Undergraduate summative assessment information for current students

Updated undergraduate summative assessment information 2019/20 - for current students

The following information provides undergraduate students with a summary of the changes to assessment weightings or types which have been made for the 2019/20 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:
AC100 - Elements of Accounting and Finance	Old assessment: exam (180 minutes, 15 minutes reading time, Summer exam period) 75%, case analysis (LT) 10%, class participation (MT and LT) 10%, online assessment (LT) 5% New assessment: exam (180 minutes, 15 minutes reading time, Summer exam period) 70%, case analysis (LT) 10%, class participation (MT and LT) 10%, online assessment (LT) 10%
AC200 - Accounting Theory and Practice	Old assessment: exam (180 minutes, 15 minutes reading time, Summer exam period) 75%, case analysis (LT) 10%, class participation (MT and LT) 10%, online assessment (LT) 5% New assessment: exam (180 minutes, 15 minutes reading time, Summer exam period) 70%, case analysis (LT) 10%, class participation (MT and LT) 10%, online assessment (LT) 10%
Department of Anthropology courses:
AN102 - Anthropology, Text and Film	Old assessment: coursework (6000 words, MT and LT) 100% New assessment: coursework (4800 words, MT and LT) 100%
AN200 - The Anthropology of Kinship, Sex and Gender	Old assessment: essay (3500 words, LT) 50%, essay (3500 words, ST) 50% New assessment: essay (3000 words, LT) 50%, essay (3000 words, ST) 50%
AN205 - The Anthropology of Melanesia	Old assessment: exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 70%, essay (2500 words, MT) 30% New assessment: essay (3000 words, ST) 100%
AN240- Investigating the Philippines - New Approaches and Ethnographic Contexts	Old assessment: exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 70%, essay (2500 words, LT) 30% New assessment: essay (3000 words, ST) 100%
AN269- The Anthropology of Amazonia	Old assessment: take home exam (LT) 100% New assessment: take home exam (MT) 100%
AN280 Health and Welfare: Anthropological Perspectives	Old assessment: essay (4000 words) (LT) 100% New assessment: essay (3000 words) (LT) 100%
AN300- Advanced Theory of Social Anthropology	Old assessment: essay (9000 words, MT and LT) 100% New assessment: coursework (6000 words, MT and LT) 100%
AN301- The Anthropology of Religion	Old assessment: exam (4500 words, LT) 50%, essay (4500 words, ST) 50% New assessment: essay (3500 words, LT) 50%, essay (3500 words, ST) 50%
Department of Economics courses:
EC202- Microeconomic Principles II	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) 22.5%, exam (180 minutes, 15 minutes reading time, Summer exam period) 67.5%, coursework (MT and LT) 10%
EC315 International Economics	Old assessment: exam (180 minutes, 15 minutes reading time, summer exam period) 100% New assessment: pathway 1: exam (180 minutes, 15 minutes reading time, summer exam period) 100% or pathway 2: essay (1500 words, LT) 50%, exam (90 minutes, 10 minutes reading time, summer exam period) 50%
Department of Economic History courses:
EH102- Pre-industrial Economic History	Old assessment: essay (2000 words, LT) 30%, exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 70% New assessment: essay (2000 words, LT) 40%, essay (3000 words) 60%
EH204 - Money and Finance: From the Middle Ages to Modernity	Old assessment: exam (180 minutes, Summer exam period) 100% New assessment: essay (3000 words, LT) 30%, exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 70%
EH211 - Africa and the World Economy, 1500-2000	Old assessment: project (3000 words, ST Week 1) 30%, exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 70% New assessment: project (3000 words, ST) 30%, exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 70%
EH240 - Business and Economic Performance since 1945: Britain in International Context	Old assessment: exam (180 minutes, Summer exam period) 100/% New assessment: exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 70%, research project (LT) 30%
EH304 - The Economic History of North America: from Colonial Times to the Cold War	Old assessment: exam (180 minutes, Summer exam period) 100/% New assessment: essay (3000 words, MT) 30%, exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 70%
