Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 1:
A proposed methodology as articulated in a research proposal is applied to complex theoretical and practical problems by using creative methods, techniques, processes and technologies designed, selected and applied.
The consequences of any solutions are identified within the design of the research proposal.
A wide range of specialist skills are used to identify, conceptualise, design and implement methods of enquiry to address complex and challenging problems.
Ethical decisions which affect knowledge production are made.
A coherent research proposal to be conducted under supervision is well developed.
An advanced theory in public policy, good governance and sustainability theory and practice is proven.

Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 2:
Expertise in monitoring and evaluation in line with accepted monitoring and evaluation techniques, approaches, processes and reporting requirements is developed.
Scholarship and research design is applied in monitoring and evaluation.

Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 3:
Appropriate policy indicators for programmes and projects to assess sustainable development are applied, improved and developed.
Current processes of indicator development are evaluated appropriately.
Policy indicators are independently developed to assess sustainable development.

Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 4:
Public sector sustainable management frameworks suitable for both South African and African development projects are conceptualised, demonstrated and designed.

Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 5:
Core government frameworks and applications to address sustainable development are analysed.
Theories and principles of sustainable development to minimise the impact on the planet are interrogated.
The impact of government policy to promote sustainable development is correctly analysed.

Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 6:
A minor-dissertation is submitted according to the correct research principles and methods.

Integrated Assessment:
Summative assessment will be conducted in strict compliance with the Assessment Policy of the Institution. Marks will be allocated primarily to summative assessments. A pass mark must be obtained for each module of the qualification in order for the Degree to be conferred. Completed assessments (with a sub-minimum for each section of each module) will be retained in a portfolio of work which will subsequently be sent for external moderation; each module will include one substantial assessment which will ensure that outcomes are assessed in an integrated manner.

The successful completion of a minor-dissertation, which is externally examined, is a requirement for a learner to complete the qualification.

The Institution’s department is aware of the risks involved in the assessment of on-line work and will ensure the integrity of on-line assessments. Learners’ work will be sampled during the initial immersive to obtain a base-line for future assessments. Learners will be required to certify that each on-line assessment is their own work and the assessments to be carried out will allow some form of verification of the integrity of the learner’s online assessments. On-line follow-up and discussion of issues emerging from individual assessments will also allow individual learners’ quality of thought to be further explored.