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Graduate Program

Assessment Brief

Academic Year 2019-2020

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BCO118 ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY

FINAL ASSIGNMENT:

For this Final Assignment, worth 60% of the final mark, the student must carry out the following work:

Task Scenario for 2050

Every student must work on a personalized approach to a scenario which must be individual; two

or more students cannot work together to produce identical analyses and conclusions.

Your task is to prepare an exploratory scenario for 2050 (cf: Living Planet Report 2018 pp 124-

125), taking into account the topics and issues covered during the course. Your Exploratory

Scenario 2050 should:

1. outline the current critical issues which will impact on human life and health in the

decade beginning 2050

2. be based on realistic expectations of goals and results arising from governmental,

organizational and individual actions

3. describe the potential outcomes of specific environmental strategies that are currently

under consideration

4. analyse the current and potential challenges that might hinder the implementation of

such strategies

5. summarise and conclude what new initiatives need to be taken at the three levels

(governmental, organizational and individual)

You may decide on a minimum of two core issues/topics of your choice to cover in your scenario.

Whilst your scenario can include any topics covered in the course, a good starting point is the

Living Planet Report 2018.

For your answer, you must provide a logical analysis by drawing on cases and/or theories covered

during this course and/or which you learned about through your independent study. Your answers

must illustrate flow and progression of ideas through critical and independent thought. Any answer

given by you that is identical to an answer given by another student will lead to a down-grade of the

answer in question.

REQUIREMENTS

Formalities:

 Wordcount: 1,000 – to 1,500 words; Cover page, Table of Contents, Bibliography and

Annexes are excluded of the total wordcount.

 Font: Arial 12 pts.

 The in-text references and the bibliography have to be in the Harvard citation style. This

includes also for graphic images, tables and photos taken from other sources.

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Thank you.

SUBMISSION INSTRUCTI ONS

The work must be on one single Word.docx document and must be uploaded on the appropriate

Turnitin folder created by the course Faculty Member on Moodle.

The title of the student's submitted file should contain the following information:

– Name of this course

– Name of the Faculty Member / Teacher

– Student's full Name

– Student ID number

– Title of this assignment (Mid-Term / Final)

Release Date: As of Week 5.

Submission Deadline: Week 8: at the latest on Sunday 19th July – 23:59 – Via Moodle (Turnitin).

Weight: This task contributes 60% to your total grade for this course.

GRADING CRITERI A

(Grading matrix/rubric next page)

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Exceptional 90-100 Good 80-89 Fair 70-79 Marginal fail 60-69

Knowledge &

Understanding

(20%)

Student

demonstrates

excellent

understanding of the

task, the key

concepts, applies

theory where useful

or necessary, and

uses vocabulary in an

entirely appropriate

manner.

Student

demonstrates good

understanding of the

task and mentions

some relevant

concepts and

demonstrates use of

the relevant

vocabulary.

Student understands

the task and provides

minimum conceptual

and theoretical

support, and uses

only some of the

relevant vocabulary.

Student understands

the task and attempts

to answer the question

but does not mention

key concepts or uses

minimum amount of

relevant vocabulary.

Application

(30%)

Student applies fully

relevant knowledge

from the topics

delivered in class.

Student applies

mostly relevant

knowledge from the

topics delivered in

class.

Student applies some

relevant knowledge

from the topics

delivered in class.

Misunderstanding

may be evident.

Student applies little

relevant knowledge

from the topics

delivered in class.

Misunderstanding is

evident.

Critical Thinking

(30%)

Student critically

assesses in excellent

ways, drawing

insightful conclusions

based on readings

from relevant

authors. Student also

makes clear and

correct citations and

uses the Harvard

referencing method

correctly.

Student critically

assesses in good

ways, drawing

conclusions from

relevant authors and

references. Student

knows how to use

the Harvard

referencing method

correctly.

Student provides

some insights but

stays on the surface

of the topic.

References may not

be relevant.

Student shows little or

no critical thinking

insights, does not

quote appropriate

authors, and does not

provide valid sources.

Communication

(20%)

Student

communicates their

ideas very well

organized and

extremely clearly and

concisely, respecting

word count, grammar

and spellcheck.

Student

communicates their

ideas in an organized

manner and

concisely, respecting

word count,

grammar and

spellcheck

Student

communicates their

ideas with some

clarity and concision.

It may be slightly

over or under the

wordcount limit.

Some misspelling

errors may be

evident.

Student communicates

their ideas in a

somewhat unclear and

unconcise way. Does

not reach or does

exceed wordcount

excessively and

misspelling errors are

evident.