Updated graduate summative assessment information 2022/23 - for current students
The following information provides graduate students with a summary of the changes to assessment weightings or types which have been made for the 2022/23 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. Students will be notified about any changes to assessment plans at the earliest opportunity.
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AN472 Evidence and Arguments in Anthropology and Other Social Sciences |
Old assessment: Essay (LT) 50%, Class Participation (LT) 25%, Presentation (LT) 25%New assessment: Essay (LT) 50%, Essay (LT) 50% |
AN476 Anthropology and the Anthropocene |
Old assessment: Take-home assessment (End of LT) 100% |
EC518 Topics in Advanced Econometrics for Research Students |
Old assessment: Exam (January) 50%, Exam (ST) 50% |
EH401 Historical Analysis of Economic Change |
Old assessment: Class participation (MT) 10%, Take-home assessment (LT) 90% |
EH482 The Origins of the World Economy: Europe and Asia, 1000-1800 |
Old assessment: Essay (LT) 30%, Take-home assessment (ST) 70% |
EU489 Analytical Politics and Policymaking in Europe |
Old assessment: Essay (MT) 10%, Online assessment (ST) 90% |
FM404 Forecasting Financial time Series |
Old assessment: Coursework (LT) 10%, Exam (ST) 90% |
FM502 Corporate Finance for Research Students |
Old assessment: Project (LT) 25%, In-class assessment (ST) 75% |
FM503 Asset Pricing for Research Students |
Old assessment: Coursework (LT) 30%, In-class assessment (ST) 70% |
GV439 Government and Politics in Central and Eastern Europe |
Old assessment: Exam (ST) 100% |
GV441 States and Markets |
Old assessment: Essay (MT) 35%, Online assessment (January) 65% |
GV454 Parties, Elections and Governments |
Old assessment: Exam (ST) 100% |
GV477 Comparative Public Policy Change |
Old assessment: Essay (LT) 50%, Exam (ST) 50% |
GV481 Quantitative Analysis for Political Science |
Old assessment: Coursework (LT) 50%, Exam (ST) 50% |
GV488 Law and Politics of Regulation |
Old assessment: Essay (ST) 25%, Exam (ST) 75% |
GV4A5 International Migration and Immigration Management |
Old assessment: Exam (ST) 100% |
GV4B9 The Second Europe |
Old assessment: Essay 50%, Exam (ST) 50% |
GV4C9 Globalization and Democratization in Southeast Asia |
Old assessment: Essay 50%, Exam (January) 50% |
GV4D3 Local Power in an Era of Globalization, Democratization, and Decentralization |
Old assessment: Essay 50%, Exam (ST) 50% |
GV4E9 Approaches and Issues in Public Policy and Administration |
Old assessment: Essay (LT) 25%, Exam (ST) 75% |
GV4F4 Policy Advice in Theory and Practice |
Old assessment: Project 50%, Exam (ST) 50% |
GV4F5 Advanced Study of Key Political Thinkers |
Old assessment: Essay 80%, Continuous assessment (LT) 10%, Group presentation (LT) 10% |
GV4G1 Applied Quantitative Methods for Political Science |
Old assessment: Exam (ST) 40%, Group project (ST) 50%, Presentation (LT) 10% |
GV4G4 Comparative Conflict Analysis |
Old assessment: Exam (January) 100% |
GV4H1 Chinese Political Thought |
Old assessment: Essay (MT) 30%, Essay (LT) 50%, Class participation (MT) 20% |
GV4K1 Opening Government: Transparency, Accountability, and Participation |
Old assessment: Essay (ST) 90%, Class participation (LT) 10% |
GV4K2 Postcolonial and Comparative Political Theory |
