Organizing a Paper, Creating an Outline
Create a detailed outline of your capstone research paper, which lays out a summary of the information that you will present in your final paper. At the end of Unit 4 on pages 83-87 there is a sample outline for you to generally follow, but I want you to build an outline that conforms with the seven subsections common to policy reports (see below). In the outline that you upload to Canvas, include all seven subsection headings, but for this assignment you are only required to construct a detailed outline of the subsections Context and Importance of the Problem and Pre-Existing Policies, Policy Options. If you like, you can include a partial or full outline of the Conclusion and/or Policy Recommendations subsections.
Under each subsection heading in your outline, write the last name(s) of the author(s), year of publication, and title of the article(s)/source(s) that you are relying on to create those subsections. Also list alphabetically those sources that you use under the References subheading, and make sure that references are properly cited in APA , Chicago Style, or Harvard Style of Referencing (see Unit 6 for how to create and properly format your list of references).
Also include your Problem Statement and Thesis Statement under subsection heading Context and Importance of the Problem.
Required Subsections of the Capstone Research Paper:
Title Page of the Capstone Policy Report
Executive Summary
Context and Importance of the Problem
Pre-Existing Policies, Policy Options, and Research
Conclusion
Policy Recommendations
References