Submit Memo to the President. Content and General Guidelines
Submit Memo to the President.
Content and General Guidelines
- This assignment is based on a research paper structure. It examines topics that deal with issues around international justice.
- Students should use at least 5 scholarly sources (Links to an external site.) to complete their work. By engaging in and using investigative research tools, students will connect scholarly texts and design a research question and a hypothesis for the paper.
- Students are encouraged to use various concepts and theories of international studies to complete this assignment.
Formatting
- It should be 7-10 pages in length
- Number each page
- APA Style Citations (for guidelines on the format see https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/ (Links to an external site.))
- Paper must have title
- Reference/Bibliography Page
- Must use at least five (5) peer-reviewed style texts that are not included in the course syllabus
- Course texts and other popular press materials can be used as additional not supplemental materials
Structure
- The paper should consist of three sections:
- Executive Summary (1-2 pages) with:
- Problem statement, i.e. a summary and context of the issue that will be discussed
- Research question, i.e. a phrase that captures the issue at hand in question form
- Hypothesis, i.e. a recommendation on how to best response to the question
- Memo (5-7 pages) with:
- Literature review, i.e. a discussion on the selected scholarly sources
- Methods, i.e. brief description on the research design of the memo
- Findings and discussion, i.e. facts that you analyze to support your suggested recommendation
- Conclusion (about 1 page) including:
- A summary of your policy recommendation to the president
- The potential impact on other areas (topical and geographic)
- Executive Summary (1-2 pages) with: