Purpose
The main goal of this assignment is to strengthen your skills as an independent researcher. Specifically, the assignment will help you develop your ability to:
- define a research topic from a broad subject
- identify different sources of information and choose the most appropriate ones for the topic
- create a bibliography using the standard ASA style
This assignment will help you prepare for the Critical Review and plan and write a Final Paper.
Instructions
Requirements
The assignment consists of a 250- to 500-word document which includes:
- the research topic you’ve selected and your motivation/relationship to the topic.
- a bibliography with a total of 5 appropriate sources for your topic.
- 2 course readings.
- 3 sources from outside the course, one (1) which can be non-scholarly.
Formatting
- Main headings are centred and bold (e.g., assignment title, your name)
- Sub-headings are left-justified and bold (e.g., Topic Selection and Motivation, Bibliography)
- Bibliography and any in-text citations must use an ASA standard form/style.
- Throughout the document, use 1-inch page margins, Times New Roman font, 12-point font size, and line spacing at 1.5