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:
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POL1. |
The modern state and its alternatives |
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POL2. |
International conflict, order and justice |
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POL3. |
International organisation |
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POL4. |
Comparative politics |
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POL5. |
Themes and issues in politics and international relations I |
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POL6. |
Statistics and methods in politics and international relations |
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POL7. |
The history of political thought to c. 1700 |
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POL8. |
The history of political thought from c. 1700 to c. 1890 |
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POL9. |
Conceptual issues in politics and international relations |
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POL10. |
The history of political thought from c. 1700 to c. 1890 |
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POL11. |
Political philosophy and the history of political thought since c. 1890 |
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POL12. |
A subject in politics and international relations I: The politics of the Middle East |
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POL13. |
A subject in politics and international relations II: British and European politics |
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POL14. |
A subject in politics and international relations III: International security |
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POL15. |
A subject in politics and international relations IV: The politics of Africa |
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POL16. |
A subject in politics and international relations V: Politics of conflict and peace |
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POL17. |
A subject in politics and international relations VI: Politics and religion |
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POL18. |
A subject in politics and international relations VII: The politics of the world economy |
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POL19. |
Themes and issues in politics and international relations II |
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POL20. |
A subject in politics and international relations VIII: Politics of Latin America |
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POL21. |
A subject in politics and international relations IX: Politics and gender |
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SAN1. |
Social anthropology: The comparative perspective |
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SAN2. |
Ethnographic methods and writing |
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SAN3. |
The foundations of social life |
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SAN4. |
Anthropological theory and method |
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SAN5. |
Ethical life and the anthropology of the subject |
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SAN6. |
Power, economy and social transformation |
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SAN7. |
The anthropology of an ethnographic area: |
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(a) Africa |
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(e) Pacific |
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(f) Inner Asia |
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(g) Europe |
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SAN2. |
(Part I) Ethnographic methods and writing |
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SAN8. |
A subject in social anthropology II: Environment, development and indigeneity |
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SAN13. |
A subject in social anthropology VI: Gender, kinship and care |
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SAN17. |
A subject in social anthropology X: Engaged anthropology: Policy, practice and institutions |
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SOC1. |
Modern societies I |
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SOC2. |
Social theory |
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SOC3. |
Modern societies II |
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SOC4. |
Concepts and arguments in sociology |
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SOC5. |
Statistics and methods |
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CRIM1. |
Foundations in criminology and criminal justice |
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CRIM2. |
Statistics and methods (also serves as Paper SOC5) |
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CRIM3. |
Two long essays on a criminology topic |
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SOC6. |
A subject in sociology I: Advanced social theory |
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SOC7. |
A subject in sociology II: Media, culture and society |
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SOC8. |
A subject in sociology III: Revolution, empire, and exile |
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SOC9. |
A subject in sociology IV: Global capitalism |
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SOC10. |
A subject in sociology V: Gender |
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SOC11. |
A subject in sociology VI: Racism, race and ethnicity |
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SOC12. |
A subject in sociology VII: Empire, colonialism, imperialism |
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SOC13. |
A subject in sociology VIII: Health, medicine and society |
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SOC15. |
Criminology, sentencing, and the penal system (Paper 34 of the Law Tripos) |
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CRIM4. |
Criminology and criminal justice in context (also serves as Paper SOC15) (Paper 34 of the Law Tripos) |
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CRIM5. |
Further topics in criminology |