Term paper guidelines
1. The paper should be type – written, Times New Roman, font size 12pt, 1.5 spaced and
between 5 – 8 pages in length (Title page, table of contents, and appendices are not
included in paper length). One inch margin should be maintained throughout the paper.
2. You should hand in your paper in a one side printed version and also send it as a PDF via
email to the instructor. Submit your reference journal papers along your submission.
3. Sample Structure
Title page
Table of contents
Introduction
Literature review
Discussion
Conclusion
References
Appendix
4. Title page
It is your first page of your paper. (Don’t insert page number)
Title should tell the reader what to expect of the paper
5. Table of contents ( Don’t insert page number )
Include all sections in the table of contents and their page numbers. Don’t go more than
three level headlines (2.1.1). Sample is shown below.
Table of contents
1. Introduction………………………………………………………………………………. 1
2. Literature review…………………………………………………………………………. 2
2.1 Sub heading…………………………………………………………………………… 3
2.1.1 Sub heading …………………………………………………………………. . 3
3. Methodology……………………………………………………………………………. 4
3.1 Sub heading ………………………………………………………………………… 4
3.2 Sub heading…………………………………………………………………………. 5
4. Discussion
4.1 Sub heading ………………………………………………………………………… 6
4.2 Sub heading……………………………………………………………………………7
5. Conclusion………………………………………………………………………………… 8
References …………………………………………………………………………………… 9
Appendices……………………………………………………………………………………10
Appendix 1…………………………………………………………………………………. 11
Appendix 2…………………………………………………………………………………. 12
6. Introduction
Introduction should contain question posed in your paper and the hypothesis of your
paper.
7. Literature review
You should organize your literature review as clearly as possible and it should be tied to
your question and hypothesis. You must cite a source for each and every fact or
statement. This section should not contain your personal opinions.
8. Discussion
Apply the insights you learned from the class to the topic of this paper. State your
opinions and support them with facts.
9. Conclusion
Summary of the question posed
Summary of finding
Details of possibilities for related future research
10. References:
You can follow the format provided in American water works association journal.
Grading
Description Possible score
Table of Content 5
At least 5 references (Journal) in the reference
section
10
Title page 5
Introduction 10
Literature review 10
Discussion 10
Conclusions 10
References and citation 15
Style and Format 20
Submission as required 5
Total 100