A course of three lectures per week, with demonstrations, tutorial and practice classes, throughout the year.
SvLLАВus. As for the Ordinary Degree.
PRACTICAL Wоaк. As for the Ordinary Degree.
Booкs. As for the Ordinary Degree, together with the following:
Recommended for reference:
Fisher, R.
A.—Statistical Methods for Research Workers.
(Oliver & Boyd.) Fisher, R.A.—The Design of Experiments.
(Oliver & Boyd.)Weatherburn, C. E.—A
First Course in Mathematical Statistics.
(C.U.P.) Feller, W.—AnIntroduction to Probability Theory and its Applications,
Vol. I.(Wiley.)
EXAMINATION. As for the Ordinary Degree. Candidates for Honours will be expected to show a wider and more detailed knowledge than Pass candidates in both the examination and the work performed in the practice classes through- out the year. .
THEORY OF STATISTICS PART II
A course of three lectures per week, with demonstrations, tutorial and practice classes, throughout the year.
Svuлaus. The work prescribed for the Ordinary Degree, treated in a more advanced fashion, together with the prosecution of a special project which may be of a theoretical or practical nature. .
PRACTICAL WORK. Six hours per week, together with the additional time required for the prosecution of the special project.
Students taking this course will be assumed to have reached the standard of Pure Mathematics Part II Honours, and to be currently taking Pure Mathematics Part III Honours.
Boокs. As for the Ordinary Degree, together with the following:
(a) Prescribed text-books.
*Feller, W.—An
Introduction to Probability Theory and its Applications,
Vol. I.(Wiley.) .
*Fisher, R. A., and Yates,
F.—Statistical Tables.
(Oliver & Boyd.)or
*Pearson, E. S., and Hartley, H.O. Biometrika Tables for Statisticians,
Vol.I. (C.U.P.)
(b) Recommended for reference:
Cramér,
H. Mathematical Methods of Statistics.
(Princeton U.P.) Cochran, W.G.—Sampling. Techniques.
(Wiley.)Yates,.
F.—Sampling Methods for Censuses and Surveys.
(Griffin.)Sukhatme, P.
V.—Sampling Theory of Surveys with Applications.
(Iowa State Coll. P.)Hansen, M. H., Hurwitz, W. N., and Madow, W.
G.—Sample Survey Methods and Theory,
Vols. I, II. (Wiley.)Wald,
A.-Sequential Analysis.
(Wiley.) Finney, D.J. Probit Analysis.
(C.U.P.)Finney, D.
J.—Statistical Method in Biological Assay.
(Griffin.)In addition, reference will be made to articles in recent and current literature.
ЕxАМINATIoN. As for the Ordinary Degree. Candidates for Honours will be expected to show a wider and more detailed knowledge than Pass candidates in both the examination and the work performed in the practice classes throughout the year.
THEORY OF STATISTICS PART III
A course of lectures, with tutorial and practice classes throughout the year, together with the preparation of the thesis referred to in Section 2 of the preamble
(see p. 192).
SУLLAВUs. (i) Probability theory, advanced theory of estimation, theory of significance tests, multivariate analysis.
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(ii) A selection of topics from: order statistics, distribution-free methods, sequential analysis, decision functions, stochastic processes, sampling techniques, advanced experimental design, linear programming, mathematical genetics.
Воокs. (a) For preliminary reading:
Bross, I. D.
J. Design
for Decision. (Macmillan, N.Y.) (b) Prescribed text-books:*Rao, C. R. Advanced Statistical Methods in Biometrical Research. (Wiley.) Kempthorne,
0.—The
Design and Analysis of Expersinents. (Wiley.)(c) Recommended for reference:
Anderson, R. L., and Bancroft, T. A.—Statistical Theory in Research. (Mc- Graw-Hill.)
Yates,
F.—Sampling
Methods for Censuses and Surveys. (Griffin.)Sukhatme, P.
