Fire Science Research Paper

To: Students of FIS 101 Introduction to Fire Science

Subject: Term Paper; Research Paper; Museum Visit

Students will have a choice of either doing a research paper or visiting the New York City Fire Museum to satisfy the term paper requirement of the course.

The research paper and the NYC Fire Museum visit paper are due March 23, 2015. Papers may be submitted EARLIER. The term paper will constitute a large portion of your grade: 150pts. You must choose either the research paper option or the NYC Fire Museum option.

YOU ARE NOT REQUIRED TO DO BOTH THE RESEARCH PAPER AND THE MUSEUM VISIT.

I have been asked if I want a particular format for the term paper, the answer to this is question is: No. There are, however, minimum requirements that should be met.

The paper is to be written utilizing the APA format. Since many of you are upper level students in very demanding majors, this should not present any problems. I have included two links for term papers, both of which were written by John Jay Professors.

http://web.jjay.cuny.edu/~ehanlon/termpaper.htm

http://web.jjay.cuny.edu/~tflan/documents/101docs/ExampleofProspectus.pdf

As per the SYLLABUS:

Term Paper: 150pts

See Term Paper addendum in course documents section for requirements. There is a TERMPAPER ALTERNATIVE: Visit the NYC Fire Museum and relate visit to class. See Course Documents section for additional information.

Term Paper Assignment Choices:

Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire NY, NY-1911

Happyland Social Club Fire, NY, NY-1990

World Trade Center NY, NY. 1993 or 2001

Fire Department Operations at Structure Fires

Fire Department Special Operations: I.e.: USAR, Haz Mat, and Terrorism

National Incident Management System and Fire Department Operations

Fire Service Employment: Ranks and Responsibilities

***Other topics will be allowed at the discretion of the Instructor.***

The term paper/Alternative assignment is due March 26, 2015. They may be submitted EARLIER.

New York City Fire Museum

http://www.nycfiremuseum.org/

Term Paper Requirements:

· The research paper should be approximately 10 pages in length, the New York City Fire Museum visit paper should be approximately 10 pages in length. Please remember that quality counts not quantity. In order to adequately present the information, five pages is the minimum that you should be aiming for.

· It must be double-spaced.

· It must be written in any one of the following formats:

MS Word (.doc); MS Word Rich Text Format (.RTF); WordPerfect (.WPD); or Works.

· Font Size should not be larger than 12 point

· Margins should be a minimum of 1”.

· The bibliographic (reference) form will follow the American Psychological Association (A.P.A.) format for references and citations.

http://www.lib.jjay.cuny.edu/research/apastyle.pdf

· Minimum of THREE (3) references in the bibliography are to be used. The text book may be one of the references.

· References may include: textbooks, magazine articles, newspaper articles, reference books (encyclopedia, dictionary) and electronic media Internet material

http://www.lib.jjay.cuny.edu/research/erefnew.pdf

· Review the plagiarism section of the syllabus.

The Sealy Library at John Jay College has a host of information available to students and faculty. All students can access the library, http://www.lib.jjay.cuny.edu/ . The information that is available will enable you to craft a more informative term paper.

*Do not forget to review and utilize the links provided in the external links section of the class. These may be utilized as references*

Remember, I will not accept late papers or assignments. Please plan your semester.