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MAE 400 – FALL 2017

First Individual Essay for MAE 400

• Topic: The need for a Life Long Learning plan

IMPORTANT FACT:

A Four-Year Engineering School degree is the beginning, not the end of your professional training!

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Need for life long learning

• Technology moves on… – Competition is global – Your current job can become obsolete – Companies are obsessed with outsourcing, so your job may

be volatile for reasons beyond your immediate control

• Your ability to get a job is about what can you bring to the party

• You need to continue to make yourself more valuable

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Topic of your essay….

• What is your Life Long Learning Plan? – How do you see yourself

keeping up with changing technology?

– For some ideas, you can look at this evergreen book

– The essay should be around 1000 words long (including the executive summary and references)

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Essay formatting and content

• Essays should have proper grammar usage and spelling – Turn on and USE SPELL AND GRAMMAR CHECK!!!

• Essays should have proper overall structure – Introduction – Main Body – Conclusions

• Paragraphs should exhibit internal logical argument structure – IRAC paragraph structure is a useful guide (more on this later) – Make sure arguments are backed up with facts!

• Use proper APA formatting for paper layout and cited work (Purdue OWL APA manual)

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Does not have to be a new page.

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Chapter from Book

Article

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