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Essay Question ECO506/506A
Students must write a 3000-5000 word document (including
references) to meet therequirements for this course using the
heuristic discussed in the class. You are required toanalyze any
important socio-economic issue using these four questions. Please
do not use theexamples already discussed in the book and the
lecture. This is an individual assignment andno group work will be
recognized.
The suggested outline of an essay is as follows:
• Title page.
• 1-2 page introduction of the socio-economic issue analysed,
which can include tables andfigures. This introduction should
include a clear statement of the question you are going
toanalyse.
• 1-2 page background information, which can include historical
analogies to the questionstudied, further literature and
information.
• Step one of the heuristic. One page at least.
Step two of the heuristic. One page at least.
Step three of the heuristic. One page at least.
Step four of the heuristic. One page at least.
• Synthesis of the four steps. One page at least.
• Conclusion. One page at least.
• References.
Part of the assignment is to choose a topic that lends itself to
being analysed in 3000 to 5000words. The `best' topics are usually
recent events in politics and economics from a country youare well
acquainted with. Re-analysing a topic the student knows very well
already using theheuristic is much more likely to lead to a good
essay than to take a topic completely new.
Possible topics could be something like this (but are not
limited to): The analysis of abuse orviolence, a discussion on
discrimination, legalization of drugs, the act of terrorism,
India-Pakistan conflict, the socio-economic analysis of corruption,
shooting spree in schools,idolizing stars in most countries, etc.
Plagiarism will be severely penalised. Make sure youavoid
plagiarism in all possible forms, otherwise if you are caught you
will get zero. Yourassignment will be passed through the Turnitin
software to detect plagiarism.
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Particulars of the Essay
This assessment is worth 20% of the overall grade for the entire
ECO 506/506A course andwill be due by 4 pm on 31st March, 2016. You
are also required to provide a brief list of thereferences (follow
Chicago author-date referencing) used in the essay.
Students will be rated on the following criteria:
Identifying an original topic (5 marks).
Clarity of arguments (5 marks).
Presentation (grammar, use of words, spelling, etc) (5
marks).
Difficulty of topic (5 marks).
Students will be penalised for an extremely small essay (less
than 3000 words).Recommended document formatting includes:
Line spacing of 1.5
Time New Roman 12 pt font.
All pages must be numbered
All four margins 20mm
Should have a proper title and a separate title page.
Submission:
• Assignments must be emailed to the Course Coordinator at the
following email address:[email protected] by the due date and time.
Please do not send it to the official emailaddress.
• Assignments will also need to be submitted in hard copy form
at the HSS office. There will be a box for you to drop your
assignments on the 31st March, 2016 till 4 pm.
Requests for extension will be decided individually only after
the student has submitted anapplication to the course coordinator
citing genuine reasons for an extension. In case of medicalissues,
a doctor’s prescription must be attached along w ith the
application. The next deadlinein case the request is approved will
be within the next two weeks.
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