COURSE SYLLABUS - Nutrient
Management - AGRN 6020
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Term
Paper for Graduate students in Nutrient Management (AGRN 6020), Spring
2007
1. The term paper will be cover a topic on nutrient
management, and be approved by the instructor.
2. The term paper is to be five pages (typed, double
spaced, 1 inch margins, times new roman font, full justified, numbered
pages), not counting the title page, any diagrams, tables,
graphs, footnotes or bibliography.
3. The textbook for this course and encyclopedias are
not acceptable sources for your term paper. You may use books and
appropriate scientific journals, web pages, newspapers, or magazines.
4. Include a Bibliography. Do not plagiarize;
cite materials and ideas not your own. Plagiarism is a form of cheating.
5. Spell words correctly, use complete sentences, and
make sure that each paragraph includes a topic sentence. Poor
spelling and grammar will lower your grade.
Outline Format:
I. Title Page (Your Name and Title of Paper)
II. Introduction
A. Subject you are discussing
B. General overview of the issue
III. Discussion
A. Description and evidence supporting known facts
B. Analysis of facts and concepts, and implications
of problem
C. Potential solutions to problems
IV. Conclusion
A. Summary
B. Final overall concluding statement(s)
V. Bibliography
A topic must be chosen by 16 January 2007. The term paper is due 12
April 2006 at the end of class. The grade for the paper will be reduced
10% for each day late, i.e., if you turn the paper in on 13 April, the
highest grade you can make is a 90, etc., etc.
Each graduate student will give a 10-minute power-point presentation of
their term paper sometime during 17-26 April 2006.