Research Paper Assignment Policy

Research Paper Assignment Policy

Assignment Due Date:

The due date for the Research Paper Assignment is Monday, April 13 @ 11:59 pm. As this will be after the last day of class, there will be no extensions granted. Any student handing intheir assignment after this date will receive a grade of zero, no exceptions.

Drafts:

This is a big assignment that requires at least 15-20 sources. You will be required to demonstrate that you are doing all the work yourself by handing in drafts into the drafts dropbox. Any student handing in work without drafts will receive a grade of zero.

Learning Coach:

Please ensure that you are meeting with your learning coach and/or TAs on a weekly basis.

Plagiarism:

• Copying materials without proper citations or references – If a student’s work is found to have sentences or phrases from outside sources without a proper citation or quotation marks, there will be deductions applied to the overall grade, up to a maximum of 30%.

• If the instructor doubts the origin of the submitted work or it is apparent that the student’s submitted work does not reflect his/her actual writing ability, then an attempt will first be made to contact the student. If the student’s explanation is not sufficient or if there is no answer from the student, no grade will be awarded for the assignment and the assignment will be taken out of the student’s final grade.

In order to avoid receiving no grade/a grade of zero for the assignment, please make sure you are handing in drafts throughout the semester, you are completing your own worksheets in the workshop, and that you are making regular appointments with your learning coach.