Year 1, Module 1: ILL710 – Process and Practice
Research Journal: 75 (weighted at 60%)
Portfolio: 63 (weighted at 40%)
Combined mark: 70
Note: I consistently miss-label the module number throughout, but no one seemed to mind!
Year 1, Module 2: ILL720 – Visual Language
Research Journal: 70 (weighted at 30%)
Portfolio: 75.3 (weighted at 70%)
Combined mark: 74
Year 1, Module 3: ILL730 – Narrative and Storytelling
Essay: 75 (weighted at 40%)
Portfolio: 69 (weighted at 60%)
Combined mark: 71
Note: In the Portfolio, one of the cells in the comic was submitted with placeholder text still visible. No matter how many times you check something, there’s bound to be an error somewhere…
The comic was also designed as a scrollable narrative. It looks rather strange here because I had to reformat it to A4 for upload.
Year 2, Module 1: ILL740 – Professional Practice
Report: 76.7 (weighted at 30%)
Artefact: 71.7 (weighted at 70%)
Combined mark: 73
Note: This was the most business-focused module of the MA.
Year 2, Module 2 (final module): ILL750 – MA Project
Report: 72 (weighted at 30%)
Portfolio: 66 (weighted at 70%)
Combined mark: 68
Note: These marks were the reason that I graduated with Merit and not Distinction. Both parts of your final module must be over 70 for your degree to qualify for a Distinction (it does not matter if the average of all other modules is over 70 if your final project falls below that). This was the most disappointing part of the MA for me. While I am broadly happy with my work during this module, I think it would serve current students well to remember how the final degree result is calculated, and how important the MA Project is for your overall degree classification.
