Undergraduate Module Descriptor

POL2065: Environmental Politics

This module descriptor refers to the 2017/8 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
Paired presentations in tutorials	10 minutes each	1-10, 12-13	Oral
Environmental politics news summary	Throughout course assessed via ongoing levels of contribution	1-10, 12-13	Oral
Contribution to class discussion	Throughout course - assessed via oral summaries of assigned reading + student questions	1-10, 12-13	Oral

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
100	0	0

...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
Environmental policy case study	60	2,500 words	1-11	Written & oral with returned essay
Report from tutorial presentation	40	1,500 words	1-11	Written & oral with returned essay
	0

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
Environmental policy case study	Case Study (2,500 words)	2,500 words	August/September re-assessment period
Report from tutorial presentation	Critique key readings from a tutorial topic (1500 words)	1,500 words	August/September re-assessment period