Length of the research essay 8 doubled
space pages excluding the title and bibliographical pages
Citation method must be MLA. All papers
must have a separate title page with the exact title as it appears in the list
of titles, as well as a separate bibliographical page.
In researching your topic: you must find
two peer review academic journal sources with substantive research and
discussion on your topic. These two sources will form the substantial
intellectual sources from which you develop your analysis and argument. The two
sources should be reflected in your essay in a substantive manner. You can use
other information sources from the internet, books, reports, newspapers, etc.,
to help you understand your topic. These
sources are supplementary to the two core/primary sources on which you will
base and develop your argument in your paper. In other words, you will be
relying on the two key sources you have selected having done the preliminary
research on your topic to write and construct your thesis and argument on your
topic.
The essay should have some (minimum of 2
and a maximum of 4) in-text verbatim quotations from your two secondary/primary
sources.
The essay should have an introduction
that introduces your topic along with the basic issues and controversies at the
center of your topic. The introduction should have a thesis. Having
established the thesis for your paper and laying out the analytical roadmap for
your paper
in the introduction the main body of the paper must
present your argument and findings that supports your thesis.
The essay must end with a conclusion
that gives a summary of the main argument and findings of your essay.