What is the method of assessment for MSc students in the IRD?
Examinations are the primary method of assessment. In most MSc courses in the IRD you are assessed on the basis of a final exam in the Summer Term. The mark for that exam will constitute 100% of your mark in the course unit. In all courses, you must write short essays (normally maximum 2,000 words in length) as part of your preparation for the exam. These essays are marked by seminar teachers, but the essay marks do not count towards your final mark (except in IR408 below). Note: Students may substitute the third essay for a timed, hand-written answer to a past examination question as long as it is submitted by the essay 3 deadline. The one exception is IR408 Systemic Change: The Origins and Nature of the Cold War System and its End which has a 3-hour unseen written examination which accounts for 75% of the final result, and two essays including a 1-hour timed essay done in class with notes which accounts for 20%. A further 5% is based on student contributions producing ideas and quest
