Summary of Course Grading:

Quizzes and Assignments

In each Module, you will be required to take a quiz that is intended to test your understanding of the material covered up to that point.

Paper Presentation

Each student is expected to prepare one presentation of a published academic paper chosen  from the reading list. You will sign-up to a Presentation choosing a presentation topic. You are allowed to collaborate with only one additional student at the maximum. The presentation will  be followed by questions and discussion lead by two other classmates about the content of the paper and the presentation.

Please sign-up to the presentation of the empirical paper no later than January 2 (first come, first serve basis). A sign-up sheet with the presentation dates is available here.

All presentations will take place in the Discussion Board in HuskyCT on the following

days: 01/10-01/13. You will do a live presentation, online, and upload/share it on the

relative discussion board the day preceding the presentation/discussion date.

The purpose of the presentation and following discussion (described in more detail below) is to familiarize students with a number of current issues related to ocean governance and to see how economics apply in these contexts. The discussions are meant to be interactive and all students are expected to be familiar with the topic and participate in the discussion. All students are required to read each paper and are expected to contribute to the discussion.    Learn more about the presentation format below.

Instructions for the presentation

Discussion of Academic Papers

After each video presentation all students are expected to contribute to the discussion (in writing ) about the merit of the presented piece of research. This is very important because there will be questions about these papers on the tests. Now, you have read the paper   very carefully and have taken the time to understand the paper’s contributions, its strengths  and weaknesses and its most salient points. Learn more about the general guidelines for the discussion below.

Guidelines for the discussion

Grading Scale

Due Dates and Late Policy

Presentations must be uploaded on HuskyCT by the end of the day preceding the lecture in which the presentation will be given. All course due dates are identified in HuskyCT and the course schedule. Deadlines are based on Eastern Time. The instructor reserves the right to change dates accordingly as the semester progresses. All changes will be communicated in an appropriate manner.

Late Policy - I will apply a 10% penalty for each late day after two or more days of delay.

Feedback and Grades

I will make every effort to provide feedback and grades within 12 hours. To keep track of your performance in the course, refer to My Grades in HuskyCT.

Student Authentication and Verification

The University of Connecticut is required to verify the identity of students who participate in online courses and to establish that students who register in an online course are the same students who participate in and complete the course activities and assessments and receive academic credit. Verification and authentication of student identity in this course will include:

1.  Method 1: Secure access to the learning management system using your unique UConn NetID and password.

2.  Method 2: You will create a video for the Presentation Assignment using your webcam. To practice creating a video you will create a video in the Mod 1 Video Discussion. To create your video, you can use the Kaltura video tool. See the Kaltura Video Tool tab on the course left-side menu in HuskyCT.