Undergraduate summative assessment information for prospective students

Updated undergraduate summative assessment information 2020/21 - 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 2020/21 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 Accounting courses:
AC311 - Results Accountability and Management Control for Strategy Implementation	Old assessment: exam (120 minutes, 15 minutes reading time, Summer exam period) 75%, coursework (MT) 25% New assessment: take-home assessment (LT) 50%, project (LT) 25%, essay (MT) 25%
AC312 - Performance Measurement, Strategy, and Uncertainty	Old assessment: exam (120 minutes, 15 minutes reading time, Summer exam period) 75%, coursework (LT) 25% New assessment: take-home assessment 75%, group project 25%
AC332 - Financial Statement Analysis and Valuation	Old assessment: exam (120 minutes, 15 minutes reading time, Summer exam period) 75%, coursework 25% New assessment: exam (120 minutes, 15 minutes reading time, Summer exam period) 70%, group project 20%, group presentation 10%
AC341 - Corporate Governance, Risk Management and Financial Audit	Old assessment: exam (120 minutes, 15 minutes reading time, Summer exam period) 75%, coursework 25% New assessment: project (MT Week 11) 40%, take-home assessment (MT) 60%
Department of Anthropology courses:
AN221 - The Anthropology of Christianity	Old assessment: essay (4000 words, LT) 100% New assessment: essay (3000 words, ST) 100%
AN278 - Anthropology and Global History	Old assessment: coursework (4000 words, LT) 100% New assessment: coursework (3000 words, LT) 100%
Department of Economics courses:
EC100 - Economics A	Old assessment: exam (120 minutes, January exam period) 50%, exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 50% New assessment: exam (120 minutes, January exam period) 45%, exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 45%, coursework (MT and LT) 10%
EC102 - Economics B	Old assessment: exam (120 minutes, 15 minutes reading time, January exam period) 50%, exam (120 minutes, 15 minutes reading time, Summer exam period) 50% New assessment: exam (120 minutes, 15 minutes reading time, January exam period) 45%, exam (120 minutes, 15 minutes reading time, Summer exam period) 45%, coursework (MT and LT) 10%
EC201 - Microeconomic Principles I	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) 30%, exam (120 minutes, 15 minutes reading time, Summer exam period) 60%, coursework (MT and LT) 10%
Department of Economic History courses:
EH207 - The Making of an Economic Superpower: China since 1850	Old assessment: exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 70%, essay (1500 words, MT and LT) 15%, essay (1500 words, ST) 15% New assessment: exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 70%, essay (1500 words, MT and LT) 10%, essay (1500 words, ST) 10%, class participation (MT, LT and ST) 10%
EH211 - Africa and the World Economy, 1500-2000	Old assessment: exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 70%, project (3000 words, ST) 30% New assessment: exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 70%, project (3000 words, ST) 20%, class participation (MT and LT) 10%
EH225 - Latin America and the International Economy	Old assessment: exam (180 minutes, Summer exam period) 100% New assessment: exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 70%, essay (3000 words, LT) 30%
EH238 - The Origins of Growth	Old assessment: exam (180 minutes, Summer exam period) 100% New assessment: exam (180 minutes, Summer exam period) 90%, class participation (MT, LT and ST) 10%
EH307 - The Economic History of South Asia, 1600-2000	Old assessment: exam (180 minutes, Summer exam period) 100% New assessment: exam (180 minutes, Summer exam period) 90%, class participation (MT and LT) 10%
EH312 - Knowledge, Technology and Economy from the Middle Ages to Modernity	Old assessment: exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 70%, essay (3000 words, LT) 30% New assessment: take-home assessment (ST) 70%, essay (3000 words, LT) 30%
EH327 - China's Traditional Economy and Its Growth in the Very Long-Term	Old assessment: exam (180 minutes, Summer exam period) 100% New assessment: exam (180 minutes, Summer exam period) 70%, essay (2000 words, LT) 10%, essay (2000 words, MT) 10%, class participation (MT, LT and ST) 10%
