Module SOC2021 for 2018/9
Undergraduate Module Descriptor
SOC2021: Understanding Social Inequalities
This module descriptor refers to the 2018/9 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 |
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Individual seminar presentations | 5 minutes | 1-9 | Verbal Feedback |
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 |
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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 |
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Essay | 50 | 2,000 words | 1-9 | ELE |
Weekly reading summaries | 40 | 10 x 200 words each (Total of 2,000 words) | 1-9 | ELE |
Individual seminar presentations | 10 | 5 minutes | 1-9 | Verbal feedback |
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 |
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Essay | Essay 2,000 words | 1-9 | August/September reassessment period |
Weekly reading summaries | 10 x 200 words each (Total of 2,000 words) | 1-9 | August/September reassessment period |
Individual seminar presentations | Seminar presentations slides and written commentary for 5 minute presentation. | 1-9 | August/September reassessment period |
Re-assessment notes
Where you have been referred/deferred as a result of failing or not completing the weekly reading summary to enable you to pass that component of the module’s summative assessment, you will need to submit a reading summary covering that week’s topic in the reassessment period. Where you have been referred/deferred as a result of failing or not completing the seminar presentation, you will need to submit the presentation slides and written commentary in the reassessment period.