Marking

  Weight   Excellent   Very  good   Good   Pass   Not  satisfactory  

criteria  
Problem  solving   30%   Comprehensively   Effectively  applies   Adequately  applies   Describes  some  of   Does  not  
-­‐explain   applies  a  wide   a  wide  range  of   the  essential  range   the  knowledge   adequately  
fundamental   range  of   knowledge  and   of  knowledge  and   appropriate  to  the   describe  the  
economic   knowledge  and   skills  appropriate   skills  appropriate   solution.  Relevant   problem.  The  
concepts   skills  appropriate   to  the  solution  of   to  the  solutions  of   problems  have  been   problem  solving  
-­‐using  text  or   to  the  solution  of   relevant  problems.   relevant  problems.   omitted,  and  the   technique  has  not  
diagram  or   relevant  problem.   Identifies,  defines   Identifies,  defines   solutions  or   integrated  
equations   Identifies,  defines   and  constructs   and  constructs   recommendations   sufficient  
  and  constructs   relevant   recommendations   are  limited.  Some  of   knowledge  and  
novel   recommendations   on  this  basis.  Some   the  solutions  have   skills  to  provide  
recommendations   on  this  basis   of  the  solutions   not  been  evaluated   viable  solutions.  
on  this  basis.   evaluated  against   have  been   against  the  purpose  
outcomes.   evaluated  against   of  the  outcome.  
the  purpose  of  the  
outcome.  
Critical  Analysis   30%   Comprehensive   Effective  critical   Adequate  critical   Describes  critical   Does  not  
-­‐apply  economic   critical  and   discussion  and   discussion  and   analysis  and   adequately  
concepts  or   evaluative   evaluation  of   evaluation  of   evaluation  of   critically  discuss  
principles  to  a   thinking;  all   arguments,  with   propositions;   propositions  or   and  evaluate;  no  
problem  or  real   important   some  relationships   includes  some   arguments;  some   evidence  based  
world   relationships   between   inconsistencies   inconsistencies  that   support  for  
phenomena     between  elements   components   that  detract  from   limit  the  strength  of   arguments.  
are  explored  to   explored  to  derive   the  whole.   the  analysis.  Lacks  
derive  convincing   convincing   evaluation  and  
arguments.   arguments.   discussion.  
Structure   20%   Structure  and   Ideas  are   Sequence  and   Well  enough   Structure  and  
-­‐introduction   sequence  are  used   sequenced  in  an   structure  are   structured  to  make   organisation  of  the  
-­‐organisation   comprehensively   effective,  logical   adequate,  logical   sense;  could  be   argument  is  poor;  
-­‐conclusion   to  help  integrate   and  satisfying  way;   and  easy  to  follow.   better  organised  and   inadequate  logical  
ideas  or  support   connections   Some   more  tightly  focused   structure  used  to  
logical  argument.   between  different   inconsistencies   upon  the  questions.   organise  ideas;  
Soundly  structured   themes  or  sections   that  detract  from   Instances  of   errors  that  detract  
throughout.   are  well  made.   the  whole.   irrelevance  or   from  the  whole.  
Some  errors  that   confusion.  
do  not  interfere  
with  the  whole.  
Presentation   20%   Confident  and   Language  use   Language  is   Clear  enough  to  be   Not  able  to  be  
-­‐presentation   precise  use  of   demonstrates   generally  sound   understood;  some   understood;  
quality   language;  mastery   precision  and   and  clear   confused  or  unclear   confused  or  
-­‐language   of  style  and  tone.   expressiveness  as   throughout.   expression.  Spelling,   unclear  expression.  
-­‐grammar   Accurate   well  as  clarity.   Grammatically   punctuation  and   Spelling,  
-­‐Referencing  if   application  of   Grammatically   sound  with  some   grammar  generally   punctuation  and  
used   grammar.  If   sound   minor  errors  that   satisfactory  but   grammar  
applicable,   presentation.  If   do  not  detract  from   likely  to  need   unsatisfactory.  If  
accurate  academic   applicable,  sources   the  whole.  If   attention.  If   applicable  
referencing   fully  referenced   applicable  sources   applicable  sources  of   academic  
convention  citing   and  academic   of  information   information   referencing  style  is  
multiple  sources.   referencing   acknowledged  with   acknowledged  with   not  applied  
generally  accurate.   minor  referencing   few  referencing   consistently.  
errors.   errors.