Every year we publish two extremely important documents which you MUST take careful note of. Both of these documents are available to view from the home page of the Virtual learning environment or the LSE External study website.
List of Subject Guide revisions
AVAILABLE HERE
Each year a number of the Subject Guides are revised and supplements to current guides are published. This may be for a number of reasons, to update the syllabus or readings references for example. You should consult the list of these revisions and supplements to ensure that, if you are studying any of the courses listed, that you are using the updated (2010) version of the Subject Guide and take note of the important supplements.
List of changes to Examination papers
AVAILABLE HERE
Each year some of the examination paper formats change. It is EXTREMELY IMPORTANT that you check the list of examination paper changes every year.
If the course that you are studying is not listed, then you should refer to the most recent past examination paper and examiners commentary to discover the current examination format.
Please DO NOT assume that the examination format as outlined in the Subject Guide is correct since a number of our guides were published some years ago and thus the examination format may well have changed since publication. It is also important to note that the examination format, as outlined in the notes from a Study weekend session or from another activity or publication, may also be out of date.
So, to find out about the structure of the examination paper in May and June 2011:
FIRST refer to the list of examination paper changes. If your course is NOT listed then you MUST CHECK the examination paper and commentary from the previous year. DO NOT assume that any other source outlines the correct examination format.
It is also important that you take note of the warning on the Examiners commentaries in regards to question spotting. You MUST be aware that Examiners are free to set questions on ANY aspect of the syllabus. This means that you need to study enough of the syllabus to enable you to answer the required number of examination questions.
Examiners will vary the topics and questions from year to year and MAY set questions that have NOT appeared in past papers – every topic on the syllabus is a legitimate examination target. So although past papers can be helpful in revision, you CANNOT ASSUME that topics or specific questions that have come up in past examinations will occur again.
IMPORTANT: Exam paper changes & Subject guide revisions
November 9, 2010List of Subject Guide revisions
AVAILABLE HERE
Each year a number of the Subject Guides are revised and supplements to current guides are published. This may be for a number of reasons, to update the syllabus or readings references for example. You should consult the list of these revisions and supplements to ensure that, if you are studying any of the courses listed, that you are using the updated (2010) version of the Subject Guide and take note of the important supplements.
List of changes to Examination papers
AVAILABLE HERE
Each year some of the examination paper formats change. It is EXTREMELY IMPORTANT that you check the list of examination paper changes every year.
If the course that you are studying is not listed, then you should refer to the most recent past examination paper and examiners commentary to discover the current examination format.
Please DO NOT assume that the examination format as outlined in the Subject Guide is correct since a number of our guides were published some years ago and thus the examination format may well have changed since publication. It is also important to note that the examination format, as outlined in the notes from a Study weekend session or from another activity or publication, may also be out of date.
So, to find out about the structure of the examination paper in May and June 2011:
FIRST refer to the list of examination paper changes. If your course is NOT listed then you MUST CHECK the examination paper and commentary from the previous year. DO NOT assume that any other source outlines the correct examination format.
It is also important that you take note of the warning on the Examiners commentaries in regards to question spotting. You MUST be aware that Examiners are free to set questions on ANY aspect of the syllabus. This means that you need to study enough of the syllabus to enable you to answer the required number of examination questions.
Examiners will vary the topics and questions from year to year and MAY set questions that have NOT appeared in past papers – every topic on the syllabus is a legitimate examination target. So although past papers can be helpful in revision, you CANNOT ASSUME that topics or specific questions that have come up in past examinations will occur again.