Assignment:
Argumentative Essay
This assignment requires the student to write an argumentative essay related to specific social, ethical or political impacts of digitisation. Students select an essay topic related to the issues covered in class or agreed with the subject's instructors. The student will need to identify, read and synthesise academic literature to establish a position on their selected topic. This is an individual assignment.
Students first define a broad topic or area of interest, and start by exploring the academic literature to see what researchers are writing about. Next, students identify a tightly focused subtopic and an interesting essay question. Topics must be substantially different from those completed for the Seminar Leadership and Current Issues assignments. By the end of Week 9, students should enter a proposed topic and a draft abstract or short outline in the online form athttps://goo.gl/forms/wTDrs61hG6TAHJL63 and instructors will contact students if they have concerns about the choice of topic.
The essay should present an overarching claim responding to the chosen essay question. The argument should be developed by reading and synthesising carefully selected academic literature. Essays must be well referenced, to persuade the reader that the topic is well understood and the argument is well founded. We generally expect to see a minimum of ten references from reputable (academic) sources for this assignment - but selecting, understanding and using literature properly is more important than the number of references.
Format your essay using the template provided. All work must be fully referenced (i.e. it must include in-text citations and a list of references). Please see "Submitting Written Assignments" below for more information about how to format and submit your assignment, including what to name the file.