EH308 - Historical Economic Geography: Cities, Markets and Regions in the 19th and 20th Centuries	Old assessment: essay (2500 words, LT) 35/%, essay (2500 words, MT) 35%, presentation (MT and LT) 30% New assessment: essay (3000 words, LT) 40%, essay (3000 words, ST) 40%, presentation (MT and LT) 20%
EH390 - Dissertation in Economic or Social History	Old assessment: dissertation (10,000 words, LT) 100% New assessment: dissertation (10,000 words, LT) 90%, other (LT) 5%, proposal (MT) 5%
Department of Finance courses:
FM200 - Financial Systems and Crises	Old assessment: in-class assessment (MT) 100% New assessment: in-class assessment (MT) 30%, in-class assessment (MT) 70%
FM305 - Advanced Financial Economics	Old assessment: class participation (MT) 10%, in-class assessment (MT) 30%, in-class assessment (MT) 60% New assessment: class participation (MT) 10%, in-class assessment (MT Week 6) 30%, in-class assessment (MT Week 11) 60%
FM320 - Quantitative Finance	Old assessment: exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 45%, project (MT) 10%, coursework (MT) 2.5%, coursework (LT) 5%, in-class assessment 37.5% New assessment: exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 45%, coursework (MT) 50%, coursework (LT) 5%
FM321 - Risk Management and Modelling	Old assessment: project (MT) 20%, coursework (MT) 5%, in-class assessment (MT) 75% New assessment: coursework (MT) 100%
Department of Government courses:
GV101 -Introduction to Political Science	Old assessment: essay (2000 words) 50%, exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 50% New assessment: essay (2000 words, LT) 50%, exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 50%,
GV249 - Research Design in Political Science	Old assessment: coursework (1000 words, MT) 20%, coursework (3000 words, LT) 40%, exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 40% New assessment: coursework (2000 words, MT) 30%, coursework (2000 words, LT) 30%, exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 40%
GV262 - Contemporary Political Theory	Old assessment: essay (1500 words, LT) 25%, essay (1500 words, MT) 25%, exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 50% New assessment: essay (2000 words, LT) 40%, exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 60%
GV302- Key Themes in the History of Political Thought	Old assessment: essay (3000 words, LT) 50%, exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 50% New assessment: essay (4000 words, LT) 100%
GV306 - Global Public Policy	Old assessment: exam (180 minutes, Summer exam period) 100% New assessment: essay (3000 words, LT) 50%, exam (120 minutes, LT) 50%
GV308 - Leadership in the Political World	Old assessment: essay (5000 words) 75%, in-class assessment 25% New assessment: essay (5000 words) 40%, exam (90 minutes, Summer exam period) 40%, in-class assessment 20%
GV319 - Experimental Politics	Old assessment: essay (2250 words, LT) 50%, exam (90 minutes, Summer exam period) 50% New assessment: essay (3000 words, ST) 50%, take home exam (LT) 50%
GV323 - Transparency and Accountability in Government	Old assessment: presentation (LT) 10%, essay (2500 words, ST) 90% New assessment: presentation (ST) 10%, essay (2500 words, ST) 90%
GV335 - African Political Economy	Old assessment: essay (2000 words, LT) 75%, in-class assessment 25% New assessment: essay (3000 words, ST) 75%, in-class assessment 25%
GV366 - Political Economy of the Developing World	Old assessment: essay (3500 words, ST) 50%, exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 50% New assessment: essay 15%, essay 35%, exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 35%, class participation 15%
Department of Geography and Environment courses:
GY121 - Sustainable Development	Old assessment: essay (LT) 40%, take home exam (ST) 60% New assessment: essay (1000 words, LT) 10%, essay (3000 words, ST), take home exam (MT) 50%
GY206 - Urban Geography and Globalisation	Old assessment: essay (2000 words, MT) 65%, presentation (MT) 15%, class participation (MT) 20% New assessment: essay (2500 words, MT) 65%, presentation (MT) 15%, class participation (MT) 20%
