develop and complete a written research paper with correct documentation and a substantive Works Cited Page. The body of the paper is to be between 20 and 30 pages of text in 12 point, Times New Roman font,with one-inch margins. (When evaluating the length of the paper, the page count excludes pages
used for Title, Abstract, Table of Contents, References, Graphs, Charts, Illustrations, Appendices, and so on.)
Students must use professional research materials, such as peer-reviewed academic journals, government reports, books published by academic presses, and online educational websites from accredited colleges. The topic selected should be one that has been established through publication in professional sources of the type listed above. Our students must demonstrate the ability to find articles from those professional sources and to use the information by incorporating (synthesizing) the research into their own paper.