Assessment
The course provides opportunities to test understanding and learning informally through the completion of practice or 'formative' assignments. Each module has one or more formal or 'summative' assessments which are graded and count towards the overall module grade. These assignments might indicatively be essays, critical reflections, presentations and reports.
There are no exams on the course.
Assessment methods include a range of coursework assessments such as essays, critical reflections, reports, portfolios, projects, case study, presentations and a final year independent studies project.
The precise assessment requirements for an individual student in an academic year will vary according to the mandatory and optional modules taken, but a typical formal summative assessment pattern for each year of the course is:
Year 1
3 essays
3 critical reflections
2 presentations
1 report
Year 2
2 essays
2 portfolios
1 research proposal
1 critical reflection
1 presentation
I project
Year 3
1 independent study
3 essays
2 case studies
2 presentations
1 report
1 reflective summary