Updated graduate summative assessment information 2020/21 - for current students

 

The following information provides graduate 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.

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Department of Accounting courses:

AC415 - Management Accounting for Decision Making

Old assessment: exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 75%, project (LT) 15%, case assignment (LT) 10%
New assessment: exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 75%, case assignment (LT) 25%

AC416 - Topics in Financial Reporting

Old assessment: exam (120 minutes, January exam period) 80%, group project (MT) 20%
New assessment: exam (120 minutes, January exam period) 60%, group project (MT) 30%, online quizzes (MT) 10%

AC470 - Accounting in the Global Economy

Old assessment: exam (90 minutes, Summer exam period) 60%, essay (LT) 40%
New assessment: exam (90 minutes, Summer exam period) 50%, essay (ST) 50%

AC491 - Financial Accounting, Reporting and Disclosure

Old assessment: exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 100%
New assessment: exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 80%, problem set 20%

Department of Anthropology courses:

AN479 - Anthropology of Law

Old assessment: exam (120 minutes, 15 minutes reading time, Summer exam period) 100%
New assessment: exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 100%

Department of International Development courses:

DV407 - Poverty

Old assessment: exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 75%, essay (2000 words, LT) 25%
New assessment: essay (4000 words, ST) 100%

DV418 - African Development

Old assessment: exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 70%, podcast (LT Week 11) 20%, essay (2000 words, LT Week 5) 10%
New assessment: exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 60%, essay (2000 words, ST Week 1) 30%, presentation and class participation 10%

DV424 - International Institutions and Late Development

Old assessment: exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 60%, essay (4000 words, LT) 40%
New assessment: exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 60%, essay (1500 words, LT) 25%, essay (1500 words, LT) 15%

DV431 - Development Management

Old assessment: exam (180 minutes, Summer exam period) 60%, project (LT) 40% or exam (180 minutes, Summer exam period) 75%, presentation (LT) 25%
New assessment: consultancy project (LT) 40%, take-home exam (ST) 35%, exam (60 minutes, Summer exam period) 20%, presentation (LT) 5% or take-home exam (ST) 55%, exam (60 minutes, Summer exam period) 25%, presentation (LT) 20%

DV435 - African Political Economy

Old assessment: exam (120 minutes, January exam period) 60%, essay (2000 words, LT) 40%
New assessment: essay (4000 words, LT Week 1) 70%, paper (MT Week 8) 30%

DV442 - Key Issues in Development Studies

Old assessment: exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 75%, essay (2000 words, LT) 25%
New assessment: exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 80%, essay (2000 words, LT) 20%

DV444 - Global Health Challenges: Epidemics, Disease, and Public Health Response

Old assessment: exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 75%, essay (2000 words, LT) 25%
New assessment: essay (4000 words, LT) 100%

DV453 - International Development Consultancy Project

Old assessment: project (6000 words, LT) 80%, presentation (LT) 10%, reflective learning (LT) 10%
New assessment: project (10000 words, LT) 80%, group presentation (LT) 10%, reflective learning (LT) 10%

DV456 - Population, Health and Development: Evidence and Projections

Old assessment: coursework (ST Week 2) 85%, class participation (LT) 15%
New assessment: coursework (LT) 85%, class participation (MT) 15%

DV460 - Bayesian Reasoning for Qualitative Social Science: A modern approach to case study inference

Old assessment: project (3000 words, ST) 80%, in-class assessment (LT) 20%
New assessment: project (3000 words, ST) 100%

DV483 - Information Communication Technologies and Socio-economic Development

Old assessment: exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 70%, essay (3000 words, ST) 30%
New assessment: essay (4000 words, ST) 100%

Department of Economics courses:

EC486  - Econometric Methods

Old assessment: exam (180 minutes, Summer exam period) 66%, problem sets (LT) 17%, problem sets (MT) 17%
New assessment: exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 60%, problem sets (LT) 20%, problem sets (MT) 20%

Department of Economic History courses:

EH401 - Historical Analysis of Economic Change

Old assessment: exam (120 minutes, January exam period) 100%
New assessment: exam (120 minutes, January exam period) 90%, class participation (MT) 10%

EH402 - Quantitative Analysis in Economic History I

Old assessment: take-home assessment (January) 100%
New assessment: essay (3000 words) 80%, in-class assessment 20%

EH413 - African Economic Development in Historical Perspective

Old assessment: exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 100%
New assessment: essay (5000 words, ST) 100%

EH429 - History of Economics: Ideas, Policy and Performativity

Old assessment: essay (5000 words, ST) 100%
New assessment: take-home assessment (ST) 100%

EH457 - Living Standards since the Industrial Revolution: The British Experience c.1750-2000

Old assessment: online assessment (ST) 100%
New assessment: take-home assessment (ST) 90%, class participation (LT) 10%

EH481 - Economic Change in Global History: Approaches and Analysis

Old assessment: exam (120 minutes, January exam period) 100%
New assessment: exam (120 minutes, January exam period) 90%, class participation (MT) 10%

European Institute courses:

EU421 - Policy-Making in the European Union

Old assessment: exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 100%
New assessment: online assessment (ST) 100%

EU430 - Europeanization: The Comparative Politics of Domestic Change

Old assessment: essay (3000 words, ST) 60%, essay (2000 words, LT) 40%
New assessment: project (5000 words, LT) 100%

EU447 - Democracy, Ideology and the European State

Old assessment: exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 100%
New assessment: online assessment (ST) 100%

EU453 - The Political Economy of European Welfare States

Old assessment: online assessment (ST) 75%, essay (2000 words, MT) 25%
New assessment: online assessment (ST) 75%, essay (2000 words, LT) 25%

EU457 - Culture and Security in Global Politics

Old assessment: essay (2500 words, LT) 50%, project (2500 words, MT) 50%
New assessment: online assessment (ST) 100%

EU458 - Public Policy and Cultural Narratives in a Global Europe

Old assessment: essay (2500 words, LT) 50%, video (LT) 50%
New assessment: online assessment (ST) 100%

EU478 - The Culture of European Politics

Old assessment: exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 100%
New assessment: online assessment (ST) 100%

EU482 - Europe in World Trade

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

EU484 - Europe's Role in Global Migration Governance

Old assessment: online assessment (ST) 90%, presentation (MT) 10%
New assessment: online assessment (ST) 100%

EU485 - Post-Conflict Justice and Reconciliation in Europe and Beyond

Old assessment: essay (4500 words, LT) 100%
New assessment: essay (5000 words, LT) 100%

EU486 - Imaging Violence, Imagining Europe

Old assessment: essay (4000 words, ST) 80%, presentation (LT) 20%
New assessment: essay (5000 words, ST) 100%

EU495 - Policy Incubator

Old assessment: research project (post-summer term) 100%
New assessment: policy paper (post-summer term) 70%, policy brief (ST Week 1) 30%

EU4C9 - MSc in The Global Political Economy of China and Europe Policy Incubator

Old assessment: project (10000 words, ST) 100%
New assessment: policy paper (post-summer term) 70%, policy brief (LT Week 1) 30%

Department of Finance courses:

FM405 - Fixed Income Securities and Credit Markets

Old assessment: exam (120 minutes, 15 minutes reading time, Summer exam period) 80%, coursework (LT) 20%
New assessment: continuous assessment (LT) 100%

FM405E - Fixed Income Securities and Credit Markets

Old assessment: exam (120 minutes, 15 minutes reading time, Summer exam period) 80%, coursework (MT) 20%
New assessment: continuous assessment (MT) 100%

FM406 - Topics in Portfolio Management

Old assessment: exam (120 minutes, 10 minutes reading time, Summer exam period) 80%, coursework (LT) 20%
New assessment: continuous assessment (LT) 100%

