Write a 5 page research paper on a topic relating to the course. Must include a min. of 3 different references.
~~ (Textbooks (Course textbook required as one source), journal articles, industry magazines, etc.) ~
Must cite the references in APA format in the body of the paper and the bibliography. Follow written assignment guidelines in the syllabus for formatting the paper. You can submit your paper to turnitin as many times as you would like up until the due date to check for plagiarism, spelling, grammar and other possible issues with the paper. The last paper submitted will be the paper that is graded.Write a research paper on a topic that relates to MEEC
• Must be a minimum of 5 pages (not including your references – references should be on their
own page)
• Must be in APA format and include a references page and in-text citations for anything that is
not your own words (quotes, paraphrasing, numbers, etc)
• See syllabus for additional formatting requirements
• Do NOT include a title page or abstract
• Must use a minimum of 3 different sources (books, interviews, websites, articles, etc). One of
those sources MUST be the text book.
Helpful Tools:
References page: www.bibme.org
APA Format and In-text citations: https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/
http://www.apastyle.org
http://psychology.about.com/od/apastyle/a/apageneral.htm
Points will be deducted for the following:
1. Less than 5 pages (-10 per page)
2. Spelling/Grammar: up to 5 (-0)
1. up to 5 (-0)
2. 5-10 (-5)
3. 10+ (-10)
3. Missing in-text citations
1. 1-3 (-5)
2. 3-5 (-10)
3. None (-15)
4. Missing references
1. One not the book (-5)
2. Missing 1-2 (-10)
3. Missing all (-15)
5. Missing headers/sub-headers (-5)
6. Not APA format (-10)
7. Topic does not relate to MEEC (-20)
8. Other items: per instructor
