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Honour School of Cell and Systems Biology

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  • 1. The subject of the Honour School of Cell and Systems Biology shall be all aspects of the scientific study of the development and functioning of living organisms with particular but not exclusive reference to mammals.

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

  • 3. The examination in this school shall be under the supervision of the Medical Sciences Board, which shall make regulations concerning it.

  • 4. The examination in Cell and Systems Biology shall consist of two parts: Part I and Part II.

  • 5. No candidate shall be admitted to the Part II examination in this school unless they have completed the Part I examination in this school.

  • 6. The examination for Part I will take place during Week 0 or 1 in Trinity Term of the candidate’s second year. The examination for Part II will take place during Trinity Term of the candidate’s third year.

  • 7. For the Part I options provided by the Department of Experimental Psychology, candidates shall be examined by such of the Public Examiners in the Honour School of Experimental Psychology as may be required. For the written papers in Part II, the Research Project, and the Specialist Review, candidates shall be examined by such of the Public Examiners in the Honour School of Medical Sciences and the Honour School of Experimental Psychology as may be required.

  • 8. In addition to the form of examination prescribed below, candidates may be examined viva voce in either part of the examination.

  • 9. Candidates for Part I and Part II may offer themselves for examination in one or more of the Supplementary Subjects. The Supplementary Subjects available in any year will be notified to students annually during Trinity Term. Account shall be taken of a candidate’s results in any such subject in the candidate’s overall classification in the Honour School of Cell and Systems Biology. Candidates awarded a pass in a Supplementary Subject examination may not retake the same Supplementary Subject examination.

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