Old assessment: Essay (LT) 45%, Essay (ST) 45%, In-class assessment (LT) 10% |
GV4L1 Analytical Approaches to British Politics |
Old assessment: Exam (ST) 100% |
GY400 The Economics of Urbanisation |
Old assessment: Exam (ST) 70%, Presentation (LT) 30% |
GY426 Environmental and Resource Economics |
Old assessment: Essay 25%, Exam (ST) 75% |
GY428 Applied Quantitative Methods |
Old assessment: Coursework (MT) 20%, Exam (ST) 80% |
GY439 Cities, Politics and Citizenship |
Old assessment: Exam (ST) 100% |
GY460 Techniques of Spatial Economic Analysis |
Old assessment: Project (ST) 100% |
HP436 Evidence Appraisal for Health Policy Analysis |
Old assessment: Policy brief (LT) 50%, Problem sets (LT) 50% |
HP4B2E Health Care Quality Management |
Old assessment: Essay 50%, Essay 50% |
DV413 Environmental Problems and Development Interventions |
Old assessment: Essay (LT) 20%, Exam (ST) 80% |
DV415 Global Environmental Governance |
Old assessment: Essay (ST) 20%, In-class assessment (ST) 80% |
DV418 African Development |
Old assessment: Essay (LT) 10%, Exam (ST) 70%, Podcast (LT) 20% |
DV431 Development Management |
Old assessment: Pathway 1: Project (LT) 40%, Exam (ST) 20%, Presentation (LT) 5%, Take-home assessment (ST) 35%. Pathway 2: Exam (ST) 25%, Presentation (LT) 20%, Take-home assessment (ST) 55% |
DV434 Human Security |
Old assessment: Exam (ST) 100% |
DV490 Economic Development Policy I: Applied Policy Analysis for Macroeconomic Development |
Old assessment: Exam (January) 70%, In-class assessment (MT) 30% |
HY489 China and the External World, 1711-1839 |
Old assessment: Essay (LT) 70%, Presentation (MT) 30% |
HY4B3 Citizenship in 20th century political thought: intellectual history in case studies |
Old assessment: Essay (MT) 20%, Essay (MT) 30%, Presentation (MT) 25%, Source analysis (MT) 25% |
IR415 Strategic Aspects of International Relations |
Old assessment: Exam (ST) 100% |
IR429 Economic Diplomacy |
Old assessment: Essay (LT) 40%, Exam (ST) 40%, Class participation (LT) 20% |
IR461 Islam in World Politics |
Old assessment: Essay (ST) 100% |
IR475 Gender/ed/ing International Politics |
Old assessment: Coursework (LT) 30%, Essay (ST) 70% |
IR487 Critical Theories of International Relations |
Old assessment: Coursework (LT) 30%, Essay (ST) 70% |
LL4CH Tax in the Digital Economy |
Old assessment: Essay 100% |
MG403 Pricing Strategy |
Old assessment: Coursework (LT) 55%, Project (LT) 45% |
MG404 Consumer Insights: Behavioural Fundamentals |
Old assessment: Coursework (MT) 10%, Class participation (MT) 10%, Group project (MT) 40%, In-class assessment (MT) 40% |
MG418 Open Innovation |
Old assessment: Essay (LT) 45%, Class participation (LT) 10%, Group project (LT) 45% |
MG431 Managerial Economics |
Old assessment: Exam (ST) 100% |
MG439 Organisational Behaviour for Master's in Management |
Old assessment: Project (LT) 40%, Case analysis (LT) 30%, Continuous assessment (LT) 30% |
MG445E Marketing Strategy (modular) |
Old assessment: Class participation 15%, Group assignment 30%, Take-home assessment 55% |
MG458 Foundations of Management I: Organisations and Management Theory |
Old assessment: Exam (ST) 60%, Case study (MT) 40% |
MG475 Organisational Theory |
Old assessment: Project 35%, Exam (ST) 65% |
MG476 Corporate Social Responsibility and International Labour Standards |
Old assessment: Essay (ST) 45%, Class participation 5%, Take-home assessment (ST) 50% |
