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No 6789

Wednesday 18 June 2025

Vol clv No 38

pp. 649–666

Notices by Faculty Boards, etc.

Human, Social and Political Sciences Tripos, 2025–26: Variable papers

The Faculty Board of Human, Social and Political Science gives notice of the following variable papers available for examination for the Human, Social and Political Sciences Tripos in the 2025–26 academic year:

Politics and International Relations

Part I

POL1.

The modern state and its alternatives

POL2.

International conflict, order and justice

Part IIa

POL3.

International organisation

POL4.

Comparative politics

POL5.

Themes and issues in politics and international relations I

POL6.

Statistics and methods in politics and international relations

POL7.

The history of political thought to c. 1700

POL8.

The history of political thought from c. 1700 to c. 1890

Part IIb

POL9.

Conceptual issues in politics and international relations

POL10.

The history of political thought from c. 1700 to c. 1890

POL11.

Political philosophy and the history of political thought since c. 1890

POL12.

A subject in politics and international relations I: The politics of the Middle East

POL13.

A subject in politics and international relations II: British and European politics

POL14.

A subject in politics and international relations III: International security

POL15.

A subject in politics and international relations IV: The politics of Africa

POL16.

A subject in politics and international relations V: Politics of conflict and peace

POL17.

A subject in politics and international relations VI: Politics and religion

POL18.

A subject in politics and international relations VII: The politics of the world economy

POL19.

Themes and issues in politics and international relations II

POL20.

A subject in politics and international relations VIII: Politics of Latin America

POL21.

A subject in politics and international relations IX: Politics and gender

Social Anthropology

Part I

SAN1.

Social anthropology: The comparative perspective

SAN2.

Ethnographic methods and writing

Part IIa

SAN3.

The foundations of social life

SAN4.

Anthropological theory and method

Part IIb

SAN5.

Ethical life and the anthropology of the subject

SAN6.

Power, economy and social transformation

Part IIa and IIb Area Papers

SAN7.

The anthropology of an ethnographic area:

(a) Africa

(e) Pacific

(f)  Inner Asia

(g) Europe

Part IIa and IIb Optional Papers

SAN2.

(Part I) Ethnographic methods and writing

SAN8.

A subject in social anthropology II: Environment, development and indigeneity

SAN13.

A subject in social anthropology VI: Gender, kinship and care

SAN17.

A subject in social anthropology X: Engaged anthropology: Policy, practice and institutions

Sociology

Part I

SOC1.

Modern societies I

Part IIa

SOC2.

Social theory

SOC3.

Modern societies II

SOC4.

Concepts and arguments in sociology

SOC5.

Statistics and methods

CRIM1.

Foundations in criminology and criminal justice

CRIM2.

Statistics and methods (also serves as Paper SOC5)

CRIM3.

Two long essays on a criminology topic

Part IIb

SOC6.

A subject in sociology I: Advanced social theory

SOC7.

A subject in sociology II: Media, culture and society

SOC8.

A subject in sociology III: Revolution, empire, and exile

SOC9.

A subject in sociology IV: Global capitalism

SOC10.

A subject in sociology V: Gender

SOC11.

A subject in sociology VI: Racism, race and ethnicity

SOC12.

A subject in sociology VII: Empire, colonialism, imperialism

SOC13.

A subject in sociology VIII: Health, medicine and society

SOC15.

Criminology, sentencing, and the penal system (Paper 34 of the Law Tripos)

CRIM4.

Criminology and criminal justice in context (also serves as Paper SOC15) (Paper 34 of the Law Tripos)

CRIM5.

Further topics in criminology