EH391 - Dissertation in Historical Economic Geography	Old assessment: dissertation (10000 words, LT) 100% New assessment: dissertation (10000 words, LT) 90%, coursework (LT) 5%, coursework (MT) 5%
European Institute Courses:
GV3A1 - The Politics and Policies of 'Brexit': The UK's Changing Relationship with the European Union	Old assessment: essay (3000 words, LT) 80%, essay plan (MT) 10%, presentation (MT) 10% New assessment: project (3000 words, LT) 80%, essay plan (MT) 10%, group presentation (MT) 10%
Department of Finance courses:
FM100 - Introduction to Finance	*Old assessment:* exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 60%, coursework (LT) 40% New assessment: coursework (LT) 40%, coursework (LT) 60%
FM201 - Macro-Finance	*Old assessment:* exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 60%, coursework (LT) 40% New assessment: coursework (LT) 40%, coursework (LT) 60%
FM302 - Theories of Corporate Finance	*Old assessment:* exam (90 minutes, Summer exam period) 50%, coursework (LT) 40%, class participation (LT) 10% New assessment: coursework (LT) 40%, coursework (LT) 50%, class participation (LT) 10%
FM304 - Applied Corporate Finance	*Old assessment:* exam (150 minutes, Summer exam period) 80%, coursework (LT) 20% New assessment: coursework (LT) 30%, coursework (LT) 70%
Department of Government courses:
GV100 - Introduction to Political Theory	*Old assessment:* exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 60%, essay (2000 words, LT) 40% New assessment: essay (2000 words, LT) 33%, essay (2000 words, MT) 33%, essay (2000 words, LT) 34%
GV101 - Introduction to Political Science	*Old assessment:* exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 50%, essay (2000 words, LT) 50% New assessment: essay (2000 words, LT) 50%, online assessment (ST) 50%
GV245 - Democracy and Democratisation	*Old assessment:* exam (180 minutes, Summer exam period) 100% New assessment: exam (180 minutes, Summer exam period) 60%, essay (2500 words, LT) 40%
GV248 - Power and Politics in the Modern World: Comparative Perspectives	*Old assessment:* exam (180 minutes, Summer exam period) 75%, essay (1500 words, MT and LT) 25% New assessment: online assessment (ST) 75%, essay (1500 words, MT and LT) 25%
GV249 - Research Design in Political Science	*Old assessment:* exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 40%, coursework (2000 words, LT Week 1) 30%, coursework (2000 words, ST Week 1) 30% New assessment: exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 40%, coursework (2000 words, LT) 30%, coursework (2000 words, MT) 30%
GV251 - Government, Politics and Public Policy in the European Union	*Old assessment:* exam (180 minutes, Summer exam period) 100% New assessment: online assessment (ST) 100%
GV262 - Contemporary Political Theory	*Old assessment:* exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 60%, essay (2000 words, LT) 40% New assessment: exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 50%, essay (1500 words, LT) 30%, blog post (LT) 10%, blog post (LT) 10%
GV263 - Public Policy Analysis	*Old assessment:* exam (180 minutes, Summer exam period) 75%, essay (2500 words) 25% New assessment: exam (180 minutes, Summer exam period) 75%, essay (2500 words, LT) 25%
GV302 - Key Themes in the History of Political Thought	Old assessment: exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 50%, essay (2500 words, LT) 50% New assessment: essay (2500 words, LT) 40%, essay (2500 words, ST) 40%, continuous assessment (MT and LT) 10%, group presentation (LT) 10%
GV307 - Conflict and Cooperation: A Few Provocative Debates	Old assessment: essay (5000 words, ST) 75%, coursework (1500 words, LT) 25% New assessment: essay (4000 words, ST) 80%, class participation (MT) 20%
GV316 - Advance Issues in Applied Political Theory	Old assessment: essay (3000 words) 100% New assessment: essay (2500 words, LT) 80%, blog post (MT) 20%
GV321 - Concepts and Controversies in Political Theory	Old assessment: essay (4000 words, LT) 80%, class participation (MT) 20% New assessment: essay (3000 words, ST) 60%, class participation (LT) 20%, group presentation (LT) 20%
GV325 - Topics in Political Economy	Old assessment: exam (165 minutes, 15 minutes reading time, Summer exam period) 50%, coursework (MT Week 9) 50% New assessment: exam (165 minutes, 15 minutes reading time, Summer exam period) 50%, coursework (LT) 50%
