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.
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Course |
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Topic |
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1 = Poor |
2 = Fair |
3 = Good |
4 = Excellent |
Marks |
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Topic |
Totally unrelated |
Remotely related |
Somewhat relevant |
Directly relevant |
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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. |
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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 |
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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. |
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No discussion of global/Islamic issues. |
Little discussion of global/Islamic issues. |
Some discussion of global/Islamic issues |
Enough discussion of global/Islamic issues. |
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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 |
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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 |
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1 = Poor |
2 = Fair |
3 = Good |
4 = Excellent |
Marks |
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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. |
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Style/format is incorrect. |
Many references uses incorrect style/format |
Most references uses correct style/format |
References is in the correct style/format |
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Timeliness |
Report handed in more than 1 week late |
Up to 1 week late |
Up to two days late |
Report handed in on time |
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Total Points : |
Scoring key
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Undergraduate |
Masters |
DBA |
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Poor |
0 – 10 |
0 – 17 |
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Fair |
11 – 20 |
18 – 24 |
0 – 27 |
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Good |
21 – 30 |
25 – 34 |
28 – 36 |
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Excellent |
31 – 40 |
35 – 40 |
37 – 40 |