FM406E - Topics in Portfolio Management

Old assessment: exam (120 minutes, 10 minutes reading time, Summer exam period) 80%, coursework (MT) 20%
New assessment: continuous assessment (MT) 100%

FM407 - Mergers, Buyouts and Corporate Restructurings

Old assessment: exam (120 minutes, 15 minutes reading time, Summer exam period) 70%, coursework (LT) 30%
New assessment: continuous assessment (LT) 100%

FM407E - Mergers, Buyouts and Corporate Restructurings

Old assessment: exam (120 minutes, 15 minutes reading time, Summer exam period) 70%, project (MT) 30%
New assessment: continuous assessment (LT) 100%

FM408 - Financial Engineering

Old assessment: exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 70%, project (LT) 30%
New assessment: continuous assessment (LT) 100%

FM409E - Risk Management in Financial Markets

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

FM410 - Private Equity

Old assessment: dissertation (6000 words, ST) 60%, coursework (LT) 20%, class participation (LT) 20%
New assessment: continuous assessment (LT) 100%

FM412 - Quantitative Security Analysis

Old assessment: project (LT) 50%, in-class assessment 50%
New assessment: continuous assessment (LT) 100%

FM414 - Corporate Investment and Financial Policy

Old assessment: exam (150 minutes, Summer exam period) 70%, coursework (LT) 20%, class participation (LT) 10%
New assessment: continuous assessment (LT) 100%

FM414E - Private Equity, Venture Capital and Entrepreneurial Finance

Old assessment: coursework (LT) 90%, class participation (LT) 10%
New assessment: continuous assessment (MT) 100%

FM422 - Corporate Finance

Old assessment: exam (180 minutes, 15 minutes reading time, Summer exam period) 80%, in-class assessment (MT) 20%
New assessment: continuous assessment (MT) 100%

FM422E - Corporate Finance

Old assessment: exam (180 minutes, 15 minutes reading time, Summer exam period) 70%, in-class assessment (MT and LT) 20%, class participation (MT and LT) 10%
New assessment: continuous assessment (MT and LT) 100%

FM423 - Asset Markets

Old assessment: exam (180 minutes, 10 minutes reading time, Summer exam period) 80%, in-class assessment (MT) 20%
New assessment: continuous assessment (MT) 100%

FM423E - Asset Markets

Old assessment: exam (180 minutes, 10 minutes reading time, Summer exam period) 70%, in-class assessment (MT and LT) 20%, class participation (MT and LT) 10%
New assessment: continuous assessment (MT and LT) 100%

FM477 - International Finance for MSc Finance and Economics, MSc Finance and MSc Finance & Private Equity

Old assessment: coursework (LT) 60%, coursework (LT) 30%, class participation 10%
New assessment: continuous assessment (LT) 100%

FM478 - International Finance for MSc Finance and Economics, MSc Finance and MSc Finance & Private Equity - Dissertation

Old assessment: dissertation (6000 words, ST) 60%, coursework (LT) 30%, class participation (LT) 10%
New assessment: continuous assessment (LT) 100%

FM4T4 - Corporate Investment and Financial Policy - Dissertation

Old assessment: dissertation (6000 words, ST) 70%, coursework (LT) 20%, class participation 10%
New assessment: continuous assessment (LT) 100%

FM4T4E - Private Equity, Venture Capital and Entrepreneurship - Dissertation

Old assessment: dissertation (6000 words, ST) 50%, coursework (MT) 40%, class participation (MT) 10%
New assessment: continuous assessment (MT) 100%

FM4T6 - Topics in Portfolio Management - Dissertation

Old assessment: essay (6000 words, ST) 80%, coursework (LT) 20%
New assessment: continuous assessment (LT) 100%

FM4T6E - Topics in Portfolio Management - Dissertation

Old assessment: dissertation (6000 words, ST) 80%, coursework (MT) 20%
New assessment: continuous assessment (MT) 100%

FM4T8 - Financial Engineering - Dissertation

Old assessment: dissertation (6000 words, ST) 70%, coursework (LT) 30%
New assessment: continuous assessment (LT) 100%

FM4U4 - Qualitative Security Analysis - Dissertation

Old assessment: dissertation (6000 words, ST) 50%, coursework (LT) 50%
New assessment: continuous assessment (LT) 100%

FM4U5 - Fixed Income Securities and Credit Markets - Dissertation

Old assessment: dissertation (6000 words, ST) 80%, coursework (LT) 20%
New assessment: continuous assessment (LT) 100%

FM4U5E - Fixed Income Securities and Credit Markets - Dissertation

Old assessment: dissertation (6000 words, ST) 80%, coursework (MT) 20%
New assessment: continuous assessment (LT) 100%

FM4U7 - Mergers, Buyouts and Corporate Restructurings - Dissertation

Old assessment: dissertation (6000 words, ST) 70%, coursework (LT) 30%
New assessment: continuous assessment (LT) 100%

FM4U7E - Mergers, Buyouts and Corporate Restructurings - Dissertation

Old assessment: dissertation (6000 words, ST) 70%, coursework (MT) 30%
New assessment: continuous assessment (LT) 100%

FM4U9E - Risk Management in Financial Markets - Dissertation

Old assessment: dissertation (6000 words, ST) 90%, coursework (LT) 10%
New assessment: continuous assessment (LT) 100%

FM502 - Corporate Finance for Research Students

Old assessment: exam (180 minutes, Summer exam period) 75%, project (LT) 25%
New assessment: in-class assessment (LT) 75%, project (LT) 25%

FM503 - Asset Pricing for Research Students

Old assessment: exam (180 minutes, Summer exam period) 90%, project (LT) 10%
New assessment: in-class assessment (LT) 70%, coursework (LT) 30%

FM505 - PhD Seminar in Finance

Old assessment: essay (10000 words, LT) 100%
New assessment: essay (10000 words, August) 100%

Gender Institute courses:

GI402 - Gender, Knowledge and Research Practice

Old assessment: essay (4000 words, LT) 100%
New assessment: project (3000 words, LT) 100%

GI403 - Gender and Media Representation

Old assessment: essay (4000 words, LT) 100%
New assessment: essay (3000 words, LT) 100%

GI407 - Globalisation, Gender and Development

Old assessment: essay (4000 words, LT) 50%, essay (4000 words, ST) 50%
New assessment: essay (3000 words, LT) 50%, essay (3000 words, ST) 50%

GI409 - Gender, Globalisation and Development: An Introduction

Old assessment: essay (4000 words, LT) 100%
New assessment: essay (3000 words, LT) 100%

GI411 - Gender, Post/coloniality and Development: Critical Perspectives and New Directions

Old assessment: essay (4000 words, LT) 100%
New assessment: essay (3000 words, LT) 100%

GI413 - Gender, 'Race' and Militarisation

Old assessment: project (4000 words, LT) 100%
New assessment: project (3000 words, ST) 100%

GI414 - Theorising Gender and Social Policy

Old assessment: project (4000 words, ST) 100%
New assessment: project (3000 words, ST) 100%

GI415 - Gender and European Welfare States

Old assessment: essay (4000 words, ST) 100%
New assessment: essay (3000 words, ST) 100%

GI420 - Globalisation, Gender and Culture

Old assessment: essay (4000 words, ST) 100%
New assessment: essay (3000 words, ST) 100%

GI421 - Sexuality, Gender and Culture

Old assessment: essay (4000 words, LT) 100%
New assessment: essay (3000 words, LT) 100%

GI425 - Introduction to Gender, Peace and Security

Old assessment: essay (4000 words, LT) 100%
New assessment: essay (3000 words, LT) 100%

