Formatting

As you are all now in 4th year, proper formatting is now mandatory. This is to prepare you for journal submissions, grant submissions, and life in general.

All assignments will follow the following formating guidelines. Assignments submitted that do not follow these guidelines will receive the grade "0" and will not be marked.

Identification: Student number ONLY - DO NOT WRITE YOUR NAME ON YOUR PAPER. This should be on the top left-hand corner of your submission.

Title: 12 point BOLD

Text Colour: Black text on white background

Margins: 1 inch or 2.54 cm on top, bottom, left, and right

Font: Times New Roman, 12 point

Line spacing: 1

Columns: 1

Do not include: Cover Pages, Your Name, or any other identifiers other than your Student ID.

All writing, including titles and student id# should be left justified.

All references and in-text citations should follow APA guidelines. Information on these guidlines can be found here. Please follow these guidelines ONLY for in-text citations and references.

Here is are some examples from the APA website:

List references in alphabetical order. Each listed reference should be cited in text, and each text citation should be listed in the References section.

Examples of basic reference formats from the APA website:

Journal Article:
Herbst-Damm, K. L., & Kulik, J. A. (2005). Volunteer support, marital status, and the survival times of terminally ill patients. Health Psychology, 24, 225–229.
doi: 10.1037/0278-6133.24.2.225

Authored Book:
Mitchell, T. R., & Larson, J. R., Jr. (1987). People in organizations: An introduction to organizational behavior (3rd ed.). New York, NY: McGraw-Hill.

Chapter in an Edited Book:
Bjork, R. A. (1989). Retrieval inhibition as an adaptive mechanism in human memory. In H. L. Roediger III & F. I. M. Craik (Eds.), Varieties of memory & consciousness (pp. 309–330). Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.