CVEN4051 Thesis B Assessment Task 2: Literature Review Term 2, 2024

Method of submission

Softcopy only, submit a PDF version of your Assessment Task 2 under the Moodle’s ‘Assessments’ section. After submitting in Moodle, always check what you have submitted. Do not email your assignment to the course coordinator or your demonstrator. 

Weight of Assessment Task 2: 15 Marks

Late submission penalty

Submit before due date since late submissions will receive a 5% deduction penalty per day. Late submissions up to 5 days late will be marked and will receive the appropriate penalty deductions. Any submissions made that are more than 5 days late will not be accepted for marking.

Scope of Work

In this Assessment Task, you are to conduct a literature review research about the technical aspects associated with the topic you have nominated. To complete this Assessment Task, you need to submit a brief literature review on the topic which has been nominated in the Assessment Task 1. You need to discuss with your demonstrator the details of your topic, the material you have searched for, and how you are planning to write your literature. In the preparation of this literature review, you need to first conduct a comprehensive search about the current available resources including the academic journals, books, conferences, WSA EIS, the files of previous similar projects, websites, etc. within the field of your research. You then need to review and analyse all the files to be able to prepare this assignment well. The review references must be critiqued, and their current gap must be identified. The Western Sydney Airport must be central to this literature review , and all the sources and discussions must be linked and applied to this theme project.

Literature Review Writing and Structure Requirements

In preparing your Literature Review on your selected topic, you are advised that you are to prepare it to these requirements:

−    Fill out the cover page for Assessment Task 2 and use it as the first page of your Literature Review Assessment Task. Each student must write their full name and zID in the cover page. The blank cover page is provided in Moodle.

−   The structure of the Literature Review is to be compiled as follows:

•    Cover Page

•    Table of Contents (start from a new page)

•     Introduction (start from a new page)

•    [The main body of your Literature Review. You are to develop some headings and subheadings in this section.]

•    Conclusions

•     References (start from a new page)

•    Appendix (if needed, start from a new page)

−   Your Literature Review is to be drafted in the following format: Headings: 14-point Arial font bolded.

Text: 12-point Arial lack font, 1.5 line spacing, page numbered, 20 mm margins at top and bottom, and 30 mm side margins. Your writing should be left and right margin justified.

−   The length of the Literature Review is to be approximately 1,250 words (±10%) including the Introduction, Main Body, and  Conclusion sections. The cover page, References and Appendix (if needed) sections do not count in the word count. If there is any illustration (such as table, chart, figure, etc.) in the main body section of the Literature Review, it does not count in the word count.

−   ‘Table of Contents’ are needed for the Literature Review. This section must be in the second page of your Literature Review after the cover page as your first page.

−    Page numbering is required in the footers. Nothing else must be written in headers or footers.

−    Proofreading is required for spelling and grammar checking. English writing must be at the expected academic standard.

−   The Literature Review is to be written in the third person.

−   You are permitted to use different types of illustrations in the body of your Literature Review: including pictures, figures, tables,  graphs, and charts. They need to be captioned using 10- point Arial font and sequentially numbered:

e.g. (Figure 1: [caption]; Figure 2: [caption]; Table 1: [caption]; Table 2: [caption], etc.) Caption of a figures is its below, and caption of a table is its above.

−    Each illustration needs to be cited in your Literature Review to link it to the writing content.