MG477 Strategic Reward: Key Models and Practices |
Old assessment: Case analysis (LT) 25%, Case analysis (ST) 75% |
MG4B7 Organisational Change |
Old assessment: Case analysis (LT) 20%, Case analysis (ST) 80% |
MG4D5 Leadership in Organisations: Theory and Practice |
Old assessment: Case analysis (LT) 20%, Case analysis (ST) 80% |
MG4F4 Strategy and Innovation in a Global Context |
Old assessment: Essay (Post summer term) 85%, Class participation (ST) 15% |
MG4J2 Social Business Design |
Old assessment: Essay (LT) 45%, Project (ST) 45%, Class participation (LT) 10% |
MG4J3 Principles of Pricing |
Old assessment: Coursework (LT) 45%, Project (LT) 45%, Class participation (LT) 10% |
MA429 Algorithmic Techniques for Data Mining |
Old assessment: Project (ST) 40%, Exam (ST) 50%, Continues Assessment (LT) 10% |
MC438 Mediated Feminisms |
Old assessment: Essay (ST) 80%, Assignment 20% |
MC4M2 Advanced Methods of Research in Media & Communications (including Qualitative & Quantitative Analysis) |
Old assessment: Coursework (ST) 66%, Exam (ST) 14%, Exam (January) 17%, Continuous assessment (LT) 3% |
MC4M7 Methods of Research in Media & Communications (including Qualitative Analysis & Applied Regression Analysis) |
Old assessment: Coursework (ST) 80%, Exam (ST) 16%, Continuous assessment (MT) 4% |
MC4M8 Advanced Methods of Research in Media & Communications (including Qualitative & Advanced Quantitative Analysis) |
Old assessment: Coursework (ST) 66%, Exam (ST) 14%, Exam (ST) 17% Continuous assessment (MT) 3% |
MY400 Fundamentals of Social Science Research Design |
Old assessment: Other (MT) 10%, Research design (ST) 60%, Research proposal (MT) 30% |
MY410 Fundamentals of Research Design for International Development |
Old assessment: Annotated bibliography (MT) 33%, Research proposal (LT) 67% |
MY452L Applied Regression Analysis |
Old assessment: Exam (ST) 70%, Continuous assessment (LT) 30% |
MY452M Applied Regression Analysis |
Old assessment: Exam (ST) 70%, Continuous assessment (MT) 30% |
MY474 Applied Machine Learning for Social Science |
Old assessment: Problem sets (LT) 40%, Quiz (LT) 30%, Report (ST) 20%, Take-home assessment (ST) 10% |
MY500 Fundamentals of Social Science Research Design |
Old assessment: Other (MT) 10%, Research design (ST) 60%, Research proposal (MT) 30% |
MY552L Applied Regression Analysis |
Old assessment: Exam (ST) 70%, Continuous assessment (LT) 30% |
MY552M Applied Regression Analysis |
Old assessment: Exam (ST) 70%, Continuous assessment (MT) 30% |
MY574 Applied Machine Learning for Social Science |
Old assessment: Problem sets (LT) 40%, Quiz (LT) 30%, Take-home assessments (ST) 30% |
Department of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method courses: | |
PH400 Philosophy of Science |
Old assessment: Exam (ST) 100% |
PH405 Philosophy of the Social Sciences |
Old assessment: Essay (MT & LT) 25%, Essay (MT & LT) 25%, Presentation 10%, Exam 40% |
PH413 Philosophy of Economics |
Old assessment: Essay (ST) 30%, Essay (LT) 30%, Exam (ST) 30%, Presentation (LT) 10% |
PH415 Philosophy and Public Policy |
Old assessment: Essay (ST) 30%, Exam (ST) 60%, Class participation 10% |
PH416 Philosophy, Morals and Politics |
Old assessment: Essay 30%, Class participation 10%, Take-home assessment (ST) 60% |
PH419 Set Theory and Further Logic |
Old assessment: Take-home assessment (ST) 100% |
