Note: Students MUST choose and start researching this assignment now, submit your mode of transportation that you elect, the company that you want to write on (due week 1). You need to provide at least one source found through the online library, as well as two additional sources (due week 2). You will be required to submit your paper to the Online Writing Lab (OWL), in week 3. The actual written paper will not be due until the Sunday of Week 4.
You are to choose a mode of transportation that you wish to concentrate on during the course of the term, as well as a company who specializes in this mode of transportation. You will need to cover at least three of the following topics while researching and writing your paper:
- How policy has affected this mode of transportation?
- How has politics affected this mode of transportation?
- What are some of the security threats that this mode of transportation face, both domestic and global? How are they trying to combat these threats?
- What are some of the trends and challenges that this industry faces? What are some of the initiatives to solve these issues?
- How has technology affected this mode of transportation? What can technology do for this mode of transportation to make it more efficient, and the choice for transport?
Your paper should contain the following:
- Written and submitted in Microsoft Word document for each submission, for each week.
- Separate Title Page
- No abstract is needed.
- 3-5 pages (double spaced, Calibri 11, Arial 11, Lucida San Unicode 10, Times New Roman 12, Georgia 11) of cited research in APA format. At least one reference should be a reference obtained from the online library, that I can look up. All students are automatically set up with a library account, you can access the library from the Library section of your Blackboard classroom.
- Conclusion
- Separate Reference Page
