ILO: Specialized Knowledge
10 %Articulates major challenges involved in practicing the field, elucidates its leading edges, and delineates its current limits with respect to theory, knowledge and practice. |
Pass with Distinction
Student provides a strong introduction to the paper that gives a background of the situation and includes a good thesis statement. |
Pass
Student provides an introduction to the paper that gives a background and the thesis statement needs work. |
Revision Possible
Student provides an introduction to the paper that gives a background but does not provide a thesis statement or the thesis statement needs work. |
Fail/Retake
Student provides an introduction to the paper but it does not give a background on the situation and no thesis statement is provided. |
No Acceptable Submission
Student does not provide an introduction, background, or thesis statement in the paper. |
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ILO: Broad Knowledge
10 %Frames a complex scientific, social, technological, economic or aesthetic challenge or problem from the perspectives and literature of at least two academic fields and proposes a “best approach” to the question or challenge using evidence from those fields. |
Pass with Distinction
Student incorporates 3+ theories/concepts used in previous classes to discuss the issues presented in the prompt. |
Pass
Student incorporates 2 theories/concepts used in previous classes to discuss the issues presented in the prompt. |
Revision Possible
Student incorporates 1 theory/concept used in previous classes to discuss the issues presented in the prompt. |
Fail/Retake
Student incorporates 1-2 theories but does not make any connections to the issues presented in the prompt. |
No Acceptable Submission
Student does not present any theories or concepts from previous classes. |
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Program Objectives
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Program Objective
10 %Evaluate current business needs and the need for changes in policies and procedures by using advanced analysis techniques to determine their interdisciplinary applicability. |
Pass with Distinction
Identified and discussed 3+ concepts required by the assignment description. |
Pass
Identified and discussed 2 concepts required by the assignment description. |
Revision Possible
Identified and discussed 1 concept required by the assignment description |
Fail/Retake
Identified concepts but did not provide details or supporting discussion. |
No Acceptable Submission
Did not correctly identify or discuss any of the concepts learned. |
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Course Objectives
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Theoretical/ Logical Reasoning
20 %Compare and contrast various theoretical and/or conceptual views in one’s field of study as it relates to current trends in today’s marketplace. |
Pass with Distinction
Student provides a creative and well thought out and supported argument and/or recommendation to support the question prompt. |
Pass
Student provides a reasonable argument and/or recommendation to support the question prompt. |
Revision Possible
Student provides an argument and/or recommendation but it is not documented or supported. |
Fail/Retake
Student does not provide logical reasoning based on material presented OR does not provide a recommendation based on material presented. |
No Acceptable Submission
Student does not provide logical reasoning based on material presented AND does not provide a recommendation based on material presented. |
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Research
20 %Critique and analyze current research trends in today’s workplace and business research, which is reflective of both environments, in terms of economic, social, cultural, and political changes and perspectives. |
Pass with Distinction
Student strategically uses 7 or more sources, correctly cited parenthetically, to support his/her thoughts and ideas. Resources are from credible sources. |
Pass
Student provides 5-6 sources, correctly cited parenthetically to support his/her thoughts and ideas OR more sources are provided but are not correctly cited and/or are not credible. |
Revision Possible
Student provides 3-4 sources, correctly cited parenthetically to support his/her thoughts and ideas OR more sources are provided but are not correctly cited and/or are not credible. |
Fail/Retake
Student provides less than 3 sources, correctly cited parenthetically to support his/her thoughts and ideas OR more sources are provided but are not correctly cited and/or are not credible. |
No Acceptable Submission
Student does not provide any relevant research or no references are cited parenthetically. |
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Writing/Mechanics
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Grammar
12 %Paper has been proofread for grammatical errors |
Pass with Distinction
Student presents question response with excellent display of grammatical, spelling, and other writing ability (2 or less errors). |
Pass
Student presents questions response with minimal (3-6) errors in grammar, spelling, or other writing errors. |
Revision Possible
Student presents question response with numerous (7-9) errors in grammar, spelling, and other writing errors. |
Fail/Retake
Student presents question response with many (10-15) errors in grammar, spelling, and other writing errors. |
No Acceptable Submission
Paper has not been proofread and contains more than 15 errors. |
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APA
10 %Paper is in proper APA format |
Pass with Distinction
Paper contains no APA errors. |
Pass
Paper contains 2 or less APA errors. |
Revision Possible
Paper contains 3-4 APA errors. |
Fail/Retake
Paper contains 5+ APA errors. |
No Acceptable Submission
Paper was not submitted in APA format. |
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Mechanics
5 %Paper Length and organization |
Pass with Distinction
Paper meets the length requirement of 2100-2450 words and is organized in APA formatted headings for readability. |
Pass
Paper is 1400-2100 words OR is over 2450 words.
Paper is organized in headings but they are not formatted correctly. |
Revision Possible
Paper is 1050-1400 words OR is over 2800 words.
Paper is not organized in headings but paper follows a logical order. |
Fail/Retake
Paper is 700-1050 words OR is over 3150 words.
Paper is not organized in headings and is hard to read. |
No Acceptable Submission
Paper is less than 700 words.
Paper is insufficient in content. |
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Originality
5 %Turnitin Report |
Pass with Distinction
Student provides Turnitin report for question and it comes in under 15% in the use of quoted material and demonstrates a strategic use of resources via the report. |
Pass
Student provides Turnitin report for question and it comes in between 16-25% in the use of quoted material. Student has no issues with paraphrasing. |
Revision Possible
Student provides Turnitin report for question and it comes in between 26-35% in the use of quoted material and/or student has issues with paraphrasing. |
Fail/Retake
Student provides Turnitin report for question and it comes in over 36% in the use of quoted material and/or student has issues with paraphrasing. |
No Acceptable Submission
Student does not provide a Turnitin report. |