UCSI UNIVERSITY
FACULTY OF BUSINESS AND INFORMATION SCIENCE (FBM)
BFE 308 ISSUES IN GLOBAL ECONOMICS
SEMESTER 05-2021
WRITTEN ASSIGNMENT (20%)
Instructor: Asst. Prof. Dr. Uma Munikrishnan
Note
Written Assignment 20% (Due Week 10).
Rubric attached.
Link for grouping:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1MhSgW2FBi1Ia6Nzj6ydlPKOj2ITEffJF/view?usp=sharing
Choose ONE question from the below.
1. What do we mean by “environmentally sustainable development”? Are there serious
economic costs for pursuing sustainable development as opposed to simple output
growth, and who bears the major responsibility for global environmental damage—the
developed North or the developing South?
2. Are free markets and economic privatization the answer to development problems, or
do governments in developing countries still have major roles to play in their
economies?
3. How did so many developing nations get into such serious foreign-debt problems, and
what are the implications of debt problems for economic development? How do
financial crises affect development?
4. Why do some countries make rapid progress toward development while many others
remain poor?
General Guidelines:
 Students are required to work in group of 2-3.
 Late submission is not acceptable.
 Students are required to submit ONE (1) final assignment only.
 The assignment must be between 2,000 to 2,500 words.
 Must be word processed using font type New Times Roman and font size of 12
 Must be 1.5 or double spacing and justified.
 All materials or sources used must be appropriately cited and referenced.
 Citation and referencing are mandatory. APA REFERENCING.
ALL THE BEST
BFE 308: ISSUES IN GLOBAL ECONOMICS ASSIGNMENT RUBRIC
CRITERIA
POOR
FAIR
GOOD
EXCELLENT
0-2
3-5
6-8
9-10
The assignment had
organising ideas but
could have been
much stronger with
better preparation.
The assignment
was well
organised, well
prepared and
easy to
follow.
10
Weightage
Introduction
The assignment lacked
organisation and had
little
evidence of
preparation.
CRITERIA
POOR
FAIR
GOOD
EXCELLENT
0-4
5-8
9-12
13-15
Assignment
contained little to no
valuable material.
Assignment had
moments where
valuable
material was
present but as a
whole content
was lacking.
Assignment has a
good amount of
material and
benefited the class.
Assignment had
an
exceptional
amount of
valuable
material and
was extremely
beneficial to the
class.
10
Student does not have
grasp of
information.
Student is
uncertain with
information.
Student is certain
information.
Student
demonstrates
full knowledge
of
information.
10
Content
Subject
knowledge
CRITERIA
Integration of
Knowledge
CRITERIA
Writing
style/layout
and design
There were
minimal signs of
organisation or
preparation.
Weightage
POOR
FAIR
GOOD
EXCELLENT
0-2
3-5
6-8
9-10
The student
demonstrates to a
certain extent,
understands and
has applied
concepts learned
in the course.
The student
demonstrates for
the most part,
understands and has
applied concepts
learned in the
course. Some of the
conclusions,
however, are not
supported in the
body of the paper.
POOR
FAIR
0-1
2-3
The student does
not demonstrate
he/she has fully
understood, and
applied concepts
learned in the
course.
Poor quality visuals.
Average quality
visuals.
Weightage
Student
demonstrates an
understanding
and has applied
concepts learned
in the course
and have
integrated the
concepts into
their own
insights.
10
GOOD
EXCELLENT
Weightage
4
5
High quality
demonstrated, but
not
Professional and
high
5
CRITERIA
References and
Citation
POOR
FAIR
0-2
3-5
Lack of / no references,
major error in citation
and references format.
Weak referencing,
some omission in
citation and
references format.
GOOD
EXCELLENT
6-8
particularly
creative.
9-10
quality. Visually
engaging.
Adequate
referencing,
appropriate citation
and references
format
Extensive
referencing,
appropriate
citation and
references
Weightage
5
format.
NOTES:
SCORE
TOTAL
SCORE
/50
ACTUAL
/20