Type of Essay: Course Content Based Essay -Answer this question within the universe of discourse delimited by the SOCY 2030 course materials
You should equally balance the use of lecture material (lectures and documentaries) with tutorial material (readings and documentaries)
(NO OTHER MATERIAL IS PERMITTED, only the material I have provided)
Link to all materials: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/q0ypq19bos8xrwk/AAAtF-e0GUWYk2k_Yhz0E2Gwa?dl=0
Essay question: Drawing predominantly on course material from the first part of the course (Weeks 2 to 6), was the ‘development project’ a failure, and, in light of material covered in the second part of the course (Weeks 7 to 13), critically evaluate the statement ‘the idea of development stands like a ruin in the intellectual landscape [and]… the time is ripe to write its obituary”?
How to approach your synoptic essay: first part of the question
– Was the ‘development project’ a failure
•What was the aim of the development project?
•Spend roughly 4/10 of the synoptic essay on the first part of the question
•Focus predominantly on course material from Weeks 2 – 6
How to approach your synoptic essay: second part of the question
critically evaluate the statement that ‘the idea of development stands like a ruin in the intellectual landscape [and]… the time is ripe to write its obituary”
– Spend roughly 6/10 of the RM on the second part of the synoptic essay question.
– Roughly 2/3 of the course material since Week 7…weave in earlier material as it suits your argument
– While the first question is focused on the past (i.e. the ‘development project)…the second part is focused on the future of ‘development’
– What is ‘development’?
–You can treat this part of the question as
a) a description of what you think actually has happened; or
b) a more normative definition which describes what development should be
*Be original, but just make sure that…
–your choice of definition is covered by enough course material
–you are able to persuasively present your argument
Word Count: 2000–2500
References: At least 15 references
How should you reference?
–Lecture: e.g. (Week 12b) or (Week 8, slide 6-9) [for a quote]
–Documentary: e.g. (Asia Rising)
–Reading: (Sachs, p. 12-15) [both with and without a quote]
*Feel free to use either in-text or footnote citations
Assesment Criteria:
•Have you answered the question?
•Have you stated your argument?
•Have you backed up your argument with supporting evidence?
•Have you drawn evidence from the course materials?
•Have you structured your prose effectively?
•Have you written your prose in a clear, concise and grammatically-correct manner?
Before, commencing the writing please go through the powerpoint (Wk 13) I have uploaded to under how to structure the essay!