GI426 - Gender and Human Rights

Old assessment: essay (4000 words, ST) 100%
New assessment: essay (3000 words, ST) 100%

GI427 - Advanced Issues in Gender, Peace and Security

Old assessment: essay (4000 words, ST) 100%
New assessment: essay (3000 words, ST) 100%

GI428 - Bodies, Culture and Politics

Old assessment: essay (4000 words, ST) 100%
New assessment: essay (3000 words, ST) 100%

Department of Government courses:

GV441 - States and Markets

Old assessment: exam (120 minutes, January exam period) 100%
New assessment: online assessment (January) 65%, essay (1500 words, MT) 35%

GV444 - Democracy and Development in Latin America

Old assessment: exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 100%
New assessment: exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 60%, essay (LT) 30%, class participation (LT) 10%

GV483 - Public Management Theory and Doctrine

Old assessment: essay (3000 words, LT) 100%
New assessment: essay (2500 words, LT) 60%, blog post (MT) 40%

GV498 - Multiculturalism

Old assessment: essay (5000 words, ST) 100%
New assessment: essay (4000 words, ST) 100%

GV4A5 - International Migration and Immigration Management

Old assessment: exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 100%
New assessment: online assessment (ST) 100%

GV4A8 - Nationalist Conflict, Political Violence and Terrorism

Old assessment: exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 100%
New assessment: online assessment (January) 100%

GV4B8 - Civil Wars: Concepts and Cases

Old assessment: exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 100%
New assessment: essay (3000 words, ST) 100%

GV4D7 - Dilemmas of Equality

Old assessment: essay (5000 words) 100%
New assessment: essay (4500 words) 100%

GV4E1 - Comparative Democratization in a Global Age

Old assessment: exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 100%
New assessment: essay (3000 words, LT) 100%

GV4E2 - Capitalism and Democracy

Old assessment: exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 100%
New assessment: online assessment (ST) 100%

GV4F4 - Policy Advice in Theory and Practice

Old assessment: exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 50%, project (2000 words) 50%
New assessment: exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 50%, project (2500 words) 50%

GV4F5 - Advanced Study of Key Political Thinkers

Old assessment: essay (4000 words) 90%, class participation 10%
New assessment: essay (4000 words) 80%, continuous assessment (LT) 10%, group presentation (LT) 10%

GV4G7 - Marx and Marxism

Old assessment: essay (4000 words) 100%
New assessment: essay (3000 words) 80%, blog post 20%

GV4H1 - Chinese Political Thought

Old assessment: essay (4000 words) 100%
New assessment: essay (2500 words, LT) 50%, essay (1500 words, MT) 30%, class participation (MT) 20%

GV4H4 - Foundations of Political Theory

Old assessment: essay (3000 words, LT) 100%
New assessment: essay (2500 words, LT) 85%, blog post (MT) 15%

GV4H5 - The Political Philosophy of Epidemics

Old assessment: essay (4000 words) 100%
New assessment: essay (3000 words, LT) 80%, blog post (MT) 20%

GV4H6 - Behavioural Political Economy

Old assessment: essay (5000 words, ST) 50%, take-home assessment 50%
New assessment: essay (3000 words, ST) 50%, take-home assessment 50%

GV4K4 - The Politics of Globalisation

Old assessment: essay (5000 words) 100%
New assessment: essay (4000 words) 100%

GV5X1 - Research Design in the Social Sciences

Old assessment: research project (ST) 60%, essay (2500 words, LT) 20%, essay (2500 words, MT) 20%
New assessment: research project (ST) 75%, essay (2500 words, MT) 25%

Department of Geography and Environment courses:

GY420 - Environmental Regulation: Implementing Policy

Old assessment: exam (180 minutes, Summer exam period) 75%, essay (3000 words, LT) 25%
New assessment: take-home assessment (ST) 50%, coursework (3500 words, LT) 50%

GY426 - Environmental and Resources Economics

Old assessment: exam (180 minutes, Summer exam period) 75%, essay (3000 words) 25%
New assessment: exam (180 minutes, Summer exam period) 75%, essay (2500 words) 25%

GY428 - Applied Quantitative Methods

Old assessment: exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 100%
New assessment: exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 100%, coursework (MT) 20%

GY431 - Cities, People and Poverty in the South

Old assessment: exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 75%, essay (2500 words, LT) 25%
New assessment: essay (2500 words, LT) 50%, essay (2500 words, ST) 50%

GY447 - The Economics of Regional and Urban Planning

Old assessment: exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 100%
New assessment: take-home assessment (ST) 100%

GY452 - Urban Research Methods

Old assessment: essay (2500 words, LT) 60%, presentation (ST) 20%, research proposal (ST) 20%
New assessment: essay (2500 words, ST) 70%, research proposal (ST) 30%

GY459 - Urban Theory and Policy in the Global South

Old assessment: exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 50%, essay (2500 words, LT) 50%
New assessment: essay (2500 words, ST) 50%, essay (2500 words, LT) 50%

GY465 - Concepts in Environmental Regulation

Old assessment: exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 100%
New assessment: coursework (3500 words, LT) 100%

GY474 - Politics of Environment and Development

Old assessment: essay (3000 words, ST) 80%, coursework (1500 words, LT) 20%
New assessment: essay (4000 words, ST) 100%

GY475 - Issues in Environmental Governance

Old assessment: exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 100%
New assessment: take-home assessment (ST) 100%

GY489 - Dissertation - Environment Programmes - MSc Environmental Economics and Climate Change, MSc Environmental Policy and Regulation and MSc Environment and Development

Old assessment: dissertation (10000 words, post-summer term) 95%, dissertation plan (LT) 5%
New assessment: dissertation (10000 words, post-summer term) 100%

GY520 - Environmental Regulation: Implementing Policy

Old assessment: essay (6000 words, LT) 100%
New assessment: essay (6000 words, ST) 100%

Department of Health Policy

HP400 - Financing Health Care

Old assessment: exam (90 minutes, Summer exam period) 70%, research project (LT) 30%
New assessment: exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 100%

HP401 - Introduction to Health Policy and Politics

Old assessment: exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 60%, essay (2500 words, MT) 40%
New assessment: exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 100%

HP407 - Evidence Review and Synthesis for Decision Making

Old assessment: project (3000 words, LT Week 11) 70%, presentation (ST) 30%
New assessment: project (3000 words, LT) 100%

HP412 - Global Health Security

Old assessment: essay (3500 words, LT Week 1) 75%, blog post (LT Week 1) 25%
New assessment: essay (3500 words, LT) 75%, blog post (LT) 25%

HP423 - Advanced Health Economics

Old assessment: exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 60%, essay (2500 words, ST) 40%
New assessment: exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 100%

HP425 - Statistical Methods in Health Care Economic Evaluation

Old assessment: project (3500 words, ST) 100%
New assessment: project (4000 words, ST) 100%

HP426 - Applied Health Econometrics

Old assessment: project (3500 words) 100%
New assessment: project (3500 words, ST) 100%

HP429 - Behavioural Incentive Design in Health and Health Care

Old assessment: project (4000 words, MT Week 8) 50%, take-home assessment (LT) 50%
New assessment: essay (3000 words, ST) 100%

HP4A1E - Financing Health Care

Old assessment: take-home assessment (ST) 70%, policy memo (LT) 30%
New assessment: take-home assessment (ST) 100%

HP4A3E - Resource Allocation and Cost-effectiveness Analysis

Old assessment: take-home assessment (July) 100%
New assessment: take-home assessment (LT and ST) 80%, coursework (LT and ST) 20%

HP4B1E - Pharmaceutical Economics and Policy

Old assessment: take-home assessment (LT) 100%
New assessment: essay (2000 words, LT) 80%, continuous assessment (LT) 20%

