The following information provides undergraduate students with a summary of the changes to assessment weightings or types which have been made for the 2019/20 session. It is intended to help you when you are selecting your courses. Please click on the course guide links for more information regarding exam durations, assessment details and submission timings.
Department of Accounting courses:
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- Elements of Accounting and Finance |
Old assessment: exam (180 minutes, 15 minutes reading time, Summer exam period) 75%, case analysis (LT) 10%, class participation (MT and LT) 10%, online assessment (LT) 5%
New assessment: exam (180 minutes, 15 minutes reading time, Summer exam period) 70%, case analysis (LT) 10%, class participation (MT and LT) 10%, online assessment (LT) 10% |
- Accounting Theory and Practice |
Old assessment: exam (180 minutes, 15 minutes reading time, Summer exam period) 75%, case analysis (LT) 10%, class participation (MT and LT) 10%, online assessment (LT) 5%
New assessment: exam (180 minutes, 15 minutes reading time, Summer exam period) 70%, case analysis (LT) 10%, class participation (MT and LT) 10%, online assessment (LT) 10% |
Department of Anthropology courses:
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- Anthropology, Text and Film |
Old assessment: coursework (6000 words, MT and LT) 100%
New assessment: coursework (4800 words, MT and LT) 100% |
- The Anthropology of Kinship, Sex and Gender |
Old assessment: essay (3500 words, LT) 50%, essay (3500 words, ST) 50%
New assessment: essay (3000 words, LT) 50%, essay (3000 words, ST) 50% |
- The Anthropology of Melanesia |
Old assessment: exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 70%, essay (2500 words, MT) 30%
New assessment: essay (3000 words, ST) 100% |
- Investigating the Philippines - New Approaches and Ethnographic Contexts |
Old assessment: exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 70%, essay (2500 words, LT) 30%
New assessment: essay (3000 words, ST) 100% |
- The Anthropology of Amazonia |
Old assessment: take home exam (LT) 100%
New assessment: take home exam (MT) 100% |
Health and Welfare: Anthropological Perspectives |
Old assessment: essay (4000 words) (LT) 100%
New assessment: essay (3000 words) (LT) 100% |
- Advanced Theory of Social Anthropology |
Old assessment: essay (9000 words, MT and LT) 100%
New assessment: coursework (6000 words, MT and LT) 100% |
- The Anthropology of Religion |
Old assessment: exam (4500 words, LT) 50%, essay (4500 words, ST) 50%
New assessment: essay (3500 words, LT) 50%, essay (3500 words, ST) 50% |
Department of Economics courses:
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- Microeconomic Principles II |
Old assessment: exam (60 minutes, 15 minutes reading time, January exam period) 25%, exam (180 minutes, 15 minutes reading time, Summer exam period) 75%
New assessment: exam (60 minutes, 15 minutes reading time, January exam period) 22.5%, exam (180 minutes, 15 minutes reading time, Summer exam period) 67.5%, coursework (MT and LT) 10% |
International Economics |
Old assessment: exam (180 minutes, 15 minutes reading time, summer exam period) 100%
New assessment: pathway 1: exam (180 minutes, 15 minutes reading time, summer exam period) 100% or pathway 2: essay (1500 words, LT) 50%, exam (90 minutes, 10 minutes reading time, summer exam period) 50% |
Department of Economic History courses:
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- Pre-industrial Economic History |
Old assessment: essay (2000 words, LT) 30%, exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 70%
New assessment: essay (2000 words, LT) 40%, essay (3000 words) 60% |
- Money and Finance: From the Middle Ages to Modernity |
Old assessment: exam (180 minutes, Summer exam period) 100%
New assessment: essay (3000 words, LT) 30%, exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 70% |
- Africa and the World Economy, 1500-2000 |
Old assessment: project (3000 words, ST Week 1) 30%, exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 70%
New assessment: project (3000 words, ST) 30%, exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 70% |
- Business and Economic Performance since 1945: Britain in International Context |
Old assessment: exam (180 minutes, Summer exam period) 100/%
New assessment: exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 70%, research project (LT) 30% |
