Geography 115 Violent Weather/Climatic Hazards (3 Units)

Term PaperPART II-Topic andGuideline

Topic: Droughtin California– Causesand Impacts

Guidelines forwriting the paper

1.Thediscussionshouldbesubstantive,coherentandbased on accuratepresentation of factsandlogicsupported byappropriateand adequatereferences.

2.Yourpapershouldaddress,amongothers, thefollowingpoints:

a.Explainwhatisdroughtandwhyitoccurs.SpecificallyaddresscausesofCaliforniadrought.

b.DescribesocioeconomicimpactsofdroughtinCalifornia,includingimpactsonwatersupply,agriculture,frequencyof wildfires andtheenvironment

c.Addressanylinkbetweendroughtand climatechange

d.Highlightanymeasuresadoptedbylocalandstategovernmentstomitigatedroughtimpacts

3.Thepapershouldbeatleast1,000words. Thewordcountdoesnotincludethetitlepage,tableofcontentandthebibliography.Anypaperturnedinnotmeetingthisrequirementwon’tbegraded.Ifyouareindoubtofthenumberofwordsinyourdocument,usethewordcountfeatureinMicrosoftWordtocheck.

4.Rememberthisisa sciencetermpaper so ascientificpaperstyleisexpected. NOQUOTESARE ALLOWED.Youarerequiredto readwidelyand analyze the workof others,usingasmanysourcesas youcan(books,journals,newspapers,reports, web etc.),synthesizinginformationfromallthesourcematerialsand presentingitin yourownwords.Usethestyle andformatasinthesamplepapers.

5.Yoursourcesshouldincludeaminimumofthreeacademicjournalarticlesandallsourcesshould be appropriatelyreferencedin the bodyofthedocument(in-textcitations)and listedunderthe “WorksCited".Pleaserememberyou are allowedto use othersourcessuchasnewspapers

andmagazinearticles,buttheycannotbe substitutedforjournalarticles.Shouldyouhaveproblemfindingrelevantjournals,useappropriatekeywordsin GoogleorGoogleScholarsearch.Therewillbeten(10)pointsdeductionforeachsourcelessthantheminimumrequirednumber.

6.Youareallowedto usefiguresforillustrations,buttheyonlyhave tobereferenced inthebodyofthedocument.Allsupportingfiguresandtablesshouldbeadequatelylabeledandmustbeattachedto thedocumentas appendix

7.Thepaperwillbeassessedonorganization,coverageofthematerials,clarityandaccuracyofcontent,consistencyofstyleandformat,abilitytosynthesizeinformationfromvarioussourcesandpresentitina logicalmanner.

DEPARTMENTOFGEOGRAPHY,CALIFORNIASTATEUNIVERSITY,FRESNO

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INFULFILLMENTOF THEWRITING REQUIREMENT FOR AREAIBGENERALEDUCATION COURSE(GEOG 115)

Spring2016