History

Assessment

All units will be examined at the end of the two-year course. Unit 1 – Tsarist and Communist Russia, 1855 – 1964 • 40% of final grade • 2 hour 30 minute written examination Unit 2 – The Making of Modern Britain, 1951 – 2007 • 40% of final grade • 2 hour 30 minute written examination Unit 3 – NEA (Non-Examined Assessment) A written piece of no more than 4500 words on a topic and question of each candidate’s own choice. The piece must not significantly overlap the two examined units, must cover a time period of approximately 100 years and must have a starting date of 1807 or earlier.