Department of Geography and Environment courses:
GY103 - Contemporary Europe	Old assessment: exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 75%, essay (2000 words, LT) 25% New assessment: take-home assessment (ST) 80%, essay (1000 words, MT) 10%, essay (1000 words, LT) 10%
GY120 - Environmental Change: Past, Present and Future	Old assessment: exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 60%, policy paper (LT), 25%, essay (1500 words, LT) 15% New assessment: exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 60%, policy brief (LT), 25%, essay (1500 words, LT) 15%
GY121 - Sustainable Development	Old assessment: take-home assessment (LT) 50%, essay (3000 words, ST) 40%, essay (1000 words, LT) 10% New assessment: take-home assessment (ST) 50%, essay (3000 words, LT) 50%
GY202 - Introduction to Global Development	Old assessment: exam (180 minutes, Summer exam period) 75%, essay (2000 words, LT) 25% New assessment: exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period, 50%, essay (3000 words, LT) 50%
GY209 - The Economy Geography of Trade, Production and Development	Old assessment: coursework (3000 words, LT) 75%, problem set (MT) 25% New assessment: coursework (3000 words, LT) 100%
GY210 - The Economics of Cities	Old assessment: exam (90 minutes, Summer exam period) 50%, problem sets (LT) 30%, essay (1000 words, LT) 20% New assessment: exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 100%
GY220 - Environment: Science and Society	Old assessment: exam (180 minutes, Summer exam period) 75%, assignment (LT) 25% New assessment: exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 60%, assignment (LT) 40%
GY245 - Quantitative Methods in Geography	Old assessment: project (4000 words, LT) 100% New assessment: project (3000 words, LT) 100%
GY309 - The Political Geography of Development	Old assessment: exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 75%, essay (1500 words, LT) 25% New assessment: essay (3000 words, ST) 100%
GY315 - Geographies of Race	Old assessment: essay (2500 words, LT) 75%, presentation (MT) 25% New assessment: essay (2500 words, LT) 100%
GY326 - Sustainable Business and Finance	Old assessment: assignment (MT) 85%, class participation (MT) 15% New assessment: assignment (MT) 100%
Department of International History courses:
HY113 - From Empire to Independence: The Extra-European World in the Twentieth Century	Old assessment: exam (180 minutes, Summer exam period) 100% New assessment: take-home assessment (ST) 100%
HY116 - International Politics since 1914: Peace and War	Old assessment: exam (180 minutes, Summer exam period) 100% New assessment: take-home assessment (ST) 100%
HY118 - Faith, Power and Revolution: Europe and the Wider World, c. 1500-c.1800	Old assessment: exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 50%, project (10000 words, LT) 50% New assessment: take-home assessment (ST) 50%, project (10000 words, LT) 50%
HY120 - Historical Approaches to the Modern World	Old assessment: take-home assessment (ST) 35%, essay (2000 words, LT) 35%,, essay (2000 words, MT) 30% New assessment: essay (2000 words, LT) 40%, take-home assessment (ST) 35%, essay (2000 words, MT) 25%
HY200 - The Rights of Man: the History of Human Rights Discourse from the Antigone to Amnesty International	Old assessment: essay (3500 words, LT) 35%, essay (3500 words, ST) 35%, class participation (MT and LT) 15%, presentation (MT and LT) 15% New assessment: exam (180 minutes, Summer exam period) 70%, class participation (MT and LT) 15%, presentation (MT and LT) 15%
HY221 - The History of Russia, 1676-1825	Old assessment: exam (180 minutes, Summer exam period) 85%, presentation 15% New assessment: take-home assessment (ST) 65%, presentation (MT and LT) 20%, class participation (MT and LT) 15%
HY226 - The Great War 1914-1918	Old assessment: exam (180 minutes, Summer exam period) 100% New assessment: essay (3000 words, LT) 50%, essay (3000 words, ST) 50%
HY235 - Modernity and the State in East Asia: China, Japan and Korea since 1840	Old assessment: exam (180 minutes, Summer exam period) 100% New assessment: take-home assessment (ST) 100%
HY240 - From Empire to Commonwealth: War, Race and Imperialism in British History, 1780 to the Present Day	Old assessment: exam (180 minutes, Summer exam period) 100% New assessment: essay (6000 words, ST) 60%, essay (4000 words, LT) 40%
