The following information provides undergraduate students with a summary of the changes to assessment weightings or types which have been made for the 2020/21 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.
Some variation to mode of delivery and/or format of assessments may be required to respond to changes in public health advice and/or to account for the situation of students in attendance on campus and those studying online during the early part of the academic year. Students will be notified about any changes to assessment plans at the earliest opportunity.
Department of Accounting courses:
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- Results Accountability and Management Control for Strategy Implementation |
Old assessment: exam (120 minutes, 15 minutes reading time, Summer exam period) 75%, coursework (MT) 25%
New assessment: take-home assessment (LT) 50%, project (LT) 25%, essay (MT) 25% |
- Performance Measurement, Strategy, and Uncertainty |
Old assessment: exam (120 minutes, 15 minutes reading time, Summer exam period) 75%, coursework (LT) 25%
New assessment: take-home assessment 75%, group project 25% |
- Financial Statement Analysis and Valuation |
Old assessment: exam (120 minutes, 15 minutes reading time, Summer exam period) 75%, coursework 25%
New assessment: exam (120 minutes, 15 minutes reading time, Summer exam period) 70%, group project 20%, group presentation 10% |
- Corporate Governance, Risk Management and Financial Audit |
Old assessment: exam (120 minutes, 15 minutes reading time, Summer exam period) 75%, coursework 25%
New assessment: project (MT Week 11) 40%, take-home assessment (MT) 60% |
Department of Anthropology courses:
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- The Anthropology of Christianity |
Old assessment: essay (4000 words, LT) 100%
New assessment: essay (3000 words, ST) 100% |
- Anthropology and Global History |
Old assessment: coursework (4000 words, LT) 100%
New assessment: coursework (3000 words, LT) 100% |
Department of Economics courses:
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- Economics A |
Old assessment: exam (120 minutes, January exam period) 50%, exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 50%
New assessment: exam (120 minutes, January exam period) 45%, exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 45%, coursework (MT and LT) 10% |
- Economics B |
Old assessment: exam (120 minutes, 15 minutes reading time, January exam period) 50%, exam (120 minutes, 15 minutes reading time, Summer exam period) 50%
New assessment: exam (120 minutes, 15 minutes reading time, January exam period) 45%, exam (120 minutes, 15 minutes reading time, Summer exam period) 45%, coursework (MT and LT) 10% |
- Microeconomic Principles I |
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) 30%, exam (120 minutes, 15 minutes reading time, Summer exam period) 60%, coursework (MT and LT) 10% |
Department of Economic History courses:
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- The Making of an Economic Superpower: China since 1850 |
Old assessment: exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 70%, essay (1500 words, MT and LT) 15%, essay (1500 words, ST) 15%
New assessment: exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 70%, essay (1500 words, MT and LT) 10%, essay (1500 words, ST) 10%, class participation (MT, LT and ST) 10% |
- Africa and the World Economy, 1500-2000 |
Old assessment: exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 70%, project (3000 words, ST) 30%
New assessment: exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 70%, project (3000 words, ST) 20%, class participation (MT and LT) 10% |
- Latin America and the International Economy |
Old assessment: exam (180 minutes, Summer exam period) 100%
New assessment: exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 70%, essay (3000 words, LT) 30% |
- The Origins of Growth |
Old assessment: exam (180 minutes, Summer exam period) 100%
New assessment: exam (180 minutes, Summer exam period) 90%, class participation (MT, LT and ST) 10% |
- The Economic History of South Asia, 1600-2000 |
Old assessment: exam (180 minutes, Summer exam period) 100%
New assessment: exam (180 minutes, Summer exam period) 90%, class participation (MT and LT) 10% |
- Knowledge, Technology and Economy from the Middle Ages to Modernity |
Old assessment: exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 70%, essay (3000 words, LT) 30%
