NCO101 Living with Community Tutor-Marked Assignment 01, 2026 | SUSS, Singapore

NCO101 Tutor-Marked Assignment 01

This assignment is worth 30% of the final mark for NCO101 Living with Community.  

TMA01 Question

Discuss your ideal inclusive community in a single visual essay of maximum 1500 words (not including in-text citations, references, and short image captions).

You must include the following: 

• A clear articulation of your ideal inclusive community, which must be based on:
  o Any one concept, idea or topic you identify from Ratcliffe, P. (2004). Race Ethnicity and Difference: Imagining the Inclusive Society (Chapter 2). Open University Press. *Copy in Canvas L-Group Modules. o An analysis of a generated AI response to your prompt asking for a summary of your identified concept/idea/topic from Ratcliffe (2004). *The prompt and response must be attached as an appendix after the Reference section.
• Your understanding of an ideal and inclusive community that you apply and explain via 4-6 images (photos/graphs/charts/screenshots etc.) your ideal inclusive community. *You are allowed a maximum of 2 third-party images.
• An elaborated reference to any relevant part of the NCO101 iSG and at least ONE other source material. *Source materials can include any of the supplementary readings listed below and relevant and reliable non-text sources, such as audio-visual materials (e.g. YouTube videos). If in doubt, check with your instructor.
• Proper in-text citations and references (including GenAI tools), and acknowledgement of images used (yes, cite yourself!).

Supplementary Reading(s) (accessible via SUSS Library) *These readings may be of interest.

• Delanty, G. (2003). Community. Routledge.
• Blackshaw, T. (2010). Key concepts in community studies ([Enhanced Credo edition].). SAGE.
• Bruhn, J. G. (2005). “Conceptions of Community: Past and Present” in The Sociology of Community Connections. Springer US.
• Crow, G. (2018). What are community studies? Bloomsbury Academic. *See Chapters 1 and 2.
• Chaskin, R. J. (2013). Theories of Community. In Weil, M., Reisch, M., & Ohmer, M. L. (Eds.). The handbook of community practice (Chapter 5). SAGE Publications (second edition).

Style Guidelines

Your visual essay should adhere to the following guidelines:

4-6 images, with a maximum of two images by a third-party

• No more than 1500 words (not including in-text citations, references, and single-line image captions)
• 5 paragraph line spacing
• One-inch page margins
• Font size 12
• Acceptable fonts: Calibri or Times New Roman
• APA style for in-text citations and bibliography. See examples below:

Example of in-text citation (notice the use of quotation marks)

In 2019, Senator Elizabeth Warren arguing for the breaking up of Big Tech said: “Nearly half of all e-commerce goes through Amazon” (Warren, 2019).

Suggested Approach

Write your response in the form of a visual essay that uses images and long descriptions to convey your researched (and citable) observations and opinions. Hence, the visual essay must be organised to allow the argument to come through clearly and coherently to the reader. When writing, keep in mind your audience (for example, who is this visual essay for?). The essay must adopt basic formality, i.e., presented in complete and grammatically sound sentences.

The core components of the essay are:

• Usually one paragraph. States your claim/argument, with a brief outline of the supporting reasons or rationale for taking the position/argument you have chosen. *Make sure your stated position/argument directly addresses the question asked, and that it goes beyond a simple “I agree with…” or “I disagree with…”.
• Paragraphs developing your outlined reasons or rationale in the introductory paragraph, with relevant and clearly substantiated examples. A good way to start is to discuss one idea or argument per paragraph. The images used and their long descriptions should be well integrated into your discussion. The PEEL principle may be useful to follow:
• Point (specific point / argument you want to make)
• Providing an Example for that point or argument (this is most likely where your images come in)
• Explaining why the example is relevant to the point / argument you are making, and
• Link it back to your overarching argument your essay is making.

Conclusion : Usually in one paragraph, which reiterates your position. Can also be used as a space for reflection on the broader themes that your specific examples engaged with in the essay. This also signals to your readers that you are ending your discussion.
• Sample of photo essay:

1. https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/social-media-inspires-japanese-women-to-dashinto-rickshaw-pulling

2. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/oct/30/dekotora-the-decorated-trucksof-japan-a-photo-essay

3. https://interactives.stuff.co.nz/2020/05/high-country-farming-vanishing-lands/