MSc Assessment Information
- Assessments and Deadlines for Formal Submissions
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Full details about the assessment and deadlines for each module are available on the Physics and Astronomy Department web pages.
Coursework and some formal assessments are submitted during the terms with individual deadlines listed on Sussex Direct.
Examinations and other formal assessments (essays, projects, outlines) are usually submitted during one of the three examinations periods during the year. You can check the precise dates on the University's term dates but the current examination periods are as follows:
- A1 Period - January to February
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Usually examinations and formal assessments for Autumn Term modules will take place during this period from approximately mid-January to early-February. This examination period takes place after the Winter Break and before the start of the Spring Term.
- A2 Period - May to June
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Usually examinations and formal assessments for Spring Term modules will take place during this period from approximately May to June. This examination period takes place after the Spring Term and before the start of the Summer Vacation period.
- A3 (Resit) Period - August to September
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Usually resit examinations and resit formal assessments will take place during this period from approximately late-August to early-September. This examination period normally takes place students submit their MSc Dissertation. If you require resits or sits, you will be contacted during the Summer, usually in July or August.
- Deadlines and your Study Timetable
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Please note you will have various assessment deadlines for each module, as well as your MSc project. Each one of your core and optional module assessments and deadlines for submission appears in your study timetable on Sussex Direct.
It is your responsibility to be aware of these deadlines.
It is equally important that such deadlines are met; the University applies a system of penalties to assessments that are handed in late.
For more details, please consult the Examination and Assessment Handbook available on the Academic Quality and Partnerships website.
- MSc Dissertation and Presentation
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The assessment of the MSc research project/dissertation includes a dissertation and an oral presentation.
Supervisors for MSc research projects/dissertations are allocated at the start of the autumn term, in consultation with the relevant MSc convenor.
The presentation will be arranged during the Spring Term each year so that MSc students give their presentations in sessions along with other students and faculty in the research group and wider department.
- MSc Dissertation Mark Sheets and Guidance
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Various marks and guidance sheets are available to download below.
Please click the document title to be given the choice to view or download these documents.