| Course Code | Class Code | Assignment Title | Total Points |
| INT-244 | INT-244-O500 | Investigating Islam Essay | 125.0 |
| Criteria | Percentage | Unsatisfactory (0.00%) | Less than Satisfactory (65.00%) | Satisfactory (75.00%) | Good (85.00%) | Excellent (100.00%) | Comments | Points Earned |
| Content | 80.0% |
| The Five Pillars of Islam | 30.0% | Essay does not detail the Five Pillars of Islam or evaluate why they are referred to as the Pillars of Islam. | Essay vaguely details the Five Pillars of Islam and minimally evaluates why they are referred to as the Pillars of Islam. | Essay details the Five Pillars of Islam and evaluates why they are referred to as the Pillars of Islam. | Essay accurately and comprehensively details the Five Pillars of Islam and evaluates why they are referred to as the Pillars of Islam. | Essay comprehensively and insightfully details the Five Pillars of Islam and evaluates why they are referred to as the Pillars of Islam. |
| The Pillars in Daily Life | 30.0% | Essay does not analyze how one of the Pillars of Islam would function in the daily life of a Muslim. | Essay unclearly analyzes how one of the Pillars of Islam would function in the daily life of a Muslim. | Essay analyzes how one of the Pillars of Islam would function in the daily life of a Muslim. | Essay comprehensively analyzes how one of the Pillars of Islam would function in the daily life of a Muslim. | Essay comprehensively and insightfully analyzes how one of the Pillars of Islam would function in the daily life of a Muslim. |
| Ancient Christian Community in a Muslim Context | 20.0% | Essay does not or inaccurately compares and contrasts how a specific ancient Christian community practices rituals resembling the Five Pillars of Islam. | Essay vaguely compares and contrasts how a specific ancient Christian community practices rituals resembling the Five Pillars of Islam. | Essay compares and contrasts how a specific ancient Christian community practices rituals resembling the Five Pillars of Islam. | Essay comprehensively compares and contrasts how a specific ancient Christian community practices rituals resembling the Five Pillars of Islam. | Essay comprehensively and insightfully compares and contrasts how a specific ancient Christian community practices rituals resembling the Five Pillars of Islam. |
| Organization and Effectiveness | 17.0% |
| Thesis Development and Purpose | 6.0% | Paper lacks any discernible overall purpose or organizing claim. | Thesis is insufficiently developed or vague. Purpose is not clear. | Thesis is apparent and appropriate to purpose. | Thesis is clear and forecasts the development of the paper. Thesis is descriptive and reflective of the arguments and appropriate to the purpose. | Thesis is comprehensive and contains the essence of the paper. Thesis statement makes the purpose of the paper clear. |
| Paragraph Development and Transitions | 6.0% | Paragraphs and transitions consistently lack unity and coherence. No apparent connections between paragraphs are established. Transitions are inappropriate to purpose and scope. Organization is disjointed. | Some paragraphs and transitions may lack logical progression of ideas, unity, coherence, or cohesiveness. Some degree of organization is evident. | Paragraphs are generally competent, but ideas may show some inconsistency in organization or in their relationship to each other. | A logical progression of ideas between paragraphs is apparent. Paragraphs exhibit a unity, coherence, and cohesiveness. Topic sentences and concluding remarks are appropriate to purpose. | There is a sophisticated construction of paragraphs and transitions. Ideas progress and relate to each other. Paragraph and transition construction guide the reader. Paragraph structure is seamless. |
| Mechanics of Writing (includes spelling, punctuation, grammar, language use) | 5.0% | Surface errors are pervasive enough that they impede communication of meaning. Inappropriate word choice or sentence construction is used. | Frequent and repetitive mechanical errors distract the reader. Inconsistencies in language choice (register) or word choice are present. Sentence structure is correct but not varied. | Some mechanical errors or typos are present, but they are not overly distracting to the reader. Correct and varied sentence structure and audience-appropriate language are employed. | Prose is largely free of mechanical errors, although a few may be present. The writer uses a variety of effective sentence structures and figures of speech. | Writer is clearly in command of standard, written, academic English. |
| Format | 3.0% |
| Paper Format (use of appropriate style for the major and assignment) | 1.0% | Appropriate template is not used appropriately or documentation format is rarely followed correctly. | Appropriate template is used, but some elements are missing or mistaken; lack of control with formatting is apparent. | Appropriate template is used, and formatting is correct, although some minor errors may be present. | Appropriate template is fully used; There are virtually no errors in formatting style. | All format elements are correct. |
| Documentation of Sources (citations, footnotes, references, bibliography, etc., as appropriate to assignment and style) | 2.0% | Sources are not documented. | Documentation of sources is inconsistent or incorrect, as appropriate to assignment and style, with numerous formatting errors. | Sources are documented, as appropriate to assignment and style, although some formatting errors may be present. | Sources are documented, as appropriate to assignment and style, and format is mostly correct. | Sources are completely and correctly documented, as appropriate to assignment and style, and format is free of error. |
| Total Weightage | 100% |
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