Your draft should meet the 1500-word minimum requirement, which is approximately 6 pages double-spaced, but please use the word count feature
Your draft should meet the 1500-word minimum requirement, which is approximately 6 pages double-
spaced, but please use the word count feature of your word processing program to ensure that you have met
this minimum requirement. Drafts should carefully cite (in-text citations or footnotes) all sources
that were used in writing the draft. Drafts should be submitted anonymously (do not include your
name) to the Canvas board to allow for a “double-blind” review. (The classmates who review your
project will not know who you are, and you will not know who your reviewers are.) At the top of the first
page, please include a brief 150 abstract or executive summary of your project. (In your final draft, this
will go on the cover page.) Please then label the following components and address each thoughtfully
with evidence in draft form. (See below for a more detailed description of each of these, and use the final
course rubric to guide your work.)
(1) Executive Summary
(2) Statement of the Issue/Problem
(3) Origin/History of the Problem and Current Context
(4) Critique of Policy Options
(5) Preliminary Policy Recommendation (It’s understood that these will be in draft form, but the
more developed they are, they paper feedback you’ll receive.)
(6) Bibliography – 10 high quality sources, a minimum of 5 of which must be peer-reviewed sources,
the remainder may be authoritative reports, legislation, court cases, etc. Although you are highly
encouraged to use news sources, these should not be included in the 10 source minimum. Please
include full bibliographic information using the APSA citation style (posted to Canvas and include
in-text citations or footnotes as necessary. If you have questions, please come see one of us, or
post to the Canvas discussion board. Or, contact a research librarian (24/7):
https://library.ucsd.edu/ask-us/index.html
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