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Running head: THIS IS THE TITLE OF YOUR INSTITUTIONAL TOUR PAPER 2

This is the Title of Your Institutional Tour Paper

Your Name

American Public University System

I. Introduction Paragraph

a. Identify your selected institution

b. Overview of your paper.

c. Thesis statement. Click here for help on writing a thesis statement. http://writingcenter.unc.edu/handouts/thesis-statements/

d. This should be a half page in length.

II. Subsection 1: History

a. History of your institution.

b. This should be a half page in length.

III. Subsection 2: Primary Sources at Website

a. Analyze primary sources at the site. For example, if you were working on NASA there are thousands of primary sources at its website. Here is a 1959 staff report on Astronautics and Space Exploration: https://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/conghand/spcover.htm

b. This should be a half page in length.

IV. Subsection 3: Current Issues that the Institution is Experiencing Today

a. Discuss the key current issues.

b. Use three scholarly secondary sources to support your discussion. These sources need to be found in the APUS library.

c. Click here for how you find peer reviewed or scholarly sources: https://apus.libanswers.com/faq/2244

d. This should be a half page in length.

V. Subsection 4: Discuss Government Funded Scientific Research

a. Address the rationale for government sponsored scientific research.

b. Make an argument for where scientific innovation is strongest: governmental, private, commercial, or educational institutions.

c. This should be a half page in length.

VI. Conclusion

a. Rephrase your central thesis statement.

b. For help on writing a conclusion visit: https://writingcenter.unc.edu/tips-and-tools/conclusions/

c. This should be a half page in length.

VII. Bibliography

a. This should appear on the next page.

b. YOU MUST DIVIDE YOUR BIBLIORGPAHY INTO PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SOURCES.

c.

d. For a sample APA paper see: https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/apa_style/apa_formatting_and_style_guide/apa_sample_paper.html