HY241 - What is History? Methods and Debates	Old assessment: exam (180 minutes, Summer exam period) 75%, essay (LT) 25% New assessment: exam (180 minutes, Summer exam period) 80%, class participation (MT and LT) 20%
HY311 - Limited War During the Cold War Era: The US in Korea (1950-53) and Vietnam (1954-75)	Old assessment: exam (180 minutes, Summer exam period) 100% New assessment: essay (5000 words, ST) 50%, essay (3500 words, LT) 35%, source analysis (LT) 15%
HY319 - Napoleon and Europe	Old assessment: essay (3000 words, ST) 50%, document analysis (LT) 20%, presentation (MT and LT) 20%, class participation (MT and LT) 10% New assessment: essay (3500 words, ST) 50%, document analysis (LT) 20%, presentation (MT and LT) 20%, class participation (MT and LT) 10%
HY320 - The Cold War Endgame	Old assessment: exam (180 minutes, Summer exam period) 100% New assessment: essay (5000 words, LT) 50%, essay (3500 words, LT) 35%, source analysis (LT) 15%
HY328 - The Arab-Israeli Conflict: Nationalism, Territory, Religion	Old assessment: exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 50%, essay (LT) 35%, class participation 15% New assessment: essay (3000 words, LT) 35%, essay (3000 words, ST) 35%, class participation (MT and LT) 15%, document analysis (MT) 15%
HY329 - Independent India: Myths of Freedom and Development	Old assessment: essay (3000 words, ST) 35%, essay (3000 words, LT) 30%, document analysis (ST) 20%, video gobbet (MT and LT) 15% New assessment: essay (3000 words, ST) 35%, essay (3000 words, LT) 30%, document analysis (LT) 20%, class participation (MT and LT) 15%
HY332 - Interwar Worlds: The Cultural Consequences of the First World War	Old assessment: essay (5000 words, ST) 50%, essay (3500 words, LT) 35%, source analysis (LT) 15% New assessment: essay (3500 words, LT) 35%, essay (3500 words, ST) 35%, presentation (MT) 15%, source analysis (MT) 15%
Department of International Relations courses:
IR100 - International Relations: Theories, Concepts and Debates	Old assessment: exam (180 minutes, Summer exam period) 100% New assessment: take-home assessment (ST) 100%
IR101 - Contemporary Issues in International Relations	Old assessment: policy memo (ST) 70%, presentation (MT) 20%, class participation (MT and LT) 10% New assessment: policy memo (ST) 70%, presentation (MT) 20%, continuous assessment (MT and LT) 10%
IR200 - International Political Theory	Old assessment: exam (180 minutes, Summer exam period) 100% New assessment: take-home assessment (ST) 100%
IR202 - Foreign Policy Analysis 1	Old assessment: exam (180 minutes, Summer exam period) 100% New assessment: take-home assessment (ST) 100%
IR203 - International Organisations	Old assessment: exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 70%, essay (2000 words, MT) 30% New assessment: take-home assessment (ST) 70%, essay (2000 words, MT) 30%
IR205 - International Security	Old assessment: exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 50%, essay (2500 words, LT) 50% New assessment: essay (2500 words, LT) 60%, exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 40%
IR206 - International Political Economy	Old assessment: exam (180 minutes, Summer exam period) 90%, coursework (MT and LT) 10% New assessment: take-home assessment (ST) 90%, coursework (MT and LT) 10%
IR312 - Genocide	Old assessment: exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 100% New assessment: take-home assessment (ST) 100%
1R315 - The Middle East and International Relations Theory	Old assessment: exam (180 minutes, Summer exam period) 100% New assessment: take-home assessment (ST) 100%
IR317 - American Grand Strategy	Old assessment: essay (2500 words, ST) 100% New assessment: essay (2500 words, LT) 100%
IR319 - Empire and Conflict in World Politics	Old assessment: essay (4000 words, LT) 100% New assessment: essay (4000 words, ST) 100%
IR323 - Gendered/ing and International Politics	Old assessment: essay (3000 words, MT) 90%, coursework (MT) 10% New assessment: essay (3000 words, LT) 65%, coursework (LT) 35%
IR325 - The Situations of the International Criminal Court	Old assessment: exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 100% New assessment: essay (ST) 100%
IR355 - Economic Diplomacy	Old assessment: exam (120 minutes, January exam period) 70%, essay (2000 words, MT) 30% New assessment: exam (120 minutes, January exam period) 100%
