Editing Natural Science Tripos (section)

==Teaching==
Teaching is carried out by 16 different departments. Subjects offered in Part IA in 2019 are Biology of Cells, Chemistry, Computer Science, Evolution and Behaviour, Earth Sciences, Materials Science, Mathematics, Physics, Physiology of Organisms and Mathematical Biology; students must take three experimental subjects and one mathematics course. There are three options for the compulsory mathematics element in IA: "Mathematics A", "Mathematics B" and  "Mathematical Biology".<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.zoo.cam.ac.uk/degree/1aquantbio/index.html |title=IA Mathematical Biology Site |access-date=8 June 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081031094750/http://www.zoo.cam.ac.uk/degree/1aquantbio/index.html |archive-date=2008-10-31 |url-status=dead }}</ref> From 2020 Computer Science will no longer be an option in the natural sciences course.

Students specialize further in the second year (Part IB) of their [[Tripos]], taking three subjects from a choice of twenty, and completely in their third year (Part II) in, for example, [[genetics]] or [[astrophysics]], although general third year courses do exist – Biomedical and Biological Sciences for biologists and Physical Sciences for chemists, physicists, etc. Fourth year options (Part III) are available in a number of subjects, and usually have an entry requirement of obtaining a 2:1 or a First in second year Tripos Examinations, and is applied for before the commencement of the third year. As of 2008, options with an available Part III option are: [[Astrophysics]]; [[Biochemistry]]; [[Chemistry]]; [[Earth Sciences]]; [[Materials Science]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.uniadmissions.co.uk/application-guides/what-is-materials-science/ |title=What Is Materials Science? |access-date=2022-11-04 |website=uniadmissions.co.uk}}</ref> and [[Metallurgy]]; and [[physics|Experimental and Theoretical Physics]]. {{As of|2018}} the tripos is delivered by sixteen different departments including:
* The [[Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge|Department of Chemistry]]
* The [[Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, University of Cambridge|Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology]]
* The [[Department of Genetics, University of Cambridge|Department of Genetics]]
* The [[Cavendish Laboratory|Department of Physics]]
* The [[Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge| Institute of Astronomy]]
* The Department of Biochemistry
* The Department of Pharmacology
* The [[Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge|Department of Pathology]]
* The [[Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge|Department of Plant Sciences]]
* The [[Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience, University of Cambridge|Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience]]
* The Department of Zoology
* The Department of Psychology
* The [[Computer Laboratory, University of Cambridge|Department of Computer Science and Technology]]
* The [[Department of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge|Department of Earth Sciences]]
* The [[Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy, University of Cambridge|Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy]]
* The [[Department of History and Philosophy of Science, University of Cambridge|Department of History and Philosophy of Science]]