FHHM1114 INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGY OCTOBER 2024 TRIMESTER Assignment

1. COURSE LEARNING OUTCOME (CLO) AND DOMAIN TESTED FOR GROUP ASSIGNMENT

2. GUIDELINES FOR GROUP ASSIGNMENT (ACADEMIC ESSAY)

A. Students are required to prepare an academic essay consists of Part A and Part B with total pages of no less than 5 pages and no more than 20 pages. The total pages do not include the front page, table of content, references, appendices, and the assessment marking form.

B. The essay should be a genuine product of the students and not a copy of, or a plagiarised version of other people/author(s).

C. The groupessay MUST be organized based on the following order *: 

• Front Cover** (sample can be downloaded on WBLE)
• Table of Content (listing ALL items with page number)
• Part A
• Part B
• References (refer to Section E.)
• Appendices (include ALL materials used and arrange them in sequence)
• Assessment Form (sample can be downloaded on WBLE)

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* Refer to Section D for the detailed structure.

** Ensure that you have written the title of your assignment on the front cover (refer to the Assignment Question).

D. The groupessay MUST be typed according to the following format:

• Font: Times New Roman of size 12
• Paragraph: Break your essay into paragraphs with indentation
• Line spacing: 2.0 with spacing between paragraphs
• Alignment: Justify
• Page layout: Size A4 with 1” margin on all sides and can be print either one-side or both sides.
• Page number: On top right corner with running head on top left corner

E. The table of content and the structure of your group essay is shown below:

F. Students MUST NOT present the work of another as if it were their own work. Whether paraphrasing, quoting an author directly, or describing an idea that influenced your work, you MUST credit/cite the source.

G. To avoid charges of plagiarism, your group essay MUST clearly acknowledge the sources of ANY quotation or paraphrase through in-text citations and references:

• Use the APA Style in-text citation
• Use the APA Referencing Style

TIPS: Use this website (https://www.mendeley.com/guides/apa-citation-guide/) to assist you with how to do in-text citation (giving credit/citing) to the source/original author AND how to write the reference according to the APA style.

H. Plagiarism is STRICTLY prohibited:

• Authors/students MUST NOT present the work of another as if it were their own work.
• Whether paraphrasing, quoting an author directly, or describing an idea that influenced your work, you MUST credit and cite the source/original author according to the APA style. (Refer to Section E)
• To avoid charges of plagiarism, take careful notes as you research to keep track of your sources and cite those sources according to the APA Referencing Style. (Refer to Section E)

REMINDER: Students are NOT allowed to use Wikipedia and lecture notes as the sources of any quotation or statements in the essay.

1. To prevent issue related to non-participative members and to improve efficiency of the group assignment, each group MUST meet and discuss the progression of the group assignment with the tutor.

• The meeting can be done before/during/after the tutorial class or any time and/or place arrangements that was made with the tutor.
• All group members must be present in the group progression meeting with the tutor.

Each group must meet the respective tutor according to the timeline below:

Week 3 – Week 4 (first meeting)

• Provide update on the division of labour and the coordination of group efforts.
• Briefly discuss with the tutor the sufficiency and relevance of information.
• Briefly discuss the structure and the coherence of ideas and arguments throughout the whole essay with the tutor.

Week 7 – Week 8 (second meeting)

• Provide update to the tutor on the overall group direction in answering the assignment question and the members contribution.
• Briefly review the sufficiency and relevance of elaborations, supporting facts, and examples with the tutor.
• Review the acknowledgement of sources used in the group essay through in-text citations and reference lists the tutor.

Week 7 – Week 8 (second meeting)

• Provide update to the tutor on the overall group direction in answering the assignment question and the members contribution.
• Briefly review the sufficiency and relevance of elaborations, supporting facts, and examples with the tutor.
• Review the acknowledgement of sources used in the group essay through in-text citations and reference lists the tutor.

Week 8 – Week 9 (no meeting required)

• Prepare the presentation material and be ready for presentation.

REMINDER: Refer and read the group presentation guideline.

Week 10 – Week 11 (submission only, no meeting required)

• Compile, edit, and proofread all parts of group essay submitted by ALL group members; more group meetings may need to be held to review on the quality of the group essay.
• Print out the assignment after confirming that it has fulfil ALL requirements pertaining to the format.
• Submit the group essay assignment to the tutor/lecturer

3. SUBMISSION OF THE GROUP ASSIGNMENT

A. The essay assignment is to be submitted only in a printed hardcopy to the tutor.

B. The date and time of the submission will be informed by the tutor. The students are encouraged to submit earlier and to avoid last minute submission.

C. The essay can be passed to the lecturer/tutor during the classes or hands in at the lecturer/tutor’s office/room.

REMINDER: Students MUST arrange the meeting with the lecturer/tutor in advance if they wish hands in the essay assignment at the lecturer/tutor’s office/room to ensure the submission is directly received by the lecturer/tutor.

~ALL THE BEST WITH THE ESSAY ASSIGNMENT~

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