This guide is for BUSI 321 Week 5 Wall Street Journal Article Review 2, start to submission. The second WSJ article review, continuing toward five topics with a separate article for each.
BUSI 321 is Money and the Financial System, 3 credit hours, in Liberty University's BS in Business Administration. Canvas and the course guide file print the code as BUSI321; it is the same course.
| Course | BUSI 321 Money and the Financial System |
|---|---|
| Module/Week | 5 |
| Points | 48 points |
| Length | Not set in the guide; follow the review instructions |
| Sources | Wall Street Journal articles, one per topic |
| Faith integration | Not required by the guide |
| Format | As instructed in the course |
What BUSI 321 Week 5 Wall Street Journal Article Review 2 asks for
Review 2 is due in Module/Week 5 and is worth 48 points. It continues the reviews of WSJ articles on 5 of the 12 possible topics, with a separate article for each topic.
Where it fits in BUSI 321
In the published schedule, Wall Street Journal Article Review 2 is one of 11 graded written assignments in BUSI 321. It follows Week 5 Discussion Board Forum 5 and comes before Week 6 Discussion Board Forum 6. The same week also has Discussion Board Forum 5, so plan the week's writing together.
How BUSI 321 Week 5 Wall Street Journal Article Review 2 is graded
Liberty grades Wall Street Journal Article Review 2 with the rubric attached to the assignment in Canvas, worth 48 points in the published guide. That is about 5% of the course's 1,010 points. The rubric rows are the real instructions. Draft against them, and you will rarely be surprised by the grade.
Course grades in BUSI 321 use Liberty's point scale: an A is 900 to 1010 points of the course total. Missing the length or source minimum usually costs points on several rows at once, which is why the checklist below starts with them.
Timing in the published guide: Each course module/week (except Module/Week 1) begins on Tuesday morning at 12:00 a.m. (ET) and ends on Monday night at 11:59 p.m. (ET). The final module/week ends at 11:59 p.m. (ET) on Friday. Check the due dates in your Canvas section, which govern.
The BUSI 321 Week 5 method, step by step
Read the article twice, differently
First read for the story, second read for the method. The critique is graded on the second read: design, sample, data collection, analysis and the honesty of the conclusions.
Describe before you judge
Open with an accurate, brief description of the study: purpose, question or hypothesis, design, sample and main findings. The critique only works if the reader trusts your summary.
Appraise each part of the study
Judge each element on its own terms: fit of design to question, sampling, validity and reliability of measures, analysis, and whether the conclusions stay within the data.
Name strengths as well as weaknesses
A critique is not a list of faults. Say what the study does well and why, then where it falls short and how much that matters to its usefulness.
Say what it means for practice
Close with usefulness: could the findings change practice, for which patients or settings, and with what caution?
Keep to the length and format
Hold to Not set in the guide; follow the review instructions and write in narrative form with current APA, not as bullet points, unless the instructions say otherwise.
Check your topic list before choosing articles so that this review adds topics not yet covered. Cite each article fully with date and author.
A structure for BUSI 321 Week 5 Wall Street Journal Article Review 2
Word targets are planning numbers for about 800 words of body text, set by the length in the guide; the rubric decides where to spend more.
| Section | What it must do | Target |
|---|---|---|
| Topic and article | Which topic and citation. | ~140 words |
| Summary | What it reports. | ~260 words |
| Connection to the course | The concept involved. | ~260 words |
| Your assessment | What it means. | ~140 words |
A topic angle that works
Choose topics the course has just covered (stock markets, derivatives, mutual funds) so your review uses fresh concepts.
Model paragraph with notes
An original paragraph written by our desk to show the register that earns full rubric credit. It is study material: learn the moves, then write your own.
Topic: mutual funds and ETFs. The article reports record inflows into low-cost index ETFs as investors leave higher-fee active funds. Madura explains that most actively managed funds underperform their benchmarks after fees, which helps explain the shift: investors are choosing lower costs over the hope of beating the market.
- Names the topic.
- Summary.
- A course explanation.
Mistakes that cost points on BUSI 321 Week 5
- Repeating a topic.
- Missing citations.
- No assessment.
Checklist before you submit
- Length: Not set in the guide; follow the review instructions
- Sources: Wall Street Journal articles, one per topic
- The summary of the study is accurate and brief
- Strengths and weaknesses are both explained
- Each rubric row read against the section that answers it
Questions students ask
How many points is BUSI 321 Review 2?
48 points.
How many points is BUSI 321 Week 5 Wall Street Journal Article Review 2 worth?
48 points in Liberty's published course guide for BUSI 321, out of a course total of 1,010 points (about 5% of the grade). The rubric attached to the assignment in Canvas shows how those points are divided.
Is BUSI 321 Week 5 the same in every section of BUSI 321?
This guide follows Liberty's published course guide for BUSI 321. Liberty notes that course content can change from term to term, so if your Canvas section shows different instructions, a different week or different points, follow Canvas and your instructor.
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