URP520 Development Processes
URP520 Development Processes
Assessment 3: Essay (40%)
Assessment 3: Essay (40%)
Due end of week 10 (midnight Sunday)
2,000 words
Based on the premise that development processes need to change to become more
sustainable than they currently are, students are asked to present a well argued and
substantiated rational for a change in the current property development process in your
nominated ‘home’ jurisdiction.
Deliverables
To successfully attempt this assessment you will need to complete a 2,000 word Essay and
submit to the nominated Turnitin link under the Assessments tab in Blackboard.
All normal academic integrity conventions and policies (including late penalties) cited in the
Unit Outline apply. Students’ work must be referenced correctly and according to
nominated style (Chicago 17). ALL assessments submitted are checked for academic
integrity (i.e. plagiarism), any such instances will be dealt with according to policy. To find
out more information please visit the Curtin Library website and select ‘referencing’ link.
Details
This argument can draw from the ideas and examples presented in discussion board items,
assignments, and the lecture series, or as a reflection of the students own research and
interests. In general this can be interpreted to mean:
It is about any topic/theme relevant to development processes, which you would like
to research/comment on;
It can be informed by the material/topics that you have been exposed to in the unit,
or outside if you want argue the worthiness of some other topic; and
Sustainability is offered as a broad framework for you to define/argue a progressive
specific position.
The idea is that you argue for a better way of doing something (a planning or development
process) which is well researched rather than a baseless rant. It is an essay, a short but
convincing one.
Essay Plan
What is your topic?
What specifically is your angle on this topic?
Why is it important?
What points do you need to make to be convincing
The main point- argument restated as a conclusion
Make sure you do some reading, and use and reference it properly.
Tip!
URP520 Development Processes
Assessment 3: Essay (40%)
Use essay style rather than report format. Try to contrast opinions in the literature. Don’t
use the argument ”to speed up the approval process” it is not an argument, more an often
repeated mantra. What is wanted is an argument for a better way forward.
