awarded a classified degree until he or she has completed all parts of the examinations, and has been adjudged worthy of honours by the examiners in Part I (Part IA and Part IB) and Part II of the examination. The Examiners shall give due consideration to the performance in all parts of the respective examinations.

  • 6. The examiners shall be entitled to award a Pass to candidates in Part I (Part IA and Part IB) who have reached a standard considered adequate but who have not been adjudged worthy of honours.

  • 7. A candidate adjudged worthy of Honours in Part I (Parts IA and IB) and worthy of Honours in Part II may supplicate for the Degree of Master of Chemistry, provided that the candidate has fulfilled all the conditions for admission to a degree of the University.

  • 8. A candidate who passes Part I (Parts IA and IB) or who is adjudged worthy of Honours in Part I (Parts IA and IB), but who does not enter Part II, or fails to obtain Honours in Part II, is permitted to supplicate for the degree of Bachelor of Arts in Chemistry (pass or unclassified Honours, as appropriate); provided that no such candidate may later enter or re-enter the Part II year or supplicate for the degree of Master of Chemistry; and provided in each case that the candidate has fulfilled all the conditions for admission to a degree of the University.

  • 9. Candidates will be required to complete a core practical requirement: provided that this requirement may be reduced for candidates who have passed one or more Supplementary Subjects. Details of the requirements and the eligible Supplementary Subjects shall be prescribed in the Course Handbook. Exceptionally, the examiners may require a candidate to take a practical examination.

B

  • 1. In the following, ‘the Course Handbook’ refers to the Chemistry Undergraduate Course Handbook, posted annually at the start of Michaelmas Term by the Faculty of Chemistry.

  • 2. The examiners will permit the use of any hand-held calculator subject to the conditions set out under the heading ‘Use of calculators in examinations’ in the Regulations for the Conduct of University Examinations and further elaborated in the Course Handbook.

  • 3. The syllabus for Parts IA and IB shall be published in the Course Handbook.

  • 4. Supplementary Subjects.

    • (i) Candidates may offer themselves for examination in one or more Supplementary Subjects, provided that no more than three Supplementary Subjects may be offered in total.

    • (ii) Candidates awarded a pass in a Supplementary Subject examination may not retake the same Supplementary Subject examination.

    • (iii) Supplementary Subjects may be offered in all or any of the years in which candidates take any Part of the Second Public Examination.

    • (iv) The Supplementary Subjects available in any year will be published, together with the term in which each subject will be examined, in the Course Handbook in the academic year in which the courses are delivered. Regulations governing the use of calculators in individual Supplementary Subjects will be notified in the Course Handbook.

    • (v) Where a Language Supplementary Subject is available, entry of candidates for examination in Language Supplementary Subjects shall require the approval of the Chair of the Chemistry Teaching Committee and the Director of the Language Centre or their deputies. Approval shall not be given to candidates who have, at the start of the course, already acquired demonstrable skills exceeding the target learning outcomes in the chosen language.

    • (vi) In determining the place of candidates in the Results List the Examiners shall take account of performance in any Supplementary Subjects which have been offered.