Undergraduate summative assessment information for prospective students

Updated undergraduate summative assessment information 2021/22 - for prospective students

The following information provides undergraduate students with a summary of the changes to assessment weightings or types which have been made for the 2021/22 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 Anthropology courses:
AN250 - The Anthropology of South Asia	Old assessment: take-home assessment (LT) 100% New assessment: take-home assessment (MT) 100%
AN277 - Topics in the Anthropology of sub-Saharan Africa	Old assessment: take-home assessment (8 hours, LT) 100% New assessment: take-home assessment (8 hours, MT) 100%
Department of Economics courses:
EC1A1 - Microeconomics I	Old assessment: exam (3 hours, summer exam period) 75%, class participation (MT and LT) 10%, problem sets (LT) 15% New assessment: coursework (LT) 15%, exam (2 hours, summer exam period) 85%
EC1A3 - Microeconomics I	Old assessment: class participation (MT) 10%, exam (2 hours, January) 90% New assessment: coursework (MT) 10%, exam (2 hours, January) 90%
EC1A5 - Microeconomics I	Old assessment: class participation (MT) 10%, exam (2 hours, January) 90% New assessment: coursework (MT) 10%, exam (2 hours, January) 90%
EC1B1 - Macroeconomics I	Old assessment: coursework (1500 words) 25%, exam (3 hours, summer period) 75% New assessment: coursework (LT) 15%, exam (2 hours, summer exam period) 85%
EC1B3 - Macroeconomics I	Old assessment: exam (2 hours, summer exam period) 100% New assessment: coursework (LT) 10%, exam (2 hours, summer exam period) 90%
EC1B5 - Macroeconomics I	Old assessment: exam (2 hours, summer exam period) 100% New assessment: coursework (LT) 10%, exam (2 hours, summer exam period) 90%
EC1C1 - Macroeconomics I	Old assessment: exam (2 hours, summer exam period) 100% New assessment: coursework (LT) 15%, exam (2 hours, summer exam period) 85%
EC1P1 - Economics	Old assessment: essay (1500 words, LT) 100% New assessment: exam (2 hours, January exam period) 90%, group project (MT) 10%
EC311 - History of Economics: How Theories Change	Old assessment: exam (3 hours, summer exam period) 100% New assessment: take-home assessment (ST) 100%
Department of Economic History courses:
EH211 - Africa and the World Economy, 1500-2000	Old assessment: project (ST) 20%, exam (2 hours, summer exam period) 70%, class participation (MT and LT) 10% New assessment: project (ST) 30%, exam (2 hours, summer exam period) 70%
EH304 - The Economic History of North America: from Colonial Times to the Cold War	Old assessment: essay (3000 words) (MT) 30%, exam (2 hours, summer exam period) 70% New assessment: essay (3000 words) (MT) 30%, take-home assessment (ST) 70%
EH308 - Historical Economic Geography: Cities, Markets and Regions in the 19th and 20th Centuries	Old assessment: essay (3000 words) (LT) 40%, essay (3000 words) (ST) 40%, presentation (MT and LT) 20% New assessment: essay (3500 words) (LT) 50%, essay (3500 words) (ST) 50%
EH326 - Innovation and its Finance in the 19th and 20th Centuries	Old assessment: exam (3 hours, summer exam period) 100% New assessment: take-home assessment (ST) 100%
Department of Finance courses:
FM100 - Introduction to Finance	Old assessment: coursework (LT) 40%, coursework (LT) 60% New assessment: continuous assessment (LT) 100%
FM200 - Financial Systems and Crises	Old assessment: in-class assessment (MT) 30%, in-class assessment (MT) 70% New assessment: continuous assessment (MT) 100%
FM201 - Macro-Finance	Old assessment: coursework (LT) 40%, coursework (LT) 60% New assessment: continuous assessment (LT) 100%
