At the same time, we ask that everyone strive for communicative clarity, quality of grammatical expression, adequacy of documentation, and the like. Under no circumstances are people to copy materials from other people's work-term reports nor are authors to use other people's materials, ideas, or statements without acknowledging those sources. Employers may ask for reports of this latter sort from you as part of your work role, but these should not be handed in as sociology work-term reports. You are apt to find it advantageous, thus, to select a topic that deals more specifically with your immediate work experiences. Although the overall form of your presentation is much less important than the contents, you are apt to find a set of headings of the following sort helpful in developing, framing and presenting your report.
Title Provide a preliminary focus for the reader.
Table of Contents Develop a point form listing of your basic topics in the order in which they are presented in your report. This is a central aspect of your report. Do not moralize or prescribe, but do describe your activities and tell how your activities fitted into the organizational life-world in which you found yourself. The Sociological Emphasis Tell what theoretical viewpoint, concepts, processes, you will be engaging in your statements. And, if you have the background, move beyond your 101 textbook.