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Form and Conduct Notices for MVST 1A and 1B and Second MB and Second Vet MB

The following table gives links to the Form and Conduct Notices published by the Faculty Board of Biology for the conduct of MVST/2nd MB and 2nd Vet MB examinations. The Notices supplement the regulations for these examinations which can be found in Statutes and Ordinances (2008 Edition, p. 352-356, 451-465, 525-533).

The regulations for MVST IA stipulate that each subject of the IA examination should carry the same marks.

The regulations for MVST IB stipulate that the maximum marks allocated to each subject at IB should be in the following proportions:

  • Biology of Disease 10
  • Mechanisms of Drug Action 10
  • Neurobiology with Animal/Human Behaviour 10
  • Human Reproduction/Veterinary Reproductive Biology 8
  • Special Options 10
Total 48

Medical & Veterinary Sciences Tripos Part IA
TRIPOS NAME OF COURSE Tripos or 2nd MB or 2nd Vet MB LINK TO Reporter
MVST IA Cell Biology Not examined This is a preparatory course aimed at students without A level Biology and is not assessed.
MVST IA Principles of Animal Management (PAM)[previously Farm Animal Husbandry(FAH)] 2nd Vet MB

6 December 2000 amended
4 October 2006
and 23 March 2011

MVST IA Functional Architecture of the Body (FAB) Tripos & 2nd MB, 2nd Vet MB 6 December 2000 , 11 December 2002
5 December 2007
, and November 2012
MVST IA Histology Not examined separately Examined with Homeostasis,
6 December 2000 and 11 December 2002
MVST IA Homeostasis (HOM) Tripos & 2nd MB, 2nd Vet MB 6 December 2000, 17 January 2001 and
11 December 2002
, amended 13 January 2010
MVST IA Introduction to the Scientific Basis of Medicine (ISBM) 2nd MB &
2nd Vet MB
11 December 2002
MVST IA Social Context of Health and Illness (SCHI) [previously Medical Sociology (MSoc)] 2nd MB

4 October 2006, 11 June 2008,
6 August 2008 and 5 November 2008

MVST IA Molecules in Medical Science (MIMS) Tripos & 2nd MB, 2nd Vet MB 6 December 2000
MVST IA Preparing for the Veterinary Profession (PVP) 2nd Vet MB 15 October 2003
MVST IA Preparing for Patients (PfP) A 2nd MB 6 December 2000
MVST IA Veterinary Anatomy and Physiology (VAP) Tripos & 2nd Vet MB 6 December 2000
(amended 3 December 2003), November 2012
Medical & Veterinary Sciences Tripos Part IB Core courses
TRIPOS NAME OF COURSE Tripos or 2nd MB or 2nd Vet MB LINK TO Reporter
MVST IB Biology of Disease (BOD) Tripos & 2nd MB, 2nd Vet MB 28 November 2001
amended 3 December 2003 and 8 December 2010
MVST IB Mechanisms of Drug Action (MODA) Tripos & 2nd MB, 2nd Vet MB 28 November 2001
amended 3 December 2003
amended 10 March 2004, and March 2012
MVST IB Neurobiology with Human Behaviour (NHB) Tripos & 2nd MB 28 November 2001 amended
11 December 2002
amended 3 December 2003
MVST IB Neurobiology with Animal Behaviour (NAB) Tripos & 2nd Vet MB 28 November 2001 amended
11 December 2002

amended 3 December 2003
MVST IB Preparing for Patients (PfP B, C and D) 2nd MB 9 May 2002 (PfPB) and 15 October 2003 (PfP C&D)
MVST IB Preparing for the Veterinary Profession (PfVP B) 2nd Vet MB 15 October 2003 amended
1 December 2004
MVST IB Human Reproduction (HR) Tripos & 2nd MB 28 November 2001
MVST IB Comparative Vertebrate Biology (CVB) Tripos & 2nd Vet MB 1 December 2004, 10 December 2008 and
25 March 2009
MVST IB Veterinary Reproductive Biology (VRB) Tripos & 2nd Vet MB 28 November 2001
Medical & Veterinary Sciences Tripos Part IB Special options
TRIPOS NAME OF COURSE Tripos or 2nd MB or 2nd Vet MB LINK TO Reporter
MVST IB option Clinical & Applied Physiology (List 1) Tripos 1 December 2004
MVST IB option Developmental Biology for medicine: Concepts to Clinic (List 2) Tripos 1 December 2004
MVST IB option Experimental Psychology (List 1) Tripos 1 December 2004
MVST IB option Infectious Diseases and host pathogen interactions (List 1) Tripos 1 December 2004
MVST IB option Man, Molecules & the Environment (List 2) Tripos 1 December 2004
MVST IB option Sensorimotor Neurobiology (List 2) Tripos 1 December 2004
MVST IB option Tumour Biology (List 2) Tripos 1 December 2004
MVST IB option Use and abuse: Pharmacology of Janus drugs (List 1) Tripos

1 December 2004 revised
16 March 2005