0-29% 30-39% 40-49% 50-59% 60-69% 70%+ Globalisation, Culture and Lifestyles (MHN809521) ASSIGNMENT 2 – 60% INDIVIDUAL CASE STUDY DUE: Monday 10th December 2012 Brief: Students must develop a detailed evaluative case study of a subject specific cultural form which explores the concepts of ‘cultural identity’ or ‘lifestyle’ and the impacts of globalisation upon the development of the cultural form. Length: The maximum word length for this assignment is 2500 words excluding references. Submission: The deadline for this assignment is 12noon on Monday 10th December. Students should submit one hard copy to the Programmes Office (W108) and submit one electronic copy via email to the module leader (Jenny.Flinn@gcu.ac.uk). Any student whose electronic copy is submitted after the deadline may be subject to a deduction from their final mark. Exemplar Topics: You should seek to develop a topic which relates to one or more lecture topic (concept) from the module and discuss this within the case of your example (cultural form). Essentially this is what you have been doing in your student led seminars, where you have taken a concept (the area of theory) and applied it to a specific case. It is up to you to decide what concept and case you wish to look at, we would advise you not to choose anything too similar to your dissertation topic to avoid self plagiarism. Additional Guidelines: All students are required to submit the attached proposal form to their seminar tutor, NO LATER THAN WEEK 10, to obtain approval for their topic. Students who do not do so run significant risk of failing the assignment. ALL STUDENTS ARE ADVISED THAT ANY WRITTEN SUBMISSION WHICH EXCEEDS THE MAXIMUM WORD COUNT FOR THE ASSIGNMENT WILL BE SUBJECT TO A 10% DEDUCTION FROM THE OVERALL MARK.
Globalisation, Culture and Lifestyles (MHN809521) ASSIGNMENT 2 – 60% INDIVIDUAL CASE STUDY DUE: Monday 10th December 2012 Brief: Students must develop a detailed evaluative case study of a subject specific cultural form which explores the concepts of ‘cultural identity’ or ‘lifestyle’ and the impacts of globalisation upon the development of the cultural form. Length: The maximum word length for this assignment is 2500 words excluding references. Submission: The deadline for this assignment is 12noon on Monday 10th December. Students should submit one hard copy to the Programmes Office (W108) and submit one electronic copy via email to the module leader (Jenny.Flinn@gcu.ac.uk). Any student whose electronic copy is submitted after the deadline may be subject to a deduction from their final mark. Exemplar Topics: You should seek to develop a topic which relates to one or more lecture topic (concept) from the module and discuss this within the case of your example (cultural form). Essentially this is what you have been doing in your student led seminars, where you have taken a concept (the area of theory) and applied it to a specific case. It is up to you to decide what concept and case you wish to look at, we would advise you not to choose anything too similar to your dissertation topic to avoid self plagiarism. Additional Guidelines: All students are required to submit the attached proposal form to their seminar tutor, NO LATER THAN WEEK 10, to obtain approval for their topic. Students who do not do so run significant risk of failing the assignment. ALL STUDENTS ARE ADVISED THAT ANY WRITTEN SUBMISSION WHICH EXCEEDS THE MAXIMUM WORD COUNT FOR THE ASSIGNMENT WILL BE SUBJECT TO A 10% DEDUCTION FROM THE OVERALL MARK. 0-29% 30-39% 40-49% 50-59% 60-69% 70%+
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