GY246 - Field Methods in Geography	Old assessment: project (3000 words, ST) 70%, research proposal (ST) 30%, New assessment: project (3500 words, ST) 60%, class participation (LT) 10%, research proposal (ST) 30%
GY247 - Field Methods in Geography with Economics	Old assessment: project (3000 words, ST) 70%, research proposal (ST) 30%, New assessment: class participation (LT) 20%, research proposal (ST) 20%, research project (MT) 60%
GY310 - Urban Politics	Old assessment: coursework (2000 words, LT), 50%, coursework (2000 words, MT) 50% New assessment: essay (3000 words, LT) 100%
GY311 - The Political Economy of Urbanisation	Old assessment: coursework (3000 words, ST) 100% New assessment: coursework (3000 words, ST) 90%, continuous assessment (LT), 10%
GY316 - Gender in High Income and Emerging Economies	Old assessment: exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 100% New assessment: take home exam (ST) 100%
GY326 - Sustainable Business and Finance	Old assessment: other 100% New assessment: class participation (MT) 15%, other 85%
GY328 - Political Ecology of Development	Old assessment: essay (4000 words, LT) 100% New assessment: essay (4000 words, MT) 100%
Department of International History courses:
HY239 - People, Power and Protest in Latin America, c.1895 to the present day	Old assessment: essay (3000 words, LT) 25%, exam (180 minutes, Summer exam period) 75% New assessment: essay (3000 words, LT) 25%, take home exam (ST) 75%
HY246- The Global Caribbean: Colonialism, Race and Revolutions 1780s-1980s	Old assessment: essay (3000 words, LT) 25%, exam (180 minutes, Summer exam period) 75% New assessment: essay (3500 words, LT) 35%, essay (3500 words, ST) 35%, class participation (MT and LT) 15%, other (MT) 15%
Department of International Relations courses:
IR205 - International Security	Old assessment: essay (2500 words, LT) 60%, exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 40% New assessment: essay (2500 words, LT) 50%, exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 50%
IR206 - International Political Economy	Old assessment: exam (180 minutes, Summer exam period) 100% New assessment: coursework (MT and LT) 10%, exam (180 minutes, Summer exam period) 90%
IR318: Visual International Politics	Old assessment: essay (2500 words, ST) 50%, project (LT) 50% New assessment: essay (2500 words, LT) 50%, project (MT) 50%
IR321 - Revolutions and World Politics	Old assessment: presentation (LT) 10%, coursework (LT) 20%, essay (3000 words, ST) 70% New assessment: presentation (MT) 10%, coursework (MT) 20%, essay (3000 words, MT) 70%
IR322 - Sovereignty, Rights and Justice: Issues in International Political Theory	Old assessment:: essay (4000 words, LT) 100% New assessment: essay (4000 words, ST) 100%
IR398 - Dissertation	Old assessment:: dissertation (10000 words, LT) 100% New assessment: dissertation (10000 words, ST) 100%
Department of Law courses:
LL205 - Medical Law	Old assessment: essay (5000 words, LT) 50%, take home exam (LT and ST) 50% New assessment: other 50%, other 50%
LL232 - Law and Institutions of the European Union	Old assessment: take home exam (LT) 50%, take home exam (ST) 50% New assessment: take home exam (between MT and LT) 50%, take home exam (between LT and ST) 50%
LL272 - Outlines of Modern Criminology	Old assessment: essay (5000 words, ST) 100% New assessment: essay (5000 words, LT) 100%
LL284 - Topics in Sentencing and Criminal Justice	Old assessment: essay (5000 words, LT) 100% New assessment: essay (5000 words, ST) 100%
Department of Mathematics courses:
MA212 - Further Mathematical Methods	Old assessment: exam (180 minutes, 15 minutes reading time, Summer exam period) 100% New assessment: exam (180 minutes, Summer exam period) 100%
MA314 - Algorithms and Programming	Old assessment: coursework (LT) 20%, exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 80% New assessment: coursework (MT) 20and, exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 80%
MA318 - History of Mathematics in Finance and Economics	Old assessment: essay (1650 words) 30%, exam (120 minutes, 5 minutes reading time, Summer exam period) 70% New assessment: essay (1500 words, ST Week 1) 30%, exam (120 minutes, 5 minutes reading time, Summer exam period) 70%
MA321 - Measure Theoretic Probability	Old assessment: other 100% New assessment: exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 100%
