Format:
• At least 10 double spaced pages of text.
• Professional in appearance, stapled and enclosed in a quality cover or bound
• Title page which provides the title of the paper, the course information, as well as your identification
• Executive summary which briefly summarizes what the paper is about
• Table of Contents which shows the page numbers and the topics and subtopics that make up the paper
• Page “1″ of the text follows the Table of Contents. Topics, subtopics and page numbers in the text should match those listed in the Table of Contents
• The margins – top, bottom, left, and right should be one inch and full-justified (i.e., the right margin should also be even as it is in this page)
• The font size should be no larger than 12
Citation :
• Portions of the paper that are quoted or closely paraphrased from primary or secondary sources must be given appropriate credit; Plagiarism is defined and discussed on the syllabus and will be handled accordingly
• The list of references (this does not count as part of the 10 pages) should appear in alphabetical order at the end of the paper; The References and citations of references in the text should follow the American Psychological Association (APA) style
• Only sources cited in the paper should be included in the list of references
• At least three references must be peer-reviewed articles from scholarly journals.
