No 6433
Wednesday 13 July 2016
Vol cxlvi No 38
pp. 748–791
Notices by Faculty Boards, or other bodies concerned, of changes to the form and conduct of certain examinations to be held in 2016–17, by comparison with those examinations in 2015–16, are published below. Complete details of the form and conduct of all examinations are available from the Faculties or Departments concerned.
The Degree Committee of Land Economy gives notice that, for the examinations to be held in 2016–17, the form of examination for each module offered will be as follows:
Please note: In instances where Land Economy Research students opt to take modules normally assessed by written examination, the Examiners will be asked to provide a separate assignment. Where a module is usually examined in a combination of forms it is also likely that the candidate will be set a separate assignment. Details of any such substitute assignments will be notified to the candidate(s) concerned once they have been confirmed with the relevant Examiners.
The module will be examined by a two-hour written examination. The written examination paper will consist of two sections. Section A will comprise one compulsory question. Candidates will also be required to answer two questions from a choice of no fewer than three in Section B. One model of approved calculator may be used – either CASIO fx 115 (any version) or CASIO fx 570 (any version) or CASIO fx991 (any version) or HP10BII or HP10BII+.
The module will be examined by a project of two parts (Part I: 80% and Part II: 20% of total marks). The project will be no more than 6,000 words in total length (Part I no more than 4,000 words and Part II no more than 2,000 words) and must not be on the topic of the candidate’s dissertation or on work previously completed. Candidates will be required to choose a topic in an area of Land Economy and complete the project using both quantitative and qualitative approaches.
The module will be examined by a 48-hour, 4,000-word project. Candidates will be required to answer three questions from a choice of no fewer than five.
The module will be examined by a 48-hour, 4,000-word project. Candidates will be required to answer one question from a choice of no fewer than three.
The module will be examined by one 5,000-word essay. Candidates are required to choose and answer a question from the list of questions circulated in advance.
The module will be examined by a two-hour written examination. Candidates will be required to answer two questions from a choice of no fewer than five.
The module will be examined by a two-hour written examination.
The module will be examined by a 4,000-word essay. Candidates will be required to answer one question from a choice of no fewer than two.
The module will be examined by a project (25% of final mark) and a two-hour written examination (75% of final mark). The project will be no more than 3,000 words in length. Candidates will be required to choose one task from a choice of no fewer than two. The written examination paper will consist of no fewer than six questions of which candidates will be required to answer two. One model of approved calculator may be used – either CASIO fx 115 (any version) or CASIO fx 570 (any version) or CASIO fx991 (any version) or HP10BII or HP10BII+.
The module will be examined by a two-hour written examination. The written examination paper will consist of two sections. Candidates will be required to answer one question from a choice of no fewer than two in Section A and one question from a choice of no fewer than two in Section B.
The module will be examined by a project (20% of final mark) and a two-hour written examination (80% of final mark).
The module will be examined by a 4,000-word project. Candidates will be required to undertake the stipulated task.
The module will be examined by a 48-hour project of no more than 5,000 words in length. Candidates will be required to answer two questions, one from Section A and one from Section B; each Section will contain no fewer than two questions.
The module will be examined by a 48-hour, 4,000-word project. Candidates will be required to answer one question from a choice of no fewer than three.
The module will be examined by a two-hour written examination (70%) and a team project of no more than 6,000 words (30%). The written examination paper will consist of no fewer than six questions of which candidates will be required to answer three.
The module will be examined by two 4,000-word essays. Candidates will be required to answer two questions from a choice of no fewer than six.
The module will be examined by a two-hour written examination. Candidates will be required to answer two questions from a choice of no fewer than five.
The module will be examined by a two-hour written examination. Candidates will be required to answer two questions from a choice of no fewer than five.
The module will be examined by a two-hour written examination. Candidates will be required to answer two questions from a choice of no fewer than six. One model of approved calculator may be used – either CASIO fx 115 (any version) or CASIO fx 570 (any version) or CASIO fx991 (any version) or HP10BII or HP10BII+.
The module will be examined by a 4,000-word essay. Candidates will be required to answer one question from a choice of no fewer than two.
The module will be examined by a 4,000-word essay. Candidates will be required to undertake the stipulated task.
The module will be examined by a group project within which candidates will be assigned an individual task to complete. Candidates will be required to undertake the stipulated task. The module will be assessed through group presentations (25% of final mark) and a written report (75% of final mark) with a total word count of no more than 10,000 words.
The module will be examined by a project (40% of final mark) and a two-hour written examination (60% of final mark). The project will be no more than 3,000 words in length. Candidates will be required to undertake the stipulated task. The written examination paper will consist of no fewer than six questions of which candidates will be required to answer two. One model of approved calculator may be used – either CASIO fx 115 (any version) or CASIO fx 570 (any version) or CASIO fx991 (any version) or HP10BII or HP10BII+.
The module will be examined by a project (25% of final mark) and a two-hour written examination (75% of final mark). The project will be no more than 3,000 words in length. Candidates will be required to undertake the stipulated task. The written examination paper will consist of no fewer than six questions, of which candidates will be required to answer two. One model of approved calculator may be used – either CASIO fx 115 (any version) or CASIO fx 570 (any version) or CASIO fx991 (any version) or HP10BII or HP10BII+.
The module will be examined by two essays of no more than 4,000 words each. For each essay candidates will be required to answer one question from a choice of no fewer than two.
All papers will be examined by means of a two-hour unseen written paper unless otherwise specified.
Unless otherwise specified in the paper:
(a)within each paper, all questions will carry equal weight;
(b)within each question, all parts carry equal weight.
Where candidates are permitted to use their own materials, no markings will be allowed in those materials nor will candidates be permitted to attach anything or insert anything within those materials. No spare copies of permitted materials will be made available for candidates in the examinations. Candidates infringing this rule may be required to surrender their copy and may be reported for the infringement. Except for essential valuation tables, candidates who have to surrender their copy will not be provided with replacement material to use in the examination.
The permitted calculators for use in the Land Economy M.Phil. examinations will be the standard University calculator CASIO fx 115 (any version); CASIO fx 570 (any version) or CASIO fx991 (any version); the Hewlett Packard HP 10BII or HP10BII+. Candidates may only bring one model of calculator into the examination hall. Candidates may not bring into the examinations external media associated with any calculator, such as instruction manuals, magnetic cards, or memory modules, but they may bring in spare batteries. Candidates are warned that the Examiners are not prepared to make allowances, when marking, for the malfunction of a candidate’s calculator for whatever reason.
Candidates may not bring into the examinations dictionaries of any sort.
The following rules apply unless otherwise specified on the assignment paper:
(i)One hard copy of all assignments for examination should be submitted by the specified deadline, in addition to an electronic version in MS Word/Excel/PowerPoint (not a PDF file) submitted via CamTools;
(ii)Candidates should not put their name on any piece of work submitted for examination; they should instead use their Departmental Candidate Number;
(iii)Loose-leaf submissions are not acceptable, although candidates may choose to secure their work however they wish, i.e. file, binding, staple, etc;
(iv)Candidates will be required to submit a Project Declaration Form as a separate piece of paper with each project, indicating the module number/name, candidate number and name, and stating that it is all their own work, within the word limit, and that they agree to their work being checked by plagiarism detection software (Turnitin UK), should the need arise;
(v)Penalties will be applied by the Board of Examiners in the event of late submission. This includes the late submission of the required electronic version;
(vi)Penalties will be applied by the Board of Examiners in the event that the prescribed word limit is exceeded.