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Sex in Science (HPSC20023) // Assessment

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Assessment

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A paper identifying the assumptions about sex in a scientific article, and explaining their influence on the research.

  • 2000 words
Week 840%

3 summaries of key concepts and/or articles (200 words each, 10% each)

  • 600 words
From Week 1 to Week 630%

A "The Conversation" style piece (1000 words) that provides a critical assessment of a contemporary gender debate informed by scientific research. This is to be supplemented with an annotated bibliography providing references and brief justifications for claims made in the piece (400 words).

  • 1400 words
During the examination period30%

Hurdle requirement

Hurdle requirement: students must attend a minimum of 75% of lectorials in order to pass this subject. All pieces of written work must be submitted in order to pass this subject. 		Throughout the semesterN/A

Last updated: 21 January 2025