Section 4: Format for written assignments

Failure to follow format will result in an automatic penalty of half a letter grade.

• Writing assignments will be neatly typed; a high-contrast computer print-out is fine, too (no faint copies, please). Handwritten assignments will not be accepted, although a few legible handwritten copy corrections are allowed.
• Staple the pages (no paper clips).
• Double space, standard margins.
• Safety copies: For each assignment, keep an extra "safety" copy at home or on disc.
• The first thing to appear on the assignment, on the left side of the page:

"Slug" (the paper's I.D., project name, or abbreviated title)

your name

J203, GTF's name & lab time

date

• Begin halfway down the first page, leaving room for editing remarks in the top half.
• Begin subsequent pages one inch from the top.
• Keep an "alibi" (extra) copy of each assignment; if the paper somehow disappears after it's turned in and you can't produce a copy, the grade is zero.