IR368 - The Political Economy of Trade	Old assessment: exam (120 minutes, January exam period) 70%, essay (2000 words, MT) 30% New assessment: exam (120 minutes, January exam period) 100%
IR369 - Politics of Money in the World Economy	Old assessment: exam (120 minutes, January exam period) 100% New assessment: take-home assessment (LT) 100%
IR373 - China and the Global South	Old assessment: essay (3000 words, LT) 80%, presentation (MT) 20% New assessment: essay (3000 words, LT) 75%, presentation (MT) 25%
Department of Mathematics courses:
MA103 - Introduction to Abstract Mathematics	Old assessment: exam (180 minutes, Summer exam period) 100% New assessment: exam (180 minutes, Summer exam period) 90%, continuous assessment (MT and LT) 10%
MA208 - Optimisation Theory	Old assessment: exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 100% New assessment: exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 90%, continuous assessment 10%
MA210 - Discrete Mathematics	Old assessment: exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 100% New assessment: exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 90%, problem sets (LT) 10%
MA211 - Algebra and Number Theory	Old assessment: exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 100% New assessment: exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 80%, coursework (MT) 20%
MA300 - Game Theory	Old assessment: exam (180 minutes, Summer exam period) 100% New assessment: exam (180 minutes, Summer exam period) 90%, coursework 10%
MA301 - Game Theory I	Old assessment: exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 100% New assessment: exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 90%, coursework 10%
MA318 - History of Mathematics in Finance and Economics	Old assessment: exam (120 minutes, 5 minutes reading time, Summer exam period) 70%, essay (1500 words, ST Week 1) 30% New assessment: exam (120 minutes, 5 minutes reading time, Summer exam period) 50%, essay (2000 words, ST Week 1) 50%
MA323 - Computational Methods in Financial Mathematics	Old assessment: exam (120 minutes) 75%, project (ST) 25% New assessment: project (ST) 100%
Department of Management courses:
MG104 - Operations Management	Old assessment: project (LT) 100% New assessment: take-home assessment (LT) 60%, take-home assessment (MT) 20%, take-home assessment (MT) 20%
MG105 - Organisational Behaviour and Leadership	Old assessment: exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 60%, essay (2000 words, LT) 30%, class participation (LT) 10% New assessment: take-home assessment (ST) 50%, essay (1500 words, LT) 40%, class participation (LT) 10%
MG205 - Econometrics: Theory and Applications	Old assessment: exam (180 minutes, Summer exam period) 70%, continuous assessment (MT and LT) 30% New assessment: exam (180 minutes Summer exam period) 100%
MG209 - E-business	Old assessment: exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 100% New assessment: essay (2500 words) 100%
MG213 - Information Systems	Old assessment: exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 60%, project 40% New assessment: essay (between LT and ST) 50%, group project (LT) 40%, reflective learning (LT) 10%
MG214 - Human Resource Management	Old assessment: exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 50%, project (MT) 30%, presentation (MT) 10%, class participation (MT) 10% New assessment: essay (LT) 50%, presentation (MT) 20%, project (MT) 20%, class participation (MT) 10%
MG303 - International Business Strategy and Emerging Markets	Old assessment: exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 50%, project (LT) 40%, class participation (LT) 10% New assessment: coursework (ST) 50%, project (LT) 40%, class participation (LT) 10%
MG305 - Innovation and Technology Management	Old assessment: essay (5000 words, January) 50%, exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 40%, in-class assessment 10% New assessment: essay (5000 words, January) 70%, presentation (MT) 20%, in-class assessment (MT) 10%
MG310 - Strategic Decision Making	Old assessment: technical report (ST Week 1) 60%, group project (LT Week 11) 40% New assessment: technical report (ST Week 1) 50%, group project (LT Week 11) 50%
