Take Home Exam: Essay 

Purpose 🎯 

Through this Take Home Exam: Essay you will apply knowledge that you have acquired from this unit, using your ability to think critically to evaluate this knowledge, and translating that thinking into persuasive written form

Task Description ✏️ 

To complete your Take Home Exam: Essay
  1. The topic of the Essay will be selected from content covered in Weeks 6 - 13
  1. To prepare for the Take Home Exam: Essay, it is important that you are familiar with each of these topic areas, so please start preparing well ahead of time 
  1. On 9:00am on Tuesday, 19th of May you will receive the Essay Question (there will be two different options, please select one)
  1. You will have until 5:00pm on Tuesday, 19th of May to complete and submit your Essay. 

Essay Question 📝


  • Write the essay prompt here

In your Essay, you must: 
  • Outline any additional requirements
  • e.g. Refer to relevant case studies discussed in the lecture
  • e.g. Use at least 5 academic sources to support your arguments

Additional Information 📚 

To help you complete this task successfully, the following resources are provided:
  • Marking Rubric — refer to this to understand how you will be assessed 
  • Checklist: How to write an Take Home Exam: Essay — use this to help you complete the task
  • Example: Essay — review this to see a completed example of the task
  • List any additional resources and how students should use them here

Checklist: How to write a Take Home Exam: Essay  

Copy and paste this checklist into your Notes section, ticking off step as you go. 

Step 1: Task Understanding
Ensure you understand the requirements of the Take Home Exam: Essay:
  • Read the Instructions and Checklist carefully
  • Read the Marking Rubric carefully

Step 2: Topic Review
Review all the material covered in Weeks 6 - 13, including:
  • Lecture slides and lecture notes 
  • Tutorial tasks and activities
  • Readings and the text book
  • TIP: identify what you already know and understand, what you need to know, and how you can find out and/or learn additional information

Step 3: Critically Engage 
To help you engage with the material, it is recommended that you: 
  • Annotate your notes 
  • Draw a mind map or diagram of information you have
  • Write summaries in your own words
  • Develop a list of key terms and concepts 
  • Draft questions to test knowledge of the material you have just studied