V.—Sampling
Theory of Surveys with Applications. (Iowa State Coll. P.)Hansen, M. H., Hurwitz, W. N., and Madow,
W. G. Sample
Survey Methods and Theory, Vols. I, II. (Wiley.)Cochran, W.
G.--Sanьpliпg
Techniques. (Wiley.)Cramer,
H. Mathematical
Methods of Statistics. (Princeton U.P.) Quenouille, M.H.—The
Design and Analysis of Experiment. (Griffin.) Wilks, S.S.—Mathemãtical Statistics.
(Princeton U.P.)Wald,
A. Statistical
Decision Functions. (Wiley.)Fisher, R. A.—Contributions to Mathematical Statistics. (Wiley.) Kendall, M.
G.—Rank
Correlation Methods. (Griffin.)Kendall, M. G.—The Advanced Theory of Statistics, Vols. I, II. (Griffin.) Fisher, R. A.—The Theory of Inbreeding. (Oliver & Boyd.)
Neel, J. V., and Schell, W. J.—Human Heredity. (Univ. Chicago Press.) Dahlberg,
G. Mathematical
Methods for Population Genetics. (Interscience.) In addition, frequent reference will be made to articles in recent and current literature.M. SCHOOL OF RUSSIAN LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
1. The course for the Degree with Honours in the School of Russian Language and Literature comprises the following subjects:
Russian Part I, Language and Literature Russian Part II, Language and Literature Russian Part III, Language
Russian Part III, Literature Russian Part IV, Language Russian Part IV, Literature.
A candidate in this school must take these six subjects and three additional subjects, of which one at least should be selected from French Part I, German Part I, English Part I, and Greek Part I.
The three additional subjects must be approved by the Senior Lecturer in Charge of Russian.
It is recommended that the students should acquire some knowledge of Modern History, in particular Russian history of the XIXth century, and of European Philosophy, especially the French philosophers of the XVIIIth and the German philosophers of the XIXth centuries.
2. In their First Year, candidates in the Honour School should take the Honours course in Russian Part I, and two additional Group I subjects or other subjects approved by the Senior Lecturer in Charge of Russian.
Admission to the higher years of the course is conditional upon satisfactory performance in this First Year. and students must be approved by the Faculty of Arts as candidates for the Degree with Honours before enterinf; the Second Year of the Honours School. Normally such approval will be given to can- didates who have gained at least Second Class Honours in Russian Part I.
Other candidates who wish to continue in the Honour School must interview the Senior Lecturer in Charge of Russian, who will be guided in her recommen-
dation by the merits of the case.
A student who has completed the First Year of the course for the Ordinary Degree. and has passed in. Russian Part I, may, with the permission of the Faculty. enter the Honour Sćhool. Such a student must make special application to the Faculty, through the Sub-Dean, and, if permission is granted, the Faculty will prescribe what further work must be , completed before the student is allowed `.о proceed to the Final Examination.
• In their Second Year, candidates will take the Honour Courses in Russian Part II, and the remaining optional subject. There will be no formal examination in Russian at the end of the Year. Examination in the Second Year will be by means of essays set during the Year.
In their Third. Year candidates will take the Honour Courses in Russian Part III, Language, and Russian Part III, Literature. Candidates will be examined in both subjects at the end of the Third Year and they will be expected to be classed in Russian Part IILj
3. In their Fourth Year, candidates will take the Honour courses in Russian Part IV, Language, and Russian Part IV, Literature.
4. The final examination in the School of Russian Language and Literature will comprise the following six papers
(1) Advanced translation into Russian. .
(2) Unseen translation from Russian, and prescribed texts.
(3) Russian literature, with particular reference to the works of Tolstoy, Dostoyevsky and Chekhov.
(4) Special literary study (to b'e tested by essays during the year).
(5) Russian literature, with particular reference to Pushkin and later verse. ' .
(6) Old Russian and Mediæval Russian Texts.
Translation and commentary.
Vacation Reading.—Suggestions for reading for the Special literary study will be posted on the Modern Languages notice board.
