Students will write a research paper that will be a minimum of 1250 words. The topic for the paper will be chosen by the student from three possible choices; please see the RESEARCH PAPER #1 TOPICS page.
Papers must be double-spaced and must follow CMS (Chicago Manual of Style) or MLA (Modern Language Association) guidelines. This means that the papers will include parenthetical documentation for every item from a source, whether a direct quotation or paraphrased information, as well as a Works Cited page.
The vast majority of the information in your paper, certainly more than 90%, should come from the course textbook, Duiker and Spielvogels World History. This source is accessible, reputable, reliable, easy to cite, and provides much more detail than any articles you might find from the History Channel or some other website via a Google search. In my experience with online students last semester, I found a noticeable difference in quality between the papers of students who relied primarily on the textbook and those who relied primarily on the web; so Ive decided to help students earn higher scores on their papers by prohibiting internet sources.
Students will, however, use an outside source in addition to the textbook: a video source from the Films On Demand database in the FSW Library. I have provided an example video or video series with each topic to point you in the right direction. You are welcome to use the video(s) in the series or any other relevant video of your choosing found within this database.
The student will include the word count for research papers on the upper left hand corner with the students name.
See class schedule for paper due dates. All assignments are due midnight of the posted due date. NO LATE PAPERS WILL BE ACCEPTED.
Plagiarism will not be tolerated and will result in failure of the class and may result in further disciplinary action by the college.
Please see the Research Paper Rubric for additional information on grading.
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