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Natural Sciences - essay/writing based?

Just wondering about the TMAs for this course. Are there a lot of essays/written assessments? I studied with the DLC last year and am still getting over the amount of writing I had to do - roughly 35000 words for 45 credits 😭 - I'm not sure I can cope with 6 years of that!

Thanks all!
Original post by Beaners
Just wondering about the TMAs for this course. Are there a lot of essays/written assessments? I studied with the DLC last year and am still getting over the amount of writing I had to do - roughly 35000 words for 45 credits 😭 - I'm not sure I can cope with 6 years of that!

Thanks all!




I only have experience with the first course for the natural science degree (S104) and there is definitely not that amount of essay writing in that course. If I remember the most was a 3000 word essay.

There were also a few short answer questions in the TMAs.
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Thank you ladyjoka. That sounds more manageable!

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