minimum of 12 double-spaced pages, ideally more. It should include all sections mentioned below, but can expand or add to these. The bibliography should include a minimum of 18 sources, the majority of which should be from academic, peer-reviewed books and journals.
The paper should include the following sections.
1. An introduction in which you clearly explain your topic, why it is significant and relevant, and provide some context about the topic.
2. Research Questions: Clearly identify 2-6 questions you are asking about your topic, and which form the basis for your research.
3. Theoretical Context: Identify how your topics and question relate to 2-4 theories or key concepts from the course.
4. Methods: Explain the methods you used to gather information for your paper.
5. Analysis: this will constitute the most substantial part of your paper, and should be divided into further sections that identify your main themes and arguments.
6. Conclusion: What are your key findings? What is the major conclusion you’ve drawn from your research? Summarize as clearly and cogently as possible.
7. Recommendations: What further research should be done into the topic (that you were not able to do given limited time and resources). You could also make recommendations for changes in policy or regulations in this section.
8. Personal Reflection: Your personal reflection should include anything you have learnt from doing your research: in terms of the topic, but also in terms of the research process. What did you learn about writing? What was the hardest part? What skills and knowledge have you gained that you didn’t have before? What would you do differently next time.
9. Bibliography.
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