New assessment: take-home assessment (ST) 70%, essay (3000 words, LT) 30% |
- China's Traditional Economy and Its Growth in the Very Long-Term |
Old assessment: exam (180 minutes, Summer exam period) 100%
New assessment: exam (180 minutes, Summer exam period) 70%, essay (2000 words, LT) 10%, essay (2000 words, MT) 10%, class participation (MT, LT and ST) 10% |
- Dissertation in Historical Economic Geography |
Old assessment: dissertation (10000 words, LT) 100%
New assessment: dissertation (10000 words, LT) 90%, coursework (LT) 5%, coursework (MT) 5% |
European Institute Courses:
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- The Politics and Policies of 'Brexit': The UK's Changing Relationship with the European Union |
Old assessment: essay (3000 words, LT) 80%, essay plan (MT) 10%, presentation (MT) 10%
New assessment: project (3000 words, LT) 80%, essay plan (MT) 10%, group presentation (MT) 10% |
Department of Finance courses:
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- Introduction to Finance |
Old assessment: exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 60%, coursework (LT) 40%
New assessment: coursework (LT) 40%, coursework (LT) 60% |
- Macro-Finance |
Old assessment: exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 60%, coursework (LT) 40%
New assessment: coursework (LT) 40%, coursework (LT) 60% |
- Theories of Corporate Finance |
Old assessment: exam (90 minutes, Summer exam period) 50%, coursework (LT) 40%, class participation (LT) 10%
New assessment: coursework (LT) 40%, coursework (LT) 50%, class participation (LT) 10% |
- Applied Corporate Finance |
Old assessment: exam (150 minutes, Summer exam period) 80%, coursework (LT) 20%
New assessment: coursework (LT) 30%, coursework (LT) 70% |
Department of Government courses:
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- Introduction to Political Theory |
Old assessment: exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 60%, essay (2000 words, LT) 40%
New assessment: essay (2000 words, LT) 33%, essay (2000 words, MT) 33%, essay (2000 words, LT) 34% |
- Introduction to Political Science |
Old assessment: exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 50%, essay (2000 words, LT) 50%
New assessment: essay (2000 words, LT) 50%, online assessment (ST) 50% |
- Democracy and Democratisation |
Old assessment: exam (180 minutes, Summer exam period) 100%
New assessment: exam (180 minutes, Summer exam period) 60%, essay (2500 words, LT) 40% |
- Power and Politics in the Modern World: Comparative Perspectives |
Old assessment: exam (180 minutes, Summer exam period) 75%, essay (1500 words, MT and LT) 25%
New assessment: online assessment (ST) 75%, essay (1500 words, MT and LT) 25% |
- Research Design in Political Science |
Old assessment: exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 40%, coursework (2000 words, LT Week 1) 30%, coursework (2000 words, ST Week 1) 30%
New assessment: exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 40%, coursework (2000 words, LT) 30%, coursework (2000 words, MT) 30% |
- Government, Politics and Public Policy in the European Union |
Old assessment: exam (180 minutes, Summer exam period) 100%
New assessment: online assessment (ST) 100% |
- Contemporary Political Theory |
Old assessment: exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 60%, essay (2000 words, LT) 40%
New assessment: exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 50%, essay (1500 words, LT) 30%, blog post (LT) 10%, blog post (LT) 10% |
- Public Policy Analysis |
Old assessment: exam (180 minutes, Summer exam period) 75%, essay (2500 words) 25%
New assessment: exam (180 minutes, Summer exam period) 75%, essay (2500 words, LT) 25% |
- Key Themes in the History of Political Thought |
Old assessment: exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 50%, essay (2500 words, LT) 50%
New assessment: essay (2500 words, LT) 40%, essay (2500 words, ST) 40%, continuous assessment (MT and LT) 10%, group presentation (LT) 10% |
- Conflict and Cooperation: A Few Provocative Debates |
Old assessment: essay (5000 words, ST) 75%, coursework (1500 words, LT) 25%
New assessment: essay (4000 words, ST) 80%, class participation (MT) 20% |
- Advance Issues in Applied Political Theory |
Old assessment: essay (3000 words) 100%
New assessment: essay (2500 words, LT) 80%, blog post (MT) 20% |
- Concepts and Controversies in Political Theory |
Old assessment: essay (4000 words, LT) 80%, class participation (MT) 20%
