Narrative essay: • Identify two possible career specializations. Explain how your interest in the positions developed, and why you consider those jobs to be important. Explain why at least two of the nine workplace competencies (presented in class and in the handouts) are especially desirable in the two specializations.
• Cite with APA References and in-text a minimum of two articles about relevant workplace competencies from trade or peer-reviewed articles in the Virtual Library or in the physical library. Explain how an author’s discussion of a competency might be applied to your career.
• Use SmarThinking
Descriptive essay: • Describe characteristics of a career specialization (job) of greatest interest to you, such as: The duties, skills, training, working conditions, employment and wage trends, and conditions for advancement in the chosen specialties.
• Cite four career-related Web sources in APA References and in-text at the places at which you use the sources in your essay.
• Annotate and evaluate each source with a minimum of two of the objective criteria presented in class and in the handouts.
• Use SmarThinking
Process essay: • Describe the ethical dimensions of doing research.
• Explain how to avoid plagiarism by using citations and References;
• Summarize the purpose of U.S. Copyright Law, and the five legal rights provided to authors/artists;
• Explain how you would follow each of the Fair Use Guidelines.
• Cite a source relevant to crediting sources, to copyright, or to Fair Use. Provide the in-text citation and Reference for the source. Use a source, which does not appear in your handouts or in an earlier essay.
• Use SmarThinking