FM301 - Market Anomalies and Asset Management	Old assessment: coursework (MT) 30%, in-class assessment (MT) 70% New assessment: continuous assessment (MT) 100%
FM302 - Theories of Corporate Finance	Old assessment: coursework (LT) 40%, coursework (LT) 50%, class participation (LT) 10% New assessment: continuous assessment (LT) 100%
FM304 - Applied Corporate Finance	Old assessment: coursework (LT) 30%, coursework (LT) 70% New assessment: continuous assessment (LT) 100%
FM305 - Advanced Financial Economics	Old assessment: class participation (MT) 10%, in-class assessment (MT) 30%, in-class assessment (MT) 60% New assessment: continuous assessment (MT) 100%
Department of Government courses:
GV101 - Introduction to Political Science	Old assessment: essay (2000 words, LT) 50%, online assessment (ST) 50% New assessment: essay (2000 words, LT) 50%, exam (2 hours, summer exam period) 50%
GV262 - Contemporary Political Theory	Old assessment: essay (1500 words, LT) 30%, Exam (2 hours, summer exam period) 50%, blog post (LT) 10%, blog post (LT) 10% New assessment: essay (1500 words, LT) 30%, blog post (LT) 10%, blog post (LT) 10%, online assessment (ST) 50%
GV302 - Key Themes in the History of Political Thought	Old assessment: essay (2500 words, LT) 40%, essay (2500 words, ST) 40%, continuous assessment (MT and LT) 10%, group presentation (LT) 10% New assessment: essay (2500 words, LT) 50%, essay (2500 words, ST) 50%
GV307 - Conflict and Cooperation: A Few Provocative Debates	Old assessment: essay (4000 words, ST) 80%, class participation (MT) 20%, New assessment: essay (3000 words, LT) 80%, class participation (MT) 20%
GV319 - Experimental Politics	Old assessment: essay (ST) 50%, take-home assessment (LT) 50% New assessment: research design (ST) 50%, take-home assessment (LT) 50%
GV324 - Applied Quantitative Methods for Political Science	Old assessment: exam (2 hours, summer exam period) 100% New assessment: presentation (LT Week 11) 10%, exam (2 hours, summer exam period) 40%, group project (ST Week 1) 50%
GV329 - Making Democracy Work	Old assessment: coursework (1000 words, LT) 20%, essay (2500 words ST) 80% New assessment: coursework (1000 words, MT) 20%, essay (2500 words, LT) 80%
Department of Geography and Environment courses:
GY121 - Sustainable Development	Old assessment: essay (3000 words, LT) 50%, take-home assessment (ST) 50% New assessment: class participation (MT and LT) 20%, take-home assessment (between MT and LT) 40%, take-home assessment (ST) 40%
GY246 - Field Methods in Geography	Old assessment: project (3500 words, ST) 60%, class participation (LT) 10%, research proposal (ST) 30% New assessment: project (ST) 60%, class participation (LT) 20%, research proposal (ST) 20%
GY315 - Geographies of Race	Old assessment: essay (2500 words, LT) 100% New assessment: essay (3000 words, LT) 100%
GY316 - Gender, Space and Power	Old assessment: take-home assessment (ST) 100% New assessment: coursework (2500 words, ST) 70%, group presentation (LT) 30%
GY328 - Political Ecology of Development	Old assessment: essay (4000 words, MT) 100% New assessment: essay (3000 words, MT) 100%
Department of International History courses:
HY113 - From Empire to Independence: The Extra-European World in the Twentieth Century	*Old assessment:* take-home assessment (ST) 100% New assessment: exam (3 hours, summer exam period) 100%
HY116 - International Politics since 1914: Peace and War	*Old assessment:* take-home assessment (ST) 100% New assessment: exam (3 hours, summer exam period) 100%
HY118 - Faith, Power and Revolution: Europe and the Wider World, c.1500-c.1800	Old assessment: project (LT) 50%, take-home assessment (ST) 50% New assessment: exam (3 hours, summer exam period) 100%
