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26 Jul 2024: Search site. Natural Sciences Tripos. Astrophysics. Subject Summary. There are eight 24-lecture courses spread over Michaelmas and Lent Terms, which teach the fundamental physics underlying the course and the main areas of contemporary astronomy -

26 Jul 2024: Search site. Natural Sciences Tripos. Materials Science. Subject Summary. This course applies a broad range of scientific principles in the quest to design new, more advanced materials as well as to understand the functions of materials in modern

26 Jul 2024: Search site. Natural Sciences Tripos. Physics. Subject Summary. The first year course (which is also available within the Mathematics Tripos Part IA option (c)) provides a foundation in physics both for those going on to further study of the subject

26 Jul 2024: Search site. Natural Sciences Tripos. Teaching and Learning Methods. Each course employs a variety of teaching and learning methods, including lectures, seminars, small-group teaching sessions (supervisions), computer work, practical classes,

26 Jul 2024: Search site. Natural Sciences Tripos. Criteria for Admission. It is essential for students to have obtained at least two science/maths A Levels, (or the equivalent). Some subjects require or recommend particular A Level prerequisites. Typical offers

26 Jul 2024: Search site. Natural Sciences Tripos. Materials Science. Subject Summary. This course covers a modern, fast-growing and interdisciplinary area with very flexible boundaries. Great diversity arises in materials because they comprise atomic and

26 Jul 2024: Search site. Natural Sciences Tripos. Neurobiology. Subject Summary. This course is an interdepartmental collaboration between three biological departments (Physiology, Development and Neuroscience, Psychology and Zoology). ... Programme Specification.

26 Jul 2024: Search site. Natural Sciences Tripos. Physics. Subject Summary. The course contains work of three types: 'Core Lectures Courses' and 'Optional Lecture Courses', which are examined at the end of the year in the usual manner, and units of 'Further Work

26 Jul 2024: Search site. Natural Sciences Tripos. Chemistry. Subject Summary. In this course we begin to explore the complex and subtle relationship between the structure of a molecule and its chemical properties; an understanding of this relationship is

26 Jul 2024: Search site. Natural Sciences Tripos. Mechanisms for evaluating and improving. Students have termly meetings with their College Tutor and Director of Studies to monitor and review their progress in the Tripos. This is facilitated by reports

26 Jul 2024: Search site. Natural Sciences Tripos. Genetics. Subject Summary. Genetics has become an even more high profile subject in recent years as a result of rapid developments in genomics and the application of this knowledge to the problems of disease and

26 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

26 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

26 Jul 2024: Search site. Natural Sciences Tripos. Cambridge Open Days. Join us on 4th or 5th July 2024 for the Undergraduate Open Days. Information on attendance available on the University Open Day Website. Information on the Natural Sciences Tripos can be

26 Jul 2024: Search site. Natural Sciences Tripos. Biology of Cells. Subject Summary. The course aims to provide an introduction to biology at the molecular and cellular level, and considers what cells are, what they look like, and how they work. The Biology of

26 Jul 2024: Search site. Natural Sciences Tripos. Physics B. Subject Summary. The course assumes a knowledge of Part IA Physics. Physical Scientists who will not be specialising in physics in the third year may offer one or other or both of the IB Physics

26 Jul 2024: Search site. Natural Sciences Tripos. History and Philosophy of Science. Subject Summary. This course gives students with relevant experience at Part II the opportunity to carry out focussed research in History and Philosophy of Science. It provides

26 Jul 2024: Search site. Natural Sciences Tripos. Chemistry B. Subject Summary. Our second-year courses present the fundamental ideas of chemistry both for those who are intending to carry on with chemistry in the third year, and also for those who regard

26 Jul 2024: Search site. Natural Sciences Tripos. Pharmacology. Subject Summary. The course deals with the action of chemical substances on biological materials and thus has roots in both the physical and biological sciences. The first part of the course will

26 Jul 2024: Search site. Natural Sciences Tripos. Pathology. Subject Summary. The Part II Pathology course focuses on the mechanisms that regulate cells and tissues at the cellular, genetic and molecular level, and how these are disrupted in disease processes.