- The Economic History of North America: from Colonial Times to the Cold War |
Old assessment: exam (180 minutes, Summer exam period) 100/%
New assessment: essay (3000 words, MT) 30%, exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 70% |
- Historical Economic Geography: Cities, Markets and Regions in the 19th and 20th Centuries |
Old assessment: essay (2500 words, LT) 35/%, essay (2500 words, MT) 35%, presentation (MT and LT) 30%
New assessment: essay (3000 words, LT) 40%, essay (3000 words, ST) 40%, presentation (MT and LT) 20% |
- Dissertation in Economic or Social History |
Old assessment: dissertation (10,000 words, LT) 100%
New assessment: dissertation (10,000 words, LT) 90%, other (LT) 5%, proposal (MT) 5% |
Department of Finance courses:
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- Financial Systems and Crises |
Old assessment: in-class assessment (MT) 100%
New assessment: in-class assessment (MT) 30%, in-class assessment (MT) 70% |
- Advanced Financial Economics |
Old assessment: class participation (MT) 10%, in-class assessment (MT) 30%, in-class assessment (MT) 60%
New assessment: class participation (MT) 10%, in-class assessment (MT Week 6) 30%, in-class assessment (MT Week 11) 60% |
- Quantitative Finance |
Old assessment: exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 45%, project (MT) 10%, coursework (MT) 2.5%, coursework (LT) 5%, in-class assessment 37.5%
New assessment: exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 45%, coursework (MT) 50%, coursework (LT) 5% |
- Risk Management and Modelling |
Old assessment: project (MT) 20%, coursework (MT) 5%, in-class assessment (MT) 75%
New assessment: coursework (MT) 100% |
Department of Government courses:
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-Introduction to Political Science |
Old assessment: essay (2000 words) 50%, exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 50%
New assessment: essay (2000 words, LT) 50%, exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 50%, |
- Research Design in Political Science |
Old assessment: coursework (1000 words, MT) 20%, coursework (3000 words, LT) 40%, exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 40%
New assessment: coursework (2000 words, MT) 30%, coursework (2000 words, LT) 30%, exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 40% |
- Contemporary Political Theory |
Old assessment: essay (1500 words, LT) 25%, essay (1500 words, MT) 25%, exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 50%
New assessment: essay (2000 words, LT) 40%, exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 60% |
- Key Themes in the History of Political Thought |
Old assessment: essay (3000 words, LT) 50%, exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 50%
New assessment: essay (4000 words, LT) 100% |
- Global Public Policy |
Old assessment: exam (180 minutes, Summer exam period) 100%
New assessment: essay (3000 words, LT) 50%, exam (120 minutes, LT) 50% |
- Leadership in the Political World |
Old assessment: essay (5000 words) 75%, in-class assessment 25%
New assessment: essay (5000 words) 40%, exam (90 minutes, Summer exam period) 40%, in-class assessment 20% |
- Experimental Politics |
Old assessment: essay (2250 words, LT) 50%, exam (90 minutes, Summer exam period) 50%
New assessment: essay (3000 words, ST) 50%, take home exam (LT) 50% |
- Transparency and Accountability in Government |
Old assessment: presentation (LT) 10%, essay (2500 words, ST) 90%
New assessment: presentation (ST) 10%, essay (2500 words, ST) 90% |
- African Political Economy |
Old assessment: essay (2000 words, LT) 75%, in-class assessment 25%
New assessment: essay (3000 words, ST) 75%, in-class assessment 25% |
- Political Economy of the Developing World |
Old assessment: essay (3500 words, ST) 50%, exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 50%
New assessment: essay 15%, essay 35%, exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 35%, class participation 15% |
Department of Geography and Environment courses:
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- Sustainable Development |
Old assessment: essay (LT) 40%, take home exam (ST) 60%
New assessment: essay (1000 words, LT) 10%, essay (3000 words, ST), take home exam (MT) 50% |
- Urban Geography and Globalisation |
Old assessment: essay (2000 words, MT) 65%, presentation (MT) 15%, class participation (MT) 20%
