CRITERIA FOR ALL WRITTEN ASSIGNMENTS

A GOOD ESSAY NEEDS TO HAVE A CLEAR, WELL FOCUSED THESIS, REVIEWS RELEVANT LITERATURE, AND IS ANALYTICAL (NOT SIMPLY DESCRIBING EVENT, BUT EXPLAINING WHY THEY HAPPEN). YOU SHOULD SUPPLY EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT YOUR POSITION BY UTILIZING AVAILABLE PRIMARY OR SECONDARY SOURCES.

YOUR ESSAY WILL BE EVALUATED BASED ON YOUR ESSAY'S: ACADEMIC CONTENT, CLARITY, ORGANIZATION OF IDEAS, PROPER USE OF SOURCES, PROPER QUOTATIONS AND CITATIONS.. PLEASE REFER TO YORK'S CENTRE FOR ACADEMIC WRITING <http://www.arts.yorku.ca/caw AND THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIOLOGY ESSAY WRITING GUIDELINES FOR OTHER WRITING RESOURCES. ALSO SEE COURSE FILE IN ASSIGNMENT SECTION - GETTING STARTED APA STYLE

(1) ESSAYS SHOULD BE TYPED AND DOUBLE-SPACED.

(2) ESSAYS SHOULD BE TYPED IN THE "MLA" OR "APA" FORMAT (YOU MAY WISH TO CHECK WITH THE GUIDE AT THE WRITING CENTRE).

(3) ESSAYS LENGTH: 8 TO 10 PAGES

(4) ESSAYS ON WHITE PAPER AND STAPLED IN THE UPPER LEFT-HAND CORNER. (NO BINDERS PLEASE).

(5) MAKE SURE TO HAVE A SECOND PRINT OF YOUR ESSAY (NOT ON THE DISKETTE) FOR YOUR OWN FILES BEFORE SUBMITTING YOUR PAPER.

(6) ESSAYS MUST BE ACCOMPANIED BY A COVER PAGE CONTAINING THE FOLLOWING:

. STUDENT NAME AND CLASS

. STUDENT EMAIL

. ASSIGNMENT/ESSAY TITLE

. DUE DATE

. NAME OF PROFESSOR

. NAME OF COURSE

NOTE ON PLAGIARISM: PLAGIARISM REFERS TO USE OF IDEAS, WORDS, SENTENCES, DATA, ARGUMENTS, CALCULATIONS OR OTHER WORK DONE BY SOMEBODY ELSE WITHOUT ACKNOWLEDGMENT. PLAGIARISM IS CONSIDERED AS AN EXTREMELY SERIOUS ACADEMIC OFFENSE AND CARRIES PENALTIES. YOU SHOULD PAY PARTICULAR ATTENTION TO PROPER CITATION AND QUOTATION RULES IN YOUR ESSAY. YORK UNIVERSITY USES SOFTWARE THAT CAN CHECK FOR PLAGIARISM. STUDENTS MAY BE REQUIRED TO SUBMIT THEIR WRITTEN WORK IN ELECTRONIC FORM AND HAVE IT CHECKED FOR PLAGIARISM.

**NOTE ON EMAILING PAPERS: NO EMAILING PAPERS UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES.

**NOTE ON “DROP OFFS”: DO NOT DROP THE PAPER TO ANY OFFICE OR PERSON BUT THE PROFESSOR UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES.

** NOTE ON DEFINITION OF “ANY CIRCUMSTANCES”: THIS DOES NOT MEAN EVERYBODY BUT ME BECAUSE I HAVE SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES – IT MEANS ESPECIALLY YOU!!!!