Teaching and assessment
Support from your tutor
Attendance at tutorials/ online sessions is not compulsory, but your ability to work with your peers and to complete the summative assessment will be severely compromised if you do not participate in them.
From the outset, you'll be able to obtain peer and tutor feedback on your reasoning relating to topic choice from your contributions to the Tutor Group Forum and OpenStudio, and by participating in the first learning event. All these things are essential to help you succeed and work towards submission of the first assessment.
You'll be required to book a one-to-one online meeting with the tutor, and you'll have the option of booking a second meeting if you wish.
You should use tutorials to receive tutor and peer feedback on your ideas and work, to reflect on your progress, and to offer constructive feedback on your peers’ ideas and work. Your reflection on these experiences will form an important part of the summative assessment for this module.
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Assessment
The assessment details for this module can be found in the facts box.
Future availability
Exploring legal boundaries starts twice a year – in October and February. This page describes the module that will start in October 2024 and February 2025. We expect it to start for the last time in February 2030.
Regulations
As a student of The Open University, you should be aware of the content of the academic regulations which are available on our
Student Policies and Regulations website.