Here are some useful helps for your work in the SCU Graduate School's Master of Ministry program.  SCU encourages the development of information literacy skills at all levels of learning as part of our missional goals to improve lifelong learning.

The Graduate School of Ministry follows standard practices in the field of religion and uses the Turabian format style.  This style is drawn from the Chicago Manual of Style and is detailed in Kate L. Turabian's A Manual for Writers fo Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations (7th edition).

 It is what is known as a note style of citation and you can learn more about that here.

Here is a basic sample writing showing construction and style for an average Turabian paper.  Paper.

Here is a sample of a critical essay, similar to the type of writing you will do as part of your graduate program. Critical Essays.

Other types of writing samples can be found here.

Simplified Turabian formatting can be found here.

Turabian (Chicago Manual of Style) Crib Sheet.

Correctly citing sources using Turabian can be found here.

Tips on understanding and avoiding plagiarism can be found here.

Correctly formatting bibliographies and developing annotated bibliographies tips can be found here.

Rubrics are checklists providing objective guidance to assure the quality of an end product.  They are a means for objectively grading student work and a way for the student to evaluate their own work as they develop their project.

MS Powerpoint Presentation  Rubric

Speech Presentation Rubric

SCU Writing Rubric