CRITERIA FOR POSITION PAPER 1. Choose a topic for your Position Paper from the list that was presented in class. 2. Papers must be a MINIMUM of six pages long (4 full pages of text, one page for references and one cover page). No headings should be repeated on the four pages of text – they belong on the cover page. Write a minimum of four pages of text on your topic – short papers will not earn credit. 3. Include a minimum of four scholarly references (social science journals, law books and/or websites that are sponsored by academics and/or professionals) and include a bibliography at the end of the paper using ASA formatting. One of those references can be from ONE of our texts the other references must come from separate academic journal articles NOT news articles or random websites. 4. Do not include Wikipedia or other encyclopedia/dictionary usages among the four references. 5. Use ASA writing style only an ASA formatting guide can be found in bb learn under course content instructions or online. 6. Double-Space, use 12 point normal font (similar to New Times Roman) and margins no greater than 1.25” on all sides. DO NOT MANIPULATE FONTS AND/OR FORMATTING TO SATISFY THE LENGTH CRITERIA (SHORT PAPERS WILL NOT EARN CREDIT).

CRITERIA FOR POSITION PAPER 1. Choose a topic for your Position Paper from the list that was presented in class. 2. Papers must be a MINIMUM of six pages long (4 full pages of text, one page for references and one cover page). No headings should be repeated on the four pages of text – they belong on the cover page. Write a minimum of four pages of text on your topic – short papers will not earn credit. 3. Include a minimum of four scholarly references (social science journals, law books and/or websites that are sponsored by academics and/or professionals) and include a bibliography at the end of the paper using ASA formatting. One of those references can be from ONE of our texts the other references must come from separate academic journal articles NOT news articles or random websites. 4. Do not include Wikipedia or other encyclopedia/dictionary usages among the four references. 5. Use ASA writing style only an ASA formatting guide can be found in bb learn under course content instructions or online. 6. Double-Space, use 12 point normal font (similar to New Times Roman) and margins no greater than 1.25” on all sides. DO NOT MANIPULATE FONTS AND/OR FORMATTING TO SATISFY THE LENGTH CRITERIA (SHORT PAPERS WILL NOT EARN CREDIT)..

CRITERIA FOR POSITION PAPER 

1. Choose a topic for your Position Paper from the list that was presented in class.

2. Papers must be a MINIMUM of six pages long (4 full pages of text, one page for references and one cover page). No headings should be repeated on the four pages of text – they belong on the cover page. Write aminimum of four pages of text on your topic – short papers will not earn credit.

3. Include a minimum of four scholarly references (social science journals, law books; and/or websites that are sponsored by academics and/or professionals) and include a bibliography at the end of the paper using ASA formatting. One of those references can be from ONE of our texts; the other references must come from separateacademic journal articles NOT news articles or random websites. 

4. Do not include Wikipedia or other encyclopedia/dictionary usages among the four references.

5. Use ASA writing style only; an ASA formatting guide can be found in bb learn under course content instructions or online.

6. Double-Space, use 12 point normal font (similar to New Times Roman) and margins no greater than 1.25” on all sides. DO NOT MANIPULATE FONTS AND/OR FORMATTING TO SATISFY THE LENGTH CRITERIA (SHORT PAPERS WILL NOT EARN CREDIT). 

CRITERIA FOR POSITION PAPER 1. Choose a topic for your Position Paper from the list that was presented in class. 2. Papers must be a MINIMUM of six pages long (4 full pages of text, one page for references and one cover page). No headings should be repeated on the four pages of text – they belong on the cover page. Write a minimum of four pages of text on your topic – short papers will not earn credit. 3. Include a minimum of four scholarly references (social science journals, law books and/or websites that are sponsored by academics and/or professionals) and include a bibliography at the end of the paper using ASA formatting. One of those references can be from ONE of our texts the other references must come from separate academic journal articles NOT news articles or random websites. 4. Do not include Wikipedia or other encyclopedia/dictionary usages among the four references. 5. Use ASA writing style only an ASA formatting guide can be found in bb learn under course content instructions or online. 6. Double-Space, use 12 point normal font (similar to New Times Roman) and margins no greater than 1.25” on all sides. DO NOT MANIPULATE FONTS AND/OR FORMATTING TO SATISFY THE LENGTH CRITERIA (SHORT PAPERS WILL NOT EARN CREDIT).