CUC100 Assessment 4: Persuasive Essay

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Value: 50% Length: 1500 – 2000 words Due: Monday, 23:59 (CST), Week 13 Submission:

Submit your persuasive essay through the “A4: Persuasive Essay” link in the “Assessment Submission” area of Learnline by 23:59 on Monday of Week 13.

NOTE: If your essay does not adequately meet the assessment criteria (please see the “Assessment 4 Rubric” under “Assessment Tasks” in Learnline), your lecturer or tutor will invite you to resubmit a new version that satisfies the requirements. If you are invited to re-submit, the maximum grade that you will then be able to achieve is a Pass.

Task Overview:

This assessment represents the final product which brings together all your brainstorming, thinking, planning, learning, researching, notetaking and summarising into a clearly organised, referenced discussion essay. So, it is a chance to put into practice what you have learned about writing academic essays and bring it together with all you have learned in the unit about sustainability.

The skills you learn through writing this essay you will continue to apply throughout your study and the knowledge about sustainability will be relevant to your daily lives and in the professions you are studying for.

Task Details:

For your final assessment you need to write a 1500-2000 word essay on the following: ‘Sustainability is a paradigm for thinking about the future in which environmental, societal and economic considerations are balanced in the pursuit of an improved quality of life’ (UNESCO 2015).

• Choose a scenario from the list below and scope it to a specific location, community, organisation or aspect.

• Explain the key sustainability concerns from an environmental, social and economic point of view.

• Discuss responses to these concerns that could help to achieve sustainability.

Scenarios

1. Food production 2. The health and livelihoods of groups of people seeking asylum 3. Lifestyle choices in urban or community settings 4. Resource usage in a professional workplace (e.g. hospital, school, law firm, etc.) 5. Tourism

After the introduction paragraph, provide the background (a concise description of your scoped scenario, and the stakeholders involved); and a definition of sustainability that is applicable to your scenario and reflects your potential solutions.

CUC100 Assessment 4: Persuasive Essay

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Further Instructions:

• You must support your arguments with in-text references from credible academic sources;

• You must include at least 6 references;

• Consistently format in-text citations and a complete reference list at the end of your essay using APA 6th edition Referencing Style.Hi Fathi,
I am emailing in regards to your A4, as at this stage it is not at a pass standard. We have spoken in detail this semester and in the previous semester in regards to appropriate referencing, yet you have not included enough supporting evidence in your essay for all of the ideas you include. Each idea in your essay needs to be supported by evidence including an in-text citation. I suggest you seek help through ALLSP or the library with your referencing.
As we have spoken about this issue on several previous occasions, you  may have one final chance to resubmit your essay on a pass/fail basis. As a reminder your submitted work needs to be all your own work.