
APA Style + Formatting
ABOUT THIS COURSE
Stand apart from your peers by mastering the basics of APA 7th edition style for academic research and writing. You’ll learn to properly create and format citations, style your papers start-to-finish according to APA standards, and use best practices to avoid plagiarism in your research and writing.
What you’ll learn:
- The basics of APA 7th edition formatting
- Why plagiarism is such a big deal and how to avoid it
- How to find reliable sources
- When and how to cite your sources in-text
- How to assemble your Reference page
- Where to go for additional help on APA 7th edition
EARN THE APA STYLE CERTIFICATE
By successfully completing this course, you’ll earn the APA Style Certificate. This course meets the standards for Crown College programs that require an APA competency certificate.
WHAT YOU’LL NEED TO LEARN ON CMTI:
Personal Computer: You must have access to a computer with Windows 8/10 or Mac OS X to complete the course work. Linux OS based computers will function for most online content, but you may run into some restrictions when trying to view multimedia content.
Internet Service: High-speed internet service is recommended.
CMTI Learning Management System: This course will be administered online here at cmti.crown.edu. CMTI runs on a different platform than Canvas. If you have a Crown Canvas account, please note that this login and password are NOT linked, and changing the password on one does not change your password on the other.
Microsoft Office: Students must submit assignments in Microsoft Word or PDF format unless otherwise specified in order to be graded by Crown’s instructors.