MG316 - Brand Strategy	Old assessment: take-home assessment 60%, project 30%, class participation 10% New assessment: coursework (LT) 60%, project (LT) 30%, class participation (LT) 10%
Department of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method courses:
PH103 - The Big Questions: An Introduction to Philosophy	Old assessment: essay (1500 words, ST) 45%, essay (1500 words, ST) 45%, in-class assessment (MT and LT) 10% New assessment: essay (1500 words, ST) 40%, essay (1500 words, ST) 40%, in-class assessment (MT and LT) 10%, exercise (LT) 10%
PH203 - Philosophy of the Social Sciences	Old assessment: exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 67%, essay (2000 words, LT) 33% New assessment: take-home assessment (ST) 50%, essay (2000 words, MT and LT) 25%, essay (2000 words, MT and LT) 25%
PH214 - Philosophy, Morals and Politics	Old assessment: exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 60%, essay (2000 words, ST) 30%, class participation 10% New assessment: take-home assessment (ST) 60%, essay (2000 words, ST) 30%, class participation 10%
PH217 - Set Theory and Further Logic	Old assessment: exam (180 minutes, Summer exam period) 100% New assessment: take-home assessment (ST) 100%
PH222 - Philosophy and Public Policy	Old assessment: exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 67%, essay (2000 words, ST) 33% New assessment: exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 60%, essay (2000 words, ST) 30%, class participation 10%
PH225 - Business and Organisational Ethics	Old assessment: exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 67%, essay (2000 words, ST) 33% New assessment: exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 50%, essay (2000 words, ST) 50%
PH227 Genes, Brains and Society	Old assessment: essay (1500 words, LT) 45%, essay (1500 words, ST) 45%, wiki entry (LT) 10% New assessment: essay (1500 words, MT) 50%, essay (1500 words, LT) 50%
PH311 - Philosophy of Economics	Old assessment: exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 65%, essay (2000 words, ST) 25%, class participation 10% New assessment: exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 30%, essay (2000 words, ST) 30%, essay (2500 words, LT) 30%, class participation 10%
PH341 - Philosophy, Politics and Economics: Applications	Old assessment: exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 50%, essay (2000 words, ST) 30%, exercise (LT) 10%, class participation 10% New assessment: exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 40%, essay (2000 words, ST) 40%, exercise (LT) 10%, class participation 10%
Department of Psychological and Behavioural Science:
PB100 - Foundations of Behavioural Science	Old assessment: essay (3500 words, LT) 75%, presentation (MT and LT) 25% New assessment: essay (3500 words, LT) 75%, presentation (LT) 25%
PB101 - Foundations of Psychological Science	Old assessment: exam (180 minutes, Summer exam period) 40%, blog post (MT and LT) 40%, wiki entry (MT and LT) 20% New assessment: in-class assessment (ST) 24%, wikipedia article (LT) 20%, blog post (MT) 20%, blog post (LT) 20%, exam (90 minutes, Summer exam period) 16%
PB130 - Statistics and Research Methods for Psychological and Behavioural Science	Old assessment: group project (MT and LT) 40%, exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 30%, project (2500 words, LT) 30% New assessment: exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 30%, project (2500 words, LT) 30%, other (LT) 30%, poster (MT) 10%
PB200 - Biological Psychology	Old assessment: essay (3000 words, ST) 80%, quiz (LT) 20% New assessment: essay (3000 words, MT) 60%, podcast episode (MT) 30%, essay (ST) 10%
PB201 - Cognitive Psychology	Old assessment: essay (3000 words, ST) 80%, quiz (LT) 20% New assessment: essay (3000 words, LT) 70%, group presentation (LT) 20%, essay (ST) 10%
PB202 - Developmental Psychology	Old assessment: essay (3000 words, ST) 80%, presentation (LT) 20% New assessment: case study and research proposal (3000 words) 70%, op-ed (1000 words) 20%, essay (ST) 10%
PB204 - Social Psychology: Individuals, Groups and Culture	Old assessment: essay (3000 words, ST) 80%, presentation (MT) 20% New assessment: case study (MT) 70%, group presentation (MT) 20%, essay (ST) 10%
PB205 - Individual Differences and Why They Matter	Old assessment: essay (3000 words, ST) 80%, presentation (MT) 20% New assessment: POSTnote with thematically annotated bibliography (1500 words) 70%, visual design on an A5 postcard (LT) 20%, essay (ST) 10%
