Updated undergraduate summative assessment information 2022/23 - 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 2022/23 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. Students will be notified about any changes to assessment plans at the earliest opportunity.

Accounting |  EconomicsEconomic HistoryGovernment | Geography and Environment | International History | International Relations | Language Centre | LawMathematics  | Management | MethodologyPhilosophy | Psychological and Behavioural Science  | Social Policy | Sociology | Statistics

Department of Accounting courses:

AC311 Results Accountability and Management Control for Strategy Implementation

Old assessment: essay (MT) 25%, project (January) 25%, take-home assessment (January) 50%
New assessment: group project (MT) 25%, take-home assessment (LT) 75%

Department of Economics courses:

EC2A1 Microeconomics II

Old assessment: Coursework (LT) 15%, Exam (ST) 75%, Class participation (MT & LT) 10%

New assessment: Coursework (MT & LT) 30%, Exam (ST) 70%

EC2A3 Microeconomics II

Old assessment: Exam (ST) 90%, Class participation (MT) 10%

New assessment: Coursework (MT) 10%, Exam (ST) 90%

EC2B3 Macroeconomics II

Old assessment: Exam (ST) 100%

New assessment: Coursework (LT) 10%, Exam (ST) 90%

EC302 Political Economy

Old assessment: Exam (ST) 90%, Group project (LT) 10%

New assessment: Exam (ST) 100%

Department of Economic History courses:

EH204 Money and Finance: From the Middle Ages to Modernity

Old assessment: Essay (LT) 30%, Exam (ST) 70%

New assessment: Essay (LT) 30%, Take-home assessment (ST) 70%

EH207 China since 1800: Culture, institutions and economic growth

Old assessment: Essay (MT & LT) 10%, Essay (ST) 10%, Exam (ST) 70%, Class participation (MT, LT & ST) 10%

New assessment: Essay (LT) 15%, Essay (MT) 15%, Exam (ST) 70%

EH209 The Family Economy in History: 1260 to the present day

Old assessment: Essay (LT) 30%, Exam (ST) 60%, Class participation (LT) 10%

New assessment: Essay (LT) 30%, Exam (ST) 70%

EH237 Theories and Evidence in Economic History

Old assessment: Project (MT) 20%, Project (ST) 50%, Class participation (MT and LT) 10%, In-class assessment (LT) 10%, Research proposal (LT) 10%

New assessment: Project (MT) 25%, Project (ST) 50%, Class participation (MT & LT) 10%, In-class assessment (LT) 15%

EH240 Business and Economic Performance since 1945: Britain in International Context

Old assessment: Exam (ST) 70%, Research project (LT) 30%

New assessment: Take-home (ST) assessment 100%

EH307 The Economic History of South Asia, 1600-2000

Old assessment: Exam (ST) 90%, Class participation (MT & LT) 10%

New assessment: Exam (ST) 100%

EH308 Historical Economic Geography: Cities, Markets and Regions in the 19th and 20th Centuries

Old assessment: Essay (LT) 50%, Essay (ST) 50%

New assessment: Essay (LT) 35%, Essay (ST) 35%, Presentation (LT) 30%

EH327 China's Traditional Economy and its Growth in the Very Long-Term

Old assessment: Essay (LT) 10%, Essay (MT) 10%, Exam (ST) 70%, Class participation (MT, LT & ST) 10%

New assessment: Essay (LT) 15%, Essay (MT) 15%, Take-home assessment (ST) 70%

EH390 Dissertation in Economic or Social History

Old assessment: Dissertation (LT) 90%, Dissertation draft (LT) 5%, Proposal (MT) 5%

New assessment: Dissertation (ST) 100%

EH391 Dissertation in Historical Economic Geography

Old assessment: Coursework (LT) 5%, Coursework (MT) 5%, Dissertation (LT) 90%

New assessment: Dissertation (ST) 100%

Department of Government courses:

GV101 Introduction to Political Science

Old assessment: Essay (LT) 50%, Exam (ST) 50%

New assessment: Essay (LT) 50%, Online assessment (ST) 50%

GV225 Public Choice and Politics

Old assessment: Exam (ST) 100%

New assessment: Exam (ST) 50%, Online assessment (ST) 50%

GV248 Power and Politics in the Modern World: Comparative Perspectives

Old assessment: Essay (MT & LT) 25%, Exam (ST) 75%

New assessment: Essay (MT & LT) 40%, Online assessment (ST) 60%

GV262 Contemporary Political Theory

Old assessment: Essay (LT) 30%, Blog post (LT) 10%, Blog post (LT) 10%, Online assessment (ST) 50%