New assessment: essay (3000 words, ST) 60%, class participation (LT) 20%, group presentation (LT) 20% |
- Topics in Political Economy |
Old assessment: exam (165 minutes, 15 minutes reading time, Summer exam period) 50%, coursework (MT Week 9) 50%
New assessment: exam (165 minutes, 15 minutes reading time, Summer exam period) 50%, coursework (LT) 50% |
Department of Geography and Environment courses:
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- Contemporary Europe |
Old assessment: exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 75%, essay (2000 words, LT) 25%
New assessment: take-home assessment (ST) 80%, essay (1000 words, MT) 10%, essay (1000 words, LT) 10% |
- Environmental Change: Past, Present and Future |
Old assessment: exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 60%, policy paper (LT), 25%, essay (1500 words, LT) 15%
New assessment: exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 60%, policy brief (LT), 25%, essay (1500 words, LT) 15% |
- Sustainable Development |
Old assessment: take-home assessment (LT) 50%, essay (3000 words, ST) 40%, essay (1000 words, LT) 10%
New assessment: take-home assessment (ST) 50%, essay (3000 words, LT) 50% |
- Introduction to Global Development |
Old assessment: exam (180 minutes, Summer exam period) 75%, essay (2000 words, LT) 25%
New assessment: exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period, 50%, essay (3000 words, LT) 50% |
- The Economy Geography of Trade, Production and Development |
Old assessment: coursework (3000 words, LT) 75%, problem set (MT) 25%
New assessment: coursework (3000 words, LT) 100% |
- The Economics of Cities |
Old assessment: exam (90 minutes, Summer exam period) 50%, problem sets (LT) 30%, essay (1000 words, LT) 20%
New assessment: exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 100% |
- Environment: Science and Society |
Old assessment: exam (180 minutes, Summer exam period) 75%, assignment (LT) 25%
New assessment: exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 60%, assignment (LT) 40% |
- Quantitative Methods in Geography |
Old assessment: project (4000 words, LT) 100%
New assessment: project (3000 words, LT) 100% |
- The Political Geography of Development |
Old assessment: exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 75%, essay (1500 words, LT) 25%
New assessment: essay (3000 words, ST) 100% |
- Geographies of Race |
Old assessment: essay (2500 words, LT) 75%, presentation (MT) 25%
New assessment: essay (2500 words, LT) 100% |
- Sustainable Business and Finance |
Old assessment: assignment (MT) 85%, class participation (MT) 15%
New assessment: assignment (MT) 100% |
Department of International History courses:
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- From Empire to Independence: The Extra-European World in the Twentieth Century |
Old assessment: exam (180 minutes, Summer exam period) 100%
New assessment: take-home assessment (ST) 100% |
- International Politics since 1914: Peace and War |
Old assessment: exam (180 minutes, Summer exam period) 100%
New assessment: take-home assessment (ST) 100% |
- Faith, Power and Revolution: Europe and the Wider World, c. 1500-c.1800 |
Old assessment: exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 50%, project (10000 words, LT) 50%
New assessment: take-home assessment (ST) 50%, project (10000 words, LT) 50% |
- Historical Approaches to the Modern World |
Old assessment: take-home assessment (ST) 35%, essay (2000 words, LT) 35%,, essay (2000 words, MT) 30%
New assessment: essay (2000 words, LT) 40%, take-home assessment (ST) 35%, essay (2000 words, MT) 25% |
- The Rights of Man: the History of Human Rights Discourse from the Antigone to Amnesty International |
Old assessment: essay (3500 words, LT) 35%, essay (3500 words, ST) 35%, class participation (MT and LT) 15%, presentation (MT and LT) 15%
New assessment: exam (180 minutes, Summer exam period) 70%, class participation (MT and LT) 15%, presentation (MT and LT) 15% |
- The History of Russia, 1676-1825 |
Old assessment: exam (180 minutes, Summer exam period) 85%, presentation 15%
New assessment: take-home assessment (ST) 65%, presentation (MT and LT) 20%, class participation (MT and LT) 15% |
- The Great War 1914-1918 |
Old assessment: exam (180 minutes, Summer exam period) 100%
New assessment: essay (3000 words, LT) 50%, essay (3000 words, ST) 50% |
- Modernity and the State in East Asia: China, Japan and Korea since 1840 |
Old assessment: exam (180 minutes, Summer exam period) 100%
