Assessment
Courses can be assessed by a diverse range of methods and can take the form of formative work which provides the student with on-going feedback as well as summative assessment which is submitted for credit.
In Year 1
Essays
Written Examinations (unseen)
Assessment of participation in tutorials
In Year 2
Essays
Written Examinations (unseen)
Assessment of participation in tutorials
In Year 3
Essays
Written Examinations (unseen)
Examination of statistical reasoning and skills (seen – Doing Survey Research)
Assessment of Group Project (Designing and Doing Social Research)
Research Wiki (Designing and Doing Social Research)
Research Proposal (Sociology Project)
Exercise applying social theory to everyday news (Social Theory)
Assessment of Online Journal (Sociology of Intoxication option course)
Online Notice-board Multimedia Exercise (Youth Culture, Media and Society option course)
In Year 4
Essays
Written Examinations (unseen)
Take-home exams
Assessment of original research work (Honours Project)
Assessment of research-based poster (Project Presentation option course)
Assessment of oral presentation (Project Presentation option course)
Assessment of Online Journal (Sociology of Intoxication option course)
Online Notice-board Multimedia Exercise (Youth Culture, Media and Society option course) |