This is a semester assignment that requires individual input, team participation, individual follow-up submission, and group presentation. Depending on the number of students we have in class, we will have at least four groups in each session working together until the final project is realized. As I have already discussed with you, each group will be assigned a research project for presentation

The signature assignment will have two parts:

Part One: Signature Assignment Project Proposal and (20 points)

      Students are required to submit a one-page paper answering the following the questions:

–       What is the topic of your paper?

–       An introduction paragraph what is that you want to write in this project?

–       Each student must submit at least five economic resources including economic texts, Journal, of economics, magazines and statistical documents, newspapers, and internet materials. (These sources will be used to produce your signature assignment project)

      If students complete part one successfully, they will move to part two. It requires the approval of the instructor.

Part Two: Signature Assignment Project Paper (The research paper) (80 points)

1.     The general Topic for signature paper is the economic effects of trade relationship between the U.S. and Mexico (emphasis is given to import- export activities between the two countries).

While writing your signature assignment paper or project you should consider the following:

• A typical project paper or group project for this course might survey around 5-7 articles (depending on the nature of the literature).
• You should mention all of them when their subject matter arises, but you might focus on approximately 5 articles. I prefer one or two of the articles to be peer reviewed article.
• Your paper must draw from and cite a minimum 1 primary and 1 secondary source. *
• Articles mentioned in your paper should be References or Biography, given the complete citations.
• Your paper must be typed, double-spaced, Times New Roman 12 point font, and a minimum of 1000 words in length*
• Pages must be numbered.
• Footnotes should contain complete sentences which expresses thoughts that are too tangential to put into the text of the paper.
• Your paper should have three or more numbered sections, each with a title like Introduction, Conclusion, etc. The tiles of the section other than introduction and conclusion will depend on the content of your paper.
• Your paper should have an introduction telling the reader the sequence of things you will present, and a conclusion, summarizing what you have done.
• Your paper must have a title page where you state your name or team members, the title of the paper, course number for your paper, the semester, and, and the year the paper has been written.
• For each paper on which you focus in depth, state clearly: (a) what questions does it ask? (b) How does it try to answer them? (c) What conclusions does it come to?
• Your paper will count towards 20% of your final grade. *
• Papers will be graded according to the essay rubric posted online
• Use appropriate in-text citations and a complete bibliography, formatted according to the most recent edition of academic citation style (MLA)
• The assignment will be due (TBA)
• Soon after the paper has been submitted, the group presentation portion will start. Group presentation must be complete week before the final exam. Presentation grade will be 100 points. (See rubric signature assignment 2) for details.

The specific functions regarding assignment due dates may vary according to individual instructors. Items marked with an asterisk (*) are set assignment parameters that cannot be changed by individual instructors