Assessment and Contact Hours
Assessment
The assessment for this 30 CATS first-year module is as follows:
Seminar contributions (10%)
Students are marked on their engagement with, participation in, and contribtions to seminars. Some seminar tutors may ask you to deliver a small presentation. You may also wish to complete a short reflection at the end of the year. More information is available on Moodle. The department mark scheme for seminar contributions can be found here.
1000-word essay plan (10%)
This assignment is designed to help you build towards an undergraduate level essay. The plan should provide a detailed outline of your argument, main points, and evidence. More guidance, including template guides, are available on Moodle.
2000-word essay or equivalent (30%)
3000-word essay (50%)
Further information on assessment
All deadlines are detailed in Tabula. For more information on submission, referencing, extensions, and marking, please see the UG Handbook in the first instance.
Please note, all written assignments should be appropriately referenced using footnotes (MHRA or Chicago). You must not use in-text citations. For further support with referencing, please see the Libary website.
No material presented in ANY summative essay may be re-used, either in an examination answer or in a summative essay for another module or in a summative essay/dissertation in a module taken in a subsequent year.
Contact Hours
Contact hours for this 30 CATS first-year module are as follows:
- Module duration: Twenty-three weeks
- Lectures: Twenty one-hour lectures
- Seminars: Twenty one-hour seminars
- Tutorials: Five hours of essay feedback and long essay preparation*
- Total: Forty-five hours
*This includes office hour meetings with your seminar tutor; you are required to take the initiative to meet with them, just ask about office hours or view their staff page. All staff will be happy to speak with you about the module and provide feedback and feedforward advice.