Paper Length: 7-8 pages (double-spaced, NOT including headers and bibliography)
Paper Length: 7-8 pages (double-spaced, NOT including headers and bibliography)
This assignment is a standard academic essay. Your papers are expected to make use of
original research, develop an original insight or perspective, and put forth an original and
compelling argument.
Instructions for Research Proposal and Annotated Bibliography
The proposal component of this assignment is to both get you thinking about your final
paper early in the term and to provide an early opportunity for you to get some feedback
on your ideas. Its job is to provide a basic outline of what you intend to do in your final
paper, and should contain three basic elements of information:
1) WHAT: provide a clear outline of your paper’s topic including your proposed
research question (i.e., describe what your paper will be on),
2) WHY: indicate why it is a significant and worthy topic of investigation (i.e., explain
why this topic is appropriate and important with respect to this course), and
3) HOW: provide an outline of how you intend to organize and carry out your
investigation (IOW, provide a brief preliminary outline of your final paper) by
introducing the theories, examples or case studies you will use to illustrate your
argument (i.e, explain how you will organize your paper).
Your annotated bibliography should have 2 scholarly sources, none of which are assigned
as course readings (you can use course readings as sources for your final paper, but NOT
for the proposal). Each bibliographic entry should provide (1) a properly formatted
bibliographic entry (APA style, preferably), (2) a brief summary of the source, and (3) a
brief description of how it is appropriate to your chosen research topic. Each annotation
should be between 1/3 to 1/2 a page, double-spaced.
** Please note that the 2 scholarly sources requirement is for the proposal ONLY. Your
final paper will require AT LEAST 5 more sources. **This assignment is a standard academic essay. Your papers are expected to make use of
original research, develop an original insight or perspective, and put forth an original and
compelling argument.
Instructions for Research Proposal and Annotated Bibliography
The proposal component of this assignment is to both get you thinking about your final
paper early in the term and to provide an early opportunity for you to get some feedback
on your ideas. Its job is to provide a basic outline of what you intend to do in your final
paper, and should contain three basic elements of information:
1) WHAT: provide a clear outline of your paper’s topic including your proposed
research question (i.e., describe what your paper will be on),
2) WHY: indicate why it is a significant and worthy topic of investigation (i.e., explain
why this topic is appropriate and important with respect to this course), and
3) HOW: provide an outline of how you intend to organize and carry out your
investigation (IOW, provide a brief preliminary outline of your final paper) by
introducing the theories, examples or case studies you will use to illustrate your
argument (i.e, explain how you will organize your paper).
Your annotated bibliography should have 2 scholarly sources, none of which are assigned
as course readings (you can use course readings as sources for your final paper, but NOT
for the proposal). Each bibliographic entry should provide (1) a properly formatted
bibliographic entry (APA style, preferably), (2) a brief summary of the source, and (3) a
brief description of how it is appropriate to your chosen research topic. Each annotation
should be between 1/3 to 1/2 a page, double-spaced.
** Please note that the 2 scholarly sources requirement is for the proposal ONLY. Your
final paper will require AT LEAST 5 more sources. **