Length of 8-10 pages, excluding cover page. The paper can cover a variety of topics but must focus on issues pertinent to the class (see below). The paper can be of various types: a literature-research paper; an advocacy (opinion-based) paper that is also based in the literature; an examination of an issue or problem, particularly from one’s current, past or anticipated workplace, again with a base in the literature; course is the Social Context of Aging: Global Perspectives, and the paper should strongly reflect this.