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Grading of Graduate Masters Thesis Rubric Code: U2XC28A By oleche Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: (General) Type: Assessment Grade Levels: Graduate

School of Economics Masters Grading Template 2020
	Poor 25 pts	Fair 50 pts	Good 75 pts	Excellent 100 pts
Proposal preparation	Poor Demonstrates an inadequate understanding of the topic of study	Fair Demonstrates an acceptable understanding of the topic of study	Good Demonstrates an accomplished understanding of the topic of study	Excellent Demonstrates a sophisticated understanding of the topic of study
Proposal presentation	Poor Presents an incomplete analysis of the issues identified	Fair Presents a superficial analysis of some of the issues identified; omits necessary information	Good Presents a thorough analysis of most issues identified; includes most necessary information	Excellent Presents an insightful and thorough analysis of all issues identified;
Attendance and contribution during MA Seminars	Poor Attends up to 25% of MA Seminars	Fair Attends up to 50% of MA Seminars	Good Attends up to 75% of MA Seminars	Excellent Attends up to 100% of MA Seminars
Timeliness of proposal presentation	Poor Proposal presented after the fourth semester of supervisor allocation	Fair Proposal presented after the third semester of supervisor allocation	Good Proposal presented after the second semester of supervisor allocation	Excellent Proposal presented within the first semester of supervisor allocation
Ability to search and review relevant literature	Poor The Literature reviewed are not relevant to the research topic.	Fair Not all literature reviewed are relevant to the research topic.	Good The Literature reviewed are relevant to the research topic but are not always presented clearly and / or logically	Excellent The literature reviewed are highly relevant to the research, and are presented clearly and logically.
Collection and analysis of data	Poor Data Collection and Analysis done after the fourth semester of proposal presentation	Fair Data Collection and Analysis done after the third semester of proposal presentation	Good Data Collection and Analysis done after the second semester of proposal presentation	Excellent Data Collection and Analysis done within the first semester of proposal presentation
Grasp of theory and research methods	Poor Theory is not relevant or only relevant for some aspects.	Fair There is a weak link between theory and practice.	Good The link between theory and practice is mostly clear and logical, or has some minor errors.	Excellent The link between theory and practice is clearly and logically articulated.
Clarity of expression, organisation of thesis	Poor The Project is poorly organized and difficult to read – does not flow logically from one part to another. The arguments and positions are not easy to follow. There are several spelling and/orgrammatical errors; technical terms are not defined or are poorly defined. Writing lacks	Fair The Report study is not very well organized and only a few arguments and positions are easy to follow. There are a few minor spellings and / or grammatical errors and technical terms are not defined. Writing is not always clear and lacks conciseness or persuasiveness.	Good The Report study is generally well organized and most of the arguments and positions are easy to follow. There are only a few minor spelling and/or grammatical errors, and technical terms are not clearly defined. Writing is mostly clear but lacks conciseness or persuasiveness.	Excellent The Report is coherently organized and the arguments and positions are easy to follow. There are no spelling or grammatical errors and technical terms are clearly defined. Writing is clear and concise and persuasive.
Presentation of the findings	Poor Arguments/findings are not relevant to the research. Arguments/findings are vague and illogical – major components are missing.	Fair Not all arguments / findings are relevant to the research. At times, the arguments / findings are not clearly or logically presented.	Good findings are relevant to the research but are not always presented clearly and / or logically	Excellent findings are highly relevant to the research, and are presented clearly and logically
Conclusions/ Recommendations	Poor Conclusions/recommendations are very poorly stated and the connections to the arguments and positions are incorrect, unclear, irrelevant or presented	Fair Conclusions / recommendations are poorly stated and connections to arguments and positions are very unclear / irrelevant.	Good Conclusions/recommendations are clearly stated but connections to arguments and positions are not always clear and relevant - some aspects may not be connected or minor errors in the underlying logic are present.	Excellent Conclusions/recommendations are clearly stated and connections to the arguments and positions are clear and relevant. The underlying logic is explicit.

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