Editing Natural Science Tripos (section)

{{Short description|Teaching framework at Cambridge University}}
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* Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree
* Master of Science (MSci) degree}}
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| year_started        = 1851<ref name="Bettany1879">{{cite journal|last1=Bettany|first1=G. T.|title=The Cambridge Natural Sciences Tripos|journal=[[Nature (journal)|Nature]]|volume=21|issue=526|year=1879|pages=86–87|issn=0028-0836|doi=10.1038/021086a0|bibcode=1879Natur..21...86B|doi-access=free}}</ref><ref name=nsttl>{{cite journal|title=The Natural Sciences Tripos, Cambridge|journal=[[The Lancet]]|volume=85|issue=2160|year=1865|pages=66|author=Anon|issn=0140-6736|doi=10.1016/S0140-6736(02)69618-7}}</ref><ref name=studentsguide/>
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The '''Natural Sciences Tripos''' is the framework within which most of the science at the [[University of Cambridge]] is taught. The [[tripos]] includes a wide range of [[Natural Sciences]] from [[physics]], [[astronomy]], and [[geoscience]], to [[chemistry]] and [[biology]], which are taught alongside the [[history and philosophy of science]]. The tripos covers several courses which form the [[University of Cambridge]] system of [[Tripos]]. It is known for its broad range of study in the first year, in which students cannot study just one discipline, but instead must choose three courses in different areas of the natural sciences and one in mathematics.  As is traditional at Cambridge, the degree awarded after Part II (three years of study) is a Bachelor of Arts (BA). A Master of Natural Sciences degree (MSci) <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.natsci.tripos.cam.ac.uk/subject-information/overallps|title = Programme Specification: Introduction|date = 3 December 2012}}</ref> is available to those who take the optional Part III (one further year).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.natsci.tripos.cam.ac.uk/ |title=Natural Sciences Tripos |publisher=[[University of Cambridge]] |date=2020 |access-date=5 January 2020}}</ref> It was started in the 19th century.<ref name="Bettany1879"/><ref name=nsttl/><ref name=studentsguide>{{cite journal|url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/the-students-guide-to-the-university-of-cambridge/the-natural-sciences-tripos/4AD642E39CDCA633F2214CA9252C5022|doi=10.1017/CBO9780511694158.008|title=The Student's Guide to the University of Cambridge|first=G. D.|last= Liveing|year=1874|author-link=George Downing Liveing|website=cambridge.org|url-access=subscription}}</ref>