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. Assessment methods include essays, reports, discussion papers, discourse analyses, portfolios, presentations, case studies, and a third-year dissertation.
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 Sociology course is as follows:
Year 1
- Report
- 2 essays
- Reflective autobiography
- Case study analysis
- Portfolio
- Book review
- Study-trip report
Year 2
- Book review
- 2 essays
- Research proposal
- 2 presentations
- 2 reports
- Sociological journal
Year 3
- Dissertation
- Annotated bibliography
- 2 case study analyses
- Poster presentation/essay (combined)
- 3 essays
You will receive feedback on practice assessments and on formal assessments undertaken by coursework. Feedback is intended to support learning and you are encouraged to discuss it with personal academic tutors and module tutors as appropriate. We aim to provide you with feedback on formal course work assessments within 20 working days of hand-in.