The written resources, classroom presentations, and student input will make up the whole of the course offering. The final research paper must be an objective research-based document, written in third person. Research sources must include class notes, contributions from the assigned readings, and additional, independent research . References will be sited within the paper using footnotes. The student must avoid plagiarism .
Plagiarism results in an automatic failure of the assignment.
A second offense will result in failure of the course. Form and Style , the official writing manual of CBS, can be purchased at the CBS bookstore. No hand-written assignments will be accepted. The selections in bold font are required reading texts. Other sources that are not listed below but are relevant to the course of study will be acceptable replacements, upon the approval of the professor before the reading is begun.