Environmental sustainability final assignment
Undergraduate Program Assessment Brief Academic Year 2019-2020
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BCO118 ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY FINAL ASSIGNMENT FALL 2020 For this Final Assignment, worth 60% of the final mark, the student must carry out the following work: Task Scenario for 2050
Your task is to prepare an exploratory scenario for 2050 (cf: Living Planet Report 2018 pp 124-125), taking into account the topics and issues covered during the course. Your Exploratory Scenario 2050 should:
1. outline the current critical issues which will impact on human life and health in the decade beginning 2050 2. be based on realistic expectations of goals and results arising from governmental, organizational and individual actions 3. describe the potential outcomes of specific environmental strategies that are currently under consideration 4. analyse the current and potential challenges that might hinder the implementation of such strategies 5. summarise and conclude what new initiatives need to be taken at the three levels (governmental, organizational and individual)
You should select a minimum of two and a maximum of three core issues/topics of your choice to cover in your scenario. Whilst your scenario can include any topics covered in the course, a good starting point is the Living Planet Report 2018.
For your answer, you must provide a logical analysis by drawing on cases and/or theories covered during this course and/or which you learned about through your independent study. Your answers must illustrate flow and progression of ideas through critical and independent thought. Any answer given by you that is identical / similar to an answer given by another student will lead to a down-grade of the answer in question. REQUIREMENTS Formalities:
Wordcount: 800 1,000 words. Cover page, Table of Contents, Bibliography and Annexes are excluded of the total wordcount. Font: Arial 12 pts. The in-text references and the bibliography have to be in the Harvard citation style
Undergraduate Program Assessment Brief Academic Year 2019-2020
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Submission: Sunday 29th November at 23:55 Via Moodle (Turnitin).
Weight: This task counts for 60% of your total grade for this subject.
SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS The work must be on one single Word.docx document and must be uploaded to the appropriate Turnitin folder on Moodle. The title page of the file should contain the following information:
Name of this course Name of the Faculty Member / Teacher Student’s full Name Student ID number Title of this assignment (Final Assignment Exploratory Scenario 2050)
Undergraduate Program Assessment Brief Academic Year 2019-2020
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ASSIGNMENT RUBRICS
Exceptional
90-100
Good
80-89
Fair
70-79
Fail
<70 Knowledge & understanding (35%) Student demonstrates a systematic and thorough understanding of the theory delivered in class, applying relevant knowledge to the question Student demonstrates good understanding of the theory delivered in class, applying some relevant knowledge to the question. Some minor details might be missing Student demonstrates some understanding of the theory delivered in class, applying some knowledge to the question. Key details might be missing and there might be some irrelevance. Student demonstrates an insufficient understanding of the theory delivered in class. Key knowledge is not applied to the question and information is of little or no relevance Critical Evaluation (35%) Student critically engages with theory and its application, considering alternative perspectives/ possibilities with authority. Makes excellent judgements in the absence of complete data Student makes a good attempt at critically engaging with theory and its application, considering alternative perspectives/ possibilities. Makes good judgements in the absence of complete data Student makes some attempt at critically engaging with theory and/or its application. Makes some judgements in the absence of complete data Student makes no attempt to critically engage with theory or application. Fails to make judgements in the absence of complete data Communication (20%) Student communicates their ideas extremely clearly and concisely, making excellent use of visuals to support their message. Student communicates their ideas clearly and concisely, making good use of visuals to support their message. Student communicates their ideas with some clarity and concision. Visuals are used to support their message successfully at times. Student fails to communicate their ideas clearly and concisely. Visuals are poor and do not support the message. Synthesis (10%) Student synthesizes the content of their presentation with exceptional clarity and concision Student synthesizes the content of their presentation with some clarity and concision Student synthesizes the content of their presentation, although work lacks clarity and/or concision Student makes an insufficient attempt to synthesize, with a lack of clarity and concision.
