Policy for Assessment of Autumn Semester Study Abroad Students

Full year or second semester associate students are normally assessed in the usual way by written examination in May/June. Associate students who are at Queen Mary for the first semester only should be asked by the course organiser early in the semester to agree to the form the assessments will take. This should be based on the following principles:
  1. The lecturer must be confident that the marks are based on the student's own work and so the assessment will normally include a test taken under exam conditions, or an oral examination.
  2. Any special test or examination should be as late in the term as practicable, so that as much of the syllabus as possible is covered.
  3. The marking of any test or examination should be checked by a co-examiner, who should also agree to the overall assessment mark.
  4. The method of assessment must be acceptable to both Queen Mary and the student's home university.
  5. The marks from Autumn Semester students will be given to the Registry at the end of the autumn semester and will then be returned to the SEB in the following June for formal approval.

Students on first or second year courses may be assessed on the basis of in-class tests or a combination of these and weekly coursework. For more advanced courses a special written paper should be set, or the student should be examined orally by the lecturer and a co-examiner; the final mark may again contain weekly coursework as a component.

This policy was ratified by the SEB on 18 June 2001