Final report due Sunday
As noted above, the final product will consist of an 8- to 10-page report or proposal on a technical or business topic from the approved list in Doc Sharing or your own topic with approval from your instructor. The final document includes the following.
- Title page (one page)
- Cover letter (one page, one or two paragraphs, single spaced)
- Table of contents including list of illustrations (one page)
- Executive summary (one page, two or three paragraphs, single spaced)
- Body of report or proposal using the following required sections.
- Introduction
- Discussion sections
- Conclusions and Recommendations
- Six research sources provided on APA formatted References page (one page). All references included on the Reference page must be cited in-text.
- Technical Illustration or visual such as a chart, graph, or image that you have created or have located via academic research. This should be incorporate within the main body of the report and be mentioned in-text.
- Formatting Elements (discussed in Chapter 5 in the textbook).
- Single spacing (or 1.15), double spacing between sections and/or paragraphs
- 12-point font size for main body of writing
- Arial, Calibri, Cambria, or Times New Roman font type
- Use of headings and subheadings when appropriate
- Paragraph length of approximately five to seven sentences
- Standard 1" margins
- Ragged right justification