SIPs are graded Credit, No Credit, and Honors.  The following list should give you an idea of our expectations.

A Grading Rubric for SIPs

1. A No Credit SIP (NC) has some of these characteristics:

• It is not turned in on time.
• Missed intermediate SIP deadlines.
• It doesn’t meet the department or College SIP requirements
• It is poorly written.
• There is no identifiable thesis or organizing idea;
• Or, it has a weak thesis-- unclear or too broad.
• It has no clear organization.
• It may appear to have been written quickly and organized randomly, with little planning or revision.
• It has pervasive grammatical problems: spelling, punctuation, etc.
• It is characterized by simple general ideas without depth, complexity or detail.
• It has factual errors.
• Missing or minimal analysis
• Missing citations
• It has inadequate references or it has no academic references

(For example, it only cites company literature or websites)

2. A Credit SIP (CR) has some of these characteristics:

• Organization is clear and logical; transitions are smooth.
• It effectively develops ideas with examples and details.
• It has no significant sentence structure or grammar problems.
• It has varied sentence structure and it reads fluently.
• Paragraphs are unified and coherent.
• It has a clear, sharp thesis or organizing idea.
• It uses economic and business principles correctly.
• Evidence is used to support the argument in a meaningful way.
• Its references are from a variety of sources.

3. An Honors SIP (H) has some of these qualities:

• It is a two unit SIP.
• It fulfills the requirements thoroughly and interestingly.
• It develops ideas in a full and satisfying way.
• Organization is clear, smooth, and logical; transitions seem logical
• It has no grammatical errors.
• Paragraphs are unified, coherent, and fully developed.
• It has a clear, sharp, interesting thesis, fulfilled by the SIP.
• It integrates economic analysis in a meaningful way.
• Substantial use of data or theoretical analysis
• It is an exceptional work that makes a real contribution.
• Its references are varied, relevant, and complete.