The following Associated Assessment Criteria applies across all Exit Level Outcomes:
Formulation of research questions and rationale for the study.
Critical appraisal of recent literature in the area of politics chosen for the study.
Relate political theory to practice.
Production of research instruments for primary data collection.
Creation of a data bank for primary of secondary data on the politics of area of choice.
Interpretation of results and findings to inform policy.
Production of a written dissertation.
Presentation of research methods, findings and policy recommendations using the oral and electronic medium.
Defend ideas that are outcomes of the research.

Integrated Assessment:
The integration of skills learned in the Master of Arts (MA) is assessed by means of a dissertation of a word length stipulated by the School of Human and Social Sciences. Assessment is based on criteria, which include:
(i) Scope and quality of literature reviewed from a variety of text and other media;
(ii) Accuracy with which the literature is represented and applied to the research questions;
(iii) The formulation of a research question and the development of a research proposal based on the literature review. The proposal must specify a research design and the method/s to be applied to answer the research question, and be of appropriate scale and complexity of a Master’s dissertation;
(iv) The demonstration of a professional working relationship by responding to the comments of the projects supervisor;
(v) The execution of the research proposed;
(vi) Presentation of the research in a manner which accords with the publication conventions of the discipline.