Master of Science by Coursework in Educational Assessment (Part-time)
1. The Course shall be under the supervision of the Academic Committee of the Department of Education.
2. Candidates must follow for six terms a course of instruction specialising in Educational Assessment. This course is available on a part-time basis only.
3. Candidates must satisfy the examiners in the following:
Year 1
(i) Assessment Issues and Practices – A submitted coursework assessment of not more than 4,000 words;
(ii) Assessment Design and Evaluation – A submitted coursework assessment of not more than 4,000 words;
(iii) Research synthesis for development of policy and practice – A submitted coursework assessment of not more than 5,000 words;
(iv) An option module, assessed by submitted coursework. Candidates will be informed of the available options by Friday of 0th week of Michaelmas Term in the year they start their course;
Year 2
(v) A dissertation of not more than 15,000 words, on a topic relevant to the course. The dissertation must be submitted no later than noon on the first Thursday in August in the final year of the course;
(vi) A synoptic viva voce.
4. The submitted coursework assessments, including the dissertation, must be submitted via the University approved online submission system, by dates and according to the instructions published in the Course Handbook. Technical information and the details of the assessment requirements for each assessment will be provided in the Course Handbook.
5. If a candidate receives a failing mark for any of the assessments, including the dissertation, they may resit the assessment on one further occasion, when this is next examined the following year, or at an earlier date which will be published in the Course Handbook. If a candidate receives a failing mark for the synoptic viva voce they may be re-examined on one further occasion, in week seven of Michaelmas Term.
6. Candidates must present themselves for an oral examination for any assessment if required by the examiners.
