Assessment criteria

The final exam project (60%, individual work) includes a problem sheet requiring methodological derivations, and numerical computations followed by the interpretation of results.

•    The assessment is graded:

o  Primarily based on the accuracy of the methodological implementations, the precision of results, and the relevance of the comments provided to interpret numerical results.

o  The structure and clarity of the submitted work is graded accordingly as a secondary benchmark – in particular, tables and diagrams are expected to be labelled, include captions to summarise the  contents, include a specific unit of analysis, line patterns or colours should be clear to communicate the underlying data, and overall should be considered self-explanatory components.

•    Submit your project as a single file:

o  Programme code should not be included.

o  The submitted report should be structured similarly to the problem sheet with answers provided for each part. Please consider closely following the specific instructions provided in each part. For example, some parts may require providing comments with a specific limit.

o  You can use a word document, etc. or provide part of your answers in handwritten and imaged screenshots included in the same file. There is no particular preference on this however please make sure any handwritten part is clearly readable. Please note that the overall submission file size should not exceed 230MB otherwise the submission page may return an error leading to     delays or missing the deadline due to technicalities.

Earlier group assignment (project) can serve as basis to inform of the level and context and as a partial framework for preparation for the final project.

Preparing your coursework

Document creation

1.    Please use this file naming convention:  StudentID_CourseCode_QuestionNo .  e.g. 7299019_ACCFIN5246_ 1.  If there is no question choice, use 1 as the default.

2.   The file type must be .doc, .doxc, .xls, .xlsx or .pdf.

3.    Include your student ID in your document, ideally in the header on each page with the course code and title, e.g. 2489545_ACCFIN1003_Finance1.

4.   The maximum file size limit on Moodle is 230MB

Formatting

You won’t be penalised if you don’t follow this good practice on formatting, but it will help your markers.

•    Use a Sans Serif font in black, e.g. Arial, Avant Garde, Calibri, Helvetica and Geneva.

•    Use font size 12.

•    Use 1.5 or double line spacing.

•    Align your text to the left margin.

•    Add page numbers.

Referencing and bibliography

You should reference your sources appropriately and list these in a bibliography.  The bibliography is excluded from your word limit.  You should use the ‘Harvard’ referencing system, as detailed below  for written coursework.

In the text, use the following referencing conventions:

•    Smith (1999) argues that… . or

•    It has been argued that…… . (Smith, 1999).

•    If you use a direct quote, use quotation marks and cite the page number as well as the author and date, i.e. (Smith, 1999, p. 4).

•    If you have two items by the same author in the same year, refer to one as ‘a’ and the other as ‘b’, i.e. Smith (1999a) and Smith (1999b).

For more information, please refer to theUniversity Library webpage.

Student conduct

Plagiarism

You must adhere to the University’s rules regarding plagiarism which are based on the premise      that ‘all work submitted by students for assessment is accepted on the understanding that it is the student's own effort’ .  More specifically, you must avoid plagiarism in the following forms:

•    Copying from sources without ‘formal and proper acknowledgement’

•    Inappropriate collaboration – working with other students to produce individual coursework or copying work produced by another student

•    Submitting work which you have obtained from another source, e.g. an essay mill

•    Self-plagiarism – basing coursework on work that has already been submitted for assessment purposes.

For advice and more information, please consult:

•   SLD web pages

•   University Plagiarism Statement

Submitting your coursework

You must submit in accordance with the stated time and date on page 1.  See below for information if you are unable to do so.

Finalising your document

Please follow the steps listed below:

1.    Check your spelling and grammar using the inbuilt tool on your device.  You will not be penalised for grammatical and spelling errors but we recommend that you take the      opportunity to correct them.

2.    Check your file name (see above).

3.    Check that you have used an accepted file type (see above).

4.    Do not include your name in the file name or the document to support anonymous marking.

Uploading your document to Moodle

1.   You will upload your document to the designated section of the Moodle course, which will be clearly signposted.

2.   Try to upload your document at least 30 minutes before the deadline (page 1) in case you  encounter any technical issues.  You will be able to resubmit the document as often as you like until the submission deadline.

3.    Complete the Declaration of Originality (see below).

Declaration of Originality

When you upload your coursework on Moodle, you will be required to select a checkbox to confirm that you agree with the University’s Declaration of Originality which applies to all academic work, as follows.

I confirm that this assignment is my own work and I have:

•    Read and understood the guidance on plagiarism provided on the Student Information Point Moodle course including the University of Glasgow Statement on Plagiarism.

•    Clearly referenced, in both the text and the bibliography or references, all sources used in the work.

•    Fully referenced (including page numbers) and used inverted commas for all text quoted from books, journals, web etc.

•    Provided the sources for all tables, figures, data etc. that are not my own work.

•    Not made use of the work of any other student(s) past or present without acknowledgement. This includes any of my own work, that has previously, or concurrently, been submitted for assessment, either at this or any other institution, including school.

•    Not sought or used the services of any professional agencies to produce this work.

•    In addition, I understand that any false claim in respect of this work will result in disciplinary action in accordance with University regulations.

Extensions and non-submission with good cause

Please refer to the Student Information Point Moodle for relevant information .

Late submission penalties

In the absence of good cause, late submission penalties will be applied as explained in Student Information Point Moodle.