1. Introduction
2. Development of research project (cite sources)(citations in MLA or APA format)
3. Summary of Data/Conclusions
4. References

Description

This paper may be written as a Word document or developed as a PowerPoint presentation using slides instead of pages. Citations must be footnotes on the slides in the Notes area with a References slide(s) at the end. Students will select a broad topic, narrow it, and perform in-depth work on that topic. The project must be sufficiently complex to require the expertise of junior-senior level students. 

If a PowerPoint format is used, then evidence of advanced PowerPoint techniques must be incorporated into the final presentation–timings, mobile graphics, use of effective transitions, etc.

Suggested broad topics to narrow are listed below,  You may also decide on a topic that is not listed.  Please check with your instructor for approval.

A. Information Technology’s Role in Business
B. E-Business, Business and the Internet  
C. Globalization  
D. Biographies of Individual Business Entrepreneurs  
E. Social Networks and their impact on Business 

Learning Objectives

•  Narrow the topic.
• Read and research problems created by technology in society and some ways to modify or prevent these problems. Discuss these in the paper.
• Demonstrate an in-depth understanding of the topic by comparing/contrasting
• Sources you may use for your paper include:
  1. reading the course textbooks, reading documentation materials,
  2. contacting “experts” on the topic
  3. researching library materials.
  4. using the Internet

• All sources will be documented in the research paper following MLA or APA format (not a combination of both). The content of the research paper is fairly open. See the description above.

Additional Considerations

Note a few of the common reasons why the research term paper would not meet the minimum standards:

• Too easy. As stated above, the work must be “sufficiently complex to require the expertise of junior-senior level students.”
• Too little time spent in research and writing.
• Overlap of another course. If the content of the research paper involves concepts covered in another course(s), then it must be of a different or more complex nature. It includes the understanding that the student will complete all of the work. Plagiarism will not be tolerated. Park University’s honesty regulations as found in the School of Online Learning will be followed.
• Using only one source for the research. 

1. All topics require the approval of the instructor.
2. Discuss questions relating to the paper with the instructor at any time necessary.
3. Call or e-mail the instructor in an emergency.

Research Project Format

The research paper should follow the grading criteria listed below. The paper may be written in MLA format or APA format. If a PowerPoint presentation is completed, then the font must be readable when shown to a group on a screen. The research should include a minimum of 4 to 6 references cited. The number is largely dependent on the quality of the sources and the research paper topic. The research paper should follow a similar format to that found in technical journals and the format of this syllabus. In particular, it must include the following items::

• Title of Presentation on the Title page
• Introduction
• Cite sources
• Discoveries, data found,
• Summary of data/ conclusions
• References
• PDF files will not be accepted
• Students will submit papers through Turnitin.

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