Your assessment pattern will depend on which year you are in.

Extracts for Formative Close Reading here.Link opens in a new window Please submit on email by the end of Week 7 or in person in seminars in Week 7.

Summative Essay Questions 2025Link opens in a new window. If you are an intermediate student or a visiting student, please refer to this document for the essay titles.

Intermediate years

1 X formative 800-1000-word close reading exercise.

1 X summative 3500-word essay to be written in response to a title from a list provided by the convenor.

Finalists

1 X formative 800-1000-word close reading exercise.

1 X summative 4500-word essay to be written in response to a research topic devised by students.