An essay is similar to a term paper but will sometimes allow the student a bit more leeway in the question and subject choice. If you're on a modular degree course, you will study a lot of material in a short period of time. Modules have different components and very often students are given various essay titles in each major area of a module.
If, for example, you were studying a module on Spirituality, Self and Society, you would probably cover the work of Marx, Durkheim and Weber on the sociology of religion, religion and culture, religion and identity, and spirituality and the self. Once you have chosen what aspect of the module you're looking at and what title appeals to you the most, you should begin working on your essay.
*Tutorials*
Many universities now have professors provide tutorials on writing an essay. When students are studying a module like the one mentioned above, the professor would probably divide students into groups according to the general area of their essay.
Many students think that tutorials are a good excuse for playing hooky, but if you do this, your work will suffer as a result. Tutorials are designed to help students, particularly first year students, to master the art of writing essays in an academic context.
*Finding Source Material*
In most cases teachers will provide guidance on what sources you might need and where to look for them when you're writing your first paper. Take advantage of all the help you can get because the conventions, with regard to writing and referencing the work of others, are far more stringent in a university context than in high school. Make the most of the guidance that you are given, if you fail to reference your sources at the college level, you could be suspected of plagiarism.
You will probably be advised to make good use of the university library and the academic journals that are held there as well as books and electronic sources of information. If you do use articles that you find on the web, you should reference them giving the date if available, the author, the title, the URL
or web address and the date you accessed the material, unless your teacher tells you otherwise.
You should have some idea of what information you will need in order to answer the essay question. Your first essay may be quite short, but this will vary from one college to another and could be anything from 500 to 1500 words in length.
Obviously, if you're required to write more words, you will need considerably more information than if you were writing a 500 word essay.
When you have accumulated your information you should start writing, don't bother about spelling and grammar at this stage, just get the information down and worry about shaping it later.
Once you have written the first draft of your essay go back and start putting the information in order. Ask yourself what goes where, once you have sorted this out you will need to write a conclusion that sums up the arguments you have made.
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