New assessment: take-home assessment (ST) 100% |
- From Empire to Commonwealth: War, Race and Imperialism in British History, 1780 to the Present Day |
Old assessment: exam (180 minutes, Summer exam period) 100%
New assessment: essay (6000 words, ST) 60%, essay (4000 words, LT) 40% |
- What is History? Methods and Debates |
Old assessment: exam (180 minutes, Summer exam period) 75%, essay (LT) 25%
New assessment: exam (180 minutes, Summer exam period) 80%, class participation (MT and LT) 20% |
- Limited War During the Cold War Era: The US in Korea (1950-53) and Vietnam (1954-75) |
Old assessment: exam (180 minutes, Summer exam period) 100%
New assessment: essay (5000 words, ST) 50%, essay (3500 words, LT) 35%, source analysis (LT) 15% |
- Napoleon and Europe |
Old assessment: essay (3000 words, ST) 50%, document analysis (LT) 20%, presentation (MT and LT) 20%, class participation (MT and LT) 10%
New assessment: essay (3500 words, ST) 50%, document analysis (LT) 20%, presentation (MT and LT) 20%, class participation (MT and LT) 10% |
- The Cold War Endgame |
Old assessment: exam (180 minutes, Summer exam period) 100%
New assessment: essay (5000 words, LT) 50%, essay (3500 words, LT) 35%, source analysis (LT) 15% |
- The Arab-Israeli Conflict: Nationalism, Territory, Religion |
Old assessment: exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 50%, essay (LT) 35%, class participation 15%
New assessment: essay (3000 words, LT) 35%, essay (3000 words, ST) 35%, class participation (MT and LT) 15%, document analysis (MT) 15% |
- Independent India: Myths of Freedom and Development |
Old assessment: essay (3000 words, ST) 35%, essay (3000 words, LT) 30%, document analysis (ST) 20%, video gobbet (MT and LT) 15%
New assessment: essay (3000 words, ST) 35%, essay (3000 words, LT) 30%, document analysis (LT) 20%, class participation (MT and LT) 15% |
- Interwar Worlds: The Cultural Consequences of the First World War |
Old assessment: essay (5000 words, ST) 50%, essay (3500 words, LT) 35%, source analysis (LT) 15%
New assessment: essay (3500 words, LT) 35%, essay (3500 words, ST) 35%, presentation (MT) 15%, source analysis (MT) 15% |
Department of International Relations courses:
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- International Relations: Theories, Concepts and Debates |
Old assessment: exam (180 minutes, Summer exam period) 100%
New assessment: take-home assessment (ST) 100% |
- Contemporary Issues in International Relations |
Old assessment: policy memo (ST) 70%, presentation (MT) 20%, class participation (MT and LT) 10%
New assessment: policy memo (ST) 70%, presentation (MT) 20%, continuous assessment (MT and LT) 10% |
- International Political Theory |
Old assessment: exam (180 minutes, Summer exam period) 100%
New assessment: take-home assessment (ST) 100% |
- Foreign Policy Analysis 1 |
Old assessment: exam (180 minutes, Summer exam period) 100%
New assessment: take-home assessment (ST) 100% |
- International Organisations |
Old assessment: exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 70%, essay (2000 words, MT) 30%
New assessment: take-home assessment (ST) 70%, essay (2000 words, MT) 30% |
- International Security |
Old assessment: exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 50%, essay (2500 words, LT) 50%
New assessment: essay (2500 words, LT) 60%, exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 40% |
- International Political Economy |
Old assessment: exam (180 minutes, Summer exam period) 90%, coursework (MT and LT) 10%
New assessment: take-home assessment (ST) 90%, coursework (MT and LT) 10% |
- Genocide |
Old assessment: exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 100%
New assessment: take-home assessment (ST) 100% |
- The Middle East and International Relations Theory |
Old assessment: exam (180 minutes, Summer exam period) 100%
New assessment: take-home assessment (ST) 100% |
- American Grand Strategy |
Old assessment: essay (2500 words, ST) 100%
New assessment: essay (2500 words, LT) 100% |
- Empire and Conflict in World Politics |
Old assessment: essay (4000 words, LT) 100%
New assessment: essay (4000 words, ST) 100% |
- Gendered/ing and International Politics |
Old assessment: essay (3000 words, MT) 90%, coursework (MT) 10%
New assessment: essay (3000 words, LT) 65%, coursework (LT) 35% |
- The Situations of the International Criminal Court |
Old assessment: exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 100%
