Department of Accounting courses:

AC100 Elements of Accounting and Finance

Old assessment:  exam (195 minutes, summer exam period) 100%
New 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%

AC102 Element of financial Accounting

Old assessment: exam (105 minutes, summer exam period) 100%
New assessment: exam (90 minutes, 15  minutes reading time, summer exam period) 100%

AC103 Elements of Management Accounting, Financial Management and Financial Institutions

Old assessment: exam (105 minutes, summer exam period) 100%
New assessment: exam (90 minutes, 15 minutes reading time, summer exam period) 100%

Department of Anthropology courses:

AN100 Introduction to Social Anthropology

Old assessment: essay (2,500 words) 15%, essay (2,500 words) 15%, exam (180 minutes, summer exam period) 70%
New assessment: essay (2,500 words) 50%, essay (2,500 words) 50%

AN101 Ethnography and Theory: Selected Texts

Old assessment: essay (2,500 words) 15%, essay (2,500 words) 15%, exam (180 minutes, summer exam period) 70%
New assessment: exam (180 minutes, summer exam period) 100%

AN200 The Anthropology of Kinship, Sex and Gender

Old assessment: essay (2,500 words) 15%, essay (2,500 words) 15%, exam (180 minutes, summer exam period) 70%
New assessment: essay (3,500 words) 50%, essay (3,500 words) 50%

AN221 The Anthropology of Christianity

Old assessment: essay (2,500 words, LT) 30%, take home exam (to be completed over 24 hours, ST) 70%
New assessment: essay (4000 words, LT) 100%

AN223 The Anthropology of Southeast Asia

Old assessment: take home exam (ST) 100%
New assessment: coursework (4000 words, LT) 100%

AN226 Political and Legal Anthropology

Old assessment: essay (2,500 words) 15%, essay (2,500 words) 15%, exam (180 minutes, summer exam period) 70%
New assessment: exam (180 minutes, summer exam period) 100%

AN237 The Anthropology of Development

Old assessment: essay (2500 words) 30%, exam (120 minutes, summer exam period) 70%
New assessment: exam (120 minutes, summer exam period) 100%

AN243 Children and Youth in Contemporary Ethnography

Old assessment: essay (2500 words, LT) 30%, exam (120 minutes, summer exam period) 70%
New assessment: essay (4000 words, ST) 100%

AN247 Anthropological Approaches to Questions of Being

Old assessment: essay (2500 words, MT) 30%, exam (120 minutes, summer exam period) 70%
New assessment: essay (4000 words, LT) 100%

AN250  The Anthropology of South Asia

Old assessment: take home exam (ST) 100%
New assessment: take home exam (April) 100%

AN256 Economic Anthropology (1): Production and Exchange

Old assessment: essay (2500 words, LT) 30%, exam (120 minutes, summer exam period) 70%
New assessment: exam (120 minutes, summer exam period) 100%

AN269 The Anthropology of Amazonia

Old assessment: essay (2500 words, LT) 30%, exam (120 minutes, summer exam period) 70%
New assessment: take home exam (LT) 100%

AN276 Anthropology and the Anthropocene

Old assessment: coursework (2500 words, LT) 30%, take home exam 70%
New assessment: essay (4000 words, LT) 100%

AN298 Advanced Theory of Social Anthropology

Old assessment: essay (5000 words, LT) 100%
New assessment: essay (5000 words, ST) 100%

AN300 Advanced Theory of Social Anthropology

Old assessment: essay (7200 words, LT) 100%
New assessment: essay (9000 words, MT and LT) 100%

AN301 The Anthropology of Religion

Old assessment: essay (2500 words, LT) 15%, essay (2500 words, MT) 15%, exam (180 minutes, summer exam period) 70%
New assessment: essay (4500 words, LT) 50%, essay (4500 words, MT) 50%,