New assessment: Essay (LT) 35%, Blog post (LT) 15%, Online assessment (ST) 50%

GV263 Public Policy Analysis

Old assessment: Essay (LT) 25%, Exam (ST) 75%

New assessment: Essay (LT) 25%, Online assessment (ST) 75%

GV311 British Government

Old assessment: Exam (ST) 100%

New assessment: Online assessment (ST) 100%

GV315 Voting and Elections in Developing Democracies 

Old assessment: Essay (ST) 90%, Presentation (LT) 10%

New assessment: Essay (ST) 80%, Presentation (LT) 20%

GV316 Advanced Issues in Applied Political Theory

Old assessment: Essay (LT) 80%, Blog post (MT) 20%

New assessment: Essay (ST) 100%

GV318 Building Democracies from Conflict? Violence, Power-Sharing and Institutional Design

Old assessment: Presentation (MT) 10%, Project (January) 90%

New assessment: Presentation (MT) 20%, Project (January) 80%

GV321 Concepts and Controversies in Political Theory

Old assessment: Essay (ST) 60%, Class participation (LT) 20%, Group project (LT) 20%

New assessment: Essay (ST) 80%, Class participation (LT) 20%

GV324 Applied Quantitative Methods for Political Science

Old assessment: Presentation (LT) 10%, Exam (ST) 40%, Group Project (ST) 50%

New assessment: Group project (LT & ST) 60%, Online assessment (ST) 40%

GV325 Topics in Political Economy

Old assessment: Coursework (LT) 50%, Exam (ST) 50%

New assessment: Coursework (LT) 50%, Exam (ST) 20%, Online assessment (ST) 30%

GV327 Governance and Corruption

Old assessment: Essay (ST) 80%, Class participation (LT) 10%, Memo (LT) 10%

New assessment: Essay (ST) 100%

GV329 Making Democracy Work

Old assessment: Coursework (MT) 20%, Essay (LT) 80%

New assessment: Essay (January) 100%

GV334 Comparative Perspectives on Inequality and Politics: Global North, Global South

Old assessment: Essay (ST) 70%, Presentation (LT) 10%, Critical Evaluation (LT) 20%

New assessment: Essay (ST) 80%, Critical evaluation (LT) 20%

GV3L1 Analytical Approaches to British Politics

Old assessment: Exam (ST) 100%

New assessment: Online assessment (ST) 100%

Department of Geography and Environment courses:

GY140 Introduction to Geographical Research

Old assessment: Project (LT) 50%, Project (ST) 50%

New assessment: Project (ST) 40%, Project (LT) 50%, Problem set (ST) 10%

GY205 Political Geographies

Old assessment: Essay (LT) 25%, Exam (ST) 75%

New assessment: Essay (LT) 25%, Take-home assessment (ST) 75%

GY247 Field Methods in Geography with Economics

Old assessment: Class participation (LT) 20%, Research project (ST) 60%, Research proposal (ST) 20%

New assessment: Class participation (LT) 20%, Poster (ST) 60%, Research Proposal (ST) 20%

Department of International History courses:

HY330 From Tea to Opium: China and the Global Market in the Long Eighteenth Century

Old assessment: Essay (LT) 35%, Exam (ST) 50%, Presentation (MT & LT) 15%

New assessment: Essay (LT) 35%, Essay 35% (ST), Class participation (MT & LT) 15%, Presentation (MT & LT) 15%

HY332 Interwar worlds: the cultural consequences of the First World War

Old assessment: Essay (LT) 35%, Essay (ST) 35%, Presentation (MT) 15%, Source analysis (MT) 15%

New assessment: Essay (LT) 20%, Essay (ST) 35%, Class participation (MT & LT) 15%, Online assessment (MT) 10%, Online assessment (LT) 20%

Department of International Relations courses:

IR205 International Security

Old assessment: Coursework (LT) 60%, Online assessment (ST) 40%

New assessment: Take-home assessment (ST) 100% 

IR305 Strategic Aspects of International Relations

Old assessment: Exam (ST) 100%

New assessment: Online assessment (ST) 100%

IR314 Southeast Asia: Intra-regional Politics and Security

Old assessment: Exam (ST) 100%

New assessment: Online assessment (ST) 100%

IR323 Gendered/ing and International Politics

Old assessment: Coursework (LT) 30%, Essay (LT) 70%

New assessment: Coursework (LT) 25%, Essay (LT) 75%

IR355 Economic Diplomacy

Old assessment: Exam (January) 100%

New assessment: Take-home assessment (ST) 100%

IR373 China and the Global South

Old assessment: Essay (LT) 75%, Presentation (MT) 25%

New assessment: Online assessment (January) 75%, Presentation (MT) 25%

Language Centre courses:

LN270 Society and Language: Linguistics for Social Scientists

Old assessment: Coursework 50%, Exam (ST) 50%

New assessment: Coursework (LT & ST) 50%, Take-home assessment (ST)50%

Department of Law courses:

