SCHOOL OF BOTANY Candidates will be required
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(i) To carry out a piece of original research work and to submit a typewritten report on it before December 1st. This report to be concisely written (as a scientific paper), maximum 30 pages quarto, double spacing, plus illustrations and graphs.
(ii) To attend all staff and postgraduate seminars in the department, and to keep notes on these to supplement their general reading.
(iii) To undertake a reading course to be allotted by their supervisors, as follows:
(a) in their special research topic,
(b) in other branches of Botany, including some not dealt with in the В.Sc. Pass course.
(iv) To attend tutorials organised by their supervisors, which will require the writing and discussion of eight essays each year. Marks will be allotted for these essays.
The examination will be based on the report and the essays and there may be in addition a written examination in December. Honours may be awarded at first, second or third class level.
SCHOOL OF CHEMISTRY
Candidates may specialize in Physical, Inorganic or Organic Chemistry. Can- didates must have passed in Chemistry at third year level, preferably in Chemistry Part IIIA or an appropriate equivalent. They will be required to:
(i) attend lectures on specified parts of the subject and undertake a course of directed reading;
(ii) attend colloquia on selected topics, one of which they may be required to prepare and deliver ;
(iii) undertake original work on a selected research problem, and submit a report on their work;
(iv) sit for a written examination, which may be accompanied by an oral test.
SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING
The candidate will be required to attend such lectures and practical work as shall be specified for each individual. He will be expected to make a critical review of the literature of one or more general engineering subjects, and to carry out a definite piece of research work, on which a report must be submitted.
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SCHOOL OF GEOLOGY
1. The research to be undertaken will be related to the candidate's interests, but will, except in special circumstances, involve both field and laboratory work.
Candidates are expected to commence their research in the long vacation at the beginning of their Honours year, and each candidate shall submit for examination
a
report on research carried out during the Honours year.2. Candidates may be required to attend such lectures and to carry out such practical work as shall be specified for each individual.
3. Candidates will be allotted
a
reading course which may include papers in French and German, and will be required to submit for examinationa
report ontheir reading, in addition to the written examination.
4. There shall be a written examination, and such other oral and written tests as the examiners may require.
5. All written reports shall be submitted for examination by 1st December in the year the candidate undertakes his course for B.Sc. Honours.
SCHOOL OF HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE Students who have obtained First or Second Class Honours in History and Philosophy of Science (Science Course) and wish to specialize in History and and Philosophy of Science may do so by transferring to the Honours School of History and Philosophy of Science in the Arts Faculty and obtain their B.A.
(Ions.) with two further years of study. Students wishing to make this transfer (which is subject to permission of the Head of the Department) must either have completed the B.Sc. degree or, if still an undergraduate have passed a foreign language at at least Leaving standard.
SCHOOL OF MATHEMATICAL STATISTICS
Candidates must have completed the course for the Degree of Bachelor of Science under section 9(a) (ii) of the Regulation, having obtained honours in Pure Mathematics Part
I,
II, and III and Theory of Statistics PartsI
and II. In addition.they should have completed the course in either Chemistry Part
I,
Biology, or Engineering PartI.
Students who do not take Biology will be required to take Genetical Terminology.Candidates for Bachelor of Science (Honours) must take Pure Mathematics Part IV and Theory of Statistics Part III. They will also carry out, under direction,
a
study of a special topic, involving the reading and collation of the relevant literature and will presenta
thesis embodying this work at the beginning of the Third Term.161. THEORY OF STATISTICS PART III
A course of lectures, with tutorial and practice classes throughout the year, together with the preparation of the thesis referred to in the section "School of Mathematical Statistics" (See above).
SYLLABUS.
(i) Probability theory, advanced theory of estimation, theory of significance tests, multivariate analysis.
(ii) A selection of topics from : order statistics, distribution-free methods, sequential analysis, decision functions, stochastic processes, sampling techniques, advanced experimental design, mathematical genetics.
Booкs. (a) Prescribed text-books
*Feller, W. An Introduction to Probability Theory and its Applications. Vols.
I and II (Wiley.)
*Rao, C. R.—Linear Statistical Inference and its Applications. (Wiley.) Pitt, H. R. integration, Measure and Probability. (Oliver & Boyd.) - -
(b) Recommended for reference:
A list of books recommended for reference will be posted on the Notiće. Board in the Department of Statistics.
In addition, frequent reference will be made to articles in recent afd current literature.
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EXAMINATION. Three 3-hour papers. Before admission to the examination candidates must have satisfactorily completed the practical work and a consulting project.
SCHOOL OF MATHEMATICS
Candidates must have completed the Mathematics Course for B.Sc., having obtained honours in. Pure Mathematics Part I, II, III and Applied lathe- maties Parts I, II, III. Admission to the second and third parts of these subjects is conditional on having obtained adequate honours in the previous part.
Candidates will take Pure Mathematics Part IV and Applied Mathematics Part IV, and must pass the Final Examination as a whole. They will also carry out, under direction, a study of a special topic in mathematics, involving the reading and collation of the relevant mathematical literature, and will present a thesis embodying this work. The topic will be chosen, in consultation with the staff of the Department, at or before the beginning of the First Term, and the thesis will be presented no later than the beginning of the Third Term. The thesis will be taken into account in determining the Class List for the Final Examination.
