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Assessment methods
Most courses within the Department of Economics and International Studies are assessed mainly by a written three-hour examination. A student's performance in course work plays a part in the assessment process, however, in many subjects. The 'normal' (though not invariable) situation is for course work to comprise 20 per cent of the final mark and examination performance 80 per cent. The nature of the course work varies. Sometimes it is a number of short essays and sometimes a more extended piece of work. There is also provision for one course in a student's programme to be assessed entirely by thesis if the relevant member of staff agrees to act as a superviser.