HY120 - Historical Approaches to the Modern World	Old assessment: essay (2000 words, MT) 25%, essay (2000 words, LT) 40%, take-home assessment (ST) 35% New assessment: essay (2000 words, LT) 40%, exam (2 hours, summer exam period) 60%
HY226 - The Great War 1914-1918	Old assessment: essay (3000 words, LT) 50%, essay (3000 words, ST) 50% New assessment: exam (3 hours, summer exam period) 100%
HY232 - War, Genocide and Nation Building. The History of South-Eastern Europe 1914-1990	Old assessment: exam (3 hours, summer exam period) 100% New assessment: essay (3000 words, LT) 25%, exam (3 hours, summer exam period) 75%
HY235 - Modernity and the State in East Asia: China, Japan and Korea since 1840	Old assessment: take-home assessment (ST) 100% New assessment: exam (3 hours, summer exam period) 100%
HY240 - From Empire to Commonwealth: war, race and imperialism in British History, 1780 to the present day	Old assessment: essay (4000 words, LT) 40%, essay (6000 words, ST) 60% New assessment: essay (3000 words, LT) 35%, essay (4000 words, ST) 50%, class participation (MT and LT) 15%
HY245 - The United States and the World since 1776	Old assessment: essay (3000 words, LT) 25%, take-home assessment (ST) 75% New assessment: essay (3000 words, LT) 35%, class participation (MT and LT) 15%, take-home assessment (ST) 50%
HY247 - The History of Modern Turkey, 1789 to the Present	Old assessment: essay (3500 words, LT) 35%, exam (2 hour, summer exam period) 50%, presentation (MT and LT) 15% New assessment: essay (3000 words, LT) 50%, essay (3000 words, ST) 50%
HY311 - Limited War During the Cold War Era: The US in Korea (1950-53) and Vietnam (1954-75)	Old assessment: essay (3500 words, LT) 35%, essay (5000 words, ST) 50%, source analysis (LT) 15% New assessment: exam (3 hours) 100%
HY320 - The Cold War Endgame	Old assessment: essay (3500 words, LT) 35%, essay (5000 words, LT) 50%, source analysis (LT) 15% New assessment: exam (3 hours, summer exam period) 100%
HY328 - The Arab-Israeli Conflict: Nationalism, Territory, Religion	Old assessment: essay (3000 words, LT) 35%, essay (3000 words, ST) 35%, class participation (MT and LT) 15% document analysis (MT) 15% New assessment: essay (LT) 35%, exam (2 hours, summer exam period) 50%, class participation (MT and LT) 15%
HY333 - Enslavement, commerce, and political formations in West Africa, c. 1550-1836	Old assessment: essay (5000 words, ST) 80%, source analysis (LT) 20% New assessment: essay (2500 words, LT) 35%, essay (3500 words, ST) 45%, source analysis (LT) 20%
Department of International Relations courses:
IR205 - International Security	Old assessment: essay (2500 words, LT) 60%, exam (2 hours, summer exam period) 40% New assessment: essay (2500 words, LT) 60%, online assessment (ST) 40%
IR206 - International Political Economy	Old assessment: coursework (MT and LT) 10%, take-home assessment (ST) 90% New assessment: take-home assessment (ST) 100%
IR312 - Genocide	Old assessment: take-home assessment (ST) 100% New assessment: essay (4000 words, ST) 100%
IR323 - Gendered/ing and International Politic	Old assessment: coursework (LT) 35%, essay (3000 words, LT) 65% New assessment: coursework (LT) 30%, essay (3000 words, LT) 70%
IR326 - The Rule of Law: A Global History	Old assessment: essay (4000 words, LT Week 1) 100% New assessment: essay (4000 words, ST) 10
IR367 - Global Environmental Politics	Old assessment: exam (2 hours, summer exam period) 100% New assessment: take-home assessment (ST) 100%
IR368 - The Political Economy of Trade	Old assessment: exam (2 hours, January exam period) 100% New assessment: take-home assessment (ST) 100%
