HUMAN, SOCIAL AND POLITICAL SCIENCES TRIPOS
PAPER OPTIONS – 2015-16
Name:
College:
Email:
DoS:
Date:
DoS Signature:
FIRST: on this page, provide your personal details in the box above, and choose
a track from the list at the bottom of the page.
THEN: go to the page shown next to your track, and select the papers from the
options available for that track; you may need to refer to your Options
Booklet for the full titles of the papers (pp. 9-11).
THEN: return the entire form to your Director of Studies by Friday 29 May. Your
DoS will return the form to the Faculty (email bs481@cam.ac.uk if you
have any problems or queries).
All options should be discussed with and endorsed by your Director of Studies.
Single tracks:
Archaeology, Option 1: Archaeology only (paper options, p.2)
Archaeology, Option 2: Assyriology only (paper options, p.2)
Archaeology, Option 3: Egyptology only (paper options, p.3)
Biological Anthropology (paper options, p.3)
Politics & International Relations (paper options, p.4)
Social Anthropology (paper options, p.4)
Sociology (paper options, p.5)
Joint tracks:
Archaeology, Option 4: Assyriology & Egyptology (paper options, p.5)
Archaeology and Social Anthropology (paper options, p.6)
Biological Anthropology and Archaeology (paper options. p6)
Politics and Sociology (paper options, p.7)
Social Anthropology and Biological Anthropology (paper options, p.7)
Sociology and Social Anthropology (paper options, p.7)
Social Anthropology and Politics (paper options, p.8)
Students should note that it is NOT possible to change the track chosen between Part IIA and IIB,
with the exception that students may change from a joint track to one of the single subjects from
that track.
Students on all tracks will choose four papers in Part IIA.
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ARCHAEOLOGY OPTION 1: ARCHAEOLOGY
2015-16 academic year only
Administrator: Natasha Martindale, ncm21@cam.ac.uk
Paper 1: You must take ARC6: Archaeological theory and practice I
Paper 2: You must take ARC2: Archaeology in Action I, unless you took this at Part I – if you have already
taken this paper, please choose two of the papers shown under the choice for “Paper 3” below
Paper 3: Choose either one or two (see above) of:
☐ARC8
☐ARC10 ☐ARC11
☐ARC17 ☐ARC19 ☐ARC21
☐ARC30 ☐ARC31 ☐ARC33
Paper 4: Choose one of:
☐ARC8
☐ARC17
☐ARC30
☐BAN4
☐ARC10
☐ARC19
☐ARC31
☐POL3
☐ARC11
☐ARC21
☐ARC33
☐POL4
☐ARC12
☐ARC23
☐ARC13
☐ARC24
☐ARC14
☐ARC26
☐ARC16
☐ARC27
☐ARC12
☐ARC23
☐SOC2
☐SAN9
☐ARC13
☐ARC24
☐SOC3
☐SAN10
☐ARC14
☐ARC26
☐BAN2
☐SAN11
☐ARC16
☐ARC27
☐BAN3
☐Paper 1 of the subject History & Philosophy of Science (borrowed from NatSci)
☐Paper 2 of the subject History & Philosophy of Science (borrowed from NatSci)
☐Paper 7 of the Historical Tripos, British Economic & Social History, 380-1100
☐Paper 8 of the Historical Tripos, British Economic & Social History, 1050-c.1500
☐Paper PBS3, Social & Developmental psychology (borrowed from Psychology &
Behavioural Sciences)
☐Paper PBS4, Biological & cognitive psychology (borrowed from Psychology &
Behavioural Sciences)
ARCHAEOLOGY OPTION 2: ASSYRIOLOGY
2015-16 academic year only
Administrator: Natasha Martindale, ncm21@cam.ac.uk
Paper 1: Choose one of:
☐ARC4: Akkadian Language I (you cannot take this if you took it at Part I)
☐ARC34: Akkadian Language II (you cannot take this unless you have already taken ARC4)
Paper 2: You must take paper ARC23: Mesopotamian Archaeology II: territorial states to empires
Paper 3: You must take paper ARC24: Mesopotamian culture I: Literature
Paper 4: Choose one of:
☐ARC2
☐ARC14
☐ARC30
☐ARC6
☐ARC16
☐ARC31
☐ARC8
☐ARC17
☐ARC33
☐ARC10
☐ARC19
☐ARC11
☐ARC21
☐ARC12
☐ARC26
☐ARC13
☐ARC27
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ARCHAEOLOGY OPTION 3: EGYPTOLOGY
2015-16 academic year only
Administrator: Natasha Martindale, ncm21@cam.ac.uk
Paper 1: Choose one of:
☐ARC5: Egyptian Language I (you cannot take this if you took it at Part I)
☐ARC37: Egyptian Language II (you cannot take this unless you have already taken ARC5)
Paper 2: Choose one of:
☐ARC2: Archaeology in action (you cannot take this if you took it at Part I)