LL201 Administrative Law

Old assessment: Essay (ST) 33%, Exam (ST) 67%

New assessment: Online assessment (ST) 100%

LL202 Commercial Contracts

Old assessment: Essay (LT) 25%, Exam (ST) 75%

New assessment: Online assessment (ST) 75%, Essay (LT) 25%

LL233 Law of Evidence

Old assessment: Exam (ST) 100%

New assessment: Online assessment (ST) 100%

LL300 Competition Law

Old assessment: Exam (ST) 100%

New assessment: Online assessment (ST) 100%

LL305 Jurisprudence

Old assessment: Exam (ST) 100%

New assessment: Online assessment (ST) 100%

Department of Mathematics courses:

MA210 Discrete Mathematics

Old assessment: Exam (ST) 90%, Problem set (ST) 10%

New assessment: Exam (ST) 90%, Continuous assessment 10%

Department of Management courses:

MG105 Organisational Behaviour and Leadership

Old assessment: Exam (LT) 30%, Class participation (LT) 10%, Take-home assessment (ST) 60%

New assessment: Essay (Between MT & LT) 45%, Essay (between MT & LT) 45%, Class participation (MT) 10%

MG209 E-business

Old assessment: Essay 100%

New assessment: Exam (ST) 50%, Class participation (LT) 20%, Group project (LT) 30%

MG210 Corporate Social Responsibility and International Labour Standards

Old assessment: Essay (ST) 40%, Exam (ST) 60%

New assessment: Essay (ST) 60%, Exam (ST) 40%

MG212 Marketing

Old assessment: Project 40%, Exam (ST) 60%

New assessment: Case analysis (LT) 60%, Group project (between LT & ST) 40%

MG214 Human Resource Management

Old assessment: Essay (LT) 50%, Presentation (MT) 20%, Project (MT) 20%, Class participation (MT) 10%

New assessment: Essay (between MT & LT) 60%, Group presentation (MT) 30%, Class participation (MT) 10%

MG307 International Context of Management

Old assessment: Exam (ST) 100%

New assessment: Essay (LT) 100%

MG316 Brand Strategy

Old assessment: Coursework (LT) 60%, Project (LT) 30%, Class participation (LT) 10%

New assessment: Project (LT) 40%, Exam (ST) 50%, Class participation (LT) 10%

Department of Methodology courses:

MY360 Text Mining

Old assessment: Problem sets (LT) 40%, Take-home assessment (LT) 60%

New assessment: Group project (ST) 40%, Problem sets (LT) 60%

MY361 Social Network Analysis

Old assessment: Problem sets (LT) 40%, Take-home assessment (LT) 60%

New assessment: Group project (ST) 40%, Problem sets (LT) 60%

Department of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method courses:

PH201 Philosophy of Science

Old assessment: Exam (ST) 100%

New assessment: Essay (LT) 50%, Essay (MT) 50%

PH203 Philosophy of the Social Sciences

Old assessment: Essay (MT & LT) 25%, Essay (MT & LT) 25%, Presentation (MT & LT) 10%, Exam 40%

New assessment: Essay (LT & ST) 50%, Essay (MT & LT) 50%

PH214 Philosophy, Morals and Politics

Old assessment: Essay (ST) 30%, Class participation 10%, Take-home assessment (ST) 60%

New assessment: Essay 45%, Essay 45%, Class participation 10%

PH217 Set Theory and Further Logic

Old assessment: Take-home assessment (ST) 100%

New assessment: Exam (ST) 100%

PH222 Philosophy and Public Policy

Old assessment: Essay (ST) 30%, Exam (ST) 60%, Class participation 10%

New assessment: Essay 45%, Essay 45%, Class participation 10%

PH223 Mind and Metaphysics

Old assessment: Essay (ST) 50%, Exam (ST) 50%

New assessment: Essay (ST) 80%, Class participation 10%, Continuous assessment (LT) 10%

PH225 Business and Organisational Ethics

Old assessment: Essay (ST) 50%, Exam (ST) 40%, Quiz (LT) 10%

New assessment: Essay (ST) 50%, Essay (ST) 50%

PH227 Genes, Brains and Society

Old assessment: Essay (LT) 50%, Essay (MT) 50%

New assessment: Essay (LT) 100%

PH230 Einstein for Everyone: From time travel to the edge of the universe

Old assessment: Essay (January) 50%, Essay (MT) 50%

New assessment: Essay (MT) 100%

PH232 Physics and Uncertainty: From Quantum Jumps to Stock Market Crashes

Old assessment: Essay (LT) 50%, Essay (ST) 50%

New assessment: Essay (ST) 100%

PH301 Rationality and Choice

Old assessment: Coursework (LT) 20%, Coursework (MT) 20%, Exam (ST) 50%, Class participation (MT & LT) 10%