Language Centre courses:
LN100 - Russian Language and Society 3 (advanced)	Old assessment: continuous assessment (MT and LT) 40%, exam (2 hours, summer exam period) 40%, oral examination (ST) 20% New assessment: continuous assessment (MT and LT) 40%, exam (1.5 hours, summer exam period) 30%, oral examination (ST) 30%
LN101- Russian Language and Society 1 (beginner)	Old assessment: continuous assessment (MT and LT) 40%, exam (2 hours, summer exam period) 40%, oral examination (ST) 20% New assessment: continuous assessment (MT and LT) 40%, exam (1.5 hours, summer exam period) 30%, oral examination (ST) 30%
LN102 - Russian Language and Society 2 (intermediate)	Old assessment: continuous assessment (MT and LT) 40%, exam (2 hours, summer exam period) 40%, oral examination (ST) 20% New assessment: continuous assessment (MT and LT) 40%, exam (1.5 hours, summer exam period) 30%, oral examination (ST) 30%
LN104 - Mandarin Language and Society Level 1 (Beginner)	Old assessment: continuous assessment (MT and LT) 40%, exam (2 hours, summer exam period) 40%, oral examination (ST) 20% New assessment: continuous assessment (MT and LT) 40%, exam (1.5 hours, summer exam period) 30%, oral examination (ST) 30%
LN110 German Language and Society 3 (advanced)	Old assessment: continuous assessment (MT and LT) 40%, exam (2 hours, summer exam period) 40%, oral examination (ST) 20% New assessment: continuous assessment (MT and LT) 40%, exam (1.5 hours, summer exam period) 30%, oral examination (ST) 30%
LN112 - German Language and Society 2 (Intermediate)	Old assessment: continuous assessment (MT and LT) 40%, exam (2 hours, summer exam period) 40%, oral examination (ST) 20% New assessment: continuous assessment (MT and LT) 40%, exam (1.5 hours, summer exam period) 30%, oral examination (ST) 30%
LN120 Spanish Language and Society 3 (advanced)	Old assessment: continuous assessment (MT and LT) 40%, exam (2 hours, summer exam period) 40%, oral examination (ST) 20% New assessment: continuous assessment (MT and LT) 40%, exam (1.5 hours, summer exam period) 30%, oral examination (ST) 30%
LN121 - Spanish Language and Society 1 (beginner)	Old assessment: continuous assessment (MT and LT) 40%, exam (2 hours, summer exam period) 40%, oral examination (ST) 20% New assessment: continuous assessment (MT and LT) 40%, exam (1.5 hours, summer exam period) 30%, oral examination (ST) 30%
LN122 - Spanish Language and Society 2 (intermediate)	Old assessment: continuous assessment (MT and LT) 40%, exam (2 hours, summer exam period) 40%, oral examination (ST) 20% New assessment: continuous assessment (MT and LT) 40%, exam (1.5 hours, summer exam period) 30%, oral examination (ST) 30%
LN130 French Language and Society 3 (advanced)	Old assessment: continuous assessment (MT and LT) 40%, exam (2 hours, summer exam period) 40%, oral examination (ST) 20% New assessment: continuous assessment (MT and LT) 40%, exam (1.5 hours, summer exam period) 30%, oral examination (ST) 30%
LN131 - French Language and Society 1 (beginner)	Old assessment: continuous assessment (MT and LT) 40%, exam (2 hours, summer exam period) 40%, oral examination (ST) 20% New assessment: continuous assessment (MT and LT) 40%, exam (1.5 hours, summer exam period) 30%, oral examination (ST) 30%
LN132 - French Language and Society 2 (intermediate)	Old assessment: continuous assessment (MT and LT) 40%, exam (2 hours, summer exam period) 40%, oral examination (ST) 20% New assessment: continuous assessment (MT and LT) 40%, exam (1.5 hours, summer exam period) 30%, oral examination (ST) 30%
