Grading Outline for Pols 3600 / 3605 Final Paper

Student Portion – Please Fill Out and Attach (Sheet) To Final Paper
Name							Student Number
Title of Paper
Date Submitted				Professor		Ray Bazowski
						Ian Greene
Part A – Content of Paper					Worth 40% of Paper (40 Marks out of 100)
	What I am Looking For								Mark
1			Ability To Synthesize Research And Relate Research To Topic						/10
2			Sound And Logical Argument Development						/10
3			Appropriate Use of Tests/Cases/Leading Arguments						/5
4			Ability To Support Argument						/5
5			Ability (Where Appropriate) To Critique Position of Others (Including Other Authors And/Or Case Law)						/5
6			Ability to Identify And Address Possible Counter-Arguments To Your Position						/5
			TOTAL						/40
Part B – Quality of Research					Worth 30% of Paper (30 Marks Out of 100)
	What I am Looking For								Mark
1			Thoroughness Of Research (Ability To Both Identify Important Cases/Academic Sources/Key Academic Arguments Or Themes And The Ability To Use Those Ideas In Your Paper)						/20
2			Proper Use of Footnotes/Endnotes (i.e. Properly Formatted)						/5
3			Proper Use of Bibliography (i.e. Properly Formatted)						/5
			TOTAL						/30
Part C – Structure of Paper					Worth 30% of Paper (30 Marks Out of 100)
		What I am Looking For							Mark
1			Spelling						/5
2			Grammar						/5
3			Organization (i.e. Was Paper Well Organized And Logically Flow Or Did It Jump All Over The Place?)						/5
4			Style (i.e. Was A Proper Format Used [Proper Use of Quotations, Stay Within Page Limit, Double Spaced, etc.])						/5
5			Creativity						/5
6			Overall Presentation of Paper						/5
			Total						/30
Part D – Comments and Final Mark
Comments
Mark								/100
Late Penalty (If Applicable)
Final Mark								/100
Grade
Kristopher Crawford-Dickinson