9 Scholarly Project Assignment
Scholarly Project
Your Scholarly Project is due next Wednesday and is 20% of your final grade. One of your group members must email the project to your instructor(s).
Prepare a scholarly analysis of a pressing problem in Canada’s oceans, guided by the instructors. Canvas written documents ranging from academic papers to parliamentary records and from government reports to community newsletters. Review other records, including conventional and electronic media reports. Interview people with knowledge or experience in the field. Synthesize and distill academic and other forms of knowledge into an analytical assessment of the challenge. Done in a group of 3-4 students. Supports learning outcomes 1-3. Assessment will focus on the submitted work itself: the group collaboration aspect of this assignment will be assessed under “Participation and Collaboration”.
Key Information:
- This is a group project (3-4 students per group)
- Double spaced, 12-15 pages (about 2800-3600 words), Times New Roman or other clear font, 12 pt
- Include Bibliography (additional to the 12-15 page count), your choice of citation style (but keep it consistent)
- Include Title Page with all names of group members
- Email to your instructors.
Marking Rubric:
| Explanation of context | 10% |
| Importance and timeliness; socioeconomic and governance framing | |
| Breadth and quality of your information sources | 30% |
| Literature, reports, interviews, media, etc. + proper citations | |
| Analytical rigour in evaluating the evidence | 30% |
| Qualitative, quantitative, narrative | |
| Appropriate graphics and images | 10% |
| Communication excellence | |
| Clear structure, flow, and language | 20% |
| Total | 100% |