New assessment: essay (2500 words, MT) 65%, presentation (MT) 15%, class participation (MT) 20% |
- Field Methods in Geography |
Old assessment: project (3000 words, ST) 70%, research proposal (ST) 30%,
New assessment: project (3500 words, ST) 60%, class participation (LT) 10%, research proposal (ST) 30% |
- Field Methods in Geography with Economics |
Old assessment: project (3000 words, ST) 70%, research proposal (ST) 30%,
New assessment: class participation (LT) 20%, research proposal (ST) 20%, research project (MT) 60% |
- Urban Politics |
Old assessment: coursework (2000 words, LT), 50%, coursework (2000 words, MT) 50%
New assessment: essay (3000 words, LT) 100% |
- The Political Economy of Urbanisation |
Old assessment: coursework (3000 words, ST) 100%
New assessment: coursework (3000 words, ST) 90%, continuous assessment (LT), 10% |
- Gender in High Income and Emerging Economies |
Old assessment: exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 100%
New assessment: take home exam (ST) 100% |
- Sustainable Business and Finance |
Old assessment: other 100%
New assessment: class participation (MT) 15%, other 85% |
- Political Ecology of Development |
Old assessment: essay (4000 words, LT) 100%
New assessment: essay (4000 words, MT) 100% |
Department of International History courses:
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- People, Power and Protest in Latin America, c.1895 to the present day |
Old assessment: essay (3000 words, LT) 25%, exam (180 minutes, Summer exam period) 75%
New assessment: essay (3000 words, LT) 25%, take home exam (ST) 75% |
- The Global Caribbean: Colonialism, Race and Revolutions 1780s-1980s |
Old assessment: essay (3000 words, LT) 25%, exam (180 minutes, Summer exam period) 75%
New assessment: essay (3500 words, LT) 35%, essay (3500 words, ST) 35%, class participation (MT and LT) 15%, other (MT) 15% |
Department of International Relations courses:
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- International Security |
Old assessment: essay (2500 words, LT) 60%, exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 40%
New assessment: essay (2500 words, LT) 50%, exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 50% |
- International Political Economy |
Old assessment: exam (180 minutes, Summer exam period) 100%
New assessment: coursework (MT and LT) 10%, exam (180 minutes, Summer exam period) 90% |
: Visual International Politics |
Old assessment: essay (2500 words, ST) 50%, project (LT) 50%
New assessment: essay (2500 words, LT) 50%, project (MT) 50% |
- Revolutions and World Politics |
Old assessment: presentation (LT) 10%, coursework (LT) 20%, essay (3000 words, ST) 70%
New assessment: presentation (MT) 10%, coursework (MT) 20%, essay (3000 words, MT) 70% |
- Sovereignty, Rights and Justice: Issues in International Political Theory |
Old assessment:: essay (4000 words, LT) 100%
New assessment: essay (4000 words, ST) 100% |
- Dissertation |
Old assessment:: dissertation (10000 words, LT) 100%
New assessment: dissertation (10000 words, ST) 100% |
Department of Law courses:
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- Medical Law |
Old assessment: essay (5000 words, LT) 50%, take home exam (LT and ST) 50%
New assessment: other 50%, other 50% |
- Law and Institutions of the European Union |
Old assessment: take home exam (LT) 50%, take home exam (ST) 50%
New assessment: take home exam (between MT and LT) 50%, take home exam (between LT and ST) 50% |
- Outlines of Modern Criminology |
Old assessment: essay (5000 words, ST) 100%
New assessment: essay (5000 words, LT) 100% |
- Topics in Sentencing and Criminal Justice |
Old assessment: essay (5000 words, LT) 100%
New assessment: essay (5000 words, ST) 100% |
Department of Mathematics courses:
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- Further Mathematical Methods |
Old assessment: exam (180 minutes, 15 minutes reading time, Summer exam period) 100%
New assessment: exam (180 minutes, Summer exam period) 100% |
- Algorithms and Programming |
Old assessment: coursework (LT) 20%, exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 80%
New assessment: coursework (MT) 20and, exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 80% |
- History of Mathematics in Finance and Economics |
Old assessment: essay (1650 words) 30%, exam (120 minutes, 5 minutes reading time, Summer exam period) 70%
New assessment: essay (1500 words, ST Week 1) 30%, exam (120 minutes, 5 minutes reading time, Summer exam period) 70% |
