Term Paper Guidelines M116 Spring 2014

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Term (Research) Paper AssignmentChicano/Latino Music in the United States

M1162014 Spring Quarter

The Term Paper must be submitted to your section leader in hardcopy no later than 5:00 p.m. onFriday, May 23, 2014. The Paper must include: 1) a cover page; 2) an essay that includes an

introduction, a brief reviewof the literature(the literature review should appear within theintroduction section), and a summary or conclusion; 3) endnotes or footnotes; and 4) a

bibliography (references or works cited in the paper). The paper may include figures and/or

illustrations. The Paper will be officially late if received by your section leader after 5:00 p.m.on May 23, 2014.

TOPIC

Anything that relates to this ethnomusicology course--in other words, you can write aboutanything that concerns any Chicano/Latino musical tradition or expression in the United States.

This may include musicians, music ensembles, music instruments, and/or music genres or styles.The analytical framework for your papers topic should adhere to the precepts of maintenance,

change, and adaptationof traditional musical expression. Thus, factors of identity, conflict,nationalism, reinterpretation, and innovation should be part of your analysis. The paper may be,

but need not be, based on a live musical performance.

**The paper topic should be selected no later than thesixth weekof the quarter, in consultation

with the students section leader/TA or the instructor.**

For your fi nal papers I would li ke to see the following:

Cover Page Papers should have a cover page with the following information: (1) your student ID

number; (2) title of the paper; (3) course number; (4) your section leaders name; and (5)the date. DO NOT PUT YOUR NAME ON THE PAPER.

Page limit

The paper must be at least eight, but not more than ten printed pages. You can go higher,

but I would advise you only to do this if you think the material that is going to produce

the extra pages is truly essential, remarkable, and worthwhile. The following do notcount towards the page limit: cover page, appendices (figured illustrations, if any), and

bibliography.

Font size

Papers should be double-spaced. Please do not use a font larger than 12-point if using

Times Roman or a similar serif font, or 10-point font if using Arial or a similar sans-serif

font.


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Chicano/Latino Music in th e U.S. (M116)

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Style Standard

The paper must be referenced appropriately, using footnotes or endnotes, and a

bibliography that adheres to Chicago Manual of Style. All notes, citations, references,bibliographical entries, printed and digital sources (internet, eBooks, iTunes, etc.), must

follow the Chicago Manual of Style as well.

Wri ting Style

Please do write the paper in standard scholarly prose; this assignment is meant to be

practice in writing this way.

Guideli nes for Body of paper

I would like to see some sound organization. For instance, start with an Introduction that clearly

states the topic of your research, why you were interested in it, why you think it is important

(relevance), and the purpose(s) of your study. Summarize the information that you found(including a brief literature review). Next, present a discussion of your own that analyzes your

research findings in some way (i.e., I want to see your thoughts here). Then finish with aconcluding paragraph that refers back to the stated purpose in the Introduction.

The paper must incorporate references to class readings in addition to other related literature. Itis expected that some of the theoretical and historical perspectives presented in class will

constitute a portion of the analytical structure.

I n sum, the Paper should include:

Thesis statement: a clear, focused statement of the topic and relevant theory

Statement of intent: a coherent argument Brief literature review: evidence of the author's knowledge of previous research

Theoretical framework: (include if stated in the literature)

Discussion of research findings: demonstrate central point of essay

Significance: a statement of the implications and contribution to the ethnomusicology

discipline, and

Concluding remarks: derived from your discussion of your topic, and summarizing theimportant points that you made in your paper.

References: Bibli ographyI expect to see the product of library research (not just use of the Internet, unless that is the only

resource available for your project). Make use of some library references (books or journal

articles) relevant to your argument. DO NOT USE Wikipedia as a source!


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Reference Standard

All bibliographies must include a minimumof:

A) Three (3) printed book resourcesB) Three (3) scholarly journal articles (which can be located using databases such as JSTOR)C) At least one (1) scholarly narrative source from the Internet (may include more than

onebut scholarly books and articles must be dominant in bibliographical documentation).

Di versity of Reference Types

EncyclopediaMonograph

Biography

Anthology articleMusic Encyclopedia article

Music Dictionary articleBiographical articlePeer-reviewed journal article

Scholarly essay (in edited collection)

Paper (in Proceedings of conference orsymposium)

Multimedia documentation

Periodicals (scholarly newsletters, scholarlybulletins, scholarly magazines)

FestschriftsBook reviewRecord review

Oral history

Submitting the paper

Please bring a hard copy of your complete paper to your discussion section before or on the due

date. Binders are not required (or expected). If you cannot bring your completed paper to yourdiscussion section that week (ending May 23, 2014), you must make arrangements to deliver

your paper to your TA sometime before the deadline.

Basis of grading

Grading a term paper is always a judgment call; there is no way to reduce it to a well-defined

procedure. However, when grading a paper, I always ask myself the following questions:

Since this is an ethnomusicology course, is the paper about ethnomusicology?

Does it show the student learned something in the course?

Is the writing well done? I.e., is it well organized and fully intelligible?

Is the prose in standard academic English, free of distracting mechanical errors?

Is the paper focused, or does it ramble from topic to topic?

Are enough facts given to illustrate and back up the points being made?

Did the student describe and develop the topic accurately?

Is the paper original? (Extra points may be earned for originality and inspiration).

Grades will be based on the following:

(1) Introduction - how well the purpose of the paper is stated (10 points)(2) Data - both research and writing (particularly organization of the material; 50 points)

(3) Analysis - personal thought/input/analysis/use of the data (30 points)

(4) Presentation details - use of references and/or musical culture information (10 points)


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Deductions for late papers: A paper has been officially submitted only when personally

delivered in hard copy to the students teaching assistant. For each day a paper is late, five (5)points will be deducted from the total points that otherwise would have been awarded to thework. For the purpose of computing points to be deducted, any fraction of a day will be rounded

up to a full day.

REMINDER:

Al l students are expected to do their own independent work, and to refr ain fr om cheating,

copying, plagiar izing, or otherwi se using the work of others as if it were the students own

work. The penal ty for plagiar ism in th is course is the same as the penal ty for any other kind

of cheating and academic dishonesty at UCLA. In case of doubt, please check the Student

Guide to Academic I ntegr ity, avail able on l ine athttp: //www.studentgroups.ucla.edu/dos/assets/documents/StudentGuide.pdf and in hard copy

from Of fi ce of the Dean of Students, 1206 Murphy Hall , phone: (310) 825-3871.

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Term Paper Guidelines M116 Spring 2014