RUSSIAN PART I
A course of lectures as for the Ordinary Degree, together with special lectures and tutorial classes, throughout the year.
SYLLnnus. (i) As for the Ordinary Degree. (ii) Study of special. texts.
(iii) Additional essays and translation into Russian. .
Bоокs. Prescribed text-books : (a) As for the Ordinary Degree.
(b) *Boyanus, S. C. A Manual of Russian Pronunciation. (Sidgwick &
Jackson.)
Boyanus, S. C., and Jopson, N.
D.—Spóken
Russian. (Sidgwick &Jackson.)
Baring, M.-Oxford Book of Russian Verse. (O.U.P., 1949.) Tolstoy, L: Vol. 10 of Works (in 14 volumes). (Moskva, 1952.) ERA/Atria-non. One 3-hour paper on the set texts, in addition to the examina- tion for the Ordinary Degree.
RUSSIAN PART II
A course of lectures as for the Ordinary Degree, together with special lectures and tutorial classes, throughout the year.
SYLLABUS. (i) As for the Ordinary Degree. (ii) Study of special texts. (iii) Additional essays and translation into Russian.
Вóoкs. Prescribed text-books :
*Dostoyevsky,
F. Iг brannye
Sochineniya. (Ogiz, 1946.) .*Chekhov,
A.—Rasskazy.
(Ogiz, 1951.) .EXAMINATION. No formal examination.
EssAY AND SEMINAR Wonк. Candidates will be required to submit essays and other exercises during the year in lieu of the annual examination in this section.
j Candidates who began their Honours course in Russian in 1952 will follow the regulations as set out in the Handbook for 1953.
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RUSSIAN PART III
A course of lectures as for the Ordinary Degree, together with special lectures and tutorial classes throughout the year.
SУ.ЁАВus. A. Language.
(i) As for the Ordinary Degree.
(ii) Introduction to the history of the Russian language.
(iii) Studies in style of the principal XIXth and XXth Century authors.
В. Literature.
(i) As for the Ordinary Degree.
(ii) Study of prescribed texts.
(iii) Course of lectures and seminars on Contemporary Russian Literature.
Вoокs. (a) Prescribed text-books:
A. Language
*Matthews, W. K.—The Structure and Development of Russian. (Cambridge, 1953.)
В. Literature
*Dostoyevsky, F.—Bratya Karamazovy. (Moskva or Paris YMCA Press.) •
*Tolstoy, L.—Voina i mir. (Moskva.)
*Konovalov, S.—Russian Prose Reader II, XIX-XXth century Writers. (Black- well, 1952.)
(b) Recommended for reference:
Vinogradov, V.—Russky yazyk. (Uchpedgiz, 1947.)
Entwistle, W. J., and Morison, W. A.—Russian аnd the Slavonic Languages.
(Faber.)
de Bray, R. G. A.—Guide to Slavonic Languages. (Dent.)
Matthews, W. К:—The Russian Language before 1700... (Slavonic and East European Review, XXXI, 77, London, 1953.)
Nikiforov, S. D.Staroslavyaпský yazyk. (Uchpedgiz, 1952.) Gvozdev, A.—Ocherki po stilistike russkogo yazyka. (A.P.N., 1952.) Mochulsky, K. Dostoyevsky. (Paris YMCA Press.)
Ovsyaniko-Kulikovsky, D. (pod red.)—Istoriya russkoy literatury. (Mir, 1910.)
Struve, G. Soviet Russian Literature. (Routledge, 1952.) Reavey, G.—Soviet Literature Today. (Drummond.)
Simmons,. J. An Outline of Modern Russian Literature. (Cornell University Press.)
EXAMINATION. (Preliminary Final Examination.) As for Part III Pass, and in addition two 3-hour papers (the first on parts A (ii) and (iii) of the Syllabus, the second on parts В (ii) and (iii) of the Syllabus). Thesis in Russian.
Oral test of 30 minutes.