All students must prepare a manuscript for a peer reviewed journal of your choosing.
All journals have some form of Author Guidelines or a Manuscript Preparation Guide somewhere off their main page (e.g. like this one above for Earth Surface Processes and Landforms)
There is no length requirement per se, but the manuscript should be long enough to effectively meet the objectives you define. You will need to work within the word limits of your target journal (typically between 5000 and 10,000 words). You should have figures and/or tables reflecting spatial analyses you did. It should also be reflective of over a month’s worth of work.
Unlike many reports you might have prepared, manuscripts are typically formatted in a very simple format in accordance with the journal’s guidelines. Typically:
The nice thing about this is it allows you to focus on content and substance as opposed to formatting. You still need to have properly formatted, professional quality figures, they just don’t need to be embedded in the main body of the text (just put all at end of manuscript).
To make it easier for you, you can use this ManuscriptTemplate.dotx. You may need to change the template to meet your target journal guidelines, but it will give you a starting point. Make sure to use properly formatted headings, sub-headings, etc.
Submit these PDFs on Canvas.