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Types of Assessment
Assessment is both formative (to help you develop your skills) and summative (counting towards your final examination mark for the module).
During your studies, you will find significant variation in the types and style of assessment you are required to undertake. Alongside traditional written essays and examinations, you will find multiple choice questionnaires, online tests, oral presentations, book reviews, group projects and many other forms of assessment. In the following section you will find helpful hints on how to approach these tasks, which will help you maximise your performance.
Assessment Criteria
All SSEES undergraduate assessed work is marked against the approved marking criteria. The detailed SSEES Undergraduate Assessment Criteria can be found on the SSEES Website (undergraduate resources). Please study these closely in order to understand the criteria against which your work will be assessed. This will help you to learn how to be self-critical and to improve the standard of your work.
The minimum pass mark for examinations and assessed coursework essays for undergraduate students is 40%.
Please note that the marks for assessed coursework and examinations you are issued with during the year are all provisional until they are ratified by the relevant SSEES and 乱伦秀 Examination Boards at the end of the academic year. You will be notified once this has happened. (This 鈥榩rovisionality鈥� is simply because of the formal procedure. It does not mean that you can ask your teachers re-mark work and change marks.)