100 Introduction to Philosophy 

ASSESSMENT

The assessment of the course consists of coursework written during the Michaelmas and Lent Terms, and a written examination in the Summer Term. The coursework assignments will be on Sections 1-4 of the course, and the examination will require you to answer 3 questions, one on Section 5 of the course and two on sections 1-4 of the course. The assignments consist of an essay or the like of about 1,500 words in length. The schedule for these assignments is set out below, with the deadlines, the handing-out and return dates. Guidance on what you are expected to do, and instructions on how and where it is to be handed in, etc., will be provided for each assignment, so please read these carefully when you receive them. They normally will be given out in lectures. It is your responsibility to make sure you receive the handouts. Copies of all handouts can be obtained from the Centre for Philosophy's Offices (C.18/C.19 Furness).

For your final mark at the end of the year, your coursework mark counts for two-thirds and your exam mark for one third. Omissions in coursework, however, or failure in the examination, count more heavily than they would on a straightforward application of this ratio. You are cautioned that anyone who is seriously in arrears with coursework risks exclusion from the University. The relationship between numerical marks and final Part I grades is fully explained in the Examinations section of the University Undergraduate Courses Handbook. (As a rough guide, you must have a final aggregate after the examination of over 35 to qualify for a minimum pass, and over 45 in a subject for admission to Part II major or combined major in that subject. See appendix 3).

12. DATES FOR ESSAYS

For deadlines see Part 1 handbook

No essay is required for Section 5: Morality, but there is a compulsory question to do in the exam on this part of the course. Do not post essays in the essay box after the deadline given above unless you have seen the Part I Director of Studies or Helen in C.18/C.19, Furness. Extensions for essays will not be given unless you have a valid reason - all illnesses should be covered by a sick note/self-certification note. If you are granted an extension you will be allowed normally no longer than the week the marked essays are given back to students. Once the marked essays have been given back and you still need an extension you will have to work on a different essay title which can be obtained from the Centre for Philosophy office. Extensions of this kind will, however, only be granted in exceptional circumstances.

13. SUBMISSION AND COLLECTION OF ESSAYS

Essays should be handed in via the essay box which is on the wall in the Reception area near the Part I Board in the Centre for Philosophy (IEPPP) on C. Floor in Furness College. Please fill in a cover sheet for your essay and attach it to your essay before posting in the box. The cover sheet that you should use will be attached to the essay question when it is given out, but spares will be available by the essay box. Please do not put your essay in a plastic folder. This is because we have to date stamp each essay and record them in - taking them out of folders is time consuming for us. Essays should normally be word-processed. Please do not hand in essays directly to your seminar tutor.