Approaches to Architectural History Writing: Long Research Essay

Helpful Links All the links under the “Getting Started” page of this course. “Approaches to Architectural History Writing” The “Academic Integrity” section of the online Student Manual. Instructions Write an essay that develops the topic you explored in Assignment 2. If you want to choose a different one, contact your Academic Expert with your proposal. Use at least four (4) cases studies from at least two continents; and at least five (5) scholarly sources. [See Assignment 2 for an explanation of a scholarly source.] Your challenge is to address the questions as articulated in Step 1 of Assignment 2 with visual illustrations to support your discussion. Some questions will require you to examine visual sources very closely, as well as various interpretations by different scholars. Other questions will report more on the debates of modern scholars and their findings, but you should still consider the evidence scholars use. NOTE: Keep an electronic copy, and save your notes and earlier drafts, to hand in with your Course Work Journal in Assignment 6. Standards Your Long Research Essay should conform to the standards for research materials, documentation, organization, and use of evidence as explained in AU Library’s “Research Help” page. Format In addition to the text of your essay your essay should also include the following elements: cover page illustrations inserted at appropriate places to illustrate the text captions, including references to the source of every image bibliography APA style; see the “Citing and Referencing” page of AU Library’s “Research Help” site. Optional: Extra explanatory notes (footnotes or endnotes) Long quotations (more than 40 words) should be set off as block quotations, indented from the left, and single-spaced without quotation marks. Plagiarism Plagiarism is a form of academic misconduct prohibited by Athabasca University’s regulations, which also set out sanctions against offenders. Plagiarism occurs when a student uses the words or ideas of another person without giving proper credit, as explained in the AU Undergraduate Calendar. Academic Experts look for signs of plagiarism and take action when they suspect it. Also be aware that the re-submission of a paper in whole or in part that you have written for credit in another course is considered cheating. Evaluation Academic Experts evaluate the quality of essays based on several general criteria: The thoughtfulness of the essay and how persuasively it argues a thesis that addresses the assigned question. The accuracy, precision and relevance of the information in the essay. How well the evidence is chosen, how clearly it is explained, and how scrupulously it is documented. The reliability of the evidence from primary and scholarly sources. The organization of the parts of the essay, clarity of each paragraph and sentence, and academic tone. You will continue to develop your notes and sources in your Course Work Journal (see Assignment 6) as you work through the course units. Submit Assignment 5 using the assignment drop box. Note that your five (5) study questions for Unit 5 must also be submitted with this assignment. Different study questions require different types of answers; these are the guidelines for responding to study questions according to what each question asks for: submit a) written answer; or submit a sketch and a 100-word (minimum) written answer; or submit your own sketch with labels (no minimum word count). NOTE: Submit your assignment as a Word document or other compatible format (e.g., OpenOffice document). If your file size is too large to submit as a single attachment in the drop box, compress or compile it into a .pdf or .zip file of your assignment items. There are many free, online tools that allow you to create PDF files out of other formats, to merge multiple PDF files into one document, and to “zip” multiple files into a single attachment. If you are still unable to submit your files using the drop box, contact your Academic Expert to make alternative arrangements. To contact your Academic Expert, click the “Make a request” button on the course home page. TOP Submitting your assignments Use the Add submission OR Edit submission button below to upload your completed assignment file(s). Remember to click the Save changes button after uploading files The maximum upload file size is 750MB You can upload a maximum of 2 files Uploaded files will be renamed automatically to comply with AU requirements. Remember to click the Submit assignment button after you upload your assignment file(s), enter your online text or record your audio file. Need additional help? Submission status and also to include a title block and any supporting documentation required ie, references and sketches and come in microsoft word too.