The amount of credit recommended to your home institution varies according to the quality and scope of the project and amount of time required. In the humanities or social sciences a 6-credit project might take the form of an 8,000 word dissertation or a series of essays, whereas in the pure sciences the credit will vary according to the nature of the topic, the length of the project and the proportion of lab work. Each project is assessed by the Lancaster faculty supervisor. The written report prepared for the home institution includes a description of the project, a grade, an estimate of the amount of time devoted to the project and a brief narrative assessment of the quality of the work. For further details, see page xx.
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