Special Regulations for the Preliminary Examination in Classics and English

[1] A

1. [2] 1. The Preliminary Examination in Classics and English shall be under the joint supervision of the Boards of the Faculties of Classics and English Language and Literature and shall consist of such subjects as they shall jointly by regulation prescribe.
2. [3] 2. The Chairman of the Moderators for Honour Moderations in Classics and English shall designate such of their number as may be required for the Preliminary Examination in Classics and English.

[4] B

[5] The committee appointed by the Boards of the Faculties of English Language and Literature and Classics to advise on the Honour School of Classics and English shall make proposals to the two boards for regulations for this examination.

[6] [From 1 October 2012: Any candidate whose native language is not English may bring a bilingual (native language to English) dictionary for use in any examination paper where candidates are required to translate Ancient Greek and/or Latin texts into English.]

[7] Candidates must offer six papers as specified for Honour Moderations in Classics and English provided that

1. [8] (i) a candidate who has satisfied the Moderators in papers 4, 5, and 6 in Honour Moderations in Classics and English will be required to offer only papers 1, 2, and 3;
2. [9] (ii) a candidate who has satisfied the Moderators in papers 1, 2, and 3 in Honour Moderations in Classics and English will be required to offer only papers 4, 5, and 6;
3. [10] (iii) a candidate who has been prevented by illness or other urgent and reasonable cause from taking Honour Moderations in Classics and English and has been permitted by the Vice-Chancellor and Proctors to enter for the Preliminary Examination will be required to offer only papers 1, 2, 4, and 5 and 6, subject (a) or subject (b).

[11] All papers in this examination will be of three hours' duration, except for papers 5 and 6 for candidates falling under proviso (iii) above. In these papers such candidates will be required to answer questions only on one of the text-groups (a) or (b) (Homer or Virgil) rather than the two selected from (a) to (d) normally offered by candidates for Honour Moderations, and the resulting papers will thus be half the length of the normal papers 5 and 6 at one-and-a-half hours.

[12] [From 1 October 2012: A

1. [13] 1. The Preliminary Examination in Classics and English shall be under the joint supervision of the Boards of the Faculties of Classics and English Language and Literature and shall consist of such subjects as they shall jointly by regulation prescribe.
2. [14] 2. The Chairman of the Moderators for Honour Moderations in Classics and English shall designate such of their number as may be required for the Preliminary Examination in Classics and English.

[15] B

[16] The committee appointed by the Boards of the Faculties of English Language and Literature and Classics to advise on the Honour School of Classics and English shall make proposals to the two boards for regulations for this examination.

[17] Any candidate whose native language is not English may bring a bilingual (native language to English) dictionary for use in any examination paper where candidates are required to translate Ancient Greek and/or Latin texts into English.

[18] Candidates must offer five papers as specified for Honour Moderations in Classics and English, provided that:

1. [19] (i) a candidate who has satisfied the Moderators in papers 3, 4 and 5 in Honour Moderations in Classics and English will be required to offer only papers 1 and 2;
2. [20] (ii) a candidate who has satisfied the Moderators in papers 1 and 2 in Honour Moderations in Classics and English will be required to offer only papers 3, 4 and 5;
3. [21] (iii) a candidate who has been prevented by illness or other urgent and reasonable cause from taking Honour Moderations in Classics and English and has been permitted by the Vice-Chancellor and Proctors to enter for the Preliminary Examination will be required to offer only papers 2, 3, 4 and 5 (in the form described below).

[22] All papers in this examination will be of three hours’ duration, except for papers 4 and 5 for candidates falling under proviso iii) above. In these papers such candidates will be required to answer questions only on one of the text groups (a) or (b) (Homer or Virgil) rather than the two selected from (a) to (d) which are normally offered by candidates for Honour Moderations; the two papers will last one-and-a-half hours each.]