Their organization is interesting, and allows students to take broad courses on year 1 and 2 and only pick a specialization in year 3 without having to decide upfront when the join the university. This is the correct way of doing it pre-Web.
As per www.natsci.tripos.cam.ac.uk/course-structure as of 2026, the way the course works is:

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