AN357 Economic Anthropology (2): Transformation and Globalisation

Old assessment: essay (2,500 words, LT) 30%, exam (120 minutes, summer exam period) 70%
New assessment: exam (120 minutes, summer exam period) 100%

Department of Economics courses:

EC220 Introduction to Econometrics

Old assessment: exam (summer exam period) 75%, exam (January exam period) 12.5%, coursework (MT) 12.5%
New assessment: exam (60 minutes and 15 minutes reading time, January exam period) 25%, exam (180 minutes and 15 minutes reading time, summer exam period) 75%

EC221 Principles of Econometrics

Old assessment: exam (summer exam period) 75%, exam (January exam period) 12.5%, coursework (MT) 12.5%
New assessment: exam (60 minutes and 15 minutes reading time, January exam period) 25%, exam (180 minutes and 15 minutes, Summer exam period) 75% 

EC317 Labour Economics

Old assessment: exam (180 minutes and 15 minutes reading time, summer exam period) 100%
New assessment: exam (180 minutes and 15 minutes reading time, summer exam period) 85%, class participation (assessed throughout both MT and LT) 15%

EC331 Quantitative Thesis

Old assessment: dissertation (up to 10,000 words, LT) 100%
New assessment: thesis (up to 10,000 words, May) 100%

Department of Economic History courses:

EH237 Theories and Evidence in Economic History

Old assessment: project (3000 words, LT) 30%, exam (120 minutes, summer exam period) 70%
New assessment: project (3000 words, LT) 30%, exam (120 minutes, summer exam period) 60%, research proposal (MT) 10%

EH211 Africa and the World Economy, 1500-2000

Old assessment: exam (180 minutes, summer exam period) 100%
New assessment: project (3000 words, due beginning of ST) 30%, exam (120 minutes, summer exam period) 70%,

Department of Finance courses:

FM200 Financial Systems and Crises

Old assessment: in-class assessment (MT) 30%, in-class assessment (MT) 70%
New assessment: in-class assessment (MT) 100%

FM301 Market Anomalies and Asset Management

Old assessment: exam (90 minutes, summer exam period) 100%
New assessment: coursework (MT) 30%, in-class assessment (MT) 70%

FM302 Theories of Corporate Finance

Old assessment: exam (90 minutes, summer exam period) 100%
New assessment: coursework (LT) 40%, exam (90 minutes) 50%, class participation (LT) 10%

FM304 Applied Corporate Finance

Old assessment: exam (120 minutes, summer exam period) 100%
New assessment: coursework (LT) 20%, exam (150 minutes, summer exam period) 80%

FM305 Advanced Financial Economics

Old assessment: exam (120 minutes, summer exam period) 100%
New assessment: class participation (MT) 10%, in-class assessment (MT) 30%, in-class assessment (MT) 60%

FM320 Quantitative Finance

Old assessment: project (MT) 10%, coursework (MT) 2.5%, exam (180 minutes, summer exam period) 87.5%
New assessment: project (MT) 10%, coursework (MT) 2.5%, coursework (LT) 5%, exam (120 minutes, summer exam period) 45%, in-class assessment 37.5%

FM321 Risk Management and Modelling

Old assessment: exam (90 minutes, summer exam period) 100%
New assessment: project (MT) 20%, coursework (MT) 5%, in-class assessment (MT) 75%

FM322 Derivatives

Old assessment: exam (90 minutes, summer exam period) 100%
New assessment: coursework (LT) 10%, exam (120 minutes, summer exam period) 90%

Department of Government courses:

GV100 Introduction to Political Theory

Old assessment: exam (180 minutes, summer exam period) 100%
New assessment: essay (2,000 words, LT) 40%, exam (120 minutes, summer exam period) 60%

GV248 Power and Politics in the Modern World: Comparative Perspectives

Old assessment: exam (180 minutes, summer exam period) 100%
New assessment: essay (1,500 words, MT and LT) 25%, exam (180 minutes, summer exam period) 75%

