New to philosophy? Here are some helpful guidelines from philosopher Jim Pryor for where to start
Great guidelines for philosophical writing as you craft your position paper
More detailed discussion of argumentative writing from Harvard.
The University's Writing Center in Marx Library is an excellent resource. Even if you consider yourself a good writer, I encourage you to visit to work on your position paper.
It is open 9-5 Monday through Thursday and 9-4 on Friday. Schedule an appointment here.
Your papers (drafts and final) must be properly formatted using either APA or Chicago Manual of Style.
Here is a short summary of the APA style guide and the Chicago style guide from Purdue's writing center.
See this style chart for comparison of major academic writing style guides.
Plagiarism is not tolerated at the University of South Alabama. All college students need to familiarize themselves with what plagiarism is and what's wrong with it.
We will use Turnitin.com for your papers in this course. Turnitin has a very helpful page on plagiarism prevention, as well as a guide to interpreting originality reports in turnitin, here.
This Yale Writing Center website has links to pages about the various forms of plagiarism. You can take a plagiarism quiz to test how well you understand plagiarism and how to avoid it in your own work.