New assessment: essay (ST) 100% |
- Economic Diplomacy |
Old assessment: exam (120 minutes, January exam period) 70%, essay (2000 words, MT) 30%
New assessment: exam (120 minutes, January exam period) 100% |
- The Political Economy of Trade |
Old assessment: exam (120 minutes, January exam period) 70%, essay (2000 words, MT) 30%
New assessment: exam (120 minutes, January exam period) 100% |
- Politics of Money in the World Economy |
Old assessment: exam (120 minutes, January exam period) 100%
New assessment: take-home assessment (LT) 100% |
- China and the Global South |
Old assessment: essay (3000 words, LT) 80%, presentation (MT) 20%
New assessment: essay (3000 words, LT) 75%, presentation (MT) 25% |
Department of Mathematics courses:
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- Introduction to Abstract Mathematics |
Old assessment: exam (180 minutes, Summer exam period) 100%
New assessment: exam (180 minutes, Summer exam period) 90%, continuous assessment (MT and LT) 10% |
- Optimisation Theory |
Old assessment: exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 100%
New assessment: exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 90%, continuous assessment 10% |
- Discrete Mathematics |
Old assessment: exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 100%
New assessment: exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 90%, problem sets (LT) 10% |
- Algebra and Number Theory |
Old assessment: exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 100%
New assessment: exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 80%, coursework (MT) 20% |
- Game Theory |
Old assessment: exam (180 minutes, Summer exam period) 100%
New assessment: exam (180 minutes, Summer exam period) 90%, coursework 10% |
- Game Theory I |
Old assessment: exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 100%
New assessment: exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 90%, coursework 10% |
- History of Mathematics in Finance and Economics |
Old assessment: exam (120 minutes, 5 minutes reading time, Summer exam period) 70%, essay (1500 words, ST Week 1) 30%
New assessment: exam (120 minutes, 5 minutes reading time, Summer exam period) 50%, essay (2000 words, ST Week 1) 50% |
- Computational Methods in Financial Mathematics |
Old assessment: exam (120 minutes) 75%, project (ST) 25%
New assessment: project (ST) 100% |
Department of Management courses:
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- Operations Management |
Old assessment: project (LT) 100%
New assessment: take-home assessment (LT) 60%, take-home assessment (MT) 20%, take-home assessment (MT) 20% |
- Organisational Behaviour and Leadership |
Old assessment: exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 60%, essay (2000 words, LT) 30%, class participation (LT) 10%
New assessment: take-home assessment (ST) 50%, essay (1500 words, LT) 40%, class participation (LT) 10% |
- Econometrics: Theory and Applications |
Old assessment: exam (180 minutes, Summer exam period) 70%, continuous assessment (MT and LT) 30%
New assessment: exam (180 minutes Summer exam period) 100% |
- E-business |
Old assessment: exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 100%
New assessment: essay (2500 words) 100% |
- Information Systems |
Old assessment: exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 60%, project 40%
New assessment: essay (between LT and ST) 50%, group project (LT) 40%, reflective learning (LT) 10% |
- Human Resource Management |
Old assessment: exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 50%, project (MT) 30%, presentation (MT) 10%, class participation (MT) 10%
New assessment: essay (LT) 50%, presentation (MT) 20%, project (MT) 20%, class participation (MT) 10% |
- International Business Strategy and Emerging Markets |
Old assessment: exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 50%, project (LT) 40%, class participation (LT) 10%
New assessment: coursework (ST) 50%, project (LT) 40%, class participation (LT) 10% |
- Innovation and Technology Management |
Old assessment: essay (5000 words, January) 50%, exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 40%, in-class assessment 10%
New assessment: essay (5000 words, January) 70%, presentation (MT) 20%, in-class assessment (MT) 10% |
- Strategic Decision Making |
Old assessment: technical report (ST Week 1) 60%, group project (LT Week 11) 40%
New assessment: technical report (ST Week 1) 50%, group project (LT Week 11) 50% |
