Module Identifier | GG35220 | ||
Module Title | GLOBAL FOOD CHAIN:GEOG OF PROD, DISTRIB + CONSUMP SINCE 1500 | ||
Academic Year | 2001/2002 | ||
Co-ordinator | Dr John Walton | ||
Semester | Intended for use in future years | ||
Next year offered | N/A | ||
Next semester offered | N/A | ||
Pre-Requisite | This module requires a minimum enrolment of 14. | ||
Course delivery | Seminar | 20 Hours 10 x 2 hours | |
Assessment | Course work | Four submitted seminar papers (maximum length 1500 words each) with assessment based on the best three. Seminar papers must be submitted for assessment within 14 days of the seminar to which they relate. Papers relating to seminars held in the last two weeks of term must be submitted no later than the second day of the following term (i.e. by the end of the second day of the examination period). Late submissions subject to the departmental penalty of 5% points per day. All elements to be completed to obtain a pass; mark based on the aggregate performance. Attendance at seminars is compulsory. Three (3) marks will be deducted from the overall assessment for the module for each seminar that a student misses, unless the module co-ordinator receives notification of absence prior to the seminar concerned and the reasons for absence are condonable. | 75% |
Exam | 2 Hours Unseen multiple-choice examination paper. Answer all 40 questions. | 25% | |
Resit assessment | Students who fail the module will normally be allowed a resit, which will involve the resubmission of failed seminar papers and the submission of any seminar papers which were not submitted. Students may resit the examination component if the original mark for the examination component was less than 40%. Marks for any component marked at 40% or more will be carried forward. In the absence of extenuating circumstances (eg. illness), the maximum mark available on any resit component will be 40%. Marks lost through uncondoned absence cannot be recovered, and will be deducted from the overall resit mark. |