Research Essay
Budget: $30 – $250 CAD
Please find the list of essay topics you can choose from for your essay assignment below. I hope you will find something that piques your interest
I have posted a course Bibliography (left Menu) and it has many references you can use. Of course, finding your own sources is important too!
For your sources, you should include at least 5-8 peer-reviewed publications. A peer-reviewed publication is one that has been written by an expert person in that field of research (usually a professor or other professional researcher), and before it is published, it is reviewed by other experts in that field to make sure it is accurate. If it is not accurate, it will be rejected for publication in a reliable publication (but may still find its way online the Internet so check your sources carefully). Avoid Wikipedia as it collects information from many sources that are not checked for accuracy!!
For this course of course... there are many casual discussions and opinions on aspects of pop culture written by anyone and their cousin, ie. everyone that you can find online. Avoid personal opinions or commentaries UNLESS it provides a particularly interesting and important point that has not been made elsewhere. In EVERY case any material, facts, ideas, arguments etc. used in you paper must have a reference to indicate its source - even the popular commentaries.
In a research paper, this will mean that every paragraph will have 2-3 references in it (sometimes more if you are using a lot of different sources on one topic), and this is GOOD! It shows me that you have carried out research to collect reliable information on your topic, and you have documented your sources throughout. In academic writing, this is very important as it demonstrates your competance as a researcher and demonstrates that you are not plagiarising other peiople's research or ideas.
Yes, we check all the essays handed in to us to make sure that they have not plagiarized online, published or other students' written work!!
We (Gustavo and I - not the Royal We) look forward to reading your papers!!
I have posted a course Bibliography (left Menu) and it has many references you can use. Of course, finding your own sources is important too!
For your sources, you should include at least 5-8 peer-reviewed publications. A peer-reviewed publication is one that has been written by an expert person in that field of research (usually a professor or other professional researcher), and before it is published, it is reviewed by other experts in that field to make sure it is accurate. If it is not accurate, it will be rejected for publication in a reliable publication (but may still find its way online the Internet so check your sources carefully). Avoid Wikipedia as it collects information from many sources that are not checked for accuracy!!
For this course of course... there are many casual discussions and opinions on aspects of pop culture written by anyone and their cousin, ie. everyone that you can find online. Avoid personal opinions or commentaries UNLESS it provides a particularly interesting and important point that has not been made elsewhere. In EVERY case any material, facts, ideas, arguments etc. used in you paper must have a reference to indicate its source - even the popular commentaries.
In a research paper, this will mean that every paragraph will have 2-3 references in it (sometimes more if you are using a lot of different sources on one topic), and this is GOOD! It shows me that you have carried out research to collect reliable information on your topic, and you have documented your sources throughout. In academic writing, this is very important as it demonstrates your competance as a researcher and demonstrates that you are not plagiarising other peiople's research or ideas.
Yes, we check all the essays handed in to us to make sure that they have not plagiarized online, published or other students' written work!!
We (Gustavo and I - not the Royal We) look forward to reading your papers!!