RESEARCH PAPER

RESEARCH PAPER   GUIDELINES 

Assignment to be Assessed for course grading purposes and Foundational Citizenship Competency 1.1 / Civic Literacy:

 Students are to submit a three to five page report (minimum of 1,000 words) analyzing how various economic systems can hinder / help social conditions. The paper is to be completed in APA or MLA format to include at least four citations from appropriate sources.  Your textbook may be included as a citation. The paper is to be double spaced; single sided; Times Roman; 12 pt font.

 Topics to include in your paper:

1. Using demand and supply, explain the tenets of capitalism and how it answers basic economic questions. 

2. Evaluate the role and scope of government in market economies versus command economies. 3. Discuss why nations trade, as well as valid and invalid arguments for restraints to free trade. 

3. Compare and contrast the differing schools of economic thought during the Great Depression and relate that thinking to (1) fiscal and monetary policy and (2) the Great Recession of 2007-2009. 

Use the following RUBRIC as a guide:

Liberal Learning Outcomes Achieved through BUSI-202, Principles of Macroeconomics:

· Outcome Definition: The rights and responsibilities associated with social, political, and economic communities that an individual demonstrates as an engaged, knowledgeable member of a society.

· Foundational Citizenship Outcome: 1.1 Civic Literacy  – Graduates demonstrate an understanding of the social, political, and economic institutions.

· Requirements and guidelines for Foundational Citizenship:

· Students can demonstrate competency at this level through experiences in the Social Sciences Freshman Year Experience (FYE) Courses. These courses focus on integration of basic knowledge and skills in civic, historical and global literacy. The student has an opportunity to specifically address the social institutions – economic, governmental, and cultural – as they are realized in American society, and use this basic understanding when addressing global citizenship.

· Students may also demonstrate foundational citizenship through several Roundtable-approved and designated learning experiences in business and industry.

· Assessment: Rubric for Citizenship Competency 1.1 / Civic Literacy. The student must achieve a total score of 3 or higher. 

RUBRIC: Foundational Citizenship Competency 1.1 / Civic Literacy:

The graduate demonstrates an understanding of social, political, and economic institutions.

Criteria	Insufficient   (1)	Emerging   (2)	Acceptable   (3)	Proficient   (4)	Exemplary   (5)	Score 1-5
Understands   the   relationship   between social institutions and a society	■ Unable to identify   social   institutions	■ Identifies social   institutions	■ Identifies social   institutions     and understands the relationship between social     institutions and a society	■ Analyzes the     interrelationship   between social institutions and a society	■ Evaluates the     interrelationship   between social institutions and a society
Understands   the   relationship of   social institutions to societal problems	■ Fails to recognize   a connection     between social institutions and a society	■  Recognizes a   connection   between social   institutions and a society	■ Applies the   relationship   of   social institutions and a society to a clearly defined     problem	■ Applies the   relationship   of   social institutions and a society to ill defined problems	■ Analyzes the   relationship   of   social institutions and a society to ill defined   problems
Understands     the  historical evolution of social institutions	■ Has little or no     understanding   of the historical evolution of social institutions.	■ Recognizes the   historical   evolution of   social institutions	■      Explains the   historical evolution of social institutions	■ Examines the   influences   guiding   the historical evolution of social institutions	■ Evaluates the   impact of   influences   guiding the historical evolution of social   institutions
Understands   social   institutions in   a global context	■ Has little or no     understanding   of social institutions in a global context.	■ Identifies the   global   connections   with a society’s social institutions	■ Employs a global   context to   explain a   society’s social institutions	■ Distinguishes the   development   of   social institutions in one society from their   development   in another	■ Interprets the   development   of   social institutions in one society through their   interaction   with social   institutions in other societies