Humanities

Student Name

Humanities 1101

CRN: XXXXX

Due Date

Ux‒Ay

Title of Assignment – Assignment Specifications Document

When given a homework/research assignment, it is expected that it will be word-processed

when handed in. The Humanities generally specifies MLA as the required academic format, but I

have slightly modified it for writing assignments. It is expected that sentence structure, grammar,

syntax, spelling, and other mechanics of writing a paper, will be done to appropriate standards. That

means no slang, no fragments, no contractions, and proper punctuation, among other things.

This is Academic Writing. All sentences should be complete sentences, all paragraphs should

be complete paragraphs, and you should double-check these things. Also, I require fully justified, 1.5–

line spacing, Arial 12 point font. Page margins should be 0.5” all the way around. This means that you

will have to edit carefully to ensure that you do not exceed a single page. Please note, the single-

spaced, right justified Title Block at the top right of this page is not in the header, and that the Body

Text is full justified. This document is exactly how your paper should look when you turn it in. Ask if

you don’t know how to set up paragraph settings in Word.

All assignments are expected to be turned in by the end of the day on the specified due date.

Late papers will automatically lose a letter grade. Papers not written to these specifications will also

automatically lose a letter grade. Please note that I do not accept emailed assignments. You have to

turn it in online, in BlackBoard. Do not email any assignments, as they will not be graded, and you will

get a zero.

If you want to put in a citation, the general rule-of-thumb for citing something is, if it is not

general knowledge, commonly known information, or information so specific that it has to be

demonstrated from whence it came, then you have to make a citation. I teach this course, so I pretty

much know most of the sources and content already. I spent a lot of time in Grad School researching

things! I know you will have to look some things up, and as long as I can tell you did not pull it out of

thin air, or are copy/pasting, it should be fine. However, If you feel the need to give a citation for some

piece of information, don’t. This is not the place for citations.

When writing, you must write for your intended audience. This is an academic paper, not a

conversation. That means you never refer to yourself. The reader is not interested in what you have

done, and will already know it is what you think since you are the one who wrote it. How you feel

about something is not important. The content is what is important. I do read these papers, so make

sure you write a good one.