Assessment
Assessment for all degrees is through a combination of exams and coursework. Exams are the more important part of the process, but the assessed coursework will help you to work steadily throughout your degree. This is particularly important in mathematics where the subject matter develops logically from fairly simple beginnings.
Coursework typically contributes 20 per cent to the assessment of each module except in the final year of the MMath and MSci programmes. In the third and fourth years several modules allow you to undertake further coursework to contribute to your overall degree classification.
You must pass your first year assessment in order to progress to the second year, but the results do not count towards your degree classification. For three-year programmes, the assessments in the second and third years contribute to your final degree classification. For four-year programmes the assessments in the second, third and fourth years all contribute to your final degree classification.
