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Part IB Papers

for 2024-25

Core papers:

PBS 3: Social and Developmental Psychology

PBS 4: Cognitive Neuroscience and Experimental Psychology (from Part IB of the Natural Sciences Tripos)

Optional papers:

B2: Human Ecology and Behaviour (from Part IIA of the Archaeology Tripos)

B3: Human Evolution(from Part IIA of the Archaeology Tripos)

B4: Human Comparative Biology (from Part IIA of the Archaeology Tripos)

CR 1: Foundations in Criminology and Criminal Justices (from Part IIA of the HSPS Tripos)

ED 3: Modernity, Globalisation and Education (from Part IB of the Education Tripos)

ED 8: Formal and informal contexts of learning (from Part IB of the Education Tripos)

HPS 1: History of Science (from Part IB of the Natural Sciences Tripos)

HPS 2: Philosophy of Science (from Part IB of the Natural Sciences Tripos)

NS 3: Neurobiology (from Part IB of the Natural Sciences Tripos)

PHIL 4: Knowledge, Language and the World (from Part IB of the Philosophy Tripos)

PHIL 7: Political Philosophy (from Part IB of the Philosophy Tripos)

SOC 2: Social Theory (from Part IIA of the HSPS Tripos)

SOC 3: Modern societies II: Global Social Problems (from Part IIA 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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