A good first degree in English or a closely related discipline is normally required. Applicants are required to send, together with their application:
(i) a short tide and statement (300-500 words) of the research proposed. This should be sufficiently specific to permit its evaluation as a realistic research topic. Note that such a statement is required [...]
A subject of research should have a unifying principle and should aim to make a contribution to knowledge. The subject should be one for which facilities exist in Cambridge and for which supervision is available. Within tfwse constraints a wide range of work is possible. The Faculty welcomes proposals for specific research on specific materials.
Sequence [...]
All dissertations must show knowledge of sources, authorities, and methods of research;
they will be judged on clarity, accuracy, organisation and argument. In keeping with the
longer period of study and greater length required, a Ph.D. thesis is expected to make a more significant contribution to knowledge. The M.Litt. dissertation is expected to be not more than [...]
The Faculty’s teaching strength includes 6 Professors, 7 Readers and 26 University Lecturers and Assistant Lecturers as well as Research and Teaching Fellows from among college teaching officers.
There are normally about 200 Research Students under supervision in the Faculty, working on a wide range of research topics within English studies (including editing work, textual, linguistic, [...]
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The examination consists
The examination consists of the following:
(a) a bibliography of an approved area of study, containing not more than one hundred items;
(b) two essays, each not exceeding 4,000 words in length, or equivalent exercises, on
topics approved or prescribed by the Degree Committee for the Faculty of English;
(c) a thesis, of not less than 10,000 words and [...]
The course of study is designed to provide training in research in the fields of study comprehended by the Department of Anglo-Saxon, Norse, and Celtic: it offers the option of combining seminars, classes, and written work in the candidate’s chosen field of interest.
The course consists of classes, seminars, and supervised individual study, based on the [...]
Department of anglo-saxon, norse, and celtic
Faculty of English, 9 West Road, Cambridge CB3 9DP
The Department’s central field of study comprises the culture and history of the British Isles between the departure of the Romans and the coming of the Normans, including Latin, Old English, Old Norse, and medieval Celtic (Irish, Welsh, Cornish, Breton) language and [...]
Groups C and D of the Theological and Religious Studies Tripos currently comprise the following papers:
Paper 14. Theology and science.
Paper 15A. Hebrew II.
Paper 15B. Hebrew III.
Paper 16. The religion and literature of the Old Testament.
Paper 17. New Testament texts in Greek.
Paper 18. Jesus.
Paper 19. Paul and the early church.
Paper 20. Study of theology.
Paper 21. Christian [...]
This is a taught course designed primarily for graduates of other humanities disciplines (including those who may have studied some theology as part of a broader interdisciplinary degree) who intend for professional, academic, or personal reasons to shift the focus of their studies into the area of theology and religious studies. Although this course cannot [...]
Applicants for this course must gain admission as Graduate Students, and should therefore normally hold a First or good Second Class Honours degree or the equivalent. They should also normally have a grounding in the appropriate areas of theology or cognate disciplines, which would include the relevant biblical languages. North American applicants should give their [...]