Project Objectives: Upon Completing The Writing Project, You Will: (1) Obtain Experience In Writing About

Project Objectives: Upon completing the writing project, you will: (1) Obtain experience in writing about genomics; (2) Synthesize information from several sources that address your topic and your question; (3) Build an argument to defend the answer to your topic/question
(1) You can pick a topic of your choice, formulate a question, and use the primary literature to defend the answer to your question
This is like your typical term paper and most students will choose this option
Submitted on time – 30 points 2 pages – 20 points (10 points per page) Brief Introduction to your topic (1-2 paragraphs) – 30 points includes specific question and/or thesis – 10 points adequate information is provided to understand the motivation behind the question/thesis – 10 points the question and/or thesis is focused on genomics – 10 points At least one paragraph investigating your thesis – 30 points This is where you start addressing your question and/or thesis
It is the start of the body, or main part, of your project
A citation/reference to at least ONE lecture – 10 points This is to make sure that the basic principles of genomics are in your paper
You can use a simple citation format, such as (Module 2, Genomic diversity)
At least one citation/reference to the primary literature – 10 points This has to be a research article (not a review article or a mainstream news article)
If you are unsure, you can ask Dr
Demuth
Many students lose points on this so be sure you have a real research paper! Adequate grammar – 10 points Use complete and coherent sentences
The paper needs to flow and make logical sense
Dr
Demuth must be able to understand the writing
Unicheck score is <10% - 10 points