GV249 Research Design in Political Science

Old assessment: essay (3000 words) 50%, exam (120 minutes, summer exam period) 50%
New assessment: coursework (1000 words, MT) 20%, essay (3000 words, LT) 40%, exam (120 minutes, summer exam period) 40%

GV262 Contemporary Political Theory

Old assessment: exam (180 minutes, summer exam period) 100%
New assessment: essay (1500 words, MT) 25%, essay (1500 words, LT) 25%, exam (120 minutes, summer exam period) 50%

GV307 Political and Ethnic Conflict and Coexistence: Key Debates

Old assessment: essay (4000 words, May) 100%
New assessment: coursework (1500 words, LT) 25%, essay (5000 words, ST) 75%

GV325 Advanced Issues in Political Economy (not available for the academic year 2018/19)

Old assessment: coursework (MT week 9) 40%, exam (165 minutes, 15 minutes reading time, summer exam period) 40%
New assessment: coursework (MT week 9) 50%, exam (165 minutes, 15 minutes reading time, summer exam period) 50%

GV342 Philosophy, Politics and Economics: Capstone and Research Project

Old assessment: project (5000 words, MT) 30%, presentation (capstone project presentation, MT) 20%, presentation (poster, LT) 20%, research project (LT) 30%
New assessment: project (8000 words, MT) 40%, presentation (capstone project presentation, MT) 10%, presentation (poster, LT) 10%, research project (5000 words, LT) 40%

Department of Geography and Environment courses:

GY120 Environmental Change: Past, Present and Future  

Old assessment: essay (1500 words, LT) 15%, essay (2000 words, LT) 25%, exam (120 minutes, summer exam period) 60%
New assessment: essay (1500 words, LT) 15%, exam (120 minutes, summer exam period) 60%, fieldwork report or essay (LT) 25%

GY121 Sustainable Development

Old assessment: essay (LT) 25%, take home exam (ST week 1) 75%
New assessment: essay (LT) 40%, take home exam (ST week 1) 60%

GY220 Environment: Science and Society

Old assessment: essay (2000 words, LT) 25%, exam (180 minutes, summer exam period) 75%
New assessment: environmental monitoring report or essay (LT) 25%, exam (180 minutes, summer exam period) 75%

GY240 Research Techniques (Spatial, Social and Environmental)

Old assessment: project (ST) 35%, project (LT) 50%, other (LT) 15%
New assessment: project (3000 words, ST) 35%, project (4000 words, LT) 50%, proposal for 3rd year independent research project (ST) 15%

GY2A0 Research Techniques (Spatial, Social and Environmental)

Old assessment: coursework (LT) 15%, project (LT) 50%, research project (ST) 35%
New assessment: coursework (1000 words, ST) 15%, project (4000 words, LT) 50%, research project (3000 words, ST) 35%

GY350 Dissertation

Old assessment: research project (LT) 100%
New assessment: dissertation (ST) 100%

Department of International History courses:

HY243 Islamic Empires, 1400 - 1800

Old assessment: exam (180 minutes, summer exam period) 90%, class participation (MT and LT) 10%
New assessment: exam (180 minutes, summer exam period) 100%

HY245 The United States and the World since 1776

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%

HY324 Muslim-Jewish Relations: History and Memory in the Middle East and Europe, 622-1945

Old assessment: essay (3000 words, LT) 35%, exam (120 minutes, summer exam period) 50%, 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%,

HY329 Independent India: Myths of Freedom and Development

Old assessment: essay (3000 words, LT) 30%, essay (3000 words, ST) 35%, fieldwork video gobbet (MT and LT) 15%, document analysis (500 words, ST) 20%
New assessment: essay (3000 words, LT) 30%, essay (3000 words, ST) 35%, fieldwork video gobbet (MT and LT) 15%, document analysis (600 words, ST) 20%

Department of International Relations courses:

