There will be three research assignments. All must be submitted through Turn It In to check for plagiarism and in the research forum as well in order to allow viewing and comment from ALL of the other students in the class.
The first will be only 2 – 4 pages in length. It will give the topic, state its importance in the study of the current issues and provide biographical information about the authors whose work will be examined. This paper should set the stage for the remainder of the research to follow throughout the semester.
The second paper will be 4 – 7 pages in length. It will contain the students’ justifications for the study of the chosen topic. It will be a paragraph outline of the final project. In it, the student will lay out the arguments to be used and cite some of the material to back up the claims. In effect, it is a written defense of the final project; why it is important, what materials say so and what body of research supports it. In actuality, it is a prospectus. The second part of this paper, which may be several pages long, will consist of an annotated bibliography. This should be a list of the materials to be included in the reference of the final paper. Please use a correct form. When completed, this project should make the final stage of the research much easier.
The final research project will simply be a usage of the materials discovered during the research for the other above projects. The topic will be introduced and limited. The limited topic will be presented, explained and defended. The final project must be at least 20 pages of correctly formatted TEXT.
Each of the three aspects of the research attempts must be presented in the You Tube video presentations section of the class. Instructions for submission are linked on the online instruction section of the class. They must also be submitted in Turn It In and in the research discussion forum as well.
The accepted writing style for the class is APA 6th edition. Please secure a copy of the book. It is the responsibility of the student to know how to correctly use APA 6th edition and format text according to it.
The papers must use Times New Roman 12 pt. font and have a minimum of 25 lines per page. If there are fewer than 25 lines per page, a penalty will be assessed for being short. All paper topics must be approved by the instructor and should be written in such manner so as to further the knowledge of the class. All papers will be presented orally in a video online format.