- Measure Theoretic Probability |
Old assessment: other 100%
New assessment: exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 100% |
- Mathematics of Finance and Valuation |
Old assessment: other 100%
New assessment: exam (120 minutes) 100% |
Department of Management courses:
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- Organisational Behaviour and Leadership |
Old assessment: essay (2000 words, LT) 30%, exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 70%
New assessment: essay (2000 words, LT) 30%, exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 60%, class participation (LT) 10% |
- Econometrics: Theory and Applications |
Old assessment: exam (180 minutes, Summer exam period) 100%
New assessment: exam (180 minutes, Summer exam period) 70%, continuous assessment (MT and LT) 30% |
- Human Resource Management |
Old assessment: project (MT) 40%, exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 50%, class participation 10%
New assessment: presentation (MT) 10%, project (MT) 30%, exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 50%, class participation (MT) 10% |
- International Business Strategy and Emerging Markets |
Old assessment: project (LT) 40%, exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 60%,
New assessment: project (LT) 40%, exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 50%, class participation (LT) 10% |
- Marketing Action Learning Project |
Old assessment: project (5000 words, LT) 90%, in-class assessment 10%,
New assessment: project (5000 words, LT) 90%, in-class assessment (LT) 10%, |
Department of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method courses:
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- Logic |
Old assessment: exam (180 minutes, Summer exam period) 100%
New assessment: exam (180 minutes, 15 minutes reading time, Summer exam period) 100% |
- The Big Questions: An Introduction to Philosophy |
Old assessment: essay (1500 words, ST) 50%, essay (1500 words, ST) 50%
New assessment: essay (1500 words, ST) 45%, essay (1500 words, ST) 45%, in-class assessment (MT and LT) 10% |
- Philosophy of Gender and Race |
Old assessment: essay (1500 words, LT) 45%, essay (1500 words, LT) 45%, in-class participation 10%
New assessment: essay (1500 words, LT) 45%, essay (1500 words, ST) 45%, in-class participation 10% |
- Philosophy, Politics and Economics: Applications |
Old assessment: essay (2000 words, ST) 30%, exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 50%, in-class participation 10%, presentation (LT) 10%
New assessment: essay (2000 words, ST) 30%, exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 50%, in-class participation 10%, other (LT) 10% |
Department of Public Policy courses: |
Applying Behavioural Economics for Social Impact: Design, Delivery, Evaluation and Policy |
Old assessment: take home assessment (120 minutes week 1 ST) 60%, group project (ST) 40%
New assessment: take home assessment (120 minutes week 1 ST) 100% |
Department of Social Policy courses:
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- Research Methods for Social Policy |
Old assessment: essay (2000 words, MT) 30%, essay (5000 words, LT) 70%
New assessment: essay (2000 words, MT) 30%, essay (5000 words, ST) 70% |
- Migration: Current Research, Critical Approaches |
Old assessment: essay (1000 words, MT) 30%, essay (2000 words, LT) 70%
New assessment: essay (2000 words, LT) 100% |
Department of Sociology courses:
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- The Sociology of Race and Empire |
Old assessment: essay (2000 words, ST) 45%, exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 30%, other (LT) 25%
New assessment: presentation (LT) 20%, essay (3000 words, ST) 50%, other (LT) 30% |
- Sociology of Health and Illness |
Old assessment: in-class assessment (LT) 20%, take home exam (ST) 80%
New assessment: in-class assessment (MT) 20%, take home exam (LT) 80% |
- The Sociology of Elites |
Old assessment: exam (180 minutes, Summer exam period) 100%
New assessment: essay (2000 words, ST) 50%, exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 50% |
Department of Statistics courses:
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- Introduction to Pricing, Hedging and Optimization |
Old assessment: exam (120 minutes, 15 minutes reading time, Summer exam period) 100%
New assessment: coursework 20%, exam (120 minutes, 15 minutes reading time) 80 |
