Final Research Paper Assignment SheetStudent Learning Outcome Justification: Loc

Final Research Paper Assignment SheetStudent Learning Outcome Justification:
Locate and use appropriate reference materials for written and oral reports.
Produce a research paper while using the appropriate formatting and documentation style
Assignment:Your final assignment is a thesis-driven argumentative paper that is supported by academic research and honest inquiry.  Now that you have completed your inquiry based literature review, you should be now able to argue a position about the topic you explored.Argumentative Thesis:The topic for your final paper should be an argument based off of your inquiry question.  Consider the following examples:If my initial inquiry was:Then my argumentative thesis might be:Why have we seen so many recent cyber-attacks?As long as private companies continue to rely on old-fashioned data protection methods, they will continue to prove easy targets to hackers.Why are tuition rates increasing so much faster than inflation?Tuition inflation is actually a natural result of improvements in higher education that are costly, but worth the extra expense.What factors determine whether the governor will issue an emergency evacuation?Investing now in better hurricane prediction models will decrease the cost of disaster relief and will likely save valuable property and lives. “Nuts and Bolts” Concerns
Research must be from a minimum of FIVE sources, including at least one source from an academic journal. This means you may have to do some more research than you completed for the literature review assignment.
You may change topics from your literature review, but you must discuss this change with me FIRST.
Students must format the essay according to current MLA standards and must include properly formatted in-text citations and a works cited page.
The essay should use an academic voice that follows that conventions of Standard American English.
The essay should be a minimum of 1100 words.
The dropbox for this paper will appear in unit 15.