Religion and Environment Paper Requirements
1. YOU MUST TURN IN BOTH YOUR PAPER AND AN OUTLINE OF YOUR PAPER ON A SEPARATE PAGE. The outline should have at least one line for each paragraph.
2. Your paper should be word-processed, double-spaced, one-inch to one and one-half inch margins.
3.. It should be spell-checked.
4. Your name and the page number should be on each page.
5. Each paragraph should be numbered.
6. Each essay should be approximately 15-20 pages long.
7. Be sure to cite all sources used. You must include a Bibliography/Works Consulted page which contains all works cited and/or consulted. QUESTION FOR CLASS - ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY?
CAREFUL AND CORRECT CITATION IS REQUIRED. WHEN IN DOUBT, CITE. Remember that simply paraphrasing or changing every third word is not OK. Quote and cite or radically summarize and cite. Use quotation marks when quoting or indent if quote is five lines or longer. Guessing at where your information comes from is not OK. Use page numbers in your in-text citations, footnotes or endnotes. For help with citation or style questions, please consult the Chicago Manual of Style and/or go to http://www.class.uidaho.edu/jcanders/english_style.htm For the Dean of Students' Academic Integrity site which includes UI Policies, and Student Academic Dishonesty Resources see http://www.students.uidaho.edu/default.aspx?pid=45708
POINTS CONSIDERED IN EVALUATING A PAPER:
1. Thesis. A clearly stated and developed thesis, interpretive position, explanatory pattern, or focused survey. Topic is narrowed so that it can be adequately addressed. Thesis(es) is clear, plausible, insightful
2. Statement of the structure of the essay/road map for reader given. Reader should be able to easily outline essay. Headings and/or transitional sentences used to guide reader.
3. Key terms and concepts explained/defined. Paper hones in on what is distinctive (necessary and sufficient conditions: if and only if).
4. Appropriate literature survey or background given.
5. Citations, examples, thought experiments, and/or analogies used to illustrate, clarify, or support your thesis.
6. Treating both the strengths and weaknesses of your argument. This may include a survey of alternative approaches, interpretations, or solutions. No important evidence or counter-evidence overlooked. Obvious objections answered.
7. Arguments or positions of others are accurately presented and analyzed, if used. Evidence adequate, valid and convincing. Creative analyses or approaches a plus.
8. Clear statement of your presuppositions and method as well as their justification if they are unfamiliar or in dispute.
9. Relation to concepts, positions, or thinkers covered in this class and/or in the relevant scholarly literature made clear.
10. Organization. Paragraphs are clearly related to one another and play a role in the overall development of the essay. Structure is logical. No unnecessary wandering. Introductory and concluding paragraphs are strong. Smooth transitions between paragraphs. Topic sentence(s) of each paragraph clear and easily identified. Each sentence contributes and relates to the topic or point of the paragraph in which it is found.. Introductory and concluding paragraphs are strong, often allowing the paper to come full circle.
11. Correct Spelling. Please use spell-check. Be on the look out for words spell check won’t catch such as affect/effect, except/accept, it's/its, their/there, principle/principal, dilemma, loose/lose, to/too/two, whether/weather, then and than. (Grammar checkers find some of these.)
12. Correct Grammar.
13. Correct Citation.
WHEN IN DOUBT, CITE. If you plagiarize, you will receive at minimum a zero.There are excellent guidelines on when to cite in Harvey, Writing with Sources which can be found on-line at http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~expos/sources/
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