Find Trends in Your Profession

Creating your Trends Paper Why is this important to you? In this assignment, which spans two weeks, you will use research to identify three trends in your chosen field or industry. You will apply your information literacy skills to locate and evaluate information, your writing skills to form your own ideas on the trends, and your critical thinking skills to develop well- reasoned conclusions about the trends and issue of interest. This project will let you refresh and refine these skills that are so critical to your future classes and success in your field.

Approaching this two-week project with a plan will help you to succeed. Here are the suggested steps to take during weeks 2 and 3 of your course:

• To prepare for the submission of your Trends section, you will search for information that will enable you to identify the three top trends in your profession or field. Once you've identified the three trends you plan to discuss, use the APA 7 Template for Project 2 to get started. Note that the template is set up in APA 7 format so that you can use it for other projects. Include the title page, introductory paragraph, discussion of each trend, and in-text citations and references. Identify at least three sources to support your trends section and list them in the references section.

• In the next section, you will identify an issue of interest to you in the same industry or field and explore its impact or effect on the industry. Using your professor’s feedback, make any necessary revisions to the Trends section and citations. At least three additional sources should be incorporated in the issue section, for a total of at least 6 appropriate sources to meet basic requirements. To achieve an Exceeds Project (EP) grade, you must have more resources and a greater depth of analysis in your paper.

• For each source you cite, include it in your References list. Each source listed in your references should have at least one in-text citation within the project. The Final Trends Project is due at the end of Week 3.