Instruction
city map Research Paper
requirements
font: Times New Roman, 12 point. Margins: One-inch on all sides. spacing: double-spaced.
cover page: none.
header: student name and course section number.
word count/page count: 1,500 to 2,500 words/six to ten double-spaced pages. author-date citations: per Chicago Manual of Style.
reference list: per Chicago Manual of Style.
Paragraph 1: Define a problem or set of problems in your city, district, neighborhood or region. Apply and cite concepts from assigned course readings to analyze the problem with respect to consequences, population impacted, and root causes.
Paragraph 2: Provide an overview of solutions to the problem including strategies of change (see How to Write a Manifesto) and the types of efforts being made to address the problem. Create a typology of the entries in your paper and explain.
body: The body of the paper should contain a minimum of fifteen (15) and a maximum of twenty-five (25) entries. The entries should be presented in a systematic way that tells the story, for example chronologically, following your typology, or some other system that should be made clear to the reader such as neighborhood-by-neighborhood or problem-by-problem.
entry paragraphs: each should include a subhead title and identification within your typology. Each entry should cite sources using author-date in-text citations for any facts, ideas or words that are not your own. [See When and How to Cite Quick Guide].
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reference list
1. Your paper must have a reference list at the end following Chicago Manual of Style. The easiest way to do this correctly is to use the free Mendeley program (see Guide: How to Create a Reference List and Getting Started with Mendeley Quick Guide).
2. Every source cited in the paper (using author-date in-text citations) must be included in the reference list.
3. Every reference listed in the reference list must be cited in the paper.
4. At minimum, the reference list should contain:
! at least three assigned course readings
! at least fifteen references from your research
! at least three books
! at least three news items
! at least three websites
! at least one historic newspaper article from the California Digital
Newspaper Collection (see Building Block: Your Town News).
! at least one peer-reviewed article from a scholarly journal (use the SFSU
Leonard Library website to search for journal articles relevant to your project).