LN140 - Mandarin Language and Society 3 (Advanced)	Old assessment: continuous assessment (MT and LT) 40%, exam (2 hours, summer exam period) 40%, oral examination (ST) 20% New assessment: continuous assessment (MT and LT) 40%, exam (1.5 hours, summer exam period) 30%, oral examination (ST) 30%
LN142 - Mandarin Language and Society 2 (Intermediate)	Old assessment: continuous assessment (MT and LT) 40%, exam (2 hours, summer exam period) 40%, oral examination (ST) 20% New assessment: continuous assessment (MT and LT) 40%, exam (1.5 hours, summer exam period) 30%, oral examination (ST) 30%
LN200 - Russian Language and Society 4 (proficiency)	Old assessment: continuous assessment (MT and LT) 40%, exam (2 hours, summer exam period) 40%, oral examination (ST) 20% New assessment: continuous assessment (MT and LT) 40%, exam (1.5 hours, summer exam period) 30%, oral examination (ST) 30%
LN210 - German Language and Society 4 (proficiency)	Old assessment: continuous assessment (MT and LT) 40%, exam (2 hours, summer exam period) 40%, oral examination (ST) 20% New assessment: continuous assessment (MT and LT) 40%, exam (1.5 hours, summer exam period) 30%, oral examination (ST) 30%
LN220 - Spanish Language and Society 4 (proficiency)	Old assessment: continuous assessment (MT and LT) 40%, exam (2 hours, summer exam period) 40%, oral examination (ST) 20% New assessment: continuous assessment (MT and LT) 40%, exam (1.5 hours, summer exam period) 30%, oral examination (ST) 30%
LN230 - French Language and Society 4 (proficiency)	Old assessment: continuous assessment (MT and LT) 40%, exam (2 hours, summer exam period) 40%, oral examination (ST) 20% New assessment: continuous assessment (MT and LT) 40%, exam (1.5 hours, summer exam period) 30%, oral examination (ST) 30%
LN240 - Mandarin Language and Society 4 (Proficiency)	Old assessment: continuous assessment (MT and LT) 40%, exam (2 hours, summer exam period) 40%, oral examination (ST) 20% New assessment: continuous assessment (MT and LT) 40%, exam (1.5 hours, summer exam period) 30%, oral examination (ST) 30%
LN270 - Society and Language: Linguistics for Social Scientists	Old assessment: coursework 40%, exam (2 hours, summer exam period) 60% New assessment: coursework 50%, exam (2 hours, summer exam period) 50%
LN320 - Spanish Language and Society 5 (mastery)	Old assessment: continuous assessment (MT and LT) 40%, exam (2 hours, summer exam period) 40%, oral examination (ST) 20% New assessment: continuous assessment (MT and LT) 40%, exam (1.5 hours, summer exam period) 30%, oral examination (ST) 30%
LN330 - French Language and Society 5 (mastery)	Old assessment: continuous assessment (MT and LT) 40%, exam (2 hours, summer exam period) 40%, oral examination (ST) 20% New assessment: continuous assessment (MT and LT) 40%, exam (1.5 hours, summer exam period) 30%, oral examination (ST) 30%
LN340 - Mandarin Language and Society 5 (Mastery)	Old assessment: continuous assessment (MT and LT) 40%, exam (2 hours, summer exam period) 40%, oral examination (ST) 20% New assessment: continuous assessment (MT and LT) 40%, exam (1.5 hours, summer exam period) 30%, oral examination (ST) 30%
Department of Law courses:
LL295 - Media Law	Old assessment: coursework (3000 words, MT and LT) 50%, essay (4000 words, ST) 50% New assessment: essay (4000 words, LT) 50%, essay (4000 words, ST) 50%
Department of Mathematics courses:
MA316 - Graph Theory	Old assessment: exam (2 hours, summer exam period) 100% New assessment: exam (2 hours, summer exam period) 90%, coursework (LT) 10%
Department of Management courses:
