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Part IA Papers

for 2025-26

Core papers:

PBS01: Introduction to Experimental Psychology and Neuroscience

PBS02: Social Psychology, Applied Psychology and Individual Differences

PBS03: From Subjective Questions to Objective Science

Optional papers:

A1: World Archaeology (from Part I of the Archaeology Tripos)

B1: Humans in Biological Perspective (from Part I of the Archaeology Tripos)

NS 1: Evolution and Behaviour (from Part IA of the Natural Sciences Tripos)

NS 2: Mathematical Biology (from Part IA of the Natural Sciences Tripos)

PHIL 1: Metaphysics (from Part IA of the Philosophy tripos)

PHIL 2: Ethics & Political Philosophy (from Part IA of the Philosophy Tripos)

POL 1: The Modern States and its Alternatives (from Part I of the HSPS Tripos)

SAN 1: Social Anthropology: The Comparative Perspective (from Part I of the HSPS Tripos)

SOC 1: Modern Societies I: Introduction to Sociology (from Part I of the HSPS Tripos)

​Please note that all papers borrowed by the PBS Tripos are reviewed on a yearly basis and are subject to change.

Psychological and Behavioural Sciences Tripos

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