Guidelines: Length should be between 5 and 7 pages long, not including cover page or reference pages. APA format, including citations and references: There should be no direct quotes in an APA research paper. It should all be paraphrased, put into your own words, and then cited. The first paragraph indicating why you have chosen the topic should be the only section that is in first person point of view. 1 inch margins. 12 point, Times New Roman font, double spaced.

NOTE: Turnitin is a tool for faculty that students have an opportunity to benefit from if they choose to, however, if they choose not to use it effectively then that is their own decision. With that being said, Turnitin takes time to generate the similarity report and can take up to 24 hours. If you wait until the last day and/or minute, etc., to submit, you may not get a similarity report and are still subject to the similarity % requirement above.

Grading Rubric: Your paper will be assessed using the following criteria: All topic questions are addressed, Information clearly relates to the topic and includes supporting details, Information is accurately documented and cited and No grammatical, spelling, or punctuation errors, APA format.