First Year Seminar Research Project** Assessment Indicator
FROM THE LIST BELOW, PLEASE PICK A TOPIC OF INTEREST FOR YOUR FINAL RESEARCH PROJECT:
Opioid Epidemic in the United States
Sexual Assault on College Campuses
Sexual Harassment in the Workplace
Hazing, Fraternities, and College Campuses
Advantages and Disadvantages of Outsourcing
Impact of Immigration on the economy of the United States
REQUIREMENTS
You can only use one topic of your choice from the given list above. You cannot change topics once you have chosen and Assignment #1 has been graded.
All Project Assignments are to be typed.
Any un-typed assignments will NOT be accepted.
Any assignment that does not follow given instructions will lose half (50%) the points.
Project assignments are to be handed in on assigned date on course outline or assignment will be marked late and lose 20% points.
Each project assignment sheet will be uploaded to Jupiter Ed in Materials
Plagiarism, whether intentional or unintentional will receive a grade of zero.
WIKIPEDIA is not allowed as a reference source for this class. If you use it , your assignment will not be accepted.
MATERIALS- FIRST YEAR SEMINAR- RESEARCH PROJECT**
A. Breakdown
B. Component
PROJECT ASSIGNMENTS
A. Assignment 1: 1-2 pages
Assignment 1 -PROJECT PROPOSAL –Draft #1
Format to be given in class and uploaded to Jupiter ED.
B. Assignment 2: 1 page
List two (2) working thesis statements.
Working Bibliography
Format to be given in class and uploaded to Jupiter ED.
C. Assignment 3
You will complete an annotated bibliography for three (3) sources using APA Format
You will write a short paragraph for each of the sources explaining why you picked these sources (What criteria did you use)
Format to be uploaded into Jupiter Ed
D. Assignment 4
You will create a Reference page for Four (4) sources using the correct APA Format
Assignment must follow all rules related to APA formatting
Format to be uploaded into Jupiter Ed.
ASSIGNMENT #1- PROPOSAL
GUIDELINES
Answers to specific questions must be typed in paragraph form with at least 3-5 sentences.
Proposal length- 1-2 pages
Assignment must be labeled with your name, class, date and Research Project Proposal
Times New Roman, 12pt double spaced – APA Format
Anyone who does not follow these instructions loses HALF THE GRADE.
INSTRUCTIONS: For your project proposal, you must answer the following questions:
Topic:
Why did you choose this topic? (answer must be at least 3-5 sentences long)
List some (at least five) possible sources that you have found to be useful for initial research into the topic. This list must include book and websites.
Based on your initial brainstorm and preliminary research, what aspect of the topic do you intend to focus on?
Why did you choose to focus on this aspect of the topic? (answer must be at least 3-5 sentences long)
ASSIGNMENT #2-THESIS
Guidelines:
Answers must be TYPED in Times New Roman, 12pt font, double spaced.
Make you that you have your name, class, date, Project Assignment #2 is at the top LEFT of the page
Make sure that you state your topic and approved question at the top of the assignment. (You will lose 10 (ten) points if you do not follow these instructions)
Instructions: Using your approved topic and research question, complete the following:
Write two (working) Thesis Statements (Remember a thesis statement is only one (1) sentence)
Working Bibliography- List at least FOUR (4) potential Sources of research for your paper using the format attached.
WORKING BIBLIOGRAPHY WORKSHEET
Book:
Author: __________________________________________
Title: ______________________________________________
Place of Publication: _________________________________________________
Publisher: __________________________________________________
Year of Publication: ____________________________________________________________
Website:
Author: ___________________________________________
Title: ______________________________________________
URL: ________________________________________________________________________
Last Updated Date: ___________________________________
Website:
Author: ___________________________________________
Title: ______________________________________________
URL: _______________________________________________
Last Updated Date: _____________________________________________________________
Database:
Database Title: ________________________________________________
Topic researched: ____________________________________________________________
ASSIGNMENT #3- ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY
GUIDELINES:
The summarization of the source and purpose must be at least 5 sentences long.
Use your own words. DO NOT PLAGIARIZE (COPY/PASTE). You will receive a grade of zero for any plagiarism.
All responses must be TYPED.
Directions: Using your topic for the research project, complete an annotated bibliography for at least three (3) sources (one book, one journal article and a website article) related to your topic. The format is given below:
Book:
Author Name(s) (last name, First name): _________________________________
Year of Publication: ___________________________________________________
Title of Book: ________________________________________________________
City of Publication: ___________________________________________________
Publisher: ___________________________________________________________
The book is about: ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The book relates to my topic because:
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Journal Article
Author Name (s) [Last Name; First Name]: ________________________________________
Year of Publication: ___________________________________________________________
Title of Article: ______________________________________________________________
Title of Journal: ______________________________________________________________
Volume Number: ______________________________________________________________
Issue Number: _______________________________________________________________
Page Number: ____________________________________________________________
The article is about:
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The article is relevant to my research topic and answers my research question because:
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Website Article
Author Name (s) [Last Name; First Name]: ________________________________________
Date/Month/Year of Publication: _______________________________________________
Title of Article: ______________________________________________________________
URL ______________________________________________________________________
The website article is about:
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The website article is relevant to my topic and answers my research question because:
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
ASSIGNMENT #4- REFERENCE PAGE
For this project assignment, you are to create an APA reference page using four (4) possible sources related to both your paper topic (Assignment #1- Proposal) and thesis statement (Project Assignment #2 – Thesis).
Instructions
This assignment must be in proper APA format
Page should be labeled References without bolding and/or underlining.
You are to use 4 different types of reference sources (including but not limited to books, journal articles, magazine or newspaper articles and websites)
WIKIPEDIA cannot be used as a source for this assignment. (if used, you will get a grade of zero)
This assignment must be Times New Roman, 12pt font and double spaced.
Make sure to put your topic and related approved thesis statement before doing the References
REMINDER- Please submit the other GRADED research project assignments, along with your completed Project Assignment #4.
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