Mens Sana, an ISSN and copyright registered journal of the USPF College of Arts & Sciences (CAS), welcomes paper contributions for the next issue. Requirements for submission and acceptance of articles are as follows:
Out-text:
1. Style
and Font – Times New Roman -12
2. Margins
and spacing – 1 inch both sides – 2 spaces
3. 1
soft copy, 1 hard copy- send by email to: angelpsuarez@yahoo.com
4. No.
of words:
Minimum- 2, 500
Maximum- 8, 000
·
In excess of the maximum the article
will be divided into 2 contributions.
In-text:
Format:
formal essay, academic writing/critical discourse writing, technical report and
academic research paper
1. Academic writing
a. A
form of writing that explores/explains/discusses a concept, theory or principle
to a target audience or addressee, giving it a “fresh” or new perspective, or
viewpoint.
b. The
subject may be original (theory, concept etc.) or may have arose from another
idea, concept, theory or principle.
c. The
writer shall follow the format of a formal essay: introduction/background of
the discourse, presentation of the idea or the body of the discourse,
conclusion/summation.
d. All
borrowed information/data must be cited using the APA style for in-text
citation (see photocopies).
2. Critical discourse writing
a. It presents
a subject/s or problem/s to be critically analyzed utilizing critical theories
that may be philosophical, literary, scientific,
or mathematical.
3. Academic research paper –
any research work on the social, natural/physical sciences either experimental
or non- experimental. Problem statement is summarized written in essay form. Analysis,
interpretation of data and results, (aside from tabular presentations) and
implications are discussed in narrative form.
4. Technical Writing –
This type of writing is used in the systematic presentation of facts/data such
as the style used in pharmacological assay, procedural report writing in
engineering and architecture, including applied sciences.
Submit your paper to:
DR. ANGELES DE PIO-SUAREZ
Editor-In-Chief, Mens Sana
c/o College of Arts & Sciences
University of Southern Phils. Foundation
Salinas Drive, Lahug, Cebu City 6000
Tel.no. (032) 414.8773
email: angelpsuarez@yahoo.com
