Undergraduate Module Descriptor

POL2077: Data Analysis in Social Science II

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
Class presentation of data analysis problem	One 15-minute class presentation	3-4, 6-8, 10-11	Verbal

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
40	60	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
Final Examination	60	1 hour	1-9, 12	Written
Homework assignments	40	Equivalent to 750-1000 words in total	1-9	Written
	0
	0
	0
	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
Final Examination	Final Examination (1 hour)	1-9	August/September re-assessment period
Homework assignments	1 written assignment with data analysis component (750-1000 words)	1-9	August/September re-assessment period

Re-assessment notes

Where you have been referred/deferred as a result of failing or not completing a sufficient number of Homework assignments to enable you to pass that component of the module’s summative assessment, then you will be asked to undertake an alternative written assignment with a data analysis component (equivalent to between 750 and 1000 words in total). This new written assignment will constitute 40% of the final module mark.