CASE STUDY WRITTEN ASSIGNMENT / REPORT GUIDELINES: 

Following are guidelines for preparation of case study written assignment / report. 
Cover Page 
Cover page should include student’s name, student ID, submission date & lecturer’s name. 
Format 
Case  study  report  must  be  prepared  on  an  A4  size  with  2  cm  margins  on  the  left,  right,  top  and 
bottom.  Prepare  the  text  using  Arial  font  size  12.  All  text  paragraph  should  be  1.5  line  spaced. 
Do  not  include  page  numbers  and  running  heads.  Figures  and  images  which  are  not  cited  in the 
text  should  not  be  presented.  All  reports  must  have  Introduction,  Content  (case  study  question), 
Conclusion and Reference. 
Introduction 
Introduction  should  have  information  pertaining  to  the  case  study.  Students  are  advised  to 
understand  the  topic  and  have  adequately  made  their  thorough  analysis  of  the  case  study  before 
start  writing  the  introduction.  Student  must  able  to  extract  the  correct  and  appropriate  facts  in 
relation  to  their  case  study  questions.  The  page  length  should  be  within  1-2  pages  that  include 
texts, figures and references in citation. It should have approximately 500 words. 
Content (Case Study Question) 
Your  content  should  include  information  analyzed  from  the  case  study  and  its  key  issues. 
Students  need  brainstorming  among  their  members  to  integrate  whatever  knowledge  sought 
through  the  lectures  to  ascertain  a mechanism to solve the case study. The maximum page length 
should  not  exceed  more  than  4  pages  depending  on  the  questions  given.  Explanation  on  the 
answer for the case study must be supported with relevant references. . 
Conclusion 
It’s  a  summary  of  given  case  study.  Conclusion  must  be  in  a  form  of  short  paragraph.  It  must 
contain your own words excluding references in citation. Approximately 150 to 200 words. 
 
References 
Students  are  encouraged  to  use  multiple  resources  namely  books,  journals  article,  scientific 
magazines  and  reputable  online websites. You are strongly advised to adhere to UiTM guidelines 
on  thesis  writing.  Please  ensure  that  references  cited  in  the  text  are  also  present  in  your 
references  list  (vice  versa).  There  must  be  more  than  4  references  and  should  be  in  an 
alphabetical order. 
The reference itself must include the following: 
➢ All the author listed on the publication (or on the chapter if citing a book) ➢ Year of 
publication (in bracket) ➢ The title of the paper (or book) ➢ Editor if a chapter of a book is 
cited ➢ Edition if a book is cited ➢ Volume number ➢ Issue number (some journal article have 
an issue number) 
How to write the author’s name 
Example: Mark Johnson → Johnson, M. Example: Mohammad Razi Mohamad Jan → Mohamad 
Razi, M.J. Example: Jianxin Wang → Wang, J. 
Basic Format for Journal Article 
Author’s name (Year). Title of article. Title of journal, volume number (issue number), page 
number 
➢ One author with volume 
Johnson, M. (2017). DNA typing in forensic medicine and in criminal 
investigation: a current survey. Nature, 84, 181-188. 
➢ One author with volume and issue number 
Butler, J.M. (2016). Genetic and genomic of core short tendem repeat loci 
used in human identify testing. J. Forensic Sci., 51(2), 253-265. 
➢ Two authors 
Jobling, M.A. and Grill, P. (2004). Encoded evidence: DNA in forensic 
analysis. Nature Reviews, (2), 739 – 751. 
 
➢ Three and more author 
Harty, L.C., Garcia, M., Rothman, N., Reid, Y.A., Tucke, M.A. and Hartge. P. 
(2002). Collection of buccal cell using treated card. CEBP, (9), 501- 506. 
Basic Format for Books 
Author’s name (Year). Title of book. (Number of edition). Publisher: Place of 
publication. Page number 
Weaver, R.F. (2008). Molecular Biology. (4th ed.). McGraw-Hill, New York. 
744-748pp. 
Basic Format for Article in a Magazine 
Author’s name (Year). Title of article. Title of magazine, volume number (issue 
number), page number 
Hunter, P. (2008). All the evidence. Europian Molecular Biology Organization 
(EMBO) Reports, 7 (4), 352-354. 
Basic Format for Official Website 
Organization name (Year). Entry heading or title. In Title of the webpage. Retrieved 
Month Day, Year from website address magazine, volume number (issue number), page number 
Perpustakaan Negara Malaysia (2000). Nation history. In History of Malaysia. 
Retrieved February 17, 2009 from http://sejarahmalaysia.pnm.my/ 
In Text Citation 
➢ One Author 
.....Benecke (1997)........................ Benecke (1997) showed that.................... .................(Benecke, 
1997). 
➢ Two authors: 
......... Jobling and Gill (2004)................. Jobling and Gill (2004) showed that............ 
.................(Jobling and Gill, 2004). 
 
➢ More than two authors: 
....as noted by Harty et al. (2000). Harty et al. (2000) claim that..... ...... (Harty et al., 2000). 
*Students may use the link provided below for format references: 
➢ www.citethisforme.com 
Turnitin 
Students  must  submit  their  case  studies  along  with  turnitin  reports.  Turnitin  is  a 
software-as-a-service  website  which  checks  submitted  documents  against  its  database  and  the 
content  of  other  websites  with  the  aim  of  identifying  plagiarism.  Student’s  turnitin  reports  must 
contain  less than 30% similarities. Kindly refer to your individual lecturer for further information 
on how to run your case study reports using turnitin software.  
Google word for check plagiarism 
Assessment Rubric 
This  assignments  are  meant  to  evaluate  student’s  performances  under  PLO  7:  skills  on 
Information  management  and  lifelong  learning.  Thus,  for  code  BIO270  the  written  assignment 
reports  are  focused  mainly  on  the  aspect  of  skill  in  information  management.  Information 
management  is  define  as  collecting  information  from  one  or  more  sources  and distributing them 
to  one  or  more  users.  Below  are  the details on assessment rubric for each sub attribute according 
to  the  level  of  applicability  whereas  performance  criteria  measured  as  very  weak,  weak,  fair, 
good and very good. 
Guidelines Grading Rubrics For Assessing MQF PLO 7 (Information Management & Lifelong Learning) 
In Written Report (10%)