- Brand Strategy |
Old assessment: take-home assessment 60%, project 30%, class participation 10%
New assessment: coursework (LT) 60%, project (LT) 30%, class participation (LT) 10% |
Department of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method courses:
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- The Big Questions: An Introduction to Philosophy |
Old assessment: essay (1500 words, ST) 45%, essay (1500 words, ST) 45%, in-class assessment (MT and LT) 10%
New assessment: essay (1500 words, ST) 40%, essay (1500 words, ST) 40%, in-class assessment (MT and LT) 10%, exercise (LT) 10% |
- Philosophy of the Social Sciences |
Old assessment: exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 67%, essay (2000 words, LT) 33%
New assessment: take-home assessment (ST) 50%, essay (2000 words, MT and LT) 25%, essay (2000 words, MT and LT) 25% |
- Philosophy, Morals and Politics |
Old assessment: exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 60%, essay (2000 words, ST) 30%, class participation 10%
New assessment: take-home assessment (ST) 60%, essay (2000 words, ST) 30%, class participation 10% |
- Set Theory and Further Logic |
Old assessment: exam (180 minutes, Summer exam period) 100%
New assessment: take-home assessment (ST) 100% |
- Philosophy and Public Policy |
Old assessment: exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 67%, essay (2000 words, ST) 33%
New assessment: exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 60%, essay (2000 words, ST) 30%, class participation 10% |
- Business and Organisational Ethics |
Old assessment: exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 67%, essay (2000 words, ST) 33%
New assessment: exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 50%, essay (2000 words, ST) 50% |
Genes, Brains and Society |
Old assessment: essay (1500 words, LT) 45%, essay (1500 words, ST) 45%, wiki entry (LT) 10%
New assessment: essay (1500 words, MT) 50%, essay (1500 words, LT) 50% |
- Philosophy of Economics |
Old assessment: exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 65%, essay (2000 words, ST) 25%, class participation 10%
New assessment: exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 30%, essay (2000 words, ST) 30%, essay (2500 words, LT) 30%, class participation 10% |
- Philosophy, Politics and Economics: Applications |
Old assessment: exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 50%, essay (2000 words, ST) 30%, exercise (LT) 10%, class participation 10%
New assessment: exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 40%, essay (2000 words, ST) 40%, exercise (LT) 10%, class participation 10% |
Department of Psychological and Behavioural Science:
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- Foundations of Behavioural Science |
Old assessment: essay (3500 words, LT) 75%, presentation (MT and LT) 25%
New assessment: essay (3500 words, LT) 75%, presentation (LT) 25% |
- Foundations of Psychological Science |
Old assessment: exam (180 minutes, Summer exam period) 40%, blog post (MT and LT) 40%, wiki entry (MT and LT) 20%
New assessment: in-class assessment (ST) 24%, wikipedia article (LT) 20%, blog post (MT) 20%, blog post (LT) 20%, exam (90 minutes, Summer exam period) 16% |
- Statistics and Research Methods for Psychological and Behavioural Science |
Old assessment: group project (MT and LT) 40%, exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 30%, project (2500 words, LT) 30%
New assessment: exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 30%, project (2500 words, LT) 30%, other (LT) 30%, poster (MT) 10% |
- Biological Psychology |
Old assessment: essay (3000 words, ST) 80%, quiz (LT) 20%
New assessment: essay (3000 words, MT) 60%, podcast episode (MT) 30%, essay (ST) 10% |
- Cognitive Psychology |
Old assessment: essay (3000 words, ST) 80%, quiz (LT) 20%
New assessment: essay (3000 words, LT) 70%, group presentation (LT) 20%, essay (ST) 10% |
- Developmental Psychology |
Old assessment: essay (3000 words, ST) 80%, presentation (LT) 20%
New assessment: case study and research proposal (3000 words) 70%, op-ed (1000 words) 20%, essay (ST) 10% |
- Social Psychology: Individuals, Groups and Culture |
Old assessment: essay (3000 words, ST) 80%, presentation (MT) 20%
New assessment: case study (MT) 70%, group presentation (MT) 20%, essay (ST) 10% |
- Individual Differences and Why They Matter |
Old assessment: essay (3000 words, ST) 80%, presentation (MT) 20%
