Research Paper
Here are the guidelines for the Research Paper.
- Your essay may be written by yourself or with one other partner. Make sure everybody’s name is on your paper!
- The Research Paper must be on a topic that you come up with yourself (or you and your partner) – although I am happy to give you help in this department.
- You need to adopt a thesis that is on the spectrum between explanatory and argumentative. Remember that a specific and focused thesis is the prerequisite for a good paper.
- If you are writing your paper on your own, your paper must be no shorter than 2250 words and no longer than 3000 words. You should try for a length of 2500 words.
In you are writing your paper with a partner, your paper must be no shorter than 3000 words and no longer than 4000 words. You should try for a length of 3500 words.
- If you are writing your paper on your own, you must include a minimum of 5 sources in your essay, a minimum of 3 of which must be academic, peer reviewed sources.
If you are writing your paper with a partner, you must include a minimum of 7 sources in your essay, a minimum of 5 of which must be academic, peer reviewed sources
Important: any paper which has fewer than the minimum ofproperly documented sources – which means both proper in-text citations and proper Reference Page entries – will fail. Any paper with serious plagiarism issues will receive a mark of zero.If you are working with a partner, you will both suffer the penalties for plagiarism – regardless of who is actually at fault! It is highly recommended that you submit your essay early to detect any plagiarism problem before the due date – after which, it will be too late!
Below Academic Standard | Meets Academic Standard | Above Academic Standard | Mark |