PAPER

Case Study

· The case study for this assignment is a review of Government Collection of Private Information and the Protection Personal Data and how it effects U.S. citizens. My viewpoint is that it should be authorized in emergent situations and when governed and controlled by intelligence authorities.

Format:

· Six full pages in length (not including cover page or references – no abstract is required) with the proper margins. Graphs, charts, photographs or bulleted lists do not count in page requirement. Just meeting the minimum requirements can be worth a B grade. To earn a higher grade, you will need to go beyond the minimum requirements.

· Type style Times New Roman, size 12 font, with one inch margins, double spaced.

· Double space between paragraphs – do not triple space. Use the Paragraph function in Word. Adding extra spacing between paragraphs does not count in meeting the minimum page count.

· APA requirements for format and location of running head, page numbers, titles and subtitles.

· APA Tutorials –

· Structural Formatting of Papers

· Reference Pages

· Cite Website with no Author, Date or Page Number

· In-text Citations, Quotations, and Plagiarism

· How Many Quotes Can I Use?

· APA Sample Pages

· APA Headings and Subheadings

· Abbreviating the Title of Long Source in the Citation

· APA Checklist

· Title Page: Center your essay title down one third of the page. Capitalize the appropriate first letters; do not underline, italicize, or use bold or oversize type. If it is more than one line, single-space it. Near the bottom of the page, center your name, course name and number, professor’s name, and the due date of the paper. The final line should be approximately one inch from the bottom of the page.

· Your paper must include a thesis statement in your introduction.

· Spelling, grammar, sentence structure, punctuation and other aspects of the style of your paper are grading points. If you have any doubt about your writing ability, the Effective Writing Center will review your paper and provide suggestions. Remember, this is an upper level college course. Your writing should reflect this; therefore, you will need to plan and organization your paper to ensure it is meaningful. A cluster of internet facts jumbled together is not college level writing. Logical flow and the organization of your paper are graded components.

Citations: You must use the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (APA), 6th Edition format to cite your research.

· Do not assume you know the correct APA format, always refer to the manual. Your Resources link in the classroom will take you to the Library that has resources for APA or use this website http://www.umuc.edu/library/guides/apa.shtml . The Effective Writing Center is also under that link – you can submit your paper to it for review prior to submitting it in your assignment folder.

· Use the APA style guide for guidance on proper grammar and writing structure.

· Research and cite a minimum of three online sources, one journal article and at least one reference from the course texts (Five source minimum).

· Properly cite all others work. All quoted material must include quote marks and cites. Even paraphrased material must be cited. Changing a few words in a sentence is not paraphrasing. Paraphrasing is restating the ideas in the material using your own syntax and words. Any statement presented as a fact must be cited (e.g., Radical Islamic Terrorism is the worst threat to the United States – opinion or fact?).

· Quoting should be done only sparingly; be sure you have a good reason to include a direct quotation. If you use a quote, pick out the most important part of it. Critical thinking is a grading point and a lot of quotes mean less critical thinking.

· The University’s Plagiarism Policy applies to all written assignments for this course.

Research: You must conduct academic research to substantiate your papers. The best source of this information resides in scholarly articles. These sources may be found in the course required readings, the UMUC Library, or any other scholarly sources.

· Be cautious of using internet websites, as the content is often biased and represents someone’s personal opinion rather than academic research.

· DO NOT USE websites that are not credible or a valid academic source. These include dictionaries, infoplease, encyclopedias, braining quotes, Wikipedia, etc. A blog can be used but it must be from a reputable source.

· Use the most current information, (e.g., the SBI cannot be used as a policy response as that project was canceled in 2011). Anything older than five years (and in most cases that is too long ago) is not appropriate as policies and statistics change rapidly.

· Papers with only internet research will receive lower grades.

· Follow APA on how to reference your sources (alpha order, indentations, etc). Use the APA tutorial or APA Citation Guidelines in Course Content.

· I use the University’s plagiarism site “Turn It In” to scan your papers for plagiarism.