Word count 3000 words (+20%/-10%) excluding appendices and bibliography/references. Exceeding or falling short of the admissible word count incurs a one-grade penalty; i.e. the next lower grade will be applied to your overall assignment, or will be considered a Fail if 40% or more below or above the admissible scope for the assignment.

Review of appropriate academic literature (30% of marks = approximately 950 words). In order to build knowledge it is important that you access a range of relevant resources. A literature review is concerned with judging the merit or otherwise of a body of research that addresses a research question. A further definition is “In writing the literature review, the purpose is to convey to the reader what knowledge and ideas have been established on a topic, and what their strengths and weaknesses are. The literature review must be defined by a guiding concept (eg. your research objective, the problem or issue you are discussing, or your argumentative thesis). It is not just a descriptive list of the material available, or a set of summaries.

Assessment criteria: Nature of the topic/introduction 10% A review of appropriate academic literature 30% Analysis and discussion 35% Conclusions and recommendations 15% Presentation & referencing 10%