Written Assignments

1. Case Study Focus: Person

2. Term Paper / Class Presentation Focus: Problem

• Course Requirements Summary
• Handing in Materials
• General Considerations for Written Assignments
• Writing Handbooks
• Writing Labs and other Useful Materials / Resources On-Line

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Your CP Term Paper is due at the end of Week 14, Saturday, 1 December 2018

AVISO: Late Term Papers will not be accepted unless (1) arrangements for an alternate date have been arranged in advance, or (2) medical emergencies or similar extraordinary unexpected circumstances make it unfeasible to turn in the assignment by the announced due date.

While preparing each paper, carefully consider the following:

1. The audience of your writing, and how that affects the way you write.
   
   
2. The purpose of the paper, and how the purpose shapes the form of your paper.
   
   
3. The differences between observation / description and assessment / evaluation.
   
   
4. The review of gathering / sorting social science data from a rhetorical point of view, including (a) critical viewing, interviewing, reading and thinking, and (b) assembling, sorting, and interpreting data.
   
   
5. The revision process.
   
   
6. The specialized vocabularies of social science disciplines.

 

Writing Handbooks

Papers must follow a college writing handbook such as:

 

Lunsford, A., & Connors, R. (1999). The New St. Martin's Handbook. New York: St. Martin's. (ISBN 0-312-18927-3)

Or you can follow the Soc-Anth-Crim-Cultural Studies-American Studies Humanities / ClassicsWriting Guide. Other web resources such as OWL and Paradigm can be found on the UMD "Writing Labs, On-Line Assisstance, and Reference Works" page.

Use either the APA (American Psychological Association) citation style or the MLA (Modern Language Association) style. Do not make up your own.