HP4B3E - Measuring Health System Performance

Old assessment: essay (3000 words) 75%, in-class assessment 25%
New assessment: essay (3000 words) 100%

HP4B7E - Advanced Health Economics

Old assessment: essay (3000 words) 100%
New assessment: essay (2000 words) 80%, continuous assessment 20%

HP4C2E - Quality and Outcomes in Cardiovascular Sciences

Old assessment: essay (3000 words, LT) 100%
New assessment: essay (3000 words, ST) 100%

HP4C3E - Economic Evaluation in Health Care

Old assessment: research project (post-summer term) 100%
New assessment: critical evaluation 80%, report 20%

HP4C4E - Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

Old assessment: research project (ST) 100%
New assessment: essay (3000 words) 80%, continuous assessment 20%

HP4C5E - Using Health Economics to Analyse and Inform Policy and Practice

Old assessment: essay (5000 words, LT) 100%
New assessment: essay (4500 words, LT) 80%, continuous assessment (LT) 20%

HP4D2E - Principles of Health Technology Assessment

Old assessment: research project (post-summer term) 100%
New assessment: essay (2000 words) 80%, continuous assessment 20%

HP4D5E - Research Design for Evaluating Health Programs and Policies

Old assessment: research project (post-summer term) 100%
New assessment: essay (2000 words) 80%, continuous assessment 20%

HP4E4E - Cost-effectiveness in Health Care

Old assessment: take-home assessment (MT) 60%, essay (2500 words, MT) 30%, presentation (MT) 10%
New assessment: essay (3000 words, LT) 80%, continuous assessment (MT) 20%

HP4E5E - Economics of the Pharmaceutical Sector

Old assessment: essay (4000 words, LT) 100%
New assessment: essay (3000 words, LT) 80%, continuous assessment (LT) 20%

HP4E6E - Measuring the Performances of Health Services and Systems

Old assessment: essay (3000 words, LT) 70%, presentation (MT) 30%
New assessment: essay (3000 words, LT) 100%

HP4G3E - Economic Evaluation in Health Care

Old assessment: research project (post-summer term) 100%
New assessment: research project (MT) 100%

Department of International History courses:

HY400 - Crisis Decision-Making in War and Peace 1914-2003

Old assessment: exam (180 minutes, Summer exam period) 100%
New assessment: take-home assessment (ST) 100%

HY411 - European Integration in the Twentieth Century

Old assessment: exam (180 minutes, Summer exam period) 75%, essay (LT) 25%
New assessment: take-home assessment (ST) 75%, essay (LT) 25%

HY422 - Presidents, Public Opinion, and Foreign Policy, from Roosevelt to Reagan, 1933-89

Old assessment: exam (180 minutes, Summer exam period) 100%
New assessment: essay (6000 words, ST) 60%, essay (4000 words, LT) 40%

HY424 - The Napoleonic Empire: The Making of Modern Europe

Old assessment: exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 65%, essay (3500 words, LT) 35%
New assessment: take-home assessment (ST) 50%, essay (3500 words, LT) 35%, presentation (MT and LT) 15%

HY432 - From Cold Warriors to Peacemakers: the End of the Cold War Era, 1979-1999

Old assessment: exam (180 minutes, Summer exam period) 100%
New assessment: essay (5000 words, ST) 60%, essay (4000 words, LT) 40%

HY436 - Race, Violence and Colonial Rule in Africa

Old assessment: exam (180 minutes, Summer exam period) 80%, in-class assessment 20%
New assessment: essay (6000 words, ST) 60%, essay (4000 words, LT) 40%

HY440 - The Iranian Revolution

Old assessment: exam (180 minutes, Summer exam period) 75%, essay (3000 words, LT) 25%
New assessment: essay (3500 words, LT) 35%, essay (3500 words, ST) 35%, class participation (MT and LT) 15%, presentation (MT and LT) 15%

HY444 - The Cold War in Latin America

Old assessment: essay (6000 words, ST) 50%, discussion post 35%, class participation 15%
New assessment: essay (6000 words, ST) 50%, essay (3500 words, LT) 35%, class participation (MT and LT) 15%

HY461 - East Asia in the Age of Imperialism, 1839-1945

Old assessment: exam (180 minutes, Summer exam period) 75%, essay (3000 words) 25%
New assessment: take-home assessment (ST) 75%, essay (3000 words, LT) 25%

HY465 - The International History of the Balkans since 1939: State Projects, Wars, and Social Conflict

Old assessment: exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 50%, essay (3000 words, LT) 25%, class participation (MT and LT) 15%, presentation (MT and LT) 10%
New assessment: exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 50%, essay (3000 words, ST) 25%, class participation (MT and LT) 15%, presentation (MT and LT) 10%

HY477 - Race, Gender and Reproduction in Caribbean, 1860s-1980s

Old assessment: essay (5000 words, LT) 50%, essay (5000 words, ST) 50%
New assessment: essay (4000 words, LT) 40%, essay (4000 words, ST) 40%, class participation (MT and LT) 20%

Department of International Relations courses:

IR410 - International Politics

Old assessment: exam (180 minutes, Summer exam period) 100%
New assessment: take-home assessment (ST) 100%

IR411 - Foreign Policy Analysis III

Old assessment: exam (180 minutes, Summer exam period) 100%
New assessment: take-home assessment (ST) 100%

IR412 - International Institutions

Old assessment: exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 50%, essay (4000 words, LT) 50%
New assessment: essay (4000 words, ST) 100%

IR416 - The EU in the World

Old assessment: exam (180 minutes, Summer exam period) 100%
New assessment: take-home assessment (ST) 100%

IR418 - International Politics: Asia and the Pacific

Old assessment: exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 60%, coursework (2000 words, LT) 40%
New assessment: exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 50%, coursework (2000 words, LT) 50%

IR422 - Conflict and Peacebuilding

Old assessment: essay (4000 words, ST) 55%, essay (2500 words, LT) 35%, class participation (MT and LT) 10%
New assessment: essay (4000 words, ST) 60%, essay (2500 words, LT) 40%

IR436 - Theories of International Relations

Old assessment: exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 50%, essay (4000 words, ST) 50%
New assessment: essay (4000 words, ST) 100%

IR448 - American Grand Strategy

Old assessment: essay (4000 words, ST) 100%
New assessment: essay (4000 words, LT) 100%

IR452 - Empire and Conflict in World Politics

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

IR466 - Genocide

Old assessment: exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 100%
New assessment: essay (ST) 100%

IR468 - 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%

IR469 - Politics of Money in the World Economy

Old assessment: exam (120 minutes, January exam period) 100%
New assessment: take-home assessment (LT) 100%

IR470 - International Political Economy

Old assessment: exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 100%
New assessment: take-home assessment (LT) 100%

IR473 - China and the Global South

Old assessment: essay (5000 words, LT) 80%, presentation (MT) 20%
New assessment: essay (4000 words, LT) 80%, presentation (MT) 20%

IR475 - Gender/ed/ing International Politics

Old assessment: essay (4000 words, LT) 90%, coursework (MT) 10%
New assessment: essay (4000 words, ST) 65%, coursework (LT) 35%

Department of Law courses:

LL4BP - Current Issues in Intellectual and Cultural Property Law

Old assessment: exam (120 minutes, 15 minutes reading time, Summer exam period) 100%
New assessment: essay (8000 words, ST) 100%

LL4E6 - International Dispute Resolution: Courts and Tribunals

Old assessment: research essay (8000 words) 100%
New assessment: exam (120 minutes, 15 minutes reading time, Summer exam period) 100%

Department of Management courses:

MG402 - Public Management: A Design-Oriented Approach

Old assessment: case analysis (MT) 45%, essay (2500 words) 45%, class participation 10%
New assessment: case analysis (LT) 45%, essay (2500 words, ST) 45%, class participation (LT) 10%

MG403 - Pricing Strategy

Old assessment: coursework (LT) 45%, project (LT) 45%, class participation (LT) 10%
New assessment: coursework (LT) 55%, project (LT) 45%

MG404 - Consumer Insights: Behavioural Fundamentals

Old assessment: in-class assessment (MT) 40%, essay (1500 words, MT) 30%, essay (1500 words, MT) 30%
New assessment: in-class assessment (MT) 40%, group project (MT) 40%, coursework (MT) 10%, class participation (MT) 10%

MG406E - Behavioural Decision Science

Old assessment: coursework (3000 words, MT) 100%
New assessment: coursework (3000 words, LT) 100%

MG418 - Open Innovation

Old assessment: essay (2000 words, LT) 45%, project (5000 words, LT) 45%, class participation (LT) 10%
New assessment: essay (2000 words, LT) 45%, group project (LT) 45%, class participation (LT) 10%

MG421 - International Business Strategy and Emerging Markets

Old assessment: exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 50%, project (LT) 40%, class participation (LT) 10%
New assessment: essay (ST) 50%, project (LT) 40%, class participation (LT) 10%

MG430 - Firms and Markets in Emerging Economies

Old assessment: group assignment (ST) 50%, case assignment (LT) 40%, class participation (LT) 10%
New assessment: group assignment (ST) 80%, class participation (LT) 20%

MG439 - Organisational Behaviour for Master's in Management

Old assessment: take-home assessment (LT) 45%, project (LT) 30%, continuous assessment (LT) 25%
New assessment: take-home assessment (LT) 65%, continuous assessment (LT) 35%

MG440E - Managerial Economics (modular)

Old assessment: take-home assessment 65%, coursework 20%, class participation 15%
New assessment: other (MT) 65%, coursework 20%, class participation 15%

MG446E - Strategy, Organisation and Innovation (modular)

Old assessment: take-home assessment 60%, essay 30%, class participation 10%
New assessment: take-home assessment 65%, presentation 25%, class participation 10%

MG456 - Strategic Decision Making

Old assessment: coursework (ST) 75%, presentation (LT) 25%
New assessment: coursework (ST) 60%, presentation (LT) 40%

MG458 - Foundations of Management I: Organisations and Management Theory

Old assessment: coursework (3000 words, LT) 75%, in-class assessment (MT) 25%
New assessment: exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 75%, case study (MT) 25%

MG459 - Foundations of Management 2

Old assessment: exam (120 minutes, 15 minutes reading time, Summer exam period) 75%, essay (1500 words, LT) 25%
New assessment: essay (1500 words, LT) 50%, essay (1500 words, ST) 50%

MG465 - Managerial Economics for Master in Management Students

Old assessment: exam (180 minutes, Summer exam period) 85%, class participation (MT) 15%
New assessment: exam (180 minutes, January exam period) 60%, in-class assessment (MT) 25%, class participation (MT) 15%

MG468 - Foundations of Management III: Business Ethics, Corporate Governance and Leadership

Old assessment: project (3000 words, ST) 100%
New assessment: assignment 75%, group exercise 15%, other 10%

MG472 - Global Strategy, Management and Information System

Old assessment: exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 90%, coursework (MT) 10%
New assessment: exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 80%, coursework (MT) 20%

MG473 - Negotiation Analysis

Old assessment: essay (2000 words, LT) 75%, learning log (LT) 25%
New assessment: essay (2000 words, ST) 75%, learning log (LT) 25%

MG476 - Corporate Social Responsibility and International Labour Standards

Old assessment: exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 60%, essay (2000 words) 35%, class participation 5%
New assessment: take-home assessment (ST) 50%, essay (2000 words, ST) 45%, class participation 5%

MG477 - Strategic Reward: Key Models and Practices

Old assessment: exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 50%, essay (2000 words) 50%
New assessment: case analysis (ST Week 1) 75%, case analysis (LT Week 9) 25%

MG478 - The Management of Human Resources in Global Companies

Old assessment: take-home assessment 60%, case analysis 30%, class participation 10%
New assessment: take-home assessment (ST) 60%, case analysis (ST) 30%, class participation 10%

MG483 - eHealth: Policy, Strategy and Systems

Old assessment: essay (4000 words, LT) 70%, coursework (600 words, LT) 20%, class participation (LT) 10%
New assessment: essay (4000 words, LT) 70%, blog post (LT) 20%, class participation (LT) 10%

MG4B9 - The World Trading System

Old assessment: coursework (LT) 50%, group assignment (LT) 40%, class participation (LT) 10%
New assessment: in-class assessment (LT) 50%, group assignment (LT) 40%, class participation (LT) 10%

MG4C3 - Information Technology and Service Innovation

Old assessment: coursework 50%, project 50%
New assessment: project 70%, essay (1500 words) 30%

MG4D3 - The Dark Side of the Organisation

Old assessment: exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 50%, essay (2000 words) 35%, class participation 15%
New assessment: essay (1500 words, ST) 40%, class participation (LT) 20%, group presentation (LT) 20%, video (ST) 20%

MG4D5 - Leadership in Organisations: Theory and Practice

Old assessment: exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 100%
New assessment: case analysis (ST) 80%, case analysis (LT) 20%

MG4F2 - Marketing Analytics II: Analytics for Managing Innovations, Products and Brands

Old assessment: group project (LT) 45%, take-home assessment (LT) 45%, class participation (LT) 10%
New assessment: take-home assessment (LT) 55%, group project (LT) 45%

MG4F7 - Business Analysis

Old assessment: exam (120 minutes, 15 minutes reading time, Summer exam period) 50%, project (3000 words, MT) 35%, class participation (MT) 15%
New assessment: exam (120 minutes, 15 minutes reading time, January exam period) 50%, project (3000 words, MT) 35%, continuous assessment (MT) 15%

MG4G1 - Understanding Social Problems for Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Old assessment: essay (1500 words, LT) 45%, project (MT) 45%, class participation (MT) 10%
New assessment: essay (1500 words, LT) 35%, project (5000 words, MT) 35%, class participation (MT) 10%, class participation (MT) 10%, learning log (MT) 10%

MG4H1E - Foundations of Social Business I

Old assessment: essay 70%, coursework 30%
New assessment: coursework 100%

MG4H2E - Foundations of Social Business II

Old assessment: essay 50%, essay 50%
New assessment: coursework 100%

MG4H3E - Social Impact and Its Evaluation

Old assessment: essay 50%, coursework 50%
New assessment: coursework 100%

MG4H5E - The Altruistic Leader

Old assessment: case analysis 55%, coursework 30%, in-class assessment 15%
New assessment: case analysis 60%, coursework 30%, in-class assessment 10%

MG4J2 - Designing Innovative Social Enterprises

Old assessment: essay (1800 words, LT) 50%, project (6000 words, LT) 50%
New assessment: essay (1800 words, MT) 50%, project (3500 words, MT) 50%

MG505 - Researching in Organisational Behaviour Seminar I

Old assessment: essay (4000 words, MT) 40%, essay (4000 words, LT) 40%, presentation (MT and LT) 20%
New assessment: essay (4000 words, ST) 100%

MG509 - Managing Digital Platform Innovation

Old assessment: in-class assessment (December) 70%, class participation (MT) 30%
New assessment: take-home assessment (MT) 100%

MG512 - Marketing I: Consumer Behaviour and Quantitative Modelling

Old assessment: essay (2500 words, MT) 40%, essay (2500 words, MT) 40%, essay (1200 words, MT) 5%, essay (1200 words, MT) 5%, essay (1200 words, MT) 5%, essay (1200 words, MT) 5%
New assessment: essay (4000 words, LT) 100%

