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Submission
of Coursework, Pre-honours and Honours
You
are expected to submit your coursework by
the published deadlines and in the format
detailed in the relevant Course Handbook.
All
undergraduate coursework in the School will
be marked anonymously.
It is essential, therefore, that you submit
your coursework according to the School's
guidelines:
Instructions
for Submitting Anonymous Coursework
All
undergraduate coursework in the School is
marked anonymously.
Your coursework must be submitted as
detailed below to be accepted
as complete and on
time.
Incomplete submissions will incur lateness
penalties until all items are
received.
- Make two paper copies
of your coursework and insert only your
Examination Number in
the header of every page. This number
is on your Student Card and is not your
Matriculation Number
- Add one completed ‘Declaration of Own
Work' to the top copy
only
NB:
Submitted coursework will not
be considered ‘on time' unless it is in
the drop box by the designated deadline
Feedback
on your Work
'Feedback' plays a vital role in sustaining
excellence in teaching and learning.
Feedback is the information given to you
which can enable you to review what you
know, understand and can do in your studies,
and to identify areas for improvement.
Feedback opportunities arise within timetabled
classes as well as more informally. And
feedback can be provided not only on your
coursework assignments, tests and exam answers,
but also on activities that are not formally
assessed such as class discussions, group
exercises, problem-solving and project proposals.
The University has agreed standards required
of feedback, and a framework of guiding
principles to underpin the effective provision
and use of feedback by your teachers and
by yourself, as a student.
Feedback Standards and Guiding Principles
Late
Coursework
Late
coursework submitted without an authorised
extension will be recorded as late and the
following penalties will apply:
5 percentage points will be deducted for
every working day it is late, up to a maximum
of 5 working days. After this time a mark
of zero will be recorded.
These
penalties follow the University's
Undergraduate Assessment Regulations.
Late
coursework will only be accepted without
penalty if you have provided a good reason
and have been granted an extension.
Extensions
You
are expected to plan your work to meet the
published deadlines for submission of coursework.
If exceptional circumstances arise which
may prevent you from meeting these deadlines
it is esstential you apply for an extension
- in advance of the deadline which this
is possible.
Please follow the School's guidelines
carefully:
Extension Request Forms: If you are unable
to telephone or email your request for an
extension, you should complete the appropriate
form for your year and hand it in to Reception
(Years 1 and 2) or to the Student Support
Office (Years 3 and 4)
Please remember that you do not
have an extension until authorisation has
been confirmed.
The usual late penalties will apply to all
work not submitted by 12 noon on the authorised
extension date
Reporting
Special Circumstances
It
is your responsibility to report any 'Special
Circumstances' that affect your ability
to perform on a specific course.
Return
of Coursework
It
is the School's policy that marked coursework
is to be returned to students within three
working weeks of submission. Please remember
that University holidays and vacation periods
do not count as working weeks.
Your coursework will be available for collection
from Undergraduate Reception (room G.08).
Retention
of Assessment Materials
The
School retains its copies of student assessment
materials such as essays, reports, projects
or exam scripts, for a limited period of
time after the relevant Board of Examiners
meeting.
Students'
copies of assessment materials and feedback
comments which have not been collected by
the end of a session will be disposed of
in teaching week 2 of the following session.
Dissertations
Information
about choosing a dissertation is available
on the Undergraduate Dissertations page
for each subject area:
Dissertation
'Archive'
The School retains a number of undergraduate
dissertations each year for learning and
teaching purposes.
From 2010 submissions onwards, these exemplars
are available to our current students in
an online 'archive'.
We hope that this material will be useful
to students when thinking about their own
dissertation project; the archive contains
examples of some of the best dissertations
that previous students have done.
We also seek to preserve and to celebrate
the excellent research that undergraduate
students do here.
Access the online Dissertation Archive
(password-protected)
Paper
copies of older dissertations are available
to consult in Undergraduate Reception.
Undergraduate Prizes
A number of undergraduate prizes and bursaries
are awarded each year in the School of History,
Classics and Archaeology.
There are prizes at pre-honours and honours
levels, as well as prizes for overall performance
by graduating students.
The School is also invited to nominate undergraduate
dissertations for several UK prizes.
A summary of the School's undergraduate
prizes is available here:
SHCA Undergraduate Prizes
Research
Ethics
For
4th year Dissertations and other courses
involving research, such as History in Practice
and Archaeology in Practice, you will be
required to complete an Ethics Questionnaire.
The
School's Ethic Policy provides additional
information and guidance.
Assessment
Regulations
The
University's assessment regulations govern
how courses in our School are assessed.
These Regulations also include details of
the University's Common Marking Scheme which
is used for all the School's undergraduate
coursework and examinations.
Marks
and Grades Information
Guide
to Honours Degree Classification
Your
honours degree will be classified in accordance
with the University's Undergraduate Assessment
Regulations.
The School has produced a guide for our
students explaining how honours degrees
are classified. Please contact the Undergraduate
Administrator if you are still unsure
about these procedures.
The
College of Humanities and Social Science
produces the formal guidance to Schools
on degree classification and we have added
it here, for your information:
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