Instruction
When writing your paper, keep in mind these guidelines:
Content:
1. Make sure you compose clear and comprehensible statements.
2. Make sure that there is an overarching theme, position, or argument that your paper is expressing.
3. You must include materials from outside of class (e.g., books, articles).
4. Websites are acceptable references, but your bibliography should not be composed of mostly or entirely websites.
5. Whether using few sources or many, you should express a thorough and critical engagement with your research materials. Relevance: Papers must explicitly address themes or topics relevant to class.
6. Make sure to address religious perspectives on the natural environment.
7. Do not focus only on scientific or political information on environmental issues.
Mechanics:
1. Make sure to use correct spelling, punctuation, and grammar.
Paper length:
2. Your research paper should be approximately 10 pages (3,000 words).
3. Papers should be double spaced.
4. No cover page is needed.
Formatting:
1. Papers should include your name, title of paper, indented paragraphs for the body of the paper, footnotes or parenthetical citations (with page numbers) for any quotations or references used, and a works cited page that includes the bibliographic information for all sources used.
2. When citing reference materials, you can use MLA, APA style guidelines, the Chicago Manual of Style, or any other format.
3. The important thing is to be consistent and convey enough information to show the source of your quotations and references.