Undergraduate summative assessment changes for prospective students

Updated undergraduate summative assessment information 2016/17 - 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 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 Accounting courses:
AC211 Managerial Accounting	Old assessment: exam (main exam period) 100% New assessment: exam (main exam period) 75%, in-class assessment 25%
Department of Anthropology courses:
AN250 The Anthropology of South Asia (H)	Old assessment: essay (2,500 words) 30%, exam (main exam period) 70% New assessment: take-home exam 100%
AN252 Anthropological Approaches to Value (H)	Old assessment: essay (2,500 words) 30%, exam (main exam period) 70% New assessment: take-home exam 100%
AN298 Research Methods in Social Anthropology (H)	Old assessment: essay (5,000 words) 70%, coursework 15%, coursework 15% New assessment: essay (5,000 words) 70%, coursework 15%, class participation 15%
AN300 Advanced Theory of Social Anthropology	Old assessment: essay (2,500 words) 33%, essay (2,500 words) 33%, essay (2,500 words) 34% New assessment: essay (2,000 words) 25%, essay (2,000 words) 25%, blog 50%
Department of Economics courses:
EC201 Microeconomic Principles I	Old assessment: exam (main exam period) 100% New assessment: exam (January exam period) 50%, exam (main exam period) 50%
EC202 Microeconomic Principles II	Old assessment: exam (main exam period) 100% New assessment: exam (January exam period) 50%, exam (main exam period) 50%
EC210 Macroeconomic Principles	Old assessment: exam (main exam period) 100% New assessment: exam (January exam period) 50%, exam (main exam period) 50%
EC220 Introduction to Econometrics	Old assessment: exam (main exam period) 100% New assessment: exam (January exam period) 50%, exam (main exam period) 50%
EC221 Principles of Econometrics	Old assessment: exam (main exam period) 100% New assessment: exam (January exam period) 50%, exam (main exam period) 50%
EC230 Economics in Public Policy	Old assessment: exam (main exam period) 100% New assessment: exam (January exam period) 50%, exam (main exam period) 50%
Department of Government courses:
GV335 African Political Economy (H)	Old assessment: essay (1,500 words) 50%, exam (main exam period) 50% New assessment: essay (2,000 words) 100%
Department of International History courses:
HY243 Islamic Empires, 1400 - 1800	Old assessment: exam (main exam period) 100% New assessment: exam (main exam period) 90%, class participation (10%)
HY322 Nazi Germany’s War: Violence and Occupation in Europe, 1939-1945	Old assessment: exam (main exam period) 100% New assessment: exam (main exam period) 85%, presentation (15%)
HY324 Muslim-Jewish Relations: History and Memory in the Middle East and Europe, 622-1945	Old assessment: exam (main exam period) 100% New assessment: essay (3,000 words) 40%, exam (main exam period) 50%, in-class assessment (10%)
Department of International Relations courses:
IR317 American Grand Strategy (H)	Old assessment: exam (main exam period) 100% New assessment: essay (2,500 words) 100%
Language Centre courses:
LN270 Society and Language: Linguistics for Social Scientists	Old assessment: essay (3,500 words) 25%, exam 75% New assessment: presentation 10%, project 30%, exam (main exam period) 60%
Department of Management courses:
MG102 Organisational Behaviour (H)	Old assessment: essay (1,500 words) 25%, exam (main exam period) 75% New assessment: project 30%, project 70%
MG205 Learning from Quantitative Data	Old assessment: exam (main exam period) 100% New assessment: exam (main exam period) 80%, in-class assessment 20%
MG303 Foreign Direct Investment and Emerging Markets (H)	Old assessment: essay (1,000 words) 25%, project 25%, exam (main exam period) 60% New assessment: project 40%, exam (main exam period) 60%
MG312 Extreme Organisational Behaviour: Examining behaviour in non-normative organisational contexts (H)	Old assessment: exam (main exam period) 70%, case study 30% New assessment: case study 100%
Department of Philosophy courses:
PH101 Logic	Old assessment: exam (main exam period) 90%, class participation 10% New assessment: exam (main exam period) 100%
PH214 Philosophy, Morals and Politics	Old assessment: exam (main exam period) 100% New assessment: essay (1,500 words) 33%, exam (main exam period) 67%
Department of Social Policy courses:
SA201 Research Methods for Social Policy	Old assessment: exam (main exam period) 50%, project 50% New assessment: exam (main exam period) 50%, project 50%