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Summer 2018 Guidelines for Graduate Papers HRM Courses Facilitated By: Dr. Gary Lorenzo Wash

PREPARING FOR YOUR PAPER ASSIGNMENTS

**PLEASE READ**

If you basically understand and adhere to the information in this document, you will probably do a good job with your paper submissions. It is extremely important that you know we are not here to address what you previously did with papers in previous courses. We are here to establish the guidelines for this course and they are provided below in this document.

APA Style – What does this mean for faculty and students?

Strayer University adheres to APA style guidelines as published in the 6th edition of the APA style guide. The University subscribes to APA style to provide a consistent set of writing and formatting standards that can be used in all written assignments. APA also ensures that students have a consistent way to provide documentation for all sources used in assignments.

However, it is also important to note that not all aspects of APA style are applicable to all classes and/ or assignments. Just follow the lead of the instructor for the current course you are in, NOT previous courses.

What is required?

While each assignment is different, there are some components that are universal to all. These include:

1. Double-space all lines of information in the paper. Spacing beyond double is not permitted.

2. Indent the first line of every paragraph ½ inch. Page-long paragraphs are not permitted.

3. Align the text to the left margin, leaving the right margin “ragged”.

4. The document must have a title page that has a running head with the first page number. There must also be on the page (centered) the paper title, student’s name, school name, and date of assignment as minimum information. A sample paper template will be provided and is highly recommended to use as a source for writting effective papers.

5. Reference lists begin after the last page of text. A reference list is used at the end of the paper to accurately document all sources cited. The reference list is organized alphabetically, is double- spaced, and uses a hanging indent paragraph style. NOTE – The reference format will differ depending on the source (i.e. book, journal article, newspaper, and website). Please refer to the APA style guide to provide correct documentation and the sample reference list for our course.

6. Headings will be used for all required sections of the paper. In other words, for each criteria statement for the assignment a heading will determined. The heading should not be a copied and pasted criteria statement. Instead, student should revise the statement and come up with a “less-wordy” version for the heading (see sample paper template).

7. In-text citations are used to summarize, paraphrase, or quote; it is important to provide credit when using others ideas, thoughts, or work. Citations allow the reader to easily find the source document. Citations for ALL assignments are required and there must be at least one for every reference listed on the reference page. All citations in this course must have 3 parts: (1) Author or source, (2) year, and (3) page or paragraph number (depending on the type of reference).

Specifics from the Instructor (Very Important)

In order to ensure the least amount of points reduced when grading your papers, the following actions must strictly be followed:

1. First and foremost, follow the above APA requirements from the Purdue Owl link provided.

2. Do not submit papers filled exclusively or overwhelmingly with researched information from others work. With any sourced information, you must also provide your own perspectives and thoughts. You may decide how you balance the researched information with your own thoughts.

3. Citations to show the work of others must be placed in appropriate places within the paper, which is either directly before or immediately after the quoted or paraphrased information. If a citation is placed at the end of a paragraph and there is no way to determine what information it covers, points will be lost for improper placement of the citation.

4. **VERY IMPORTANT** Information and discussions in the paper must directly cover what the criteria instructions (statements) outline from the syllabus/course guide. Sometimes a single criterion directs that you address more than one area, so ensure that you cover everything. Avoid addressing things with no relation to the overall topics for the paper.

5. **PLAGIARISM** Everyone should know that plagiarism is absolutely not permitted. I cannot express more the seriousness surrounding this point. For this course, there is no such thing as “allowable percentage of plagiarism”. An assignment will be considered “flagged” for plagiarism if 3 or more "sections of words" (sentences, paragraphs, etc.) are determined to be from other sources for which credit has not been given. The paper will then receive a score of “0”

Here’s how plagiarized information in papers will be treated in this course:

o For any assignment that is flagged for plagiarism for the first time, if it is reasonably determined that a student UNINTENTIONALY plagiarized information, they will receive a written warning (usually in paper assignment feedback) and a score of "0" from the professor. The assignment may then be resubmitted for up to 80%credit and must be resubmitted within 15 days following receipt of the written warning. It should be also noted that the 15-day period to resubmit the paper does not extend grace periods to

any other assignment due for the course.

o If it is reasonably determined that a student INTENTIONALY plagiarized words in the paper, a "0" grade is given and the student will be allowed to resubmit for up to 50% credit and must resubmit within 7 days following receipt of the written warning. It should be also noted that the 7-day period to resubmit does not extend grace periods to any other assignment due for the course.

o All additional assignments for the course found to be quantitatively plagiarized (see number 5 above) will receive a grade of “0” with absolutely no exceptions and no resubmits. Also, as a matter of record and compliance, intentional and/or a second plagiarism offense will be reported to Strayer University’s Office of Student Affairs.

6. All papers will be reviewed utilizing both SafeAssign and Grammarly plagiarism software.

7. The student center in Blackboard will have more documents available to you to assist with ensuring your papers are well-written and APA-focused. I will also provide additional lecture on the topic of paper writing.

Note: All assignemnt papers for this course are required to have an Introduction and a Conclusion section. These items are clearly shown on the sample paper template provided for this course and are mandatory for all papers. Each section is worth 5 total points and these points will be deducted if the sections are missing from the papers.