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FORDHAM UNIVERSITY
Fordham College at Lincoln Center

Dept. of Computer and Info. Sciences

CISC 4650 -- Cyberspace: Ethics & Issues

Fall, 2011
Prof. Robert K. Moniot

Due Dates
for term papers

During this semester, each student in this class is expected to produce:

• an in-class presentation, approx. 30 minutes plus discussion
• a midterm research paper, about 5-7 pages (1500-2000 words) in length
• a final term research paper, about 8-10 pages (2500-3000 words) in length

Your in-class presentation should be on the same topic as either your midterm paper or your final paper, but the other paper should be on a different topic. Thus you only need to research two topics. For each paper, students must submit first a proposal or outline, then a rough draft, and finally the finished paper.

The in-class presentations by different students must all be on different topics. (Your term paper topic other than your presentation topic can be the same as another student's topic.) When deciding what topic to choose for your presentation, consult the schedule of presentations posted on the class web page to find out what topics have already been taken.

The research papers must be based on research and written in proper scholarly style, with references for all sources consulted. See the MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers or similar work for guidelines on proper citation style. The topic of one paper is to be the same as your presentation, but you may (should) go into greater depth and cover a broader range of aspects of the topic than your presentation did. For instance, overlap with another student's presentation topic is not a problem for your paper.

Schedule:

Sep. 19:

Proposal for midterm paper due.

Oct. 3:

First draft of midterm paper due.

Oct. 19:

Midterm paper due.

Nov. 14:

Proposal for final term paper due.

Nov. 28:

First draft of final term paper due.

Dec. 12:

(first reading day) Final term paper due.