Economic and draft is attached ECON 100G: INTRODUCTION TO ECONOMICS
END OF TERM PROJECT GUIDELINES- WINTER 2024
DUE: Saturday, Introduction: The end of term paper requires you to be able to see some economic (micro and
macro) topics, principles and concepts in everyday life and news.
Task: Your task is to apply theories, models, concepts and principles from the course to enable
you analyze a news article in your own words.
Length of Paper: 2- 3 pages.
Font: Times new roman, 12
Spacing: Double spaced.
Structure
Introduction: Start by defining the concept you are going to use. For example, elasticity refers to
……. ., the law of demand states…… Then briefly outline what the article is about and what you
are going to discuss in your paper.
Main body: Discuss the connection between the topic area you select and the article you pick.
You can pick any approach depending on the article you select. Some possible approaches will be
to explain, critique, justify, recommend or predict.
As an example, with this sample article, https://globalnews.ca/news/5918532/vancouver-gas-
price/ , the approach will be to explain the cause of the gas price increase (decrease in supply) and
also explain the recommendation to not fill up (production is not back to normal). I can conclude
on the note of this recommendation being in line with economic theory (Consumer behavior when
prices are expected to decrease)
If you have an article on let us say, a province deciding to increase its minimum wage, you can
use economic theory to critique why this may not be a good idea and go ahead to predict it’s
effects.
Hint: A greater score will be allotted to students who are able to do a good research, connect
the concepts very clearly and use relevant graphs to support their writing. A full rubric is
provided at the end.
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Conclusion: Briefly summarize the main ideas covered in your paper.
Citation: The paper should follow the APA citation style for both in-text citations and
references. If you are unsure of how to do this, this link should be helpful.
https://alexandercollege.ca/student-success/writing-and-learning-centre/citations/
Draft Report: You are required to submit a draft report to Canvas by 11:59 pm on Saturday,
March 16. The purpose of the draft report is to give you an opportunity to receive feedback to
help you produce a good final report. At the very least, you should be able to mention the article
you are going to use and include your introduction. However, the more you are able to write, the
more feedback you will receive. Students who do not submit the draft will receive a penalty of
three points deduction from their final score on the paper.
Further Help:
a) The Writing and Learning Centre (WLC): The WLC is an excellent source for further help
on this project. The Economics/Commerce tutor can help with making sure you are on the right
track.
Writing and Humanities specialists can help with writing, grammar, structure, citations etc. You
are not allowed to use an outside tutor for this report. To reiterate, find below examples of
Plagiarism below. Any acts of plagiarism will result in a score of zero and an academic alert.
Examples of plagiarism include but are not limited to:
• Using another person’s words, ideas, theories, charts, photographs, etc. without citing
them.
• Using any statistics, facts, opinions, or research without citing them.
• Incorrectly paraphrasing another person’s ideas.
• Incorrectly quoting another person’s words.
• Changing data or research or in any way misrepresenting research.
• Failure to properly use in-text citations and an APA style References.
• Submitting any work that was done by another person (this includes papermills, cutting
and pasting, unethical tutoring, etc.)
• Re-submitting work done previously or for another course, etc.
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• Using AI tools such as Chat GPT, etc.
b) Library: The library is an excellent source for research help. The librarians can help you with
the research process, academic sources, articles etc.
Submission: Your paper should be submitted to Canvas in a Word or PDF file format. Do not
hand-write this paper. The due date is Saturday, April 6, 2024 by 11:59 pm. If you submit
your file on April 7, there will be a 5-mark deduction. After this date, no other submissions will
be accepted.
Grading: The paper will be graded out of 20 and will form 5% of the grade for this course. The
marks for the paper will be posted on Canvas during or after the Exam period.
Criteria Full Points Partial Points Partial Points No points Pts
This criterion is
linked to use of
appropriate
economic theory,
concepts, models
Uses relevant economic
theory/models/concepts
with supporting graphs,
examples.
8 points
Uses some economic
theory/model/concep
ts. However, not very
exhaustive to discuss
article
5 points
Uses some economic
theory/model/concepts.
However, not very
exhaustive and relevant to
discuss article
2.5 points
Uses no economic
theory/model/concep
ts to discuss the
article
0 points
8
This criterion is
linked to strong
analysis/
critique/recomme
ndations
Shows excellent
understanding of article
and economic
theory/concept by
providing meaningful
analysis/critique/recom
mendation
5 points
Shows sufficient
understanding of
article and economic
theory/concept by
some providing
meaningful
analysis/critique/reco
mmendation
3 points
Provides weak
analysis/critique/recomm
endation
1.5 points
Shows poor
understanding of
article and economic
theory/concept by
not providing
meaningful
analysis/critique/rec
ommendation
0 points
5
This criterion is
linked to
appropriate and
relevant news
article/topic found
Found a very relevant
article with an equally
relevant topic area
3 points
Found a good article,
however, article is not
as relevant
1.5 point
Found a good article,
however, article is a bit
dated.
0.5 points
No article used in
paper.
0 points
3
This criterion is
linked to
Grammar
Generally clear & error
free
2 points
Contains some minor
grammatical errors
&/or unclear phrasing
1 point
Contains some major
grammatical errors &/or
unclear phrasing
0.5 points
Contains multiple
grammatical errors
&/or unclear
phrasing
0 points
2
This criterion is
linked to structure
and length of
paper
Fully complies with
structure and length
requirements
2 points
Deviates from
structure and length
requirements slightly
0.75 points
Deviates from structure
and length requirements
significantly
0.25 points
Does not follow
structure and length
requirement at all.
0 points
2
Total Points 20
