GUIDELINES FOR RESEARCH PAPERS

Environmental Ethics           ~          Intersession 2017

 

 

Research projects can focus on any topic related to themes or issues related to environmental ethics, including sustainable development, environmental health, animal rights, wilderness preservation, fracking, bottled water, global warming, vegetarianism, mass extinction, environmental justice, the Anthropocene, ecofeminism, and more. Your paper must analyze your chosen topic, and you must use references to support your analysis, including references from class readings (e.g., our class books) as well as references from other readings done outside of class (e.g., books/articles you found that are related to your research topic).

When writing your paper, keep in mind these guidelines:
Content: Make sure you compose clear and comprehensible statements.  Make sure that there is an overarching theme, position, or argument that your paper is expressing.  You must include some class readings as well as materials from outside of class (e.g., books, articles).  Websites are acceptable references, but your bibliography should not be composed of mostly or entirely websites.  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. Make sure to address ethics. Do not focus only on scientific information regarding your topic.
Mechanics: Make sure to use correct spelling, punctuation, and grammar.

Paper length: Your research paper should be 9-10 pages (approximately 2,700 words). Papers should be double spaced.  No cover page is needed.

Formatting: 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.  When citing reference materials, you can use MLA, APA style guidelines, the Chicago Manual of Style, or any other format.  The important thing is to be consistent and convey enough information to show the source of your quotations and references.

 

GUIDELINES FOR RESEARCH PAPERS

Environmental Ethics           ~          Intersession 2017

 

 

Research projects can focus on any topic related to themes or issues related to environmental ethics, including sustainable development, environmental health, animal rights, wilderness preservation, fracking, bottled water, global warming, vegetarianism, mass extinction, environmental justice, the Anthropocene, ecofeminism, and more. Your paper must analyze your chosen topic, and you must use references to support your analysis, including references from class readings (e.g., our class books) as well as references from other readings done outside of class (e.g., books/articles you found that are related to your research topic).

When writing your paper, keep in mind these guidelines:
Content: Make sure you compose clear and comprehensible statements.  Make sure that there is an overarching theme, position, or argument that your paper is expressing.  You must include some class readings as well as materials from outside of class (e.g., books, articles).  Websites are acceptable references, but your bibliography should not be composed of mostly or entirely websites.  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. Make sure to address ethics. Do not focus only on scientific information regarding your topic.
Mechanics: Make sure to use correct spelling, punctuation, and grammar.

Paper length: Your research paper should be 9-10 pages (approximately 2,700 words). Papers should be double spaced.  No cover page is needed.

Formatting: 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.  When citing reference materials, you can use MLA, APA style guidelines, the Chicago Manual of Style, or any other format.  The important thing is to be consistent and convey enough information to show the source of your quotations and references.