IR101 Contemporary Issues in International Relations

Old assessment: exam (120 minutes, summer exam period) 50%, short opinion piece (MT) 10%, presentation  (MT and LT) 10%, policy memo (LT) 30%
New assessment: class participation (MT and LT) 10%, presentation (MT) 20%, policy memo (ST) 70%

IR205 International Security

Old assessment: essay (2500 words, LT) 50%, exam (120 minutes, summer exam period) 50%
New assessment: essay (2500 words, LT) 60%, exam (120 minutes, summer exam period) 40%

IR321 Revolutions and World Politics

Old assessment: coursework (LT) 10%, presentation (LT) 10%, essay (3000 words, ST) 80%
New assessment: presentation (LT) 10%,  coursework (LT) 20%, essay (3000 words, ST) 70%

IR347 Political Economy of International Labour Migration

Old assessment: exam (120 minutes, summer exam period) 100%
New assessment: essay (2000 words) 100%

IR355 Economic Diplomacy

Old assessment: essay (2000 words, MT) 30%, exam (120 minutes, summer exam period) 70%
New assessment: essay (2000 words, LT) 30%, exam (120 minutes, summer exam period) 70%

IR368 The Political Economy of Trade (H)

Old assessment: essay (2000 words, LT) 30%, exam (120 minutes, summer exam period) 70%
New assessment: essay (2000 words, ST) 30%, exam (120 minutes, summer exam period) 70%

IR377 The Politics of Governance, Development and Security in Sub-Saharan Africa

Old assessment: essay (2500 words, ST) 100%
New assessment: essay (2500 words, ST) 80%, class participation 20%

Department of Law courses:

LL202 Commercial Contracts

Old assessment: exam (180 minutes, 15 minutes reading time, summer exam period) 100%
New assessment: essay (2000 words, LT) 25%, exam (180 minutes, summer exam period) 75%

LL205 Medical Law

Old assessment: exam (180 minutes, 15 minutes reading time, summer exam period) 100%
New assessment: essay (5000 words, ST) 50%, take home exam (5000 words, LT) 50%

LL210 Information Technology and the Law

Old assessment: exam (180 minutes, 15 minutes reading time, summer exam period) 100%
New assessment: continuous assessment (MT and LT) 40%, take home exam (ST) 60%

LL232 Law and Institutions of the European Union

Old assessment: exam (180 minutes, 15 minutes reading time, summer exam period) 100%
New assessment: take home exam (due 12 hours after they are set. one will take place in week 0 of LT) 50%, take home exam (due 12 hours after they are set. one will take place in week 0 of ST) 50%

LL242 International Protection of Human Rights

Old assessment: exam (180 minutes, 15 minutes reading time, summer exam period) 100%
New assessment: essay (8000 words, ST) 100%

LL250 Law and the Environment

Old assessment: exam (180 minutes, 15 minutes reading time, summer exam period) 100%
New assessment: essay (4000 words) 50% exam (120 minutes, 15 minutes reading time, summer exam period) 50%

LL251 Intellectual Property Law

Old assessment: exam (180 minutes, 15 minutes reading time, summer exam period) 100%
New assessment: essay (8000 words, ST) 100%

LL257 Employment Law

Old assessment: exam (180 minutes, 15 minutes reading time, summer exam period) 100%
New assessment: essay (4000 words, LT) 50%, exam (120 minutes, 15 minutes reading time, summer exam period) 50%

LL272 Outlines of Modern Criminology

Old assessment: exam (120 minutes, 15 minutes reading time, summer exam period) 100%
New assessment: essay (5000 words, ST) 100%

LL284 Topics in Sentencing and Criminal Justice

Old assessment: exam (120 minutes, 15 minutes reading time, summer exam period) 100%
New assessment: essay (5000 words, LT) 100%

Language Centre courses:

LN270 Society and Language: Linguistics for Social Scientists

Old assessment: presentation (500 words, MT) 10%, project (4000 words, ST) 30% exam (180 minutes, summer exam period) 60%,
New assessment: presentation (500 words, MT) 10%, project (4000 words, ST) 30% exam (120 minutes, summer exam period) 60%,

