School of Business and Social Sciences (SBSS)

Assessment Instructions

Section A: Course Information

Programme BBA/BBAM/BBAHRM
Course Title Development Studies
Course Code BBC 3283
Lecturer’s Name AP. Dr. Suraya Hanim Mokhtar
Email suraya.mokhtar@aiu.edu.my
Semester/Year Semester I, 2022/2023
Credit Value 3

Section B: Assessment

Methods CLO % Weightage

70% Coursework Assignment (Film Review) 1 20

Report of Case Study 1 and 2 30
Test 3 20
1. ASSIGNMENT-FILM REVIEW (20%)

FILM TITLE : WHEN CHINA MET AFRICA

A. OBJECTIVES:
This film review is designed to achieve CLO1.
CLO1: Describe critically the main components of development studies with referral to
economics, political, social processes and issues.(C2, PLO2).

B. INSTRUCTIONS:
You are required to write a review of this film documentary. The film title is “When China
Met Africa”.

C. REPORT WRITING GUIDELINES:

1. Assessment Criterion –20% for the writing report.

2. Format and spacing: Arial, 12 font and 1.5 spacing.

3. Submission: Week 5

4. Writing report: 700-1500 words.

5. Plagiarism: The plagiarism report should be attached in the appendix. No more than 20%
similarities.

6. If you do use quotations from books, journals and or websites then these must be placed
inside quotation marks and referenced ideally.

7. This is an individual assignment.

 D. ASSESSMENT RUBRIC

Excellent Good Fair Unsatisfactory

(17-20) (11-16) (6-10) (0-5)
Summary of Student gives a Summary is Summary is Little or no
documentary brief summary either a little either much too significant
film and on the film too long or not short of much summary; no
details. without long enough; too long; may details from the
discussing not quite as be vague or tell movie and little
ending; includes compelling; too much; few evidence from
enough fewer details details from the summary to
information to from the film movie and little support.
satisfy; details and evidence. evidence.
from the film.
Effective Review is Review is Review lacks Review is
Organisation strongly organized and strong choppy or
organized with most organization; incohesive;
clear transitionstransitions and jumps around organization is
and logical connections are too much or unclear.
connections that clear, but either lack effective
create a sense oforganization is transitions; not
being tightly somewhat logical order.
woven together. lacking or the
sense of how is
somewhat
abrupt.
Final Evaluation Review offers a Conclusion is A conclusion is No conclusion is
clear conclusion satisfactory but present, but it’s present.
or evaluation of is lacking of a weak and
the film with a clear final lacking of a
recommendation evaluation. clear final
for viewing to evaluation.
others.
 2. CASE STUDY REPORT (20%).

TOPIC: (1) GLOBALISATION, DEVELOPMENT AND DEPENDENCY

(2) HEALTH, EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT

A. OBJECTIVES:
This case study is designed to achieve CLO2 and CLO3.

CLO2: Evaluate different approaches from the macro-level of international development

agencies to the micro-level of grassroots organisations. (C4, PLO3).

CLO3: Analyse the existing social problems, processes and prospects for developing human
and material resources. (C3, PLO2).

B. INSTRUCTIONS:
CASE STUDY 01
Submission: week 5
CASE STUDY 02
Submission: week 11

C. REPORT WRITING GUIDELINES:

1. Assessment Criterion –10% each for the case study writing report.

2. Format and spacing: Arial, 12 font and 1.5 spacing.

3. Writing report: 700-1500 words.

4. Plagiarism: The plagiarism report should be attached in the appendix. No more than 20%
similarities.

5. If you do use quotations from books, journals and or websites then these must be placed
inside quotation marks and referenced ideally.

6. This is a group work assignment.

 D. ASSESSMENT RUBRIC

CRITERIA EXCELLENT GOOD SATISFACTORY POOR NOT

ACCEPTABLE
(8-10) (6-7) (4-5) (1-3) (0)

DEPTH OF Demonstrates Demonstrates Demonstrates Demonstrates No

ANSWER a thorough a thoughtful a little or no submission.
and conscious understanding limited understanding
understanding of all the case understanding of the case
of the case and the of the case. study and
and subject subject subject
matter. matter. matter.
DEVELOPMENT Uses specific Uses relevant Use some None or very No
OF EXAMPLES and examples vaguely few specific submission.
AND EVIDENCE convincing from developed examples
examples to experience to examples to used to
support ideas support support claims. support
and make claims. Makes claims made
insightful applicable in answer.
connections. connections
between
ideas.
LANGUANGE Skilful Has control of Uses some Uses No
USE/STYLE, sentence sentence imprecise language that submission.
GRAMMAR. structure and structure and language with is unsuitable
no grammar grammar with little sense of for the
errors. only slight voice and audience
errors. limited and purpose
awareness with little or
sentence no awareness
structure and of sentence
grammar. structure of
grammar.
 3. TEST (20%).

A. OBJECTIVES:
This test is designed to achieve CLO3.

CLO3: Analyse the existing social problems, processes and prospects for developing human
and material resources. (C3, PLO2).

B. INSTRUCTIONS:
The test will be conducted in week 8.