Global Trends of Big Data and Cloud Computing

Each student will write a short research paper for a peer-reviewed research paper that pertains to the week’s assigned reading.  This will be a detailed summary of the research paper and what you gained from the research.  Each week, you will find an article/peer-reviewed research paper that pertains to the week's assignment.  If you have a difficult time, Google Scholar is a wonderful location to find these types of articles:

https://scholar.google.com/

Once you find the article, you will simply read it and then write a review of it.  Think of it as an article review where you submit a short overview of the article.

Your paper should meet the following requirements:

•   It needs to be minimum 1500 words, not including the required cover page and reference page.

• Follow APA6 guidelines. Your paper should include an introduction, a body with fully developed content, and a conclusion.

• Support your answers with the readings from the course and at least 3-5 scholarly journal articles to support your positions, claims, and observations, in addition to your textbook. 

• Student completed all required portions of the assignment.

• Assignment strongly demonstrates PhD level proficiency in organization, grammar, and style. Assignment is well written, and ideas are well developed and explained. Demonstrates strong writing skills. 

• Proper use of APA formatting. Properly and explicitly cited outside resources. Reference list matches citations.

• Student strongly demonstrates the practical application, or ability to apply, of course objectives within a work environment. 

• Be clearly and well-written, concise, and logical, using excellent grammar and style techniques. You are being graded in part on the quality of your writing.