Department of Mathematics courses:

MA212 Further Mathematical Methods

Old assessment: exam (180 minutes, summer exam period) 100%
New assessment: exam (180 minutes, 15 minutes reading time, summer exam period) 100%

Department of Management courses:

MG214 Human Resource Management

Old assessment: project (MT) 40%, exam (120 minutes, summer exam period) 60%
New assessment: project (MT) 40%, exam (120 minutes, summer exam period) 50%, class participation 10%

MG301 Strategy

Old assessment: exam (180 minutes, summer exam period) 100%
New assessment: exam (120 minutes, 15 minutes reading time, summer exam period) 60%, group project (due in week 19 of the LT) 10%, continuous assessment 30%

Department of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method courses:

PH103 The Big Questions: An Introduction to Philosophy

Old assessment: essay (1,500 words, LT) 50%, essay (1,500 words, ST) 50%
New assessment: essay (1,500 words, ST) 50%, essay (1,500 words, ST) 50%

PH341 Philosophy, Politics and Economics: Applications

Old assessment: essay (2000 words, ST) 30%, exam (120 minutes, summer exam period) 50%, presentation (LT) 20%
New assessment: essay (2000 words, ST) 30%, exam (120 minutes, summer exam period) 50%, presentation (LT) 10%, class participation 10%

Department of Social Policy courses:

SA201 Research Methods for Social Policy

Old assessment: essay (3,000 words, LT) 50%, project (5000 words, ST) 50%
New assessment: essay (2,000 words, MT) 30%, essay (5,000 words, LT) 70%

SA221 Poverty, Inequality, and Social Policy

Old assessment: essay (1500 words, ST) 25%, exam (180 minutes, summer exam period) 75%
New assessment: essay (2000 words, LT) 50%, exam (180 minutes, summer exam period) 50%

Department of Sociology courses:

SO210 Crime, Deviance and Control

Old assessment: exam (180 minutes, summer exam period) 100%
New assessment: exam (120 minutes, summer exam period) 50%, group courts presentation (MT) 10%, group poster presentation on police visits (LT) 10%, individual fieldwork notes from courts visits to be submitted week 1 LT 15%, individual fieldwork notes from police visits to be submitted week 1 ST 15%

SO221 Researching London: Advanced Social Research Methods

Old assessment: essay (1,500 words, LT) 20%, group presentation (LT) 30%, research proposal (ST) 50%
New assessment: essay (1,500 words, LT) 20%, presentation (LT) 30%, research proposal (1500-2000 words, ST) 50%

SO233 Reactionary Radicalism: Populism and Authoritarianism in the 21st Century

Old assessment: essay (2500 words, ST) 60% essay outline, annotated bibliography and thesis statement (LT) 20%, Presentation or poster (LT) 20%
New assessment: essay (2500 words, ST) 60%, interview exercise (LT) 20%, theoretical exposition (1000 words) ST 20%

SO302 The sociological Dissertation

Old assessment: research proposal (2000 words, MT) 10%, research project (10000 words, ST) 90%
New assessment: research project outline (MT) 10%, research projected (ST) 90%

SO308 Personal Life, Intimacy and the Family

Old assessment: essay (2,500 words, ST) 30%, project (3500 words, ST) 70%
New assessment: research report (3500 words, ST) 50%, take home exam  (students answer two questions, ST) 50%

SO311 Law and Violence

Old assessment: essay (4000 words, LT) 90%, class participation (MT) 10%
New assessment: essay (4000 words, ST) 90%, class participation (LT) 10%

Department of Statistics courses:

ST211 Applied Regression

Old assessment: project (ST) 50%, exam (120 minutes, summer exam period) 50%
New assessment: project (ST) 45%, project (LT) 5%, exam (120 minutes, summer exam period) 50%