Politics

Management and Governance: Comparing Public Administration around the World
Module POLM002M for 2019/0

Postgraduate Module Descriptor

POLM002M: Management and Governance: Comparing Public Administration around the World

This module descriptor refers to the 2019/0 academic year.

How this Module is Assessed

In the tables below, you will see reference to 'ILO's. An ILO is an Intended Learning Outcome - see Aims and Learning Outcomes for details of the ILOs for this module.

Formative Assessment

A formative assessment is designed to give you feedback on your understanding of the module content but it will not count towards your mark for the module.

Form of assessment	Size of the assessment (eg length / duration)	ILOs assessed	Feedback method
Participation in seminars	Daily	1-9	Verbal feedback

Summative Assessment

A summative assessment counts towards your mark for the module. The table below tells you what percentage of your mark will come from which type of assessment.

Coursework	Written exams	Practical exams
80	0	20

...and this table provides further details on the summative assessments for this module.

Form of assessment	% of credit	Size of the assessment (eg length / duration)	ILOs assessed	Feedback method
Web-Based Assessment (based on set text or texts)	20	The assessment to be a review of text or article made available in advance of the module 1000 words	1, 3 5	Written feedback
Reflective Learning log	20	800 words	1-9	Written feedback
Coursework Essay	60	2,500 words	1-8	One week marking turnaround with written feedback

Re-assessment

Re-assessment takes place when the summative assessment has not been completed by the original deadline, and the student has been allowed to refer or defer it to a later date (this only happens following certain criteria and is always subject to exam board approval). For obvious reasons, re-assessments cannot be the same as the original assessment and so these alternatives are set. In cases where the form of assessment is the same, the content will nevertheless be different.

Original form of assessment	Form of re-assessment	ILOs re-assessed	Timescale for re-assessment
Web-Based Assessment (based on set text or texts)	Web-Based Assessment (based on set text or texts)	1,3,5	Next reassessment period
Reflective Learning log	Reflective Learning log	1-9	Next reassessment period
Coursework Essay	Coursework Essay	1-8	Next reassessment period