THIS IS REGARDING THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. ALL INFORMATION IN THE ESSAY SHOULD BE RELEVANT TO THE USA.
This is my topic: The topic I would like to research is food stamps, vouchers and other subsidized food programs, and their impact on nutrition. There are a variety of programs, and it’s always interested me how some programs strictly specify what can be purchased, while others are a free-for-all as long as it is not already prepared, hot meal.
Professor’s response: Approved, but be sure and focus on issue of political economy. That is, who are the persons/organizations that bear the the burdens and benefits of these programs, and who are the power players in this policy arena.
The purpose of the research paper is to allow the student to demonstrate the ability to integrate class concepts and models in the analysis of some current political economy issue and present them in a graduate level paper appropriate to a course taught in a College of Professional Studies. This means use of excellent grammar and proper citation of all source materials.
You are expected to utilize the conceptual framework developed in this class to analyze an area of public policy which is of interest to you. Therefore, the paper should link to, and explicitly reflect, the conceptual framework developed in class readings and discussion forums. This is important, and papers which do not reflect the conceptual framework found within the class readings and discussion forums will be penalized. (In other words, develop your analysis of some current political-economy issue using the language and models discussed in the course, thus providing evidence of mastery of the concepts.)
Most often, students do correctly cite the sources for directly quoted materials used in a manuscript. However, one particularly difficult plagiarism issue for students typically occurs when they paraphrase material taken from other sources. When you paraphase material from another source, YOU MUST GIVE THE SOURCE OF THAT INFORMATION by properly citing the reference in the body of your paper and including the source in the reference list as required. Note that this includes information taken from technical documents produced by government agencies or other reports. Information from personal communications should also be cited in the body of the paper but not included in the reference list.
Properly citing and referencing source materials is doubly important for social science research since not only must credit be given to the original author, practitioners and other users of your technical writing may need to locate the source document or informant for additional research. It is best to err on the conservative side (within reason, more citations rather than less) when writing a social science research paper. In general, I would expect at least one source citation in each paragraph of a master’s level research paper except for the abstract and the conclusions sections. If material is paraphrased from more than one author in a paragraph, these, too, should be properly cited. See the link above for more details. Papers that do not cite material properly in the body of the paper will be returned ungraded for revision or receive deeply discounted grades, at the discretion of the instructor.
Another problem occurs for many of our students when they are writing social science research papers that relate to experience they have personally had in current or past employment. Generally, writers of research papers should either cite external sources (reports, studies, manuals, etc) or if such is not the source, at least explain that the special knowledge reported arises from personal experience on the job, if that is the case. Unless you are doing original research (participant observation, surveys, data collection, etc.) which you are not for this class, the information had to come from somewhere, and the reader should know that source.
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