Case Scenario: SOCIALOLGY

Assessment Task Three: Major Essay (1200 words - 40%):

1. What kind of changes have occurred in Australian family life since the mid-twentieth century? What social forces have contributed to these changes?

2. How does thinking sociologically help us to understand the role(s) and significance of sport or leisure in contemporary Australia?

3. To what extent are citizens in Australia able to bring about political change? What are the mechanisms for this, and what are the barriers?

Your final academic essay builds upon the thinking and writing completed for the first and second assessment tasks, and will be marked according to the following criteria:

• Demonstrated understanding of sociological ideas and concepts covered in the unit

• Demonstrated engagement with relevant unit content from lectures, tutorials and set reading

• Introduction introduces the topic and states the thesis

• Body of essay develops a clear and logical argument

• Sentences and paragraphs are appropriately structured

• Well researched with evidence presented appropriately so that it supports your argument

• Developing clear and correct expression in a scholarly style and language

• Correctly submitted, proofread and free from errors, and fully and correctly referenced using the Harvard system

The Major Essay should be submitted as a Word document, in 11 or 12 font, and 1.5 or double spaced. The essay needs to have your name, student number, assignment number and the question you are answering indicated on a cover page as the first page of the document. The essay should be fully and correctly referenced according to the Harvard style. Assignments should be carefully proofread prior to submission.