Department of Social Policy courses:
SP100 - Understanding International Social and Public Policy	Old assessment: exam (180 minutes, Summer exam period) 100% New assessment: take-home assessment (ST) 80%, coursework 20%
SP101 - Foundations of Social Policy Research	Old assessment: essay (3000 words, ST) 100% New assessment: essay (2000 words, ST) 60%, blog post (LT) 20%, quiz (LT) 20%
SP110 - Sociology and Social Policy	Old assessment: exam (180 minutes, 15 minutes reading time, Summer exam period) 75%, essay (1500 words, LT) 25% New assessment: exam (180 minutes, 15 minutes reading time, Summer exam period) 60%, essay (1500 words, LT) 40%
SP111 - Social Economics and Policy	Old assessment: exam (180 minutes, Summer exam period) 100% New assessment: take-home assessment (ST) 100%
SP200 - Comparative and International Social Policy	Old assessment: exam (180 minutes, Summer exam period) 100% New assessment: coursework (ST) 100%
SP201 - Research Methods for Social Policy	Old assessment: essay (5000 words, ST) 70%, essay (2000 words, MT) 30% New assessment: essay (5000 words, ST) 100%
SP230 - Education Policy	Old assessment: exam (180 minutes, Summer exam period) 100% New assessment: take-home assessment (ST) 100%
SP232 - Health and Social Care Policy	Old assessment: exam (180 minutes, Summer exam period) 100% New assessment: take-home assessment (ST) 100%
SP335 - Migration: Current Research, Critical Approaches	Old assessment: essay (2000 words, LT) 100% New assessment: essay (1500 words, LT) 100%
Department of Sociology courses:
SO102 - Data in Society: Researching Social Life	Old assessment: exam (180 minutes, January exam period) 50%, essay (3000 words, ST) 50% New assessment: take-home assessment (January) 50%, essay 3000 words, ST) 50%
SO201 - Key Concepts: Advanced Social Theory	Old assessment: exam (180 minutes, Summer exam period) 50%, essay (3500 words, LT) 50% New assessment: exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 50%, essay (3500 words, LT) 50%
SO221 - Researching London: Advanced Social Research Methods	Old assessment: research proposal (ST) 50%, presentation (LT) 30%, essay (1500 words, LT) 20% New assessment: research proposal (ST) 50%, project (LT) 30%, essay (1500 words, LT) 20%
SO224 - The Sociology of Race and Empire	Old assessment: essay (3000 words, ST) 50%, literature review (LT) 30%, presentation (LT) 20% New assessment: essay (3000 words, ST) 50%, essay (LT) 30%, class participation (MT and LT) 20%
SO302 - The Sociological Dissertation	Old assessment: research project (ST) 90%, research proposal (MT) 10% New assessment: dissertation (10000 words, ST) 90%, research proposal (MT) 10%
SO309 - Atrocity and Justice	Old assessment: exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 60%, essay (2500 words, ST) 40% New assessment: take-home assessment (ST) 100%
SO312 - Work, Inequality and Society	Old assessment: essay (3000 words, LT) 75%, blog post (MT) 15%, presentation (MT) 10% New assessment: essay (3000 words, LT) 80%, presentation (MT) 10%, class participation (MT) 10%
Department of Statistics courses:
ST211 - Applied Regression	Old assessment: exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 50%, project (ST) 45%, project (LT) 5% New assessment: exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 50%, project (ST) 50%
ST226 - Actuarial Investigations: Financial	Old assessment: exam (180 minutes, January exam period) 100% New assessment: exam (180 minutes, January exam period) 90%, coursework (MT Week 11) 10%
ST227 - Survival Models	Old assessment: exam (180 minutes, Summer exam period) 100% New assessment: exam (180 minutes, Summer exam period) 90%, coursework (LT Week 11) 10%
ST301 - Actuarial Mathematics (Life)	Old assessment: exam (180 minutes, January exam period) 100% New assessment: exam (180 minutes, Summer exam period) 100%
ST303 - Stochastic Simulation	Old assessment: exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 50%, project (ST) 25%, project (LT) 25% New assessment: project (ST) 65%, project (LT) 35%
ST326 - Financial Statistics	Old assessment: exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 100% New assessment: exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 80%, coursework (MT) 20%