MG104 - Operations Management	Old assessment: take-home assessment (MT) 20%, take-home assessment (MT) 20%, take-home assessment (LT) 60% New assessment: take-home assessment (MT) 40%, take-home assessment (LT) 60%
MG105 - Organisational Behaviour and Leadership	Old assessment: essay (1500 words, LT) 40%, class participation (LT) 10%, take-home assessment (ST) 50% New assessment: essay (1500 words, LT) 30%, class participation (LT) 10%, take-home assessment (ST) 60%
MG303 - International Business Strategy and Emerging Markets	Old assessment: coursework (ST) 50%, project (LT) 40%, class participation (LT) 10% New assessment: essay (ST) 50%, project (LT) 40%, class participation (LT) 10%
Department of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method courses:
PH105 - Historical and Global Perspectives on Philosophy	Old assessment: essay (1500 words, LT) 70%, in-class assessment (LT) 20%, class participation (LT) 10% New assessment: essay (1500 words, LT) 70%, in-class assessment (LT) 10%, class participation (LT) 10%, exercise (LT) 10%
PH111 - Introduction to Logic	Old assessment: take-home assessment (January) 90%, continuous assessment (MT) 10% New assessment: exam (2 hours, 15 minutes reading time, January exam period) 100%
PH112 - Intermediate Logic and Probability	Old assessment: take-home assessment (ST) 90%, continuous assessment (LT) 10% New assessment: exam (2 hours, 15 minutes reading time, January exam period) 100%
PH203 - Philosophy of the Social Sciences	Old assessment: essay (2000 words, MT and LT) 25%, essay (2000 words, MT and LT) 25%, take-home assessment (ST) 50% New assessment: essay (2000 words, MT and LT) 25%, essay (2000 words, MT and LT) 25%, presentation (MT and LT) 10%, exam (3 hours) 40%
PH225 - Business and Organisational Ethics	Old assessment: exam (2 hours, summer exam period) 50%, essay (2000 words, ST) 50% New assessment: exam (2 hours, summer exam period) 40%, essay (2000 words, ST) 50%, quiz (LT) 10%
PH301 - Rationality and Choice	Old assessment: exam (3 hours, summer exam period) 100% New assessment: exam (3 hours, summer exam period) 50%, coursework (MT) 20%, coursework (LT) 20%, class participation (MT and LT) 10%
Department of Psychological and Behavioural Science courses:
PB300 - Advances in Psychological and Behavioural Science	Old assessment: exam (2 hours, summer exam period) 50%, case study (2000 words, LT) 50% New assessment: project (ST) 50%, portfolio (ST) 50%
PB303 - Organisations, Groups and Identity	Old assessment: essay (2500 words, LT) 100% New assessment: assignment (LT) 30%, assignment (ST) 70%
PB304 - Organisational and Social Decision-Making	Old assessment: essay (2500 words, LT) 100% New assessment: assignment (LT) 30%, assignment (ST) 70%
PB310 - Independent Research Project	Old assessment: dissertation (ST) 75%, presentation (ST) 25% New assessment: report (LT) 20%, project (ST) 80%
PB312 - Research Apprenticeship	Old assessment: research report (MT) 70%, reflective learning report (MT) 30% New assessment: research report (MT) 50%, reflective learning report (MT) 50%
Department of Social Policy courses:
SP100 - Understanding International Social and Public Policy	Old assessment: coursework 20%, take-home assessment (ST) 80% New assessment: blog post (LT) 10%, group assignment (MT) 10%, online assessment (ST) 80%
SP111 - Social Economics and Policy	Old assessment: take-home assessment (ST) 100% New assessment: online assessment (ST) 100%
SP200 - Comparative and International Social Policy	Old assessment: coursework (ST) 100% New assessment: online assessment (ST) 100%
SP201 - Research Methods for Social Policy	Old assessment: essay (5000 words, ST) 100% New assessment: project (5000 words, ST) 100%