MG518 - Employment Relations and Human Resource Management Seminar I

Old assessment: essay (4000 words, LT) 80%, learning log (MT and LT) 20%
New assessment: essay (4000 words, ST) 100%

Department of Mathematics courses:

MA402 - Game Theory I

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

MA407 - Algorithms and Computation

Old assessment: exam (150 minutes, Summer exam period) 75%, coursework (MT) 25%
New assessment: exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 50%, coursework (LT) 25%, coursework (MT) 15%, continuous assessment 10%

MA410 - Information, Communication and Cryptography

Old assessment: exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 90%, coursework (MT) 10%
New assessment: exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 75%, coursework (MT) 25%

MA411 - Probability and Measure

Old assessment: exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 100%
New assessment: online assessment (ST) 100%

MA421 - Advanced Algorithms

Old assessment: exam (150 minutes, Summer exam period) 75%, coursework (LT) 25%
New assessment: exam (150 minutes, Summer exam period) 65%, coursework (LT) 35%

MA428 - Combinatorial Optimisation

Old assessment: exam (180 minutes, Summer exam period) 100%
New assessment: take-home assessment (ST) 90%, coursework (LT) 10%

Department of Media and Communication courses:

MC409 - Media, Technology and Everyday Life

Old assessment: essay (3000 words, LT) 100%
New assessment: essay (3000 words, ST) 100%

MC416 - Representation in the Age of Globalisation

Old assessment: essay (3000 words, LT) 100%
New assessment: essay (3000 words, ST) 100%

MC418 - Communication: Cultures and Approaches

Old assessment: essay (3000 words, ST) 100%
New assessment: essay (3000 words, LT) 100%

MC420 - Identity, Transnationalism and the Media

Old assessment: essay (3000 words, ST) 100%
New assessment: essay (3000 words, LT) 80%, project (500 words, MT) 20%

MC424 - Media and Communication Governance

Old assessment: exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 100%
New assessment: take-home assessment (ST) 100%

MC426 - Film Theory and World Cinema

Old assessment: essay (3000 words) 100%
New assessment: essay (3000 words, LT) 100%

MC433 - Technology and Justice

Old assessment: essay (3000 words, LT) 70%, presentation (MT) 30%
New assessment: essay (3000 words, ST) 70%, presentation (LT) 30%

MC435 - Disruptive Digital Worlds: Competing Economic and Political Economy Explanations

Old assessment: essay (3000 words, ST) 80%, presentation (1 word, LT) 20%
New assessment: essay (3000 words, ST) 80%, presentation (LT) 20%

MC436 - Mediating the Past

Old assessment: essay (3000 words) 100%
New assessment: essay (3000 words, ST) 100%

MC438 - Mediated Feminisms

Old assessment: essay (2000 words, LT) 80%, project (LT) 20%
New assessment: essay (2000 words, ST) 80%, media product 20%

MC499 - Dissertation: Media and Communications

Old assessment: dissertation (12000 words) 100%
New assessment: dissertation (12000 words, August) 100%

MC4M1 - Methods of Research in Media & Communications (including Qualitative & Quantitative Analysis)

Old assessment: coursework (3000 words, ST) 80%, exam (120 minutes, January exam period) 20%
New assessment: coursework (3000 words, ST) 80%, online assessment (180 minutes, January exam period) 20%

MC4M2 - Advanced Methods of Research in Media and Communications (including Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis)

Old assessment: coursework (5000 words, ST) 66%, exam (120 minutes, January exam period) 17%, exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 17%
New assessment: coursework (5000 words, ST) 66%, online assessment (180 minutes, January exam period) 17%, take-home assessment (ST) 14%, continuous assessment (LT) 3%

MC4M7 - Methods of Research in Media and Communications (including Qualitative Analysis and Applied Regression Analysis)

Old assessment: coursework (3000 words, ST) 80%, exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 20%
New assessment: coursework (3000 words, ST) 80%, exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 16%. continuous assessment (MT) 4%

MC4M8 - Advanced Methods of Research in Media and Communications (including Qualitative & Advanced Quantitative Analysis)

Old assessment: coursework (5000 words, ST) 66%, exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 17%, exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 17%
New assessment: coursework (5000 words, ST) 66%, exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 17%, take-home assessment (ST) 14%, continuous assessment (MT) 3%

MC5M2 - Advanced Methods of Research in Media & Communications (including Qualitative & Quantitative Analysis)

Old assessment: exam (120 minutes, January exam period) 100%
New assessment: online assessment (180 minutes, Summer exam period) 100%

Department of Methodology courses:

MY401 - Research Design for Studies in Digital Innovation

Old assessment: essay (2500 words, LT and ST) 70%, group essay (3000 words, LT) 30%
New assessment: essay (2500 words, ST) 70%, group essay (LT) 30%

MY405 - Research Design for Policy and Programme Evaluation

Old assessment: essay (2500 words, ST) 50%, coursework (2500 words, LT) 50%
New assessment: essay (2500 words, ST) 50%, group assignment (LT) 50%

MY410 - Fundamentals of Research Design for International Development

Old assessment: annotated bibliography (2500 words, LT Week 7) 66%, research proposal (1000 words, MT Week 11) 33%
New assessment: research proposal (LT) 67%, annotated bibliography (MT) 33%

MY421 - Qualitative Research Methods

Old assessment: project (3000 words, ST) 100%
New assessment: project (3000 words, LT and ST) 100%

MY425 - Case Studies and Comparative Methods for Qualitative Research

Old assessment: project (4000 words, April) 90%, class participation (LT) 10%
New assessment: research proposal (LT) 90%, class participation (LT) 10%

MY428 - Qualitative Text and Discourse Analysis

Old assessment: essay (4000 words, ST) 90%, presentation (ST) 10%
New assessment: essay (4000 words, ST) 100%

MY451 - Introduction to Quantitative Analysis

Old assessment: exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 100%
New assessment: take-home assessment (ST) 80%, continuous assessment (MT and LT) 20%

MY452 - Applied Regression Analysis

Old assessment: exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 100%
New assessment: take-home assessment (ST) 80%, continuous assessment (MT and LT) 20%

MY459 - Special Topics in Quantitative Analysis: Quantitative Text Analysis

Old assessment: coursework (2000 words, ST) 60%, project (3000 words, ST) 40%
New assessment: coursework (2000 words, LT) 60%, project (3000 words, ST) 40%

MY464 - Introduction to Quantitative Methods for Media and Communications

Old assessment: exam (120 minutes, January exam period) 100%
New assessment: online assessment (180 minutes, January exam period) 100%

MY465 - Intermediate Quantitative Analysis

Old assessment: exam (120 minutes, January exam period) 100%
New assessment: online assessment (180 minutes, January exam period) 80%, continuous assessment (MT) 20%

MY470 - Computer Programming

Old assessment: in-class assessment (MT) 50%, take-home assessment (MT) 50%
New assessment: problem sets (MT) 50%, take-home assessment (MT) 50%

MY472 - Data for Scientists

Old assessment: in-class assessment 50%, take-home assessment 50%
New assessment: problem sets (MT) 50%, take-home assessment (MT) 50%

MY474 - Applied Machine Learning for Social Science

Old assessment: take-home assessment (LT) 60%, in-class assessment (MT) 40%
New assessment: in-class assessment (LT) 40%, quiz (LT) 30%, report (ST) 20%, take-home assessment (ST) 10%

