The module is assessed by two pieces of formal assessed work and an examination:

• a textual commentary of between 1,500 and 2,000 words, to be submitted in Week 1 of Term 2 (worth 20% of the overall end-of-year mark for this module)
• a 3,000 word essay, to be submitted in Week 1 of Term 3 (worth 30% of the overall mark)
• a 3-hour written examination, to be sat in Term 3 (worth 50% of the overall mark for the module)

You must follow the published assessment guidelines

 

Assessment 1

Assessment work (Essay 1) for 2014-15 can be downloaded here.

Assessment 2

Assessment work (Essay 2) for 2014-15 can be downloaded here.

Deadlines are listed in the UG Studies Handbook

 

Assessment 3

is by examination in the summer.

• You can get some idea of the types of question asked in past papers by accessing the on-line store of past papers.