New assessment: POSTnote with thematically annotated bibliography (1500 words) 70%, visual design on an A5 postcard (LT) 20%, essay (ST) 10% |
Department of Social Policy courses:
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- Understanding International Social and Public Policy |
Old assessment: exam (180 minutes, Summer exam period) 100%
New assessment: take-home assessment (ST) 80%, coursework 20% |
- Foundations of Social Policy Research |
Old assessment: essay (3000 words, ST) 100%
New assessment: essay (2000 words, ST) 60%, blog post (LT) 20%, quiz (LT) 20% |
- Sociology and Social Policy |
Old assessment: exam (180 minutes, 15 minutes reading time, Summer exam period) 75%, essay (1500 words, LT) 25%
New assessment: exam (180 minutes, 15 minutes reading time, Summer exam period) 60%, essay (1500 words, LT) 40% |
- Social Economics and Policy |
Old assessment: exam (180 minutes, Summer exam period) 100%
New assessment: take-home assessment (ST) 100% |
- Comparative and International Social Policy |
Old assessment: exam (180 minutes, Summer exam period) 100%
New assessment: coursework (ST) 100% |
- Research Methods for Social Policy |
Old assessment: essay (5000 words, ST) 70%, essay (2000 words, MT) 30%
New assessment: essay (5000 words, ST) 100% |
- Education Policy |
Old assessment: exam (180 minutes, Summer exam period) 100%
New assessment: take-home assessment (ST) 100% |
- Health and Social Care Policy |
Old assessment: exam (180 minutes, Summer exam period) 100%
New assessment: take-home assessment (ST) 100% |
- Migration: Current Research, Critical Approaches |
Old assessment: essay (2000 words, LT) 100%
New assessment: essay (1500 words, LT) 100% |
Department of Sociology courses:
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- Data in Society: Researching Social Life |
Old assessment: exam (180 minutes, January exam period) 50%, essay (3000 words, ST) 50%
New assessment: take-home assessment (January) 50%, essay 3000 words, ST) 50% |
- Key Concepts: Advanced Social Theory |
Old assessment: exam (180 minutes, Summer exam period) 50%, essay (3500 words, LT) 50%
New assessment: exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 50%, essay (3500 words, LT) 50% |
- Researching London: Advanced Social Research Methods |
Old assessment: research proposal (ST) 50%, presentation (LT) 30%, essay (1500 words, LT) 20%
New assessment: research proposal (ST) 50%, project (LT) 30%, essay (1500 words, LT) 20% |
- The Sociology of Race and Empire |
Old assessment: essay (3000 words, ST) 50%, literature review (LT) 30%, presentation (LT) 20%
New assessment: essay (3000 words, ST) 50%, essay (LT) 30%, class participation (MT and LT) 20% |
- The Sociological Dissertation |
Old assessment: research project (ST) 90%, research proposal (MT) 10%
New assessment: dissertation (10000 words, ST) 90%, research proposal (MT) 10% |
- Atrocity and Justice |
Old assessment: exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 60%, essay (2500 words, ST) 40%
New assessment: take-home assessment (ST) 100% |
- Work, Inequality and Society |
Old assessment: essay (3000 words, LT) 75%, blog post (MT) 15%, presentation (MT) 10%
New assessment: essay (3000 words, LT) 80%, presentation (MT) 10%, class participation (MT) 10% |
Department of Statistics courses:
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- Applied Regression |
Old assessment: exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 50%, project (ST) 45%, project (LT) 5%
New assessment: exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 50%, project (ST) 50% |
- Actuarial Investigations: Financial |
Old assessment: exam (180 minutes, January exam period) 100%
New assessment: exam (180 minutes, January exam period) 90%, coursework (MT Week 11) 10% |
- Survival Models |
Old assessment: exam (180 minutes, Summer exam period) 100%
New assessment: exam (180 minutes, Summer exam period) 90%, coursework (LT Week 11) 10% |
- Actuarial Mathematics (Life) |
Old assessment: exam (180 minutes, January exam period) 100%
New assessment: exam (180 minutes, Summer exam period) 100% |
- Stochastic Simulation |
Old assessment: exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 50%, project (ST) 25%, project (LT) 25%
New assessment: project (ST) 65%, project (LT) 35% |
- Financial Statistics |
Old assessment: exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 100%
New assessment: exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 80%, coursework (MT) 20% |
