|
Component
|
Course
|
Weight (%)
|
Term
|
Contact
|
Assessment
|
|
|
Competing
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
7.5
|
MT
|
|
|
|
|
Approaches in
|
|
|
16
|
3-hour Exam
|
|
|
|
(Y1)
|
(Y1)
|
|
|
|
Area Studies
|
Area Studies
|
|
|
|
|
|
Core (15%)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Global and Area
|
7.5
|
HT
|
|
4,000 word
|
|
|
|
|
|
16
|
|
|
|
Studies Seminar
|
(Y1)
|
(Y1)
|
|
essay
|
|
Comparative Area Studies Core:
|
7.5
|
HT
|
|
3-hour Exam or essay,
|
|
|
|
|
16
|
|
|
Paper (7.5%)
|
(Y1)
|
(Y1)
|
|
per course
|
|
Research
|
Qualitative
|
7.5
|
MT
|
|
Take home exam
|
|
|
|
|
|
16
|
|
|
Methods (7.5%)
|
Methods
|
(Y1)
|
(Y1)
|
|
(2,500 word)
|
|
|
Quantitative
|
|
HT
|
|
Take home exam
|
|
Research
|
|
|
|
24
|
|
|
|
Methods
|
|
(Y1)
|
|
(2,500 word)
|
|
Methods
|
|
7.5
|
|
|
|
|
(choose 1 from)
|
|
(Y1)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Historical
|
|
|
|
|
|
(7.5%)
|
|
|
HT
|
|
2,500 word
|
|
|
Research
|
|
(Y1)
|
16
|
essay
|
|
|
Methods
|
|
|
|
|
|
Research
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Research
|
|
TT
|
|
4,000 word
|
|
Methods
(formative only)
|
Proposal
|
NA
|
(Y1)
|
NA
|
proposal
|
|
|
22.5
|
|
|
3-hour
|
|
Options (choose 3)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(Y1 x 1 /
|
|
48
|
exam or
|
|
(22.5%)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Y2 x 2)
|
|
|
essay
|
|
|
|
|
|
30,000 word
|
|
Thesis
|
40.0
|
Y1-Y2
|
20-30
|
thesis
|
|
|
|
MT
|
|
|
|
Area Studies Immersion
|
NA
|
|
NA
|
NA
|
|
|
|
(Y1)
|
|
|
Notes: MT = Michaelmas Term (October – December); HT = Hilary Term (January – March); Y1 = Year 1; Y2 = Year 2; Contact refers to a guide for actual contact hours, excluding thesis supervision and additional training related to the development of the research thesis.
