BUS3024 Trade and Trade Blocs Assignment 1 Brief | UoN

BUS3024 The Assignment Task 

This work counts for 50% of the module's overall grade (Word limit: 2000 words). 

Assignment 1 - AS1 - A 2000-word news commentary - 50% 

The growth of trading blocs has impacted the global trading systems/patterns with several implications for countries within and outside the block. This is due to economic and political differences among the nations, creating levels of economic integration. 

Choose any trade bloc from the Asian, North or South American continent that you would like to critically analyse and evaluate the implications of the level of economic integration for 2 countries in the bloc, considering the type (s) of agreements and differences politically/economically. 

In addition, critically assess the impact on global markets and trade patterns of the chosen trade bloc by discussing the role of General Agreements on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) and the World Trade Organisation (WTO), considering the advantages and disadvantages of the regional trading bloc on your selected trade bloc. 

BUS3024 Learning Outcomes 

On successful completion of this assessment, you will be able to: 
a) analyse and apply concepts, theories, and principles as well as key terms associated with trade bloc/economic integration 
b) analyse rapidly changing global trends and assess their impact on markets and trade, and on the geopolitical relationships among countries within trade blocs 

Your grade will depend on how well you meet these learning outcomes in a way relevant to this assessment. Please see the final page of this document for further details of the criteria against which you will be assessed. 

BUS3024 Assessment Support 

Specific support sessions for this assessment will be provided by the module team and notified through NILE. You can also access individual support and guidance for your assessments from Library and Learning Services. Visit the Skills Hub to access this support and to discover the online support also available for assessments and academic skills. 

BUS3024 Academic Integrity and Misconduct 

The work you produce must be your own, with work taken from any other source properly referenced and attributed. This means that it is an infringement of academic integrity and, therefore, academic misconduct to ask someone else to carry out all or some of the work for you, whether paid or unpaid, or to use the work of another student, whether current or previously submitted. 

For further guidance on what constitutes plagiarism, contract cheating or collusion, or any other infringement of academic integrity, please read the University's Academic Integrity and Misconduct Policy. Other useful resources to help with understanding academic integrity are available from UNPAC - the University of Northampton's Plagiarism Avoidance Course. N.B. 

The penalties for academic misconduct are severe and include failing the assessment, failing the module and even expulsion from the university. 

BUS3024 Assessment Submission 

To submit your work, please go to the 'Assessment and Submission' area on the NILE site and use the relevant submission point to upload the assessment deliverables.