PH425 Business and Organisational Ethics |
Old assessment: Essay (ST) 50%, Exam (ST) 40%, Quiz (LT) 10% |
PH427 Genes, Brains and Society |
Old assessment: Essay (LT) 50%, Essay (MT) 50% |
PH430 Einstein for Everyone: From time travel to the edge of the universe |
Old assessment: Essay (January) 50%, Essay (MT) 50% |
PH431 Physics and Uncertainty: From Quantum Jumps to Stock Market Crashes |
Old assessment: Essay (LT) 50%, Essay (ST) 50% |
PH433 Philosophy of Gender and Race |
Old assessment: Essay (LT) 45%, Essay (ST) 45%, Class participation (LT) 10% |
PH456 Rationality and Choice |
Old assessment: Coursework (LT) 20%, Coursework (MT) 20%, Exam (ST) 50%, Class participation (MT & LT) 10% |
Department of Psychological and Behavioural Science courses: | |
PB405 Foundations in Behavioural Science |
Old assessment: Essay (LT) 20%, Essay (LT) 80% |
PB414 Advanced Methods for Social Psychology |
Old assessment: Exam (ST) 35%, Continuous assessment (MT) 15%, Report (LT) 50% |
PB4A7 Quantitative Applications for Behavioural Science |
Old assessment: Poster (ST) 20%, Problem sets (MT) 20%, Report (ST) 60% |
PP401 Political Science for Public Policy |
Old assessment: Essay (LT) 70%, Presentation (MT) 30% |
PP402 Quantitative Methods for Public Policy |
Old assessment: Coursework (MT) 30%, Online assessment (LT) 70% |
PP405 Public Policy Applications |
Old assessment: Group presentation (ST) 10%, Group project (ST) 50%, Policy Memo (ST) 20%, Report (LT) 20% |
PP406 Philosophy for Public Policy |
Old assessment: Essay (ST) 33%, Essay (ST) 67% |
PP448 International Political Economy and Development |
Old assessment: Policy memo 20%, Presentation 20%, Take-home assessment 60% |
PP454 Development Economics |
Old assessment: Exam (ST) 100% |
PP478 Political Science for Public Policy |
Old assessment: Essay (ST) 50%, Presentation (MT & LT) 50% |
PP4A5E Urban Infrastructure and Strategic Planning |
Old assessment: Coursework (ST) 80%, Presentation (ST) 20% |
PP4A6E Urban Development and Master Planning |
Old assessment: Essay (ST) 80%, Presentation (ST) 20% |
SP414 Ethnicity, Race and Social Policy |
Old assessment: Essay 40%, Essay 60% |
SP418 Global Social Policy and International Organizations |
Old assessment: Take-home assessment (MT) 100% |
SP419 Social Movements, Activism, and Social Policy |
Old assessment: Essay (ST) 100% |
SO468 International Migration and Migrant Integration |
Old assessment: Exam (ST) 80%, Class participation (LT) 10%, Presentation (LT) 10% |
SO470 The Sociology of Markets |
Old assessment: Case analysis (LT) 100% |
SO478 Social Scientific Analysis of Inequalities |
Old assessment: Essay (LT) 30%, Presentation (LT) 20%, Take-home assessment (ST) 50% |
SO491 Quantitative Social Research Methods |
Old assessment: Memo (LT) 40%, Take-home assessment (ST) 60% |
SO492 Qualitative Social Research Methods |
Old assessment: Class participation 10%, Research report 90% |
SO4C1 Fascism, Authoritarianism, Populism |
Old assessment: Essay (ST) 50%, Project (ST) 50% |
ST425 Statistical Inference: Principles, Methods and Computation |
Old assessment: Coursework (MT) 5%, Project (MT) 15%, Exam (January) 80% |
ST445 Managing and Visualising Data |
Old assessment: Project (MT) 70%, Continuous assessment (MT) 30% |
ST456 Deep Learning |
Old assessment: Project (LT) 80%, Continuous assessment (LT) 10%, Continuous assessment (LT) 10% |