☐ARC6: Archaeological theory and practice I
Paper 3: You must take paper ARC19: Ancient Egypt in Context: an Archaeology of Foreign Relations
Paper 4: You must take paper ARC21: The Archaeology of Death and Burial in Ancient Egypt
BIOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY
2015-16 academic year only
Administrator: Soussan Shahriari, ss2297@cam.ac.uk
Paper 1: You must take paper BAN2: Behavioural Ecology
Paper 2: You must take paper BAN3: Human origins
Paper 3: You must take paper BAN4: Health and disease
Paper 4: Choose one of:
☐BAN6
☐ARC14
☐ARC26
☐SAN9
☐BAN7
☐ARC16
☐ARC27
☐SAN10
☐ARC8
☐ARC17
☐ARC30
☐SAN11
☐ARC10
☐ARC19
☐ARC31
☐SOC2
☐ARC11
☐ARC21
☐ARC33
☐SOC3
☐ARC12
☐ARC23
☐POL3
☐ARC13
☐ARC24
☐POL4
☐Paper 1 of the subject History & Philosophy of Science (borrowed from NatSci)
☐Paper 2 of the subject History & Philosophy of Science (borrowed from NatSci)
☐Paper PBS3, Social & Developmental psychology (borrowed from Psychology &
Behavioural Sciences)
☐Paper PBS4, Biological & cognitive psychology (borrowed from Psychology &
Behavioural Sciences)
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POLITICS & INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
2015-16 academic year only
Administrator: Rebecca Burtenshaw, rab217@cam.ac.uk
Paper 1: You must take paper POL3: International Relations II
Paper 2: You must take paper POL4: Comparative Politics
Paper 3: Choose one of:
☐POL7: The history of political thought to c.1700
☐POL8: The history of political thought from c.1700-c.1890
Paper 4: Choose one of:
☐POL5
☐SAN11
☐ARC16
☐ARC27
☐POL6
☐ARC8
☐ARC17
☐ARC30
☐SOC2
☐ARC10
☐ARC19
☐ARC31
☐SOC3
☐ARC11
☐ARC21
☐ARC33
☐SOC5
☐ARC12
☐ARC23
☐BAN2
☐SAN9
☐ARC13
☐ARC24
☐BAN3
☐SAN10
☐ARC14
☐ARC26
☐BAN4
☐Paper 1 of the subject History & Philosophy of Science (borrowed from NatSci)
☐Paper 2 of the subject History & Philosophy of Science (borrowed from NatSci)
☐Paper 10 of the Historical Tripos, British Economic & Social History, 1700-1880
☐Paper 11 of the Historical Tripos, British Economic & Social History, since c.1880
☐Paper PBS3, Social & Developmental psychology (borrowed from Psychology &
Behavioural Sciences)
☐Paper PBS4, Biological & cognitive psychology (borrowed from Psychology &
Behavioural Sciences)
SOCIAL ANTHROPOLOGY
2015-16 academic year only
Administrator: Eva Rybicki, ebr23@cam.ac.uk
Paper 1: You must take paper SAN2: Kinship and economic anthropology
Paper 2: You must take paper SAN3: The anthropology of politics and religion
Paper 3: You must take paper SAN4: Theory, methods, and enquiry in Social Anthropology
Paper 4: Choose one of:
☐SAN9
☐SOC3
☐ARC13
☐ARC24
☐SAN10
☐POL3
☐ARC14
☐ARC26
☐SAN11
☐POL4
☐ARC16
☐ARC27
☐BAN2
☐ARC8
☐ARC17
☐ARC30
☐BAN3
☐ARC10
☐ARC19
☐ARC31
☐BAN4
☐ARC11
☐ARC21
☐ARC33
☐SOC2
☐ARC12
☐ARC23
☐Paper 1 of the subject History & Philosophy of Science (borrowed from NatSci)
☐Paper 2 of the subject History & Philosophy of Science (borrowed from NatSci)
☐Paper PBS3, Social & Developmental psychology (borrowed from Psychology &
Behavioural Sciences)
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SOCIOLOGY
2015-16 academic year only
Administrator: Odette Rogers, ohmr3@cam.ac.uk
Paper 1: You must take paper SOC2: Social Theory
Paper 2: You must take paper SOC3: Modern Societies II
Paper 3: Choose one of:
☐SOC4: Concepts and arguments in sociology
☐SOC5: Statistics and methods
Paper 4: Choose one of:
☐SOC4
☐ARC8
☐ARC17
☐ARC30
☐SOC5
☐ARC10
☐ARC19
☐ARC31
☐SAN9
☐ARC11
☐ARC21
☐ARC33
☐SAN10
☐ARC12
☐ARC23
☐BAN2
☐SAN11
☐ARC13
☐ARC24
☐BAN3
☐POL3
☐ARC14
☐ARC26
☐BAN4
☐POL4
☐ARC16
☐ARC27
☐Paper 1 of the subject History & Philosophy of Science (borrowed from NatSci)
☐Paper 2 of the subject History & Philosophy of Science (borrowed from NatSci)
☐Paper 10 of the Historical Tripos, British Economic & Social History, 1700-1880
☐Paper 11 of the Historical Tripos, British Economic & Social History, since c.1880
☐Paper PBS3, Social & Developmental psychology (borrowed from Psychology &
Behavioural Sciences)
☐Paper PBS4, Biological & cognitive psychology (borrowed from Psychology &
Behavioural Sciences)
JOINT TRACK: ASSYRIOLOGY & EGYPTOLOGY