New assessment: Coursework (LT) 30%, Coursework (MT) 30%, Exam (ST) 40%

PH311 Philosophy of Economics

Old assessment: Essay (ST) 30%, Essay (LT) 30%, Exam (ST) 30%, Class participation 10%

New assessment: Essay (LT) 45%, Essay (ST) 45%, Class participation 10%

PH333 Philosophy of Gender and Race

Old assessment: Essay (LT) 45%, Essay (ST) 45%, Class participation 10%

New assessment: Essay (ST) 90%, Class participation 10%

Department of Psychological and Behavioural Science courses:

PB100 Foundations of Behavioural Science

Old assessment: Essay (LT) 75%, Presentation (LT) 25%

New assessment: Essay (LT) 60%, Presentation (LT) 40%

PB101 Foundations of Psychological Science

Old assessment: Essay (ST) 16%, Blog post (LT) 20%, Blog post (MT) 20%, In-class assessment (ST) 24%, Wikipedia article (LT) 20%

New assessment: Exam (ST) 25%, Blog post (MT) 25%, Multiple choice quiz (ST) 25%, Wikipedia article (LT) 25%

PB130 Statistics and Research Methods for Psychological and Behavioural Science

Old assessment: Project (LT) 30%, Exam (ST) 30%, Other (LT) 30%, Poster (MT) 10%

New assessment: Exercise (LT) 40%, Poster (MT) 20%, Research project (LT) 40%

PB200 Biological Psychology

Old assessment: Essay (ST) 10%, Essay (MT) 60%, Podcast (MT) 30%

New assessment: Essay (ST) 10%, Essay (MT) 70%, Podcast (MT) 20%

PB201 Cognitive Psychology

Old assessment: Essay (ST) 10%, Essay (MT) 70%, Group presentation (MT) 20%

New assessment: Essay (ST) 10%, Group presentation (MT) 70%, Other (MT)20%

PB202 Developmental Psychology

Old assessment: Essay (ST) 10%, Case study (LT) 70%, Exercise (LT) 20%

New assessment: Essay (ST) 10%, Research proposal (LT) 70%, Visual media (LT) 20%

PB204 Social Psychology: Individuals, Groups and Culture

Old assessment: Essay (ST) 10%, Group presentation (MT) 20%, Proposal (MT) 70%

New assessment: Essay (ST) 10%, Other (MT) 20%, Proposal (MT) 70%

PB205 Individual Differences and Why They Matter

Old assessment: Essay (ST) 10%, Report (LT) 70%, Visual media (LT) 20%

New assessment: Essay (ST) 10%, Annotated bibliography (LT) 20%, Report (LT) 70%

PB300 Advances in Psychological and Behavioural Science

Old assessment: Project (ST) 50%, Portfolio (ST) 50%

New assessment: Group Exercise (ST) 50%, Portfolio (LT) 50%

PB312 Research Apprenticeship

Old assessment: Reflective learning report (MT) 50%, Research report (MT) 50%  

New assessment: Assignment (LT) 50%, Learning log (LT) 50%

Department of Social Policy courses:

SP100 Understanding International Social and Public Policy

Old assessment: Blog post (LT) 10%, Group assignment (MT) 10%, Online assessment (ST) 80%

New assessment: Group assignment (MT) 20%, Online assessment (ST) 80%

SP110 Sociology and Social Policy

Old assessment: Essay (LT) 40%, Exam (ST) 60%

New assessment: Essay (LT) 40%, Online assessment (ST) 60%

SP201 Research Methods for Social Policy

Old assessment: Project (ST) 100%

New assessment: Project 50%, Take-home assessment 50%

SP210 Development and Social Change

Old assessment: Essay (LT) 50%, Online assessment (ST) 50%

New assessment: Essay (LT) 40%, Class participation (MT & LT) 30%, Online assessment (ST) 30%

Department of Sociology courses:

SO232 Sociology of Health and Illness

Old assessment: In-class assessment (MT) 20%, Take-home assessment (January) 80%

New assessment: Essay (LT) 90%, Class participation (MT) 10%

SO240 Crime, Deviance and Control

Old assessment: Take-home assessment (ST) 100%

New assessment: Essay (ST) 70%, Group Presentation (LT) 30%

SO312 Work, Inequality, and Society

Old assessment: Essay 80%, Presentation 10%, Class participation 10%

New assessment: Essay 90%, Class participation 10%

Department of Statistics courses:

ST207 Policing, Security and Globalisation

Old assessment: Coursework (MT) 40%, Project 60%

New assessment: Coursework (MT) 20%, Coursework (MT) 20%, Project (between MT & LT) 60%

ST310 Machine Learning

Old assessment: Project (LT) 30%, Exam (ST) 70%

New assessment: Coursework (MT) 15%, Coursework (MT) 15%, Project (LT) 40%, Group Project (LT) 30%

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