Instructions
The term paper will be on a topic that falls under the History, Culture, and Social Contexts of Sport. Students will pick a topic that is meaningful and significant to them. Through research the student will discuss why he or she agrees or disagrees with this topic. The student should research solutions as well as add his/her own solutions to the topic.
It’s important to narrow down the focus for a research paper that is no more than 12 pages, not including the title and reference pages. For example: the use of performance-enhancing drugs in professional sports would be too broad a topic for this paper. More manageable topics could be: the use of performance-enhancing drugs in the National Football League; or a comparison of the use of performance-enhancing drugs in men’s and women’s bodybuilding.
Guidelines include:
- 8-12 pages (not including title page and references)
- Double spaced
- 12 point font
- Times New Roman font
- 1 inch margin all the way around
- Introduction
- Review of the literature/body of the paper
- Conclusions and solutions
- Reference list (minimum of five references, APA Format). Please remember at least 75% of references must be from scholarly and/or primary sources, and references should be cited both at the end of the paper and in-text where they are used.
Finally, please be sure to include a title page, and reference page.
