Length requirements:
1500-2000 words, including the title and bibliography/works cited pages
Formatting requirements:
Submissions should be double-spaced, with a 12-point font (Times New Roman/Arial/Cambria). Citations should be formatted in APA citation style, with a bibliography or works cited section at the end of their submission. Students unfamiliar with APA citations are encouraged to review the Purdue Online Writing Lab’s manual (Links to an external site.) or avail themselves of an online citation generating service (Links to an external site.).
Submissions should include a cover page that includes student name, number, and course information, along with an appropriate title (e.g., “War, What Is It Good for?: A Critique of Realist Theories of International Conflict”).
Research requirements:
Students must cite or refer to at least five (5) academic sources, of which no more than two (2) can be from the course assigned readings. (Course assigned readings do not have to be used; all five academic sources can be from outside of the course.) An academic source can include an article from a peer-reviewed journal, a chapter from a text published by a university or scholarly press, etc. If students are unsure as to whether a source can be considered sufficiently academic, they should ask the instructor to confirm its acceptability. Non-academic sources like newspaper articles or blog entries can also be used but will not count towards the minimum number of academic sources that must be included in the paper.
ESSAY TOPIC: Consider a recent popular film, television series, video game franchise, popular music artist or genre, book, or some other example of commercial media, and explain how it confirms or refutes the theory of Orientalism.