SP210 - Development and Social Change	Old assessment: essay (2000 words, LT) 50%, exam (2 hours, summer exam period) 50% New assessment: essay (2000 words, LT) 50%, online assessment (ST) 50%
SP230 - Education Policy	Old assessment: take-home assessment (ST) 100% New assessment: online assessment (ST) 100%
SP232 - Health and Social Care Policy	Old assessment: take-home assessment (ST) 100% New assessment: online assessment (ST) 100%
SP271 - Psychology of Crime and Criminal Justice	Old assessment: exam (3 hours, summer exam period) 100% New assessment: online assessment (ST) 100%
SP372 - Punishment and Penal Policy	Old assessment: essay (3000 words) 70%, presentation 30% New assessment: essay (3000 words, ST) 100%
SP399 - Dissertation	Old assessment: essay (8000 words, ST) 100% New assessment: dissertation (8000 words, ST) 100%
Department of Statistics courses:
ST101 - Programming for Data Science	Old assessment: coursework (LT) 40%, project (LT) 60% New assessment: coursework (MT) 30%, project (LT) 70%
ST102 - Elementary Statistical Theory	Old assessment: exam (1 hour, 10 minutes reading time, January exam period) 25%, exam (3 hours, summer exam period) 75% New assessment: exam (2 hours, 10 minutes reading time, January exam period) 50%, exam (2 hours, 10 minutes reading time, summer exam period) 50%
ST115 - Managing and Visualising Data	Old assessment: coursework (LT) 40%, project (LT) 60% New assessment: coursework (LT) 30%, project (LT) 70%
ST202 - Probability, Distribution Theory and Inference	Old assessment: exam (3 hours, summer exam period) 100% New assessment: exam (2 hours, January exam period) 50%, exam (2 hours, summer exam period) 50%
ST205 - Sample Surveys and Experiments	Old assessment: exam (2 hours, summer exam period) 80%, coursework (MT) 20% New assessment: exam (2 hours, January exam period) 80%, coursework (MT) 20%
ST206 - Probability and Distribution Theory	Old assessment: exam (2 hours, summer exam period) 100% New assessment: exam (2 hours, January exam period) 100%
ST211 - Applied Regression	Old assessment: exam (2 hours, summer exam period) 50%, project (ST) 50% New assessment: coursework (LT week 6) 10%, project (ST week 2) 35%, project (ST week 2) 55%
ST226 - Actuarial Investigations: Financial	Old assessment: exam (3 hours, January exam period) 90%, coursework (LT) 10% New assessment: exam (3 hours, January exam period) 90%, online assessment (January) 10%
ST301 - Actuarial Mathematics (Life)	Old assessment: exam (3 hours, summer exam period) 100% New assessment: exam (3 hours, January exam period) 90%, coursework (between MT and LT) 10%
ST303 - Stochastic Simulation	Old assessment: project (LT) 35%, project (ST) 65% New assessment: project (LT) 40%, project (ST) 60%
ST304 - Time Series and Forecasting	Old assessment: exam (2 hours, summer exam period) 100% New assessment: exam (2 hours, summer exam period) 90%, coursework 10%
ST306 - Actuarial Mathematics (General)	Old assessment: exam (3 hours, January exam period) 100% New assessment: exam (3 hours, summer exam period) 90%, coursework (LT and ST) 10%
ST311 - Artificial Intelligence	Old assessment: exam (2 hours, summer exam period) 50%, coursework (LT) 50% New assessment: coursework (LT) 30%, project (ST) 70%
ST330 - Stochastic and Actuarial Methods in Finance	Old assessment: exam (3 hours, summer exam period) 100% New assessment: exam (3 hours, summer exam period) 90%, coursework (LT) 10%

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Updated undergraduate summative assessment information 2021/22 - for prospective students

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