If a module is double weighted

If a module is double weighted, i.e. 40%, how does it affect your overall mark?

Cos all you do with your marks in double weighted modules is multiply them by 2 but you still count the assessments so for example, if you have 10 assessments in other modules and 3 in the double weighted one, overall you have 16 assessments to tot up as opposed to 13.

So what's the point?

Thanks.

Reply 1

Kingspharm

Maybe the double weighted one has twice as much content as the other modules?

Say you have 4 modules, 3 of them 20% each and the final one is 40% (double weighted).

If you had 3 assessments for each module then the 3 from the double weighted module would be worth 2x so each assessment from that one would be worth the equivalent of 2 assessments from the other modules?