These requirements are designed to create useful scholarly habits, to give you the best chance of ensuring that your work is given the credit it deserves.
First impressions are vitally important, and ease of use for the grader comes a close second.
Other requirements make the work more useful to you, and ensure that you make educational progress as the course continues. All these requirements are worked into the grading system, which is set out in the Foundation Grading Policy and in the Standard Grading Policy which is used for all 200-level courses and above. All assignments quoted in full at the beginning of the paper. All assignments stapled. No cover page.