Style and Format for Term Paper
Final (Type Five) Writing Assignment
All papers are to be printed on one side only of 8-1/2 x 11 paper. Papers are to be double-spaced throughout with the exception of the bibliography or references, which is to be single-spaced within each reference and double spaced between references. There is to be a 1-inch margin on all four sides (top, bottom, left, right). The font should be set to Times (or Times Roman) 12 point or Helvetica 12 point.
All papers should have a title page which lists the title of the paper, your name, the course number and section, and the following statement:
- The ideas expressed in this paper are my own. All sources are
appropriately acknowledged by quotations marks and or citation.
- Your signature
Date signed
Every page of the paper (excluding the title page) should be numbered, starting with page 1, in the upper right-hand corner. Every page of the text should carry a header in the upper left-hand corner which contains your name and the course number and section. The title of the paper should be centered about 2 inches from the top of page one.
It is expected that all papers submitted for grading will be written using a word processing application, such as WordPerfect or Word.
All citations and references are to be in APA style. Examples of APA style are found in Appendix B. These examples and other APA style aids are located on the web at URL: http://scsu.ctstateu.edu/~brown/apa.html
It is expected that all papers will be spell-checked prior to submission for grading.
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