MY4M1 - Foundations of Social Research I

Old assessment: exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 33%, project (3000 words, ST) 33%, research proposal (ST) 20%, research proposal (MT) 10%, class participation (MT) 4%
New assessment: project (3000 words, ST) 33%, take-home assessment (ST) 26%, research design (ST) 20%, research proposal (MT) 10%, continuous assessment (MT and LT) 7%, class participation (MT) 4%

MY4M2 - Foundations of Social Research II

Old assessment: exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 33%, project (3000 words, ST) 33%, research design (ST) 20%, research proposal (MT) 10%, class participation (MT) 4%
New assessment: project (3000 words, ST) 33%, take-home assessment (ST) 26%, research design (ST) 20%, research proposal (MT) 10%, continuous assessment (MT and LT) 7%, class participation (MT) 4%

MY500 - Fundamentals of Social Science Research

Old assessment: research design (ST) 60%, research proposal (MT) 30%, class participation 10%
New assessment: research design (ST) 60%, research proposal (MT) 30%, other (MT) 10%

MY505 - Research Design for Policy and Programme Evaluation

Old assessment: essay (2500 words, ST) 50%, coursework (2500 words, LT) 50%
New assessment: essay (3000 words, ST) 50%, group assignment (LT) 50%

MY521 - Qualitative Research Methods

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

MY525 - Case Studies and Comparative Methods for Qualitative Research

Old assessment: project (5000 words, April) 90%, class participation (LT) 10%
New assessment: research design (LT) 90%, class participation (LT) 10%

MY528 - Qualitative Text and Discourse Analysis

Old assessment: essay (4000 words, ST) 90%, presentation (ST) 10%
New assessment: essay (4000 words, ST) 100%

MY551 - Introduction to Quantitative Analysis

Old assessment: exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 100%
New assessment: take-home assessment (ST) 80%, continuous assessment (MT and LT) 20%

MY552 - Applied Regression Analysis

Old assessment: exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 100%
New assessment: take-home assessment (ST) 80%, continuous assessment (MT and LT) 20%

MY559 - Special Topics in Quantitative Analysis: Quantitative Text Analysis

Old assessment: coursework (4000 words) 100%
New assessment: coursework (2000 words, LT) 60%, project (5000 words, ST) 40%

MY565 - Intermediate Quantitative Analysis

Old assessment: exam (120 minutes, January exam period) 100%
New assessment: online assessment (180 minutes, January exam period) 80%, continuous assessment (MT) 20%

MY570 - Computer Programming

Old assessment: in-class assessment (MT) 50%, project (MT) 50%
New assessment: problem sets (MT) 50%, project (MT) 50%

MY572 - Data for Data Scientists

Old assessment: in-class assessment (MT) 50%, take-home assessment (MT) 50%
New assessment: problem sets (MT) 50%, take-home assessment (MT) 50%

MY574 - Applied Machine Learning for Social Science

Old assessment: take-home assessment (LT) 60%, in-class assessment (MT) 40%
New assessment: problem sets (LT) 40%, quiz (LT) 30%, take-home assessment (ST) 30%

Department of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method courses:

PH405 - 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, LT) 25%

PH413 - Philosophy of Economics

Old assessment: exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 65%, essay (2000 words, ST) 25%, presentation (LT) 10%
New assessment: exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 30%, essay (2500 words, LT) 30%, essay (2000 words, ST) 30%, presentation (LT) 10%

PH415 - 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%

PH416 - Philosophy, Morals and Politics

Old assessment: exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 67%, essay (2000 words, ST) 33%
New assessment: take-home assessment (ST) 60%, essay (2000 words) 30%, class participation 10%

PH419 - Set Theory and Further Logic

Old assessment: exam (180 minutes, Summer exam period) 100%
New assessment: take-home assessment (ST) 100%

PH425 - 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%

PH427 - Genes, Brains and Society

Old assessment: essay (2000 words, LT) 45%, essay (2000 words, ST) 45%, wiki entry (LT) 10%
New assessment: essay (2000 words, LT) 50%, essay (2000 words, MT) 50%

PH456 - Rationality and Choice

Old assessment: exam (180 minutes, Summer exam period) 100%
New assessment: exam (180 minutes, Summer exam period) 50%, coursework (LT) 20%, coursework (MT) 20%, class participation (MT and LT) 10%

PH502 - Reasoning and Logic

Old assessment: exam (180 minutes, 15 minutes reading time, Summer exam period) 100%
New assessment: take-home assessment (ST) 90%, quiz (MT and LT) 10%

Department of Psychological and Behavioural Science courses:

PB401 - Contemporary Social and Cultural Psychology

Old assessment: essay (5000 words, MT) 80%, coursework (1500 words, MT) 20%
New assessment: essay (4000 words, LT) 80%, annotated bibliography (MT) 20%

PB402 - Organisational Social Psychology

Old assessment: essay (5000 words, MT) 80%, coursework (1500 words, MT) 20%
New assessment: essay (3000 words, MT) 75%, case study (LT) 25%

PB403 - Psychology of Economic Life

Old assessment: essay (5000 words, MT) 50%, essay (2000 words, MT) 30%, essay (1500 words, MT) 20%
New assessment: essay (5000 words, LT) 50%, essay (2000 words, MT) 50%

PB404 - The Social Psychology of Communication

Old assessment: essay (5000 words, MT) 80%, coursework (1500 words, MT) 20%
New assessment: essay (4000 words, MT) 80%, annotated bibliography (MT) 20%

PB405 - Foundations in Behavioural Science

Old assessment: essay (5000 words, MT) 80%, coursework (1500 words, MT) 20%
New assessment: essay (4000 words, LT) 80%, other (LT) 20%

PB411 - Methods for Social Psychology Research: Qualitative and Quantitative Methods

Old assessment: exam (120 minutes, January exam period) 50%, report (ST) 50%
New assessment: report (ST) 50%, online assessment (180 minutes, January exam period) 40%, continuous assessment (MT) 10%

PB413E - Frontiers in Behavioural Science Methods

Old assessment: proposal (3000 words, ST) 100%
New assessment: proposal (3000 words, post-summer term) 100%

PB414 - Advance Methods for Social Psychology Research: Qualitative and Quantitative Methods

Old assessment: report 50%, test 50%
New assessment: report (ST) 50%, take-home assessment (ST) 40%, continuous (MT) 10%

PB421 - Happiness

Old assessment: essay (2500 words, ST) 100%
New assessment: essay (3000 words, ST) 100%

PB432 - Social Representations: Social Knowledge and Contemporary Issues

Old assessment: coursework (3000 words, ST) 100%
New assessment: coursework (3000 words, LT) 100%

PB433 - Theory and Practice of Organisational Development

Old assessment: essay (LT) 45%, presentation (LT) 45%, class participation (LT) 10%
New assessment: essay (3000 words, LT) 100%

PB450E - Behavioural Science and Policy

Old assessment: essay (4000 words, MT) 100%
New assessment: coursework (4000 words, LT) 100%

PB452 - Behavioural Science for Health in the Time of a Pandemic

Old assessment: coursework (3000 words, LT) 100%
New assessment: coursework (3000 words, ST) 100%

PB453E - Corporate Behaviour and Decision Making

Old assessment: coursework (4000 words, ST) 100%
New assessment: coursework (4000 words, post-summer term) 100%

PB471E - Research Methods for Behavioural Science

Old assessment: portfolio (LT) 100%
New assessment: portfolio (ST) 100%

PB4A7 - Quantitative Applications for Behavioural Science

Old assessment: report (LT) 100%
New assessment: report (ST) 60%, problem sets (MT) 20%, poster (ST) 20%

PB4D2 - Happiness - Dissertation

Old assessment: dissertation (10000 words, ST) 100%
New assessment: dissertation (10000 words, post-summer term) 100%

