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Final Research Paper Research Paper Rubric Code: X37325 By muntu68 Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: Humanities Type: Writing Grade Levels: Undergraduate

Professional presentation
	Excellent 25 pts	Good 20 pts	Fair 15 pts	Poor 10 pts
Content	Excellent Information is appropriate to a topic relating to the course, sufficiently focused, and accurate.	Good Topic too broad or information includes minor inaccuracies.	Fair Topic far too broad or incoherent and/or information obviously inaccurate.	Poor Difficult to discern topic and information contains glaring inaccuracies.
Organization	Excellent Argument of the paper is clear and well-argued. Includes an introduction with a clear thesis, thematically organized paragraphs in the body, and a conclusion.	Good Essay somewhat lacking in organization, but argument still essentially clear OR essay well-structured but argument lacking in coherence.	Fair Missing key elements of structure (intro, thesis, conclusion) and/or argument is largely incoherent.	Poor Lacking thesis and overall structure. Argument indiscernible.
Argument	Excellent Presents information in a professional, unbiased manner. Engages a variety of views and weighing evidence on both sides. All positions backed up with research/arguments.	Good Positions generally well-supported but occasionally devolving into mere opinion.	Fair Positions often betray the student's opinion without supporting evidence.	Poor Provides no research to back up statements. Paper is entirely opinion.
Basic requirements/Conventions
	Excellent 7 pts	Good 5 pts	Fair 3 pts	Poor 1 pts
Length	Excellent 5-7 full, double-spaced pages	Good 4 pages or irregular spacing (enlarged margins, font, or spacing, etc.)	Fair 3 pages	Poor Less than three pages
Sources	Excellent Uses at least two reputable sources beyond the textbook. All sources recent (where appropriate).	Good Uses at least two sources, but some sources out of date.	Fair Only one outside source cited.	Poor No outside sources cited.
Citation	Excellent Footnotes/endnotes and brief bibliography, including all required info (author, publisher, year, etc.). All ideas not the student's own attributed to proper source.	Good Footnotes/endnotes and bibliography included but improperly or inconsistently formatted.	Fair Either footnotes/ endnotes or bibliography missing.	Poor No citation of sources.
Conventions	Excellent Paper reads smoothly. May have few errors in grammar, punctuation, etc.	Good Noticeable number of errors, but may not necessarily so glaring as to be distracting.	Fair Number of errors distracting, makes the paper difficult to read in places.	Poor Number of errors evidences great carelessness on part of student.