Search

18 Jul 2024: Search site. Natural Sciences Tripos. Materials Science. Subject Summary. Materials Science is increasingly recognised as a key discipline in the modern world, spanning both physical and biological sciences and also involving various branches of

18 Jul 2024: Search site. Natural Sciences Tripos. Assessment. The individual courses employ a range of assessment techniques, including unseen written examinations, assessed coursework, experiment write-ups, literature and experimental reports, marked essays,

18 Jul 2024: Search site. Natural Sciences Tripos. Part IA Marking and Classing - 2022-23. Marking and Classing - 2022-23. The following marking scheme has been approved by the Committee of Management for the Natural Sciences Tripos (NST). Introduction.

18 Jul 2024: Search site. Natural Sciences Tripos. Quantitative Climate and Environmental Science. Subject Summary. Quantitative Climate and Environmental Science (QCES) is designed to engage students with the techniques and skills needed for research in Climate

18 Jul 2024: adopt a model-building approach to the analysis of large-scale experimental data;. ... demonstrate cutting-edge computational and experimental techniques relevant to systems biology. Teaching and learning methods.

18 Jul 2024: Whatever your opinion of these applications, genetics offers a viewpoint and a range of experimental approaches that is deeply embedded in most areas of biological enquiry. ... Students take two modules each term. The course includes training in

18 Jul 2024: Search site. Natural Sciences Tripos. Feedback. Feedback on formative assessment is obtained largely through the supervision system and reports together with feedback in the supervision should provide you with enough information to understand what

18 Jul 2024: Search site. Natural Sciences Tripos. Pharmacology. Subject Summary. The course emphasises the mechanisms of drug action at the molecular and cellular level and the consequent effects on organ systems and the whole animal including man. A recurrent

18 Jul 2024: Search site. Natural Sciences Tripos. Zoology. Subject Summary. Zoology is a highly interdisciplinary subject, bridging many levels of organization from cellular and molecular, to whole organisms and ecosystems. The Part II Zoology course covers a

18 Jul 2024: Teaching and Learning Methods. These include lectures, research seminars, supervisions, data-handling classes, small group teaching and experimental research.

18 Jul 2024: Search site. Natural Sciences Tripos. Earth Sciences. Subject Summary. Part II Earth Sciences provides a rounded geological education either for students intending to complete their undergraduate training in three years or for those planning to

18 Jul 2024: Search site. Natural Sciences Tripos. Astrophysics. Subject Summary. This course leads to a M.Sci. or MASt degree and is mainly intended as preparation for graduate studies in astrophysics, although the high level of mathematical rigour means that

18 Jul 2024: Experimental practical classes allow you to explore for yourself what you hear about in lectures, and see how science is actually done.

18 Jul 2024: Timetable for students. 23 April 2024. 12-4pm. Part II Subject Fair in the Experimental Classroom, Dept.

18 Jul 2024: Search site. Natural Sciences Tripos. Mathematics. Subject Summary. The subject matter of this course is drawn from mathematical techniques used in the physical sciences and includes lectures on vector calculus, vector algebra, matrices, complex

18 Jul 2024: You take THREE experimental subjects and one mathematical subject. Experimental Subjects.

18 Jul 2024: Search site. Natural Sciences Tripos. General tips and further help. Attend all timetabled lectures, classes and practicals; make this your top priority and fit everything else around that. Prepare a personal timetable and schedule of times for

18 Jul 2024: This scope enables you to experience experimental approaches ranging from molecular biology to ecological modelling. ... Learning Outcomes. At the end of the course students should:. have developed a sound knowledge of key concepts and current

18 Jul 2024: Search site. Natural Sciences Tripos. Materials Science. Subject Summary. The majority of Part II Materials Science students go on to take the Part III course. The aims and objectives of the course differ from Part II, since it is largely focussed

18 Jul 2024: Search site. Natural Sciences Tripos. Earth Sciences A. Subject Summary. The Department of Earth Sciences teaches two complementary courses which lead to Part II Earth Sciences. The courses are, however, independent and self-contained and each may