PB4D3 - Behavioural Science in the Age of New Technology - Dissertation

Old assessment: dissertation (10000 words, ST) 100%
New assessment: dissertation (10000 words, post-summer term) 100%

PB4D4 - Behavioural Science for Health in the Time of a Pandemic - Dissertation

Old assessment: dissertation (10000 words, ST) 100%
New assessment: dissertation (10000 words, post-summer term) 100%

Department of Public Policy courses:

PP401 - Political Science for Public Policy

Old assessment: online assessment (LT) 50%, essay (2000 words, LT) 30%, presentation 20%
New assessment: essay (2000 words, LT) 50%, presentation 50%

PP402 - Quantitative Methods for Public Policy

Old assessment: online assessment (LT) 60%, coursework (2000 words, MT) 30%, class participation (MT) 10%
New assessment: online assessment (LT) 70%, coursework (MT) 30%

PP404 - Economics for Public Policy

Old assessment: online assessment (ST) 70%, coursework (2000 words, LT) 30%
New assessment: exam (120 minutes, 15 minutes reading time, Summer exam period) 70%, coursework (LT) 30%

PP406 - Philosophy for Public Policy

Old assessment: exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 67%, coursework (2000 words, ST) 33%
New assessment: essay (2500 words, ST) 50%, essay (2000 words, ST) 40%, class participation (LT) 10%

PP449 - Comparative Political Economy and Development

Old assessment: exam (120 minutes, 15 minutes reading time, Summer exam period) 60%, project (LT) 40%
New assessment: take-home assessment (ST) 60%, project (LT) 40%

PP450 - Public Organisation: Theory and Practice

Old assessment: essay (3000 words, between LT and ST) 50%, policy memo (LT) 30%, presentation (LT Week 11) 20%
New assessment: essay (between LT and ST) 50%, group presentation (LT) 30%, policy memo (LT) 20%

PP455 - Quantitative Approaches and Policy Analysis

Old assessment: exam (180 minutes, 15 minutes reading time, Summer exam period) 60%, presentation (LT) 10%, continuous assessment (MT and LT) 10%, policy memo (LT) 10%, policy memo (MT) 10%
New assessment: exam (180 minutes, 15 minutes reading time, Summer exam period) 70%, continuous assessment (MT and LT) 10%, policy memo (LT) 10%, policy memo (MT) 10%

PP478 - Political Science for Public Policy

Old assessment: exam (180 minutes, 15 minutes reading time, Summer exam period) 50%, essay (2000 words, LT) 30%, group exercise (MT and LT) 20%
New assessment: essay (2500 words, LT) 50%, presentation (MT and LT) 50%

PP4E5 - Innovation in the Governance of Public Services Delivery

Old assessment: essay (3000 words, ST) 50%, policy memo (LT) 30%, presentation (LT) 20%
New assessment: essay (3000 words, ST) 50%, policy brief (LT) 30%, presentation (LT) 20%

PP4G3 - Designing and Managing Change in the Public Sector

Old assessment: essay (3000 words, LT) 40%, case analysis (MT) 40%, presentation (MT) 20%
New assessment: project (LT) 40%, case analysis (MT) 40%, presentation (MT) 20%

Department of Social Policy courses:

SP400 - International Social and Public Policy

Old assessment: exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 100%
New assessment: online assessment (ST) 100%

SP401 - Understanding Policy Research

Old assessment: exam (180 minutes, 15 minutes reading time, January exam period) 75%, coursework (MT) 25%
New assessment: exam (180 minutes, 15 minutes reading time, January exam period) 100%

SP411 - Social Policy and Development

Old assessment: exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 100%
New assessment: exam (120 minutes, January exam period) 100%

SP412 - Non-Governmental Organisations, Social Policy and Development

Old assessment: exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 100%
New assessment: online assessment (between MT and LT) 100%

SP413 - Understanding Social (Dis)advantage

Old assessment: exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 100%
New assessment: essay (2400 words, ST) 100%

SP414 - Ethnicity, Race and Social Policy

Old assessment: essay (4000 words) 100%
New assessment: essay (best of the two 2000-word formative essays) 100%

SP415 - Urbanisation and Social Policy in the Global South

Old assessment: essay (5000 words, ST) 100%
New assessment: essay (5000 words, ST) 80%, project (1000 words, LT) 20%

SP420 - Understanding Policy Research (Advanced)

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

SP430 - Social Security Policies

Old assessment: exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 75%, essay (2000 words, LT) 25%
New assessment: essay (2500 words, LT) 100%

SP431 - Population Analysis: Methods and Models

Old assessment: exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 100%
New assessment: exam (120 minutes, January exam period) 100%

SP432 - Education Policy, Reform and Financing

Old assessment: exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 75%, essay (2000 words, ST) 25%
New assessment: online assessment (ST) 100%

SP435 - Housing, Neighbourhoods and Communities

Old assessment: exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 75%, essay (2000 words, LT) 25%
New assessment: exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 66.7%, essay (2000 words, LT) 33.3%

SP476 - Punishment and Penal Policy

Old assessment: essay (3000 words) 70%, presentation 30%
New assessment: essay (3000 words) 100%

Department of Sociology courses:

SO425 - Regulation, Risk and Economic Life

Old assessment: exam (180 minutes, Summer exam period) 70%, essay (3000 words, ST) 30%
New assessment: essay (4000 words, ST) 70%, essay (3000 words, LT) 30%

SO457 - Political Reconciliation

Old assessment: exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 70%, essay (3000 words, LT) 30%
New assessment: essay (4000 words, LT) 100%

SO468 - International Migration and Migrant Integration

Old assessment: exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 90%, presentation (MT) 10%
New assessment: exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 80%, class participation (MT) 10%, presentation (MT) 10%

SO470 - The Sociology of Markets

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

SO471 - Technology, Power and Culture

Old assessment: exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 100%
New assessment: take-home assessment (January) 100%

SO479 - Human Rights and Postcolonial Theory

Old assessment: essay (5000 words, LT) 90%, class participation (MT) 10%
New assessment: essay (5000 words, ST) 90%, class participation (LT) 10%

SO480 - Urban Inequalities

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

SO482 - Topics in Race, Ethnicity and Postcolonial Studies

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

SO490 - Contemporary Social Thought

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

SO491 - Quantitative Social Research Methods

Old assessment: exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 50%, memo (MT) 25%, memo (MT) 25%
New assessment: take-home assessment (January) 60%, memo (MT) 40%

SO492 - Qualitative Social Research Methods

Old assessment: research report (LT) 90%, group presentation (MT) 10%
New assessment: research report (LT) 90%, class participation (MT) 10%

SO499 - MSc in Sociology Dissertation

Old assessment: dissertation (10000 words, post-summer term) 100%
New assessment: dissertation (10000 words, August) 100%

SO4A8 - Leadership and Social Change

Old assessment: essay (2000 words, LT) 70%, presentation (ST) 30%
New assessment: essay (2500 words, LT) 70%, presentation (ST) 30%

SO4B2 - MSc in Human Rights and Politics Dissertation

Old assessment: dissertation (10000 words, post-summer term) 100%
New assessment: dissertation (10000 words, August) 100%

Department of Statistics courses:

ST411 - Generalised Linear Modelling and Survival Analysis

Old assessment: exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 100%
New assessment: exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 80%, continuous assessment (MT) 20%

ST422 - Time Series

Old assessment: exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 100%
New assessment: exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 80%, coursework (MT) 20%

ST447 - Data Analysis and Statistical Methods

Old assessment: exam (120 minutes, Summer exam period) 85%, coursework (MT) 15%
New assessment: exam (120 minutes, January exam period) 85%, project (MT) 15%