Eng2800: Mapping the Ancient World

Final Paper Submission Guidelines:

Here are the guidelines / information concerning plagiarism policies at Baruch College. Please review:

http://www.baruch.cuny.edu/academic/academic_honesty.html

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Your final paper must be 4-5 pages long, double spaces in 12-point times new roman font (with 1-inch margins all around—make sure your Word is correctly set). These are MLA guidelines and if you do not follow these guidelines points will be deducted. You may either submit your paper on Dec 11 (and it will be returned by Dec 18 with a grade and comments). You may also choose to submit your paper after the 11^th and up to Dec 18 at midnight. Those papers submitted after the 11^th will receive a grade only and no comments.

This is a thesis-driven argumentative paper. Please follow guidelines for argumentative writing previously distributed and discussed in class. I am looking for clear and specific analysis and interpretation.

Here’s a very helpful link for MLA Style. Please consult this!:

https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/01/

Requirements:

1. Your paper must have a title (and the title cannot be The Odyssey or The Oresteia—i.e. the name of the book you’re writing on—that title is already taken!)
2. Your paper must follow MLA guidelines for formatting, in-text citations, and the works cited page. Papers will lose points that do not properly follow MLA guidelines.
3. The paper must have an argument and it must use quotes and analysis of those quotes to support that argument.
4. Your paper must include at least one secondary source. That source must be a peer-reviewed scholarly article that you find on the library databases (such as JStor, Academic Search Premiere, etc). You should be familiar with how to find these articles from your discussion sessions. Please consult guidelines for finding articles (posted to the blog) if you’ve forgotten how to do so.
5. While your paper should engage with the article, your must say something distinct from what your article is saying. This means that your argument can’t simply be an affirmation of the article (you can’t just say “this scholar is right!”) You must have a distinct voice throughout.
6. Any paper found plagiarizing will receive an “F” with the possibility of also receiving an “F” in the course. Plagiarism can include even one sentence or one idea taken from a secondary source and not cited. Be careful! This leads to 7:
7. All papers must be submitted as follows:

-you must submit via email as a Word Doc OR PDF to [email protected]

-You must also submit via BlackBoard through SafeAssign. Log into our class’s blackboard page and you will see a folder titled “final papers.” Submit your paper there. Your paper is not considered submitted until it has been received via BlackBoard. SafeAssign checks your paper against the internet, etc, to make sure nothing is plagiarized.

-It is not necessary to submit a hardcopy.

8. Papers will not (under any circumstances) be accepted after Dec 18.

Please log into BlackBoard and double check that you understand SafeAssign BEFORE the due date. Technical difficulties will not be considered a valid excuse for late submission.