Candidates who obtain Honours in the Final Examination will qualify for the degree of Bachelor of Science with Honours.
123. PURE MATHEMATICS PART Iv 124. APPLIED MATHEMATICS PART IV
Courses of about 100 lectures. Each course is arranged as a series of units each of between 12 and 20 lectures ; some of these units are alternatives. In addition, a thesis will be required, as referred to in the preamble. .
PURE MATHEMATICS PART IV SYLLABUS.
(i) Functions of real variables. Lebesgue measure and integration. Fourier analysis.
(ii) Topics selected from: Abstract algebra, topology, functional analysis,.
generalized functions, integral equations, algebraic geometry, tensor calculus, theory of groups, elliptic functions, functions of a complex variable, Laplace transform, non-linear differential equations, mathematical logic, theory of numbers, functional equations.
APPLIED MATHEMATICS PART IV Topics selected from
(i) fluid dynamics, especially the effects of viscosity and compressibility;
(ii) electrodynamics including the motion of conducting fluids;
(iii) continuum mechanics, with special reference to the properties of solids, and (iv) mathematical methods in calculus of variations, and differential and
integral equations.
Bоохs.
References will be given in lectures.
COMBINED SCHOOLS OF MATHEMATICS AND PHYSICS Candidates must in their second year obtain honours in Pure Mathematics part II, Applied Mathematics part II or Applied Mathematics (Physics Course),.
and Physics part II. Admission to later years is conditional on having obtained adequate honours in the previous year. Candidates in their third year will take Pure Mathematics. part III (Ions.) and Physics part IIIA..
Candidates in their fourth year will take about 90 lectures in all in the topics Differential and Integral equations, Lebesgue Measure and Integration, and other topics to be chosen from Pure and Applied Mathematics part IV, and 60 lectures in Physics (with Quantum Mechanics strongly recommended). ,In addition to
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taking examinations in these topics, candidates will write a thesis on an approved topic in Mathematics or Theoretical Physics.
Candidates intending to take the course in the combined schools should consult the Departments of Mathematics and Physics.
SCHOOL OF METALLURGY The work will involve:
1. Attendance at a course of lectures in advanced aspects of chemical metallurgy and/or physical metallurgy. The candidate may be required to pass a test in this section of the work.
2. Practical work appropriate to the field of metallurgy which the candidate has selected for his major study. The candidate will be required to carry out an experimental project on a special topic within this field and to submit a report thereon.
З. Preparation of a critical review of literature on a topic selected by the candidate and approved by the Head of the Department.
SCHOOL OF METEOROLOGY
Each student will be assigned some special aspect of meteorology or glaciology and will be expected to attend specified lectures and practical classes. Students will be required to undertake a research project and prepare a report on the results of their work, with a review of the relevant literature.
SCHOOL' OF MICROBIOLOGY
The course is of an informal type designed to advance the student in recent theoretical and practical aspects of the subject and to provide an introduction to research techniques.
The candidate may be required to attend specified lectures and/or practical work and to participate in seminars. The candidate will be required to undertake a research problem and a reading course.
EXAMINATION. One 3-hour written examination. A written report on a re- search problem and an oral examination.
SCHOOL OF PHARMACOLOGY
There will be a course of lectures designed for the needs of each candidate.
Each student will prepare a seminar and an essay per term. Each student will be allotted to a member of the Department for one term. It will be his duty to assist in the research work of this member and carry out such additional experi- ments as may be required. The examination may be written or oral or both.
SCHOOL OF PHYSICS
Candidates may specialize in either Experimental Physics or Theoretical Physics. They should have passed in Physics Part IIIA. They will be required to:
(i) attend lectures on specified parts of the subject and undertake a course cf directed reading;
(ii) attend colloquia on selected topics, one of which they may be required to prepare and deliver;
(iii) undertake original work on a selected research problem, and submit а report on their work;
(iv) sit for a written examination, which may be accompanied by an oral test.
SCHOOL OF PHYSIOLOGY
SYцлвus. A course of lectures in advanced systematic physiology.
PRACTICAL Wоак. The student will be allotted as an assistant to several..
research sections for training in advanced techniques and to carry out such investigations as are required by the Head of the Department.
READING Couasa. The student wild be required to prepare a written critical review of the literature on such topics as are required by the Head of the Department. A reading guide will be provided.
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Воокs. Prescribed text-books :
Dayson, H., and Eggleton, M. G. Principles of нumаn Physiology. (13th ed..
Churchill, 1962.)
Dayson,
H. —A
Textbook of General Physiology. (2nd ed., Churchill, 1959 ъ EXAMINATION. One 3-hour written paper on general and systematic physiology and viva voce examination.The written and practical work of the year will be taken into consideration in assessing results.
SCHOOL OF PSYCHOLOGY
Candidates will prepare a thesis on an approved subject and may be required to attend seminars and to undertake courses or parts of courses in the Department of Psychology. The examination may be wholly or in part oral.
SCHOOL OF ZOOLOGY AND GENETICS
Candidates will be required to undertake advanced studies and carry out under direction, and report upon, some research work connected with their special subject.
A written examination may be required, in which case the candidates will be informed before the end of first term. Candidates will be expected to attend and take part in the seminars which are held periodically in the Department.