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Term Paper Topic
Term Paper Topic
General guidelines
Work/research to prepare a term paper (minimum 5000 words (better 7500 words)
without figures, tables and references) and oral presentation (preferably in power point)
Each term paper contain minimum five figs and five tables (do not copy from any
sources), produce from your own thought using published/primary data or using your
concepts
Prepare for 10 minutes presentation and 2 minutes Q/A
Some possible sources of information are: BBS (Env. Statistics), GOB/NGO reports,
www (DoE, IUCN-BD and so on…), https://www.sciencedirect.com/. Google scholar,
research gate and others
Do not use more than 20 years old references
Focus on last ten years literatures
Page layout: Page A4, Font: Times New Roman, Size 12, Line space 1.5 and Standard
Margin.
Follow APA – Referencing system.
Group member contributions: For transparency and fair marking, each member
contribution should be noted at the end of the term paper.
Maximum 10 slides (excluding the cover slide) can be used including Figures, Tables,
Graphs, Pictures (if relevant) and texts (less emphasis)
Short video clips (1 minute) may be included within the total presentation time
Presentation should be done in chronological order (as per the ID number)
For each topic the presentation must include the followings:-Specific name of the topic
(further focus) [put 10% of your effort]-Reason of the problem (with some facts and
numbers; sources should be provided in the relevant sections) [put 40% of your effort]-
Consequence/ impact of the problem [put30% of your effort]-Possible solutions (very
briefly)[put20% of your effort]
Individual marking for the presentation and assignment
Marks distribution (out of 10 points) for the presentation
Content in slides = 4 points; Slide design and layout (text font, color, size etc) = 2 points;
Presentation style = 2 points; Time management = 1 points; Q/A = 1 points
Plagiarism is an academic offence. Your term paper will be assessed by plagiarism software and
maximum 20% similarities will be accepted. More than 20% similarities will reduce your marks
significantly.
Submission date: Submit word file (Fig. in JPG) before last class (before 12.0 pm) through
email to smtareq@juniv.edu