The purpose of the assignment is to give me a researched, in-depth description of your topic and provide a blueprint of where you anticipate your work will take you in the future. It will be written in the form of a Proposal, detailing your current research and findings, discussing your primary, secondary, and tertiary audiences, considering your strategies for assessing the topic and the challenges you expect to face, and previewing the research you expect to conduct.

Requirements

You will want to begin by reviewing the proposal information in our class materials. Your document will be composed of the following parts:.

Description of the problem/opportunity in detail (250-500 words): Begin with an introductory paragraph that captures your reader’s attention, and answers this question: what is important about this topic? Your research should be documented with cited evidence. I am not looking for anecdotes but for proof this is a problem that goes beyond your personal involvement.

Description of Audiences: Names, job titles, responsibilities, relationship to the problem, what makes them appropriate primary, secondary, and tertiary audiences for your Final Project (250+ words). You will want to consider how they will benefit from your solutions. This section should be particularly detailed as understanding your audience is a key aspect to understanding your project.

Description of Project/Research (500+ words): a description of the research you will be undertaking and the questions you will be answering. If your goal is to write a manual or produce another product (such as a website), you need to be specific about why such a product is needed and what additional research you plan to do to prove your contention.

Sources: A properly formatted list of at least ten (1 page).