Department = of Marketing
Standards f= or Student Written Work
As Marketing students and future business professional= s, effective communication is critical. As such, it is imperative that you practice professional standards of writing. To this end, all wri= tten assignments must meet minimum standards to be acceptable. These standards address spelling, punctuation, format and basic grammar.&nbs= p; These standards for written work refer to technical English errors a= nd errors of form. Specifically, the er= rors include the following:
1= . each different word misspelled
2= . each sentence fragment
3= . each run-on sentence or comma splice
4= . each different mistake in capitalization
5= . each serious error in punctuation
6= . each error in verb tense or subject/verb agreement
7= . lack of conformity with written assignment format
8= . each improper citation
Papers with more than three of the errors identified a= bove and marked by the instructor on any one page, or more than ten in the entire document are unacceptable. The instructor will stop reading when either figure is exceeded and will return= the paper to the student without a grade.
If a paper is returned to you for failure to meet these standards, you must correct it and return it to the instructor by the next class meeting. Grades on all = papers that are returned due to your failure to meet these standards will be reduc= ed by one full letter grade. It = is, therefore, in your interest to use available help before you submit your pa= per the first time. A paper that = still fails to meet these standards after it is returned and resubmitted can rece= ive a grade no higher than a “D”.&= nbsp; Please note: For word-= processed papers/final exams where the paper is turned in at the end of the semester = and the paper cannot be reasonably revised, final scores on papers/exams that fail = to meet these standards will be penalized by not less than 20%.
Many of these mistakes outlined above can be identifie= d and corrected by carefully proofreading your paper before submitting it to your professor. It may be advantag= eous to have someone else proofread your paper, perhaps another student. If you are not sure how to correct= your paper, seek advice from the University Center for Learning Assistan= ce (UCLA) in 133 Stevenson Hall or visit their website at= http://www.ucollege.ilstu.edu/= ucla/ . Another way of avoiding som= e of these errors is to use the spelling and grammar software available in most = word processing programs (also available in the COB computer lab). These software packages will ident= ify many (but not all) errors for you so that you may correct them. However, please remember that it is imperative that you proofread your paper in addition to using spelling and grammar software.
This document borrows heavily from the Southern Illino= is University – Edwardsville School of Business Fatal Error Policy (with permission from Professor Doug Eder – Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville).