Undergraduate Module Descriptor

POL3198: Revolution and Modern Political Thought

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
Students will be requires to respond orally to Socratic questions in the course of each seminar	Discussion in seminar	1-8	Oral
Draft of essay 1	3000 words	1-6, 8	Written

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
90	0	10

...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
Essay 1	35	3000 words	1-6, 8	Written
Essay 2	40	3000 words	1-6, 8	Written
Each student is expected to contribute to an ELE discussion eight times (200 words)	15	1600 words	1-8	Via ELE
In class presentation	10	15 minutes	1-8	Oral and written
	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
Essay 1	Essay 1 (3000 words)	1-6, 8	August / September re-assessment period
Essay 2	Essay 2 (3000 words)	1-6, 8	August/ September re-assessment period
In class presentation	Written review of one week's reading	1-6, 8	August/ September re-assessment period
ELE discussion	Two textual analysis of 750 words on two different week's reading	1-6, 8	August/ September re-assessment period.

Re-assessment notes

Students referred or deferred for the ELE discussions will have to write two textual analyses (750 words each) on the readings for two different weeks in the August/September reassessment period. This will count for 15% of the module. If students are referred or deferred for either of the two essays they will need to write it again in the August/September reassessment period. Essays 1 will count for 35% and essay 2 will count for 40%. Students referred or deferred for the oral presentation will submit a brief written analysis in the August/September reassessment period covering the readings of the relevant week. This will constitute 10% of the module