I. APPEARANCE. The report must be printed on a standard size and weight paper. After the final printing, whether you do it or someone else does it, be sure to proofread it carefully. Keep a 1 1/4" margin on the left side because of the cover, and 1" margins on the top, bottom, and right hand sides. Use a standard and 12 point font size and double space. The report must have a cover.

II. PARTS

A. Front Matter
1. Title Page, RTI 241 (with indicated changes).

2. Letter of Transmittal, RTI 237.

3. Table of Contents RTI 243 (with indicated changes). This page should be labeled CONTENTS.

4. Executive Summary, RTI 250.

5. Illustrations, RTI 245. Note that Figures come before Tables, and that Figures use Arabic numerals while Tables use Roman numerals.

6. Glossary, RTI 248 and 138. The glossary is optional.

B. Body of the Report

1. Introduction, RTI 251-56.

2. Discussion, RTI 256-59.

3. Conclusion, RT 257-61. Stress findings, results, recommendations, or simply give a complimentary close.

C. Back Matter

1. Works Cited. This will be a bibliographical listing of works cited in your report. Note that citations of the literature will be given in the text of your report in parentheses. Usually only the last name of the author and the page number will be given ( RTI 270-77).

2. Appendixes, RTI 262 (Optional).

III. HEADINGS. (RTI, 209-15). Only four levels of headings should be used in this report. The headings indicate the parts and subparts of your report and reflect the organization determined in your outline. Your outline (a topic outline) is set up in the Contents at the beginning of the paper. Therefore the entries in the Contents must be exactly the same as the headings in the body of the report.

A. First-Level Heading. It is represented by all caps and bold LARGE TYPE (14 pt.) and is centered on the page. The first level heading will be used for the title of the report (on the title page and the first page of the report) and for the titles of the sections of the report such as CONTENTS, WORKS CITED, and ILLUSTRATIONS.

B. Second-Level Heading. It is represented by all caps and BOLDFACE TYPE (12 pt.) centered on the page. It is preceded and followed by triple spacing. The second level heading is used for the main parts of the body of your report and is equal to the Roman numerals of the Contents

C. Third-Level Heading. It is represented by Capitals and Lower Case Letters and Bold Face Type set flush against the left-hand margin. It is preceded and followed by triple spacing. The third level heading is used for the subparts of the body of your report and is equal to the A's and B's of the Contents.

D. Fourth-Level Heading. It is also represented by Capitals and Lower Case Letters and Bold Face Type, but it is indented five spaces from the margin and followed by a period and the text. It is equal to the 1's and 2's of the Contents.

IV. PAGINATION. Paginate in the upper right-hand corner of the paper, 1" from the top and right side. Double space after the number before beginning your text.

A. Front Matter. Paginate all front matter with lower case Roman numerals. While the title page, letter of transmittal, and table of contents are counted, no number appears on them (unless there is more than one page of contents, in which case the second contents page is numbered).

B. Body and Back Matter. Paginate continuously with Arabic numerals. Again, although it is counted, the first page has no number on it.

V. SOURCES. Sources should be available in the NHC library or available to me on request.

VI. Grade. The term report will equal approximately one-fourth of the total number of points possible in the course.

VII. Length and Due Date: A minimum of 10 body pages is required ( graphics should not exceed 2 pages unless the paper is longer than 10 pages). The paper is due at 7:30 a.m. on April 26, 1996.

VIII. Penalties: Late papers will be penalized 10% of the assigned grade for each calendar day they are late; papers with less than 10 body pages of text will be penalized 10% for each page (or 5% per half page) less than the required minimum.