Copies of this manual are available at the college bookstore. More information on proper citations, plagiarism and paraphrasing will be covered in class. There will be additional reading assignments, written exercises and oral assignments made over the course of the semester. Assignments will be announced in class but students should look daily at the course website for updated assignments. Daily assignments will be graded as class preparation assignments.
Publishers often require strictly formatted papers so they can assess published length.
In the spirit of professional scholarship students should abide by the following format guide for their written assignments. All pages after the first page must be numbered. Large projects are detailed below with their due dates. Your participation in the November presidential poll will only affect your grade if you don't do it. In other words, if you fail to show up for all three scheduled sessions your final grade for the class will be reduced by a half grade.