Macro SLIDE

COURSE CODE BCO124 COURSE NAME MACROECONOMICS Task brief & rubrics

Task: Individual PP Presentation

· The presentation is individual
· Time max = 7 minutes / student
· Slides max = 7 PowerPoint
· Students will choose to develop ONE of the following three topics:

· Unemployment in my country: calculate labor force, unemployment rate, types of unemployment, minimum wage laws; develop a time series from the last 4 years, reasons for unemployment rates.

· Economic growth in my country: rate of growth & time series from the last 4 years, nominal GDP, real GDP, deflator, reasons for growth (decrease)

· Inflation in my country: calculate the Consumer Price Index (CPI) and rate of inflation and time series for the last 4 years. Give reasons for prices’ evolution in the country
Use your national statistics office data and develop the graphs in excel. Use theory learned in class. (No copy paste from webs, blogs, etc)
Formalities:

· Wordcount: —
· Font: Arial 12 pts.
· Text alignment: Justified.
· The in-text References and the Bibliography have to be in Harvard’s citation style.

Submission: Week 9 for all students

Weight: This task is a 15% of your total grade for this subject.

It assesses the following learning outcomes:
· Outcome 1: Introduce the students to the basic principles of Macroeconomics
· Outcome 2: Improve students analytical abilities, discussion skills and presentation techniques

Rubrics

90-100

80-89

70-79

60-69

Fail

Content

(30%)

Demonstrates a thorough knowledge of all concepts and theories applied to the case study

Demonstrates a good knowledge of some relevant concepts and theories applied to the case study

Demonstrates some knowledge of a few key concepts and theories applied to the case study

Demonstrates little knowledge of concepts and theories applied to the case study

Demonstrates no knowledge of concepts and theories applied to the case study

Clarity

(30%)

Expresses self proficiently and clearly, selecting relevant information and structuring the message logically

Expresses self well and is mostly clear. Selects mostly relevant information and message is mostly logical

Makes a fair attempt to express self well and clearly. Some content is relevant and logical, although inconsistently so

Has difficulty expressing self clearly. Content is largely irrelevant and illogical

Message is difficult to understand, mostly irrelevant and there is no evidence of an attempt to structure it

Delivery

(20%)

Pays full attention to the audience, makes direct eye contact and does not look at notes.

Pays attention to the audience, makes eye contact but sometimes looks at notes

Reads from notes, sometimes establishing eye contact with the audience

Mostly reads from notes, barely any direct contact with audience

100 % reading from notes, no contact with the audience.

Q&A

(20%)

Provides full answers to questions attentively and politely.

Provides good answers to questions attentively and politely

Provides incomplete answers questions. May lack attention or politeness.

Has difficulty answering questions. Lacks attention and/or politeness.

Does not answer questions