Editing Tripos (section)

{{Short description|Bachelor's exam or course at Cambridge}}
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| caption             = Tripos results were posted publicly outside departments and the [[Senate House (University of Cambridge)|Senate House]] until 2021.
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* [[Bachelor's degree]] (BA)
* [[Master's degree]] (MSci, MEng, MMath)}}
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A '''Tripos''' ({{IPAc-en|audio=En-uk-tripos.ogg|ˈ|t|r|aɪ|p|ɒ|s}}, plural 'Triposes') is an academic examination that originated at the [[University of Cambridge]] in [[Cambridge]], England. They include any of several examinations required to qualify an undergraduate student for a [[bachelor's degree]]<ref>{{cite web|title=The Jargon &#124; Queens' College|url=http://www.queens.cam.ac.uk/life-at-queens/about-the-college/university/the-jargon|website=Queens' College, Cambridge|access-date=6 April 2015}}</ref> or the courses taken by a student to prepare for these. Undergraduate students studying mathematics, for instance, ultimately take the ''[[Mathematical Tripos]]'', and students of [[English literature]] take the ''English Tripos''.

In most traditional [[England|English]] universities, a student registers to study one field exclusively, rather than having "[[academic major|majors]]" or "[[academic minor|minors]]" as in [[Universities in the United States|American]], [[Higher education in Australia|Australian]], [[Higher education in Canada|Canadian]], or [[Universities in Scotland|Scottish universities]]. In practice, however, most degrees may be fairly interdisciplinary in nature, depending on the subject. The multi-part tripos system at Cambridge also allows substantial changes in field between parts; the [[Natural Sciences Tripos]] is especially designed to allow a highly flexible curriculum across the sciences.