Guidelines and Metodology for Writing an Essay 2012

IBA’s guidelines for writing assignments and preparing project presentations

N.B.:

These guidelines are general and intended as a guide. Therefore, remember always to ask your tutor/supervisor whether you can deviate from the general guidelines in specific situations.

Table of contents

1. Formalities 3

1.1. Template 3

1.2. Number of Characters: 3

1.3. Layout and font 3

1.4. Sections, marking and numbering 3

1.5. Submission 4

2. References 5

2.1. Citations 5

2.2. Bibliography 5

3. Report/Project 8

3.1. Front page and title page* 8

3.2. Preface 8

3.3. Summary 8

3.4. Table of contents* 9

3.5. Introduction* 9

3.6. Problem Proposal* 9

3.7. Delimitation* 10

3.8. Methodology* 10

3.9. Descriptive section 10

3.10. Analysis section* 10

3.11. Proposal/Solution 10

3.12. Conclusion* 11

3.13. Perspective 11

3.14. Bibliography* 11

3.15. Appendices 11

4. Synopsis 12

5. Opponent presentation 13

6. Oral presentation of projects 14

7. Supervision 15

8. Assessment criteria 16

Formalities

1 Template

A Word template designed in accordance with below layout formalities and which also includes a ”gross table of contents” covering the sections of the report is available onBlackboard.

2 Number of Characters:

The project description states maximum (and sometimes minimum) number of characters.

The characterrequirements must be observed, otherwise the result of the assessmentwill be lowered. If an indicative number of charactersis stated, this must be followedwithin arange of +/- 5 per cent.

A standard page contains 2,400 characters including spaces. The number of characters must be stated on the title page of the assignment.

Table of contents, summary, bibliography, preface and appendicesare not included in the number of characters. The text must be readable in its entirety without having to consult the enclosed appendices(appendices will not be assessed).

3 Layout and font...