F O R M

Each HIST 390 Segment (Proposals, Topical Essay, Lit Review etc.) should conform to this form, i.e., the norm. For example, Proposal#1 will be your first paper to hand in. It contains a title (center, top) where AF O R M@ appears above. The heading contains your name followed by an Aas of@ date, which is useful when multiple copies begin to flourish, as in the Sorcerer=s Apprentice: It is good to know which of many is the most recent. The heading contains the assignment, e.g., AH390: Proposal#1.@ Include page numbers at the top right.

Double space prose segments, e.g., Proposals, Literature Review and Topical Essay. The Notes, the Long and Short Outlines can appear as you wish B whatever you find most useful. Please use Spell-Check on all final copies. Do have a friend or tutor read over your work so that a second opinion provides you with choices before it is turned in. Keep margins similar to what you see here: About an inch all around, with something less than an inch at the bottom.

Work on good sentence structure from the beginning (even in Notes) because you may be lifting some sentences to include in your final project. That is the whole rationale of HIST 390 Segments: To incorporate them directly into the final thesis. For example, your Final Proposal will become the first pages of the thesis. The Literature Review and the Topical Essay will be incorporated, as appropriate. The idea is that working on parts (now) will make working on the whole (later) so much easier.