college composition 2 -milestone 3

Milestone 3

What do I want you to do? 

Now that you have identified multiple disciplinary perspectives and explored one in detail, it is time for you to demonstrate your understanding of the conventions of a single discipline by writing a  research paper on a topic of your choice within a discipline you have explored in this competency. It is strongly recommended that you complete Milestone 3 using the discipline you explored in Milestone 2. Ensure that your research paper is written in a manner appropriately structured using the conventions, terminology, assumptions, and sources appropriate for the discipline. Subfields of a major discipline are acceptable areas of exploration for this research paper; for example, botany, zoology, and entomology are subfields of biology.

While the rough draft of this assignment is 500 words of original writing, keep in mind that before it can be included in the final portfolio, you will need to revise and extend this milestone into a final draft that is a minimum of 1000 words of original writing. In addition, prepare an audio or video note that will be submitted with your final portfolio in which you discuss your approach to completing the assignment, your original thoughts during the outlining and drafting stages, and the strategies you used during the revision process.

Why do I want you to do it? 

This milestone aligns with CLO 3 and CLO 4.

How do I want you to do it? 

1. A minimum of 500 words of original writing (Final Portfolio Draft: 1000 words).

2. A references list with a minimum of 6 sources published with at least one linking in-text citation to each entry in the references list. These sources must all be high-quality studies, formal reports, academic books, or peer-reviewed studies. You can obtain these sources from the library's databases (e.g., Academic Search Complete, JSTOR, ERIC) or an affiliated scholarly repository. In general, if a source does not have expert authors who study the topic professionally, does not examine the subject using a defined disciplinary approach, and lacks a references list, it does not qualify as a scholarly source.

3. Double-spaced text, with no extra spacing before or after paragraphs, written in 12-point Times New Roman font, with standard margins (1" on all sides).

4. Proofread to be free of all grammatical and spelling errors.

5. Close adherence to all assignment directions.

6. Formatted in MLA 9.

7. Submitted in the Microsoft Word file format (.docx or .doc).