Full Draft of Final Termpaper
Your draft MUST include the full set of headings, as described in the
Final Termpaper specifications. The headings will include:
- Abstract
- Introduction
- Facts (without any bias, naturally raises your question towards the end)
- Question (simple, one line, yes/no type question that naturally comes from your recitation of the unbiased facts)
- Extant Arguments (normally subdivided into the "Affirmative" and "Negative"
subsections where outside authors and thinkers detail their answers and
the reasoning behind their answers to your question. Again,
without bias or analysis of any kind on your part, just give the
arguments and reasoning as though you believe them all, faithful to the
authors' intentions.)
- My Analysis
(where you utilize the Software Engineering Code of Ethics and other
ethical principles to make your own arguments about what the real
answer should be. )
Note that you will be held to a strict policy of referencing every
external source of fact or principle you utilize to make your paper.
I cannot overemphasize this. All you work depends on the
previous work of others (in support and in opposition to your own
answer) and you must:
- recognize where you utilize others' work; and.
- properly reference their work.
The draft must be 3000 words long and each section must be about half
complete. Half the word count (1500 words) must be dedicated to
your draft analysis section, with the other half distributed among the
previous sections in some rational way.