MA322 - Mathematics of Finance and Valuation	Old assessment: other 100% New assessment: exam (120 minutes) 100%
Department of Management courses:
MG105 - Organisational Behaviour and Leadership	Old assessment: essay (2000 words, LT) 30%, exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 70% New assessment: essay (2000 words, LT) 30%, exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 60%, class participation (LT) 10%
MG205 - Econometrics: Theory and Applications	Old assessment: exam (180 minutes, Summer exam period) 100% New assessment: exam (180 minutes, Summer exam period) 70%, continuous assessment (MT and LT) 30%
MG214 - Human Resource Management	Old assessment: project (MT) 40%, exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 50%, class participation 10% New assessment: presentation (MT) 10%, project (MT) 30%, exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 50%, class participation (MT) 10%
MG303 - International Business Strategy and Emerging Markets	Old assessment: project (LT) 40%, exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 60%, New assessment: project (LT) 40%, exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 50%, class participation (LT) 10%
MG315 - Marketing Action Learning Project	Old assessment: project (5000 words, LT) 90%, in-class assessment 10%, New assessment: project (5000 words, LT) 90%, in-class assessment (LT) 10%,
Department of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method courses:
PH101 - Logic	Old assessment: exam (180 minutes, Summer exam period) 100% New assessment: exam (180 minutes, 15 minutes reading time, Summer exam period) 100%
PH103 - The Big Questions: An Introduction to Philosophy	Old assessment: essay (1500 words, ST) 50%, essay (1500 words, ST) 50% New assessment: essay (1500 words, ST) 45%, essay (1500 words, ST) 45%, in-class assessment (MT and LT) 10%
PH333 - Philosophy of Gender and Race	Old assessment: essay (1500 words, LT) 45%, essay (1500 words, LT) 45%, in-class participation 10% New assessment: essay (1500 words, LT) 45%, essay (1500 words, ST) 45%, in-class participation 10%
PH341 - Philosophy, Politics and Economics: Applications	Old assessment: essay (2000 words, ST) 30%, exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 50%, in-class participation 10%, presentation (LT) 10% New assessment: essay (2000 words, ST) 30%, exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 50%, in-class participation 10%, other (LT) 10%
Department of Public Policy courses:
PP452 Applying Behavioural Economics for Social Impact: Design, Delivery, Evaluation and Policy	Old assessment: take home assessment (120 minutes week 1 ST) 60%, group project (ST) 40% New assessment: take home assessment (120 minutes week 1 ST) 100%
Department of Social Policy courses:
SP201 - Research Methods for Social Policy	Old assessment: essay (2000 words, MT) 30%, essay (5000 words, LT) 70% New assessment: essay (2000 words, MT) 30%, essay (5000 words, ST) 70%
SP335 - Migration: Current Research, Critical Approaches	Old assessment: essay (1000 words, MT) 30%, essay (2000 words, LT) 70% New assessment: essay (2000 words, LT) 100%
Department of Sociology courses:
SO224 - The Sociology of Race and Empire	Old assessment: essay (2000 words, ST) 45%, exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 30%, other (LT) 25% New assessment: presentation (LT) 20%, essay (3000 words, ST) 50%, other (LT) 30%
SO232 - Sociology of Health and Illness	Old assessment: in-class assessment (LT) 20%, take home exam (ST) 80% New assessment: in-class assessment (MT) 20%, take home exam (LT) 80%
SO310 - The Sociology of Elites	Old assessment: exam (180 minutes, Summer exam period) 100% New assessment: essay (2000 words, ST) 50%, exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 50%
Department of Statistics courses:
ST213 - Introduction to Pricing, Hedging and Optimization	Old assessment: exam (120 minutes, 15 minutes reading time, Summer exam period) 100% New assessment: coursework 20%, exam (120 minutes, 15 minutes reading time) 80

Updated undergraduate summative assessment information 2019/20 - for current students

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