Economics and Accounting BSc Placement offered Joint honours

Teaching and Assessment Teaching How many hours of study are involved? You will have about 12 to 14 hours of directed study a week in Level 1. This number decreases in Levels 2 and 3. Students are also expected to undertake substantial independent study. How will I be taught? Lectures – These provide a broad overview of key concepts and ideas relating to your course and establish a framework from which to carry out more in depth study. Workshops – These are generally used for modules in finance or quantitative subjects. They often take the form of working through answers to a previously distributed assignment sheet of exercise questions. Seminars – These relatively small groups are used to examine the lecture material in more detail, and to analyse and apply theoretical concepts in specific contexts. One-to-one – You will have one-to-one supervision for your final year dissertation, and at all levels you will have a personal tutor who is available to discuss personal and academic problems. If you go on placement, you will also be allocated a work placement tutor who will monitor your progress and provide further support if you need it. Other – This may include guest speakers from prominent organisations, research seminars and external site visits. Assessment In your final year you will undertake a dissertation which is linked to your degree. This is a piece of personal research which is often seen by prospective employers and which may stem directly from a work placement. Otherwise the subject will be stimulated by topical issues such as directors' pay, regulation of utilities or European monetary union. Our staff have extensive research expertise in these and other areas, leading to a Research Assessment of 4 in the last Government exercise.. Each subject is assessed in the term when it is studied. The proportion of exam to coursework is approximately 75% to 25%, but some courses have a higher proportion of continuous assessment