BREYER STATE UNIVERSITY GUIDELINES FOR WRITTEN PAPERS

Please follow these guidelines when writing papers for your Course(s):

All papers must be type-written. A hand written submission is not acceptable.

Please provide a cover page which includes the following:

1). Your name.
2). Address.
3). Phone Number.
4). Student ID number.
5). Email address.
6). Your instructors name
7). The date of submission.
8). Title the page with the title of your paper.
9). The title of the course and course number.
10). Please use 1 inch margins
11). Please be sure to number all pages

Be sure to make a copy or save a copy of your paper for yourself. Papers that are submitted to your instructor may not be returned to you.

You are to submit your completed paper directly to your instructor. You may send it to your instructor by an attached e-mail file. You may also send in a hard copy via postal mail directly to your instructor. Please ask your instructor for a mailing address to send to. Many instructors also allow you to fax in your paper to them. Please ask your instructor if this is possible. You can expect to receive an evaluation and grade for your paper within 14 days from submission. If you have any questions, please contact your instructor/advisor directly.

Please check with your instructor to see is he/she requires that you first have your topic approved before the development/writing of your required paper.

Breyer State University only approves APA and MLA styles of writing and referencing. You must format your paper using APA or MLA style, depending on the subject matter of your paper. For your benefit, a link is provided below with internet references for APA and MLA styles of writing. If you are not familiar with these styles, it is strongly suggested that you access the provided link and information below and also consider the purchase of a reference book for correct formatting and referencing. Failure to properly reference in your paper can result in an issue of plagerism. Plagerism is considered an infraction that will likely result in permanent suspension from the University.

Recommended Reference Books

Breyer State University recommends the following text books as excellent guides for students completing major papers, or thesis. Students are not required to purchase any of these books. However, if students feel they would like to have excellent reference materials for writing and referencing papers, any one or more of these text books are recommended.

1. Mastering APA Style: Student's Workbook and Training Guide, 2 nd edition. BY: Harold Gelfand, Charles J. Walker Publisher: American Psychological Association: 2002 ISBN # 1557988919

      2. Writing the Research Paper: A Handbook with both the MLA and APA           Documentation Styles, 6 th edition. By: Anthony C. Winkler, Jo R. McCuen           Publisher: Thomson Learning:1993 ASIN # 0155085492.  

      3. A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Thesis and Dissertations. 6 th edition.           BY: Kate L. Turabian. The University of Chicago Press:1996. ISBN# 0-226-
          81627-3.

      4. Rules for Writers. 5 th edition. By: Diana Hacker.Boston ;Bedford/St.           Martins:2004. ISBN# 0-312-40685-1.

      5. Writing Research Papers. 11th edition. By: James D. Lester & James D. Lester,           Jr. New York; Pearson Longman Publishers:2004. ISBN# 0-321-23646-7.

       6. Research Design: Qualitative, Quantitative, and Mixed Methods Approaches 2nd            edtion. By: John w. Creswell.  Thousand Oaks; Sage Publications:2003. ISBN #           0-761-924426.

Note: these recommended reference books are available in the online Breyer State University bookstore. Enter Bookstore.

WRITING STYLES FOR THESIS, PAPERS, PROJECT PAPERS

Breyer State University uses the APA and the MLA styles of writing for all required written papers, thesis, and project papers. For full information and resources, access here.

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