2015-16 academic year only
Administrator: Natasha Martindale, ncm21@cam.ac.uk
Paper 1: Choose one of:
☐ARC4: Akkadian Language I (you cannot take this if you took it at Part I)
☐ARC34: Akkadian Language II (you cannot take this unless you have already taken ARC4)
Paper 2: Choose one of:
☐ARC5: Egyptian Language I (you cannot take this if you took it at Part I)
☐ARC37: Egyptian Language II (you cannot take this unless you have already taken ARC5)
Paper 3: Choose one of:
☐ARC19: Ancient Egypt in Context: an Archaeology of Foreign Relations
☐ARC21: The Archaeology of Death and Burial in Ancient Egypt
Paper 4: Choose one of:
☐ARC23: Mesopotamian Archaeology II: territorial states to empires
☐ARC24: Mesopotamian Culture I: Literature
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JOINT TRACK: ARCHAEOLOGY & SOCIAL ANTHROPOLOGY
Administrator: Natasha Martindale, ncm21@cam.ac.uk
2015-16 academic year only
Paper 1: Choose one of:
☐ARC2: Archaeology in action (you cannot take this if you took it at Part I)
☐ARC6: Archaeological theory and practice I
Paper 2: Choose one of:
☐ARC2
☐ARC14
☐ARC26
☐ARC6
☐ARC16
☐ARC27
☐ARC8
☐ARC17
☐ARC30
☐ARC10
☐ARC19
☐ARC31
☐ARC11
☐ARC21
☐ARC33
☐ARC12
☐ARC23
☐ARC13
☐ARC24
Papers 3 and 4: Choose two papers from:
☐SAN2: Kinship and economic anthropology
☐SAN3: The anthropology of politics and religion
☐SAN4: Theory, methods, and enquiry in social anthropology
JOINT TRACK: BIOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY & ARCHAEOLOGY
Administrator: Soussan Shahriari, ss2297@cam.ac.uk
2015-16 academic year only
Paper 1: Choose one of:
☐ARC2: Archaeology in action (you cannot take this if you took it at Part I)
☐ARC6: Archaeological theory and practice I
Paper 2: Choose one of:
☐ARC2
☐ARC14
☐ARC26
☐ARC6
☐ARC16
☐ARC27
☐ARC8
☐ARC17
☐ARC30
☐ARC10
☐ARC19
☐ARC31
☐ARC11
☐ARC21
☐ARC33
☐ARC12
☐ARC23
☐ARC13
☐ARC24
Papers 3 and 4: Choose two papers from:
☐BAN2: Behavioural ecology
☐BAN3: Human origins
☐BAN4: Health and disease
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JOINT TRACK: POLITICS & SOCIOLOGY
2015-16 academic year only
Administrator: Rebecca Burtenshaw, rab217@cam.ac.uk
Paper 1: Choose one of:
☐POL3: International relations II
☐POL4: Comparative politics
Paper 2: Choose one of:
☐POL7: The history of political thought to c.1700
☐POL8: The history of political thought from c.1700-c.1890
Paper 3: You must take paper SOC2: Social theory
Paper 4: You must take paper SOC3: Modern societies II
JOINT TRACK: SOCIAL & BIOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY
Administrator: Eva Rybicki, ebr23@cam.ac.uk
2015-16 academic year only
Papers 1 & 2: Choose two papers from:
☐SAN2: Kinship and economic anthropology
☐SAN3: The anthropology of politics and religion
☐SAN4: Theory, methods, and enquiry in social anthropology
Papers 3 and 4: Choose two papers from:
☐BAN2: Behavioural ecology
☐BAN3: Human origins
☐BAN4: Health and disease
JOINT TRACK: SOCIOLOGY & SOCIAL ANTHROPOLOGY
Administrator: Odette Rogers, ohmr3@cam.ac.uk
2015-16 academic year only
Paper 1: You must take paper SAN2: Kinship and economic anthropology
Paper 2: You must take paper SAN3: The anthropology of politics and religion
Paper 3: You must take paper SOC2: Social theory
Paper 4: You must take paper SOC3: Modern societies II
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JOINT TRACK: SOCIAL ANTHROPOLOGY & POLITICS
Administrator: Eva Rybicki, ebr23@cam.ac.uk
2015-16 academic year only
Paper 1: Choose one of:
☐POL3: International relations II
☐POL4: Comparative politics
Paper 2: Choose one of:
☐POL7: The history of political thought to c.1700
☐POL8: The history of political thought from c.1700-c.1890
Paper 3: Choose one of:
☐SAN2: Kinship and economic anthropology
☐SAN3: The anthropology of politics and religion
Paper 4: Choose one of:
☐SAN2: Kinship and economic anthropology
☐SAN3: The anthropology of politics and religion
☐SAN4: Theory, methods, and enquiry in social anthropology
☐SAN9: Science & Society
☐SAN10: The Anthropology of Post-Socialist Societies
☐SAN11: Anthropology of Visual and Media Culture
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