Postgraduate summative assessment changes for prospective students

Updated postgraduate summative assessment information 2016/17 - for prospective students

The following information provides postgraduate students with a summary of the changes to assessment weightings or types which have been made for the 2016/17 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 Anthropology courses:
AN467 The Anthropology of South Asia (H)	Old assessment: exam (main exam period) 100% New assessment: take home exam 100%
AN471 Qualitative and Quantitative Methods for Anthropologists	Old assessment: essay (3,000 words) 75%, research project 75% New assessment: coursework 15%, coursework 15%, essay (3,000 words) 30%, presentation 15%, class participation 25%
AN473 Anthropological Approaches to Value (H)	Old assessment: exam (main exam period) 100% New assessment: take home exam 100%
Department of Economics courses:
EC402 Econometrics	Old assessment: exam (main exam period) 100% New assessment: exam (January exam period) 50%, exam (main exam period) 50%
EC411 Microeconomics	Old assessment: exam (main exam period) 100% New assessment: exam (January exam period) 50%, exam (main exam period) 50%
EC413 Macroeconomics	Old assessment: exam (main exam period) 100% New assessment: exam (January exam period) 50%, exam (main exam period) 50%
EC421 International Economics	Old assessment: essay (6,000 words) 50%, exam (main exam period) 50% New assessment: essay (6,000 words) 50%, exam (main exam period) 25%, exam (January exam period) 25%
EC423 Labour Economics	Old assessment: essay (6,000 words) 50%, exam (main exam period) 50% New assessment: essay (6,000 words) 50%, exam (main exam period) 25%, exam (January exam period) 25%
EC424 Monetary Economics	Old assessment: essay (6,000 words) 50%, exam (main exam period) 50% New assessment: essay (6,000 words) 50%, exam (main exam period) 25%, exam (January exam period) 25%
EC426 Public Economics	Old assessment: essay (6,000 words) 50%, exam (main exam period) 50% New assessment: essay (6,000 words) 50%, exam (main exam period) 25%, exam (January exam period) 25%
EC427 The Economics of Industry	Old assessment: essay (6,000 words) 50%, exam (main exam period) 50% New assessment: essay (6,000 words) 50%, exam (main exam period) 25%, exam (January exam period) 25%
EC428 Development and Growth	Old assessment: essay (6,000 words) 50%, exam (main exam period) 50% New assessment: essay (6,000 words) 50%, exam (main exam period) 25%, exam (January exam period) 25%
EC453 Political Economy	Old assessment: exam (main exam period) 100% New assessment: exam (January exam period) 25%, exam (main exam period) 25%, essay (6,000 words) 50% OR exam (January exam period) 50%, exam (main exam period) 50%
EC465 Economic Growth, Development, and Capitalism in Historical Perspective	Old assessment: essay (5,000 words) 40%, exam (main exam period) 60% New assessment: essay (5,000 words) 40%, exam (main exam period) 30%, exam (January exam period) 30%
EC475 Quantitative Economics	Old assessment: exam (main exam period) 100% New assessment: exam (January exam period) 50%, exam (main exam period) 50%
EC476 Contracts and Organisations	Old assessment: exam (main exam period) 100% OR exam (main exam period) 50%, essay (6,000 words) 50% New assessment: exam (January exam period) 50%, exam (main exam period) 50% OR exam (January exam period) 25%, exam (main exam period) 25%, essay (6,000 words) 50%
EC484 Econometric Analysis	Old assessment: exam (main exam period) 100% New assessment: exam (January exam period) 50%, exam (main exam period) 50%
EC485 Further Topics in Econometrics	Old assessment: exam (main exam period) 100% New assessment: exam (January exam period) 50%, exam (main exam period) 50%
EC487 Advanced Microeconomics	Old assessment: exam (main exam period) 100% New assessment: exam (January exam period) 50%, exam (main exam period) 50%
EC518 Topics in Advanced Econometrics for Research Students	Old assessment: exam (main exam period) 100% New assessment: exam (January exam period) 50%, exam (main exam period) 50%
EC539 Macroeconomics for Research Students	Old assessment: project 33%, exam (main exam period) 67% New assessment: exam (main exam period) 100%
European Institute courses:
EU420 European Law and Government (H)	Old assessment: exam (main exam period) 75%, essay (2,000 words) 25% New assessment: exam (main exam period) 100%
