Sociology essay

WAC Paper Requirements

Research Paper: This paper will require students to present/defend a political or sociological issue. This research paper requires a minimum of 8 Academic/Scholarly Sources obtained from approved research databases. The data used for your research should be used to substantiate your position, and further, deconstruct the opposing argument. The paper should be 4 typed pages (Six pages including the Cover Page and the Work Cited page) using 12 font Times New Roman. One inch margins required. This paper should also include in text citation as well as eight sources on a separate bibliography page (APA format). Papers will be graded based on four components:

A) Research: Paper must display evidence that you have done a substantial amount of research regarding your topic.

B) Thinking/Analysis: Paper must display evidence that you have thought critically about what you have read and discovered during the course of your research rather than repeating what the research article and said. This is imperative!!!!!!!!!!! An essential part of research is assessing the merit of the information you as the researcher are collecting. Your research should lead you to draw some conclusions about your topic by providing some analysis of why something changed, happened or why it did not happen. There should be no direct quotes, and all paraphrasing requires in text citation.

C) Comparisons: Paper should involve a clear compare/contrast to an opposing side of your argument or presentation. This becomes empiricism and not opinion by supporting your position with research and theory.

D) Writing Format: Papers should be clearly written and organized, as well as free of grammatical and spelling errors.

***NOTE: Gay Marriage, Animal Testing, Death Penalty, Gun Control, Abortion, and Stem Cell Research are not approved topics and will result in a zero grade. Students who do not meet the minimum page requirement for the written portion of the paper (a full 4 pages) and/ or have little to no in text citations will receive a zero grade.