Your paper must
● Identify the DHS goal and issue that you will address in the Final Research Paper.
● Summarize the various points of view that frame the homeland security issue, threat, or hazard that leads to a vulnerability.
● Describe the various roles and responsibilities of the various levels of government with respect to the issue under review.
● Explain your personal position on how the Department of Homeland Security should address vulnerability using mitigation, prevention, and preparedness techniques.
The topics within the Approved Research Paper Topics
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document represent a few of the challenges the United States faces in homeland security and its impact on American society. The paper must demonstrate an understanding of the topic through a review of literature, analysis of specific incidents or events, and evaluation of mitigation strategies. The final section of the paper must include your position on how the Department of Homeland Security should resolve this issue. The topics for this assignment may be addressed from the federal, state, or local government, private sector, or non-government agency perspective.
The Final Research Paper
● Must be eight to 10 double-spaced pages in length (not including title and references pages) and formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Writing Center’s APA Style
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○ Title of paper ○ Student’s name ○ Course name and number ○ Instructor’s name ○ Date submitted
For further assistance with the formatting and the title page, refer to APA Formatting for Microsoft Word
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● Must utilize academic voice. See the Academic Voice ● (Links to an external site.) ● resource for additional guidance. ● Must include an introduction and conclusion paragraph. Your introduction
paragraph needs to end with a clear thesis statement that indicates the purpose of your paper.
○ For assistance on writing Introductions & Conclusions ○ (Links to an external site.) ○ as well as Writing a Thesis Statement ○ (Links to an external site.) ○ , refer to the Writing Center resources.
● Must use at least six scholarly, government, or credible sources in addition to the course text. Two of these references must be found in the University of Arizona Global Campus Library.
○ The Scholarly, Peer Reviewed, and Other Credible Sources ○ (Links to an external site.) ○ table offers additional guidance on appropriate source types. If you
have questions about whether a specific source is appropriate for this assignment, please contact your instructor. Your instructor has the final say about the appropriateness of a specific source for a particular assignment.
● Must document any information used from sources in APA style as outlined in the Writing Center’s Citing Within Your Paper
● (Links to an external site.) ● guide. ● Must include a separate references page that is formatted according to APA
style as outlined in the Writing Center.