EU430 Europeanization: The Comparative Politics of Domestic Change (H)	Old assessment: exam (main exam period) 50%, essay (2,500 words) 50% New assessment: essay (5,000 words) 100%
EU458 Identity, Community and the 'Problem of Minorities' (H)	Old assessment: exam (main exam period) 100% New assessment: essay (2,500 words) 50%, short video 50%
Department of Finance courses:
FM437 Financial Econometrics	Old assessment: exam (main exam period) 100% New assessment: exam (January exam period) 50%, exam (main exam period) 50%
Gender Institute courses:
GI414 Gender and Social Policy: Theory and Practice (H)	Old assessment: essay (2,500 words) 50%, project 50% New assessment: essay (2,500 words) 50%, take home exam 50%
Department of Geography and Environment courses:
GY407 Globalization, Regional Development and Policy	Old assessment: coursework 25%, exam (main exam period) 75% New assessment: essay (2,500 words) 25%, take home exam 75%
GY409 Globalization and Regional Development (H)	Old assessment: exam (main exam period) 100% New assessment: take home exam (100%)
GY413 Regional Development and Policy (H)	Old assessment: exam (main exam period) 100% New assessment: take home exam (100%)
GY460 Techniques of Spatial Economic Analysis (H)	Old assessment: exam (main exam period) 50%, project 50% New assessment: project 100%
GY462 Real Estate Finance (H)	Old assessment: exam (main exam period) 100% New assessment: exam (main exam period) 80%, presentation 20%
Department of Government courses:
GV482 Political Science and Political Economy: Advanced Topics (H)	Old assessment: essay (2,500 words) 25%, exam (main exam period) 75% New assessment: essay (5,000 words) 100%
GV4A2 Citizens' Political Behaviour in Europe: Elections Public Opinion and Identities (H)	Old assessment: project 100% New assessment: project 80%, class participation 20%
GV4H4 Foundations of Political Theory (H)	Old assessment: exam (main exam period) 100% New assessment: essay (3,000 words) 100%
GV4H9 Armed Groups: Violence, Governance, and Mobilization (H)	Old assessment: exam (main exam period) 100% New assessment: essay (2,500 words) 100%
Department of International Development courses:
DV449 Political Economy of Development II (H)	Old assessment: exam (main exam period) 60%, policy memo 25%, presentation 15% New assessment: exam (main exam period) 60%, development policy application project 40%
DV531 Development Management	Old assessment: essay (10,000 words) 100% New assessment: essay (10,000 words) 100% OR exam (main exam period) 60%, essay (5,000 words) 40%
Department of International History courses:
HY423 Empire, Colonialism and Globalisation	Old assessment: exam (main exam period) 100% New assessment: essay (2,500 words) 25%, presentation 15%, exam (main exam period) 50%, participation 10%
HY424 The Napoleonic Empire: The Making of Modern Europe	Old assessment: exam (main exam period) 100% New assessment: essay (3,500 words) 35%, exam (main exam period) 65%
HY448 Living with the Bomb: An International History of Nuclear Weapons and the Arms Race from the Second World War to the end of the Cold War	Old assessment: essay (5,000 words) 50%, essay (5,000 words) 50% New assessment: essay (3,000 words) 25%, essay (3,000 words) 25%, exam (main exam period) 50%
HY459 The Ottoman Empire and its Legacy, 1299-1950	Old assessment: exam (main exam period) 100% New assessment: exam (main exam period) 50%, essay (3,000 words) 40%, in-class assessment 10%
Department of International Relations courses:
IR448 American Grand Strategy (H)	Old assessment: exam (main exam period) 100% New assessment: essay (4,000 words) 100%
Department of Law courses:
LL4A8 International Law and the Use of Force (H)	Old assessment: exam (January exam period) 100% New assessment: exam (main exam period) 100%
LL4BH Contemporary Issues of European Union Law (H)	Old assessment: exam (main exam period) 100% New assessment: essay (8,000 words) 100%
LL4CD European Company Law (H)	Old assessment: exam (January exam period) 100% New assessment: exam (main exam period) 100%
LL4CL Explaining Punishment: Philosophy, Political Economy, Sociology (H)	Old assessment: exam (January exam period) 100% New assessment: exam (main exam period) 100%
LL4CN New Technologies in Law and the Body (H)	Old assessment: exam (January exam period) 100% New assessment: exam (main exam period) 100%
LL4F4 Takeover Regulation in the UK and the US (H)	Old assessment: exam (January exam period) 100% New assessment: exam (main exam period) 100%
