ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY ESSAY

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UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO MISSISSAUGA

AUGUST 2020 FINAL EXAMINATION – TAKE HOME

GGR209H5S

Economic Geography

Susan Dupej

Released 11am, August 17, to be submitted by 11am, (Mississauga time) August 22

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UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO, MISSISSAUGA

GGR209H5S

Economic Geography

Final Exam – Take-Home

August 17-22, 2020

INSTRUCTIONS TO STUDENTS

This is a take-home exam.

Date assigned: August 17, 2020 @11:00am (last day of class)

Date due: August 22, 2020 @11:00am

Essay format: Using course material from lecture and textbook (from the entire term), students

will write an essay on an argument provided to them about economic geography. References

must be provided using in-text citations for any ideas, arguments or wording from the textbook

(e.g. author, year of publication, page number) or lecture (e.g. Dupej, 2020, Lecture #). Students

are to provide a bibliography.

Answer length: Answers should be no more than 1000 words. Use Times New Roman or Arial

12-point font. Write the essay in a separate word document.

Submission method: Upload a doc. or pdf. file to the Quercus site under the assignment tab

called ‘Take Home Exam’. Please save your file with the name format:

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Exam Value: The take-home exam is out of 35 marks. Please see the rubric on the last page,

which will be used to grade the essay. The final take home exam is worth 35% of the overall

course grade.

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Essay (35 Marks) Instructions: Using course material (lectures and textbook) from the entire term, write an essay

with sentences and paragraphs of no more than 1000 words that provides evidence to support

the argument/thesis statement provided below. Your answer needs to be structured in essay

format with an introduction, body paragraphs with sub-arguments (to support the main

argument), as well as a conclusion. Sub-headings can be used if students prefer but are not

required. References must be provided using in-text citation for any ideas, arguments or wording

from the textbook (e.g. author, year of publication, page number) or lecture (e.g. Dupej, 2020,

Lecture #). Students are to provide a bibliography.

Argument: Uneven geographic development is a major feature of the capitalist economy.

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Rubric: Final Exam – Take Home

The essay:

Missing/Does

not meet

Requirement

(F)

(0)

Not Acceptable;

Incompetent

Skill

(F)

(1-2)

Poor;

Marginally meets the

Requirement;

Questionable Skill;

Needs Improvement

(D - D+)

(2.5)

Requires Work;

Needs Further

Explanation;

Unclear

(C – C+)

(3)

Satisfactory; Meets

the Requirement;

Competent Skills

(B – B+)

(3.5)

Well Done; Fairly

High Degree of

Skill; Marginal

Improvement

(A)

(4)

Exceptional;

Skill is Above and

Beyond; Needs No

Improvement

(A+)

(4.5-5)

Provides an introduction that introduces

the topic, identifies the argument and

includes a ‘roadmap’ for how the essay is

structured.

Provides specific evidence/sub-

arguments to support the main argument.

Provides supporting references (i.e. in-

text citations and bibliography)

Clearly connects to course material. Provides a conclusion that summarizes

the essay as well as additional insight

gained while writing the essay.

Is well written: it is detailed, logical

thorough, organized, clearly articulates

ideas and has no grammatical or spelling

errors; argument is coherent and

consistent

Demonstrates an overall understanding of

the argument presented.

Student Score

Total (/35)

Grade out of 35 Description 31.5-35

(A+)

The answer is exceptional: it includes many specific terms/concepts from lecture and textbook (i.e. is relevant and highly detailed),

demonstrates a thorough understanding of course material, demonstrates writing skills above and beyond (i.e. very clearly written;

nothing needs clarification), provides in-depth analysis (i.e. is very well-connected to lecture material); may require no improvement.

28-31

(A)

The answer is very well done: it uses several terms/concepts from lecture (i.e. is relevant and detailed), demonstrates a good

understanding of course material, demonstrates a high degree of writing skill (i.e. is clear but may contain typos or grammatical errors),

provides some degree of analysis (i.e. is connected to lecture material); requires marginal improvement.

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24.5-27.5

(B – B+)

The answer is satisfactory: it uses a few terms/concepts from lecture but could be more relevant and detailed (i.e. is somewhat vague),

demonstrates a general understanding of course material, demonstrates competent writing skills but could be more clearly written,

connects to lecture material but lacks meaningful analysis; requires moderate improvement.

21-24

(C – C+)

The answer requires work: terms and concepts from lecture material are presented but are vague (i.e. requires more specific detail as well

as more terms and concepts), demonstrates a limited understanding of course material, demonstrates unclear writing that needs further

explanation, does not contain meaningful analysis and/or is loosely connected to course terms and concepts, requires moderate

improvement.

17.5-20.5

(D – D+)

The answer is poor: it marginally and vaguely addresses course terms and concepts, demonstrates an understanding of course material

that is questionable, demonstrates questionable writing skills that requires further explanation (i.e. writing is unclear and confusing),

does not contain analysis, requires substantial improvement.

1-17

(F)

The answer is not acceptable: it is unrelated to terms/concepts from lecture and vague, demonstrates a lack of understanding course

material, demonstrates incompetent writing skills, does not make sense and/or appears to be written in haste, contains no analysis, seems

unfinished.

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