HSE 470
In Week 2, you selected a topic from the following list:
1. Threats associated with Al Qaeda partnering with terror groups in Africa in terms of U.S. homeland security.
This week, your rough draft is due. The body of your paper should be 1000-1200, not including your cover and reference pages. Include at least 8 references on your reference page. You included 8-10 on your annotated bibliography. You are not required to include those 8-10. I realize you may replace them during the course of reviewing material and writing your paper.
Quoted material should be avoided. Instead, please provide paraphrased research to support your main points that are accompanied with in-text references.
Be sure to follow APA formatting guidelines. Your paper should contain section headings, an introduction, and conclusion. Ensure that you provide a full overview of the topic. Your paper should reflect the amount of research that you conducted to learn everything possible about this topic.
RUBRIC BELOW
Final Project: Rough Draft
Criteria
15 points
20 points
Word Count and Title Page
Conforms to word count (800-899 words in the body of the essay). The title page may or may not be included.
Conforms to word count (900-1000 words in the body of the essay). Title page included.
Introduction and Conclusion
Introduction mostly previews subject and expected outcome; conclusion mostly reviews subject and comes to a logical conclusion.
Introduction previews subject and expected outcome. Conclusion reviews subject and come to a logical conclusion.
Content
Mostly describes the selected issue/topic and relative theories pertaining to the selected issues/topic.
Thoroughly describes the selected issue/topic and discusses relative theories pertaining to the selected issues/topic
In-Text Citations and References
In-text citations are used in the essay showing all 3 primary/scholarly
Sources cited. References page included with most of the sources cited properly.
In-text citations are used in the essay showing all 4 primary/scholarly
Sources cited. References page cites all 4 sources properly.
APA Format and Grammar
APA format applied mostly correctly in both in-text citations and references and/or hardly any major grammatical errors throughout.
APA format correctly applied in both in-text citations and references. No major grammatical errors throughout.