Note on Word Counts

The standard "word count" for a stage III course is 6,000 words, but this is NOT literally a count of the words to be submitted. It is a more abstract measurement of the amount of work expected. This system is in place for your benefit (attempting to standardise workload) but makes little sense for COMMS 301, where you write comparatively few words but do lots of other stuff. To fulfil this requirement in the simplest way we just back into the answer by saying that each assessed point counts for approx. 60 words worth of work, so e.g., a 10-pt. assignment counts as '600 words', but this has no obvious relationship to the actual work you're doing with code, images, etc. University policies on this are available online, e.g., HERE.