Module POLM150 for 2021/2
- Overview
- Aims and Learning Outcomes
- Module Content
- Indicative Reading List
- Assessment
Postgraduate Module Descriptor
POLM150: Text as Data
This module descriptor refers to the 2021/2 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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Practicals | 4 short assignments to reinforce programming skills. | 1-5,8-10 | 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 |
---|---|---|
85 | 0 | 15 |
...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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Research proposal | 10 | 800 words | 2-7, 9-10 | Written |
Research essay | 75 | 4,000 words | 1-10 | Written |
Presentation (individual) | 15 | 10 minutes | 1-10 | Written |
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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Research proposal | 1-2 pages proposal | 2-7,9-10 | August/September reassessment period |
Research Essay | 4,000 words essay | 1-10 | August/September reassessment period |
Presentation (individual) | 10 minutes presentation | 1-10 | Spring term |
Indicative Reading List
This reading list is indicative - i.e. it provides an idea of texts that may be useful to you on this module, but it is not considered to be a confirmed or compulsory reading list for this module.
Basic reading:
- Swaroop C H, A Byte of Python. https://python.swaroopch.com.
- Diipanjan Sarkar, Text Analytics with Python: A Practical Real-World Approach (New York, NY: Springer).
- Justin Grimmer and Brandon M. Stewart (2013) “Text as Data: The Promise and Pitfalls of Automatic Content Methods for Political Texts,” Political Analysis 21 (3): 267-297.
- Michael Alvarez (eds), Computational Social Science (Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press).