LL4K9 European Capital Markets Law (H)	Old assessment: exam (January exam period) 100% New assessment: exam (main exam period) 100%
LL4Z6 Comparative Constitutional Law: Institutions (H)	Old assessment: exam (January exam period) 100% New assessment: exam (main exam period) 100%
Department of Management courses:
MG421 Foreign Direct Investment and Emerging Markets (H)	Old assessment: essay (1,000 words) 20%, project 20%, exam (main exam period) 50%, class participation 10% New assessment: project 40%, exam (main exam period) 50%, other 10%
MG428 Enterprise Development (H)	Old assessment: essay (1,000 words) 10%, essay (1,000 words) 25%, project 40%, exam (main exam period) 25% New assessment: essay (1,000 words) 25%, essay (1,000 words) 10%, presentation 20%, project 20%, exam (main exam period) 25%
MG441 Foundations of Management (modular) (H)	Old assessment: class participation 15%, integrated assignment 20%, take home exam 65% New assessment: class participation 15%, take home exam 85%
MG473 Negotiation Analysis (H)	Old assessment: exam (main exam period) 90%, class participation 10% New assessment: class participation 10%, negotiation journal/case 75%, preparation memo 15%
MG478 Globalisation and Human Resource Management (H)	Old assessment: essay (2,000 words) 25%, exam (main exam period) 75% New assessment: essay (2,000 words) 40%, exam (main exam period) 50%, class participation 10%
MG4B3 International Marketing: A Strategic Approach (H)	Old assessment: essay (2,500 words) 50%, exam (main exam period) 50% New assessment: project 40%, exam (main exam period) 50%, class participation 10%
MG4D4 Cross Cultural Management (H)	Old assessment: project 30%, exam (main exam period) 70% New assessment: essay 50%, project 40%, class participation 10%
Department of Psychological and Behavioural Science courses:
PS400 Contemporary Social and Cultural Psychology	Old assessment: exam (January exam period) 30%, 70% essay (5,000 words) New assessment: exam (January exam period) 25%, 75% essay (5,000 words)
PS404 Organisational Social Psychology	Old assessment: exam (January exam period) 30%, 70% essay (5,000 words) New assessment: exam (January exam period) 25%, 75% essay (5,000 words)
PS429 The Social Psychology of Communication	Old assessment: exam (January exam period) 30%, 70% essay (5,000 words) New assessment: exam (January exam period) 25%, 75% essay (5,000 words)
Department of Social Policy courses:
SA451 Social Policy Research	Old assessment: exam (main exam period) 100% New assessment: essay (3,000 words) 25%, exam (main exam period) 75%
SA4E1 Health Administration and Management (H)	Old assessment: take home exam 100% New assessment: essay (3,000 words) 100%
SA4G1 Financing Health Care (H)	Old assessment: exam (main exam period) 100% New assessment: take home exam (100%)
SA4G2 Health Economics (H)	Old assessment: exam (main exam period) 100% New assessment: take home exam (100%)
SA4H9 Non-Governmental Organisations, Social Policy and Development (H)	Old assessment: essay (3,000 words) 40%, exam (main exam period) 60% New assessment: exam (main exam period) 100%
SA4J9 States, Social Policy and Development (H)	Old assessment: essay (3,000 words) 40%, exam (main exam period) 60% New assessment: exam (main exam period) 100%
SA4K1 Global Health Policy: Institutions, Actors and Politics (H)	Old assessment: exam (main exam period) 100% New assessment: essay (4,000 words) 100%
SA4M6E Economic Analysis for Health Policy (H)	Old assessment: essay (3,000 words) 25%, exam (main exam period) 75% New assessment: essay (3,000 words) 50%, take home exam 50%
SA4M7E Quality and Outcomes in Cardiovascular Sciences (H)	Old assessment: essay (3,000 words) 25%, exam (main exam period) 75% New assessment: essay (3,000 words) 50%, take home exam 50%
SA4M8E Economic Evaluation in Health Care (H)	Old assessment: research project 75%, exam (main exam period) 25% New assessment: other 100%
SA4M9E Systematic Review and Meta-analysis (H)	Old assessment: research project 75%, exam (main exam period) 25% New assessment: research project 100%
SA4N1E Cardiovascular Epidemology and Prevention (H)	Old assessment: essay (3,000 words) 25%, exam (main exam period) 75% New assessment: essay (3,000 words) 50%, take home exam 50%
Department of Statistics courses:
ST409 Stochastic Processes (H)	Old assessment: exam (January exam period) 100% New assessment: exam (main exam period) 100%
ST422 Statistics (H)	Old assessment: exam (main exam period) 100% New assessment: essay (8,000 words) 100%