Language and Style

• write your course paper in a scholarly, well-integrated and properly documented way
• use acadamic vocabulary and formal style
• be consistent with the key terminology and do not vary the terms used in your course paper
• avoid heavy, long-winded style of writing, colloquial expressions, contracted forms, emotional language, personal pronouns
• mind the punctuation and grammar. One of the most important requirements to a course paper is a high-standard grammar, spelling, punctuation and typing
• proofread and edit your draft versions to achieve accuracy
• remember that scientific writing must be unambiguous, it must be clear, precise and brief

Text Organisation

• plan the organisation of your course paper before you start to write it
• make your paper logical and easy to follow
• organise your paper into theoratical and practical parts
• split parts into chapters and subchapters. Make them coherent.
• start each chapter of your course paper with a new page. Write the titles of your chapters in block letters
• do not leave a heading or subhead at the bottom of the page that it separate from its text on the next page
• start each chapter with a brief introduction (7-8 lines) explaining why you are writing this chaper, what it contains and which materials by which authors you have used 
• do not leave quoting any sourse without your commentary or expanation why you have used it. Let the reader know what you think about the material that you quote
• end each chapter with the summary of the main issues written in it
• present the data in the practical part visually (through diagrams, tables, charts, graphs, etc) and comment on it

Appendices

• appendices are optional and you may use them to supplementary material. They have to be placed after the reference section.
• appendices have to be named by the letters of the alphabet and contain their headings