migration

Major Assignment: Research Paper ‎

Students must select an international or regional case of forced migration from present (ongoing) events or history. They will be asked to write a research paper of 2500 words after developing a question, or several questions, to address. Students must discuss and explain the case from different theoretical perspectives on international migration. In other words, students must apply theories to discuss and explain the reasons behind the event and discuss which theoretical approach explains the event better. 

political international

WRITTEN REPORT RUBRIC

Name/Matric No.

Course

Topic

1 = Poor

2 = Fair

3 = Good

4 = Excellent

Marks

Topic

Totally unrelated

Remotely related

Somewhat relevant

Directly relevant

Organization

Not organized, discussion makes no sense

Some organization, discussion jump around, start and end are unclear.

Organized, discussion are somewhat jumpy

Good organization and discussion are
logically ordered.

The content is not interesting

Content is rather difficult to read and fairly interesting

Content is easy and interesting to read

Content is very interesting to read

Content

Provide little or no information on background and significance. Information is inaccurate or with many errors. Reader learns little.

Insufficient information on background and significance. Some information is accurate, but enough errors are made to be distracting.

Gives general information about the topic, but some relevant information may be missing, or significance is not clearly explained. No significant errors made.

Discusses pertinent background information. Clearly explains significance of topic. Information is consistently accurate.

No discussion of global/Islamic issues.

Little discussion of global/Islamic issues.

Some discussion of global/Islamic issues

Enough discussion of global/Islamic issues.

Mechanics

Errors are frequent and distracting; therefore it is hard to determine meaning.

Enough errors in style or grammar occur that they become distracting.

Writing is generally error free, but some errors in language or grammar may occur

Writing is free of errors, in grammar, punctuation, sentence structure,
capitalization and spelling

Aesthetics

Unacceptable appearance. Does not use appropriate font, font size, line spacing and border areas.

Appearance is acceptable but a lot could be improve

Appearance is generally good; only some elements need to be improved

Excellent formatting and appearance. Use appropriate font, font size, line spacing and border areas

1 = Poor

2 = Fair

3 = Good

4 = Excellent

Marks

References

References are not cited in text, and no reference list is provided.

Few references are cited in text and incomplete references

Most references are cited in text and appropriately provided in reference list.

Complete references in text and references list.

Style/format is incorrect.

Many references uses incorrect style/format

Most references uses correct style/format

References is in the correct style/format

Timeliness

Report handed in more than 1 week late

Up to 1 week late

Up to two days late

Report handed in on time

Total Points :

Scoring key

Undergraduate

Masters

DBA

Poor

0 – 10

0 – 17

Fair

11 – 20

18 – 24

0 – 27

Good

21 – 30

25 – 34

28 – 36

Excellent

31 – 40

35 – 40

37 – 40