The proposal should explain the goal and intent of the project and convince the professor that the project fits within the discipline, can be completed in the allotted time, and comports with discipline standards. Proposal drafting is considered a learning process and helps the student avoid oversights and possible mistakes. It should show that the student has read the relevant and recent literature on the subject, and it should contain a list of materials consulted during the preliminary stages of research. In general, the creative project proposal should include background information related to the project topic, the purpose of the project, and investigatory procedures to be used. The formal proposal should not exceed five pages (title page not included). An overview of the required components can be found in the Capstone Manual.
Part of the goal of this project is for you to provide a service to a public entity. If at all possible, you should be working with an organization that will benefit from your project directly. You should attempt to present your work prior to the end of the class to the organization so as to be able to include the feedback in the final paper as an appendix. Please keep in mind that you need written permission to work with an organization and should secure that at the very beginning of class. Remember you may work with an organization on process and presentation but you may not do human behavior research or access non-public data of those results without IRB approval.
The proposal should be in narrative form, with the introduction stating the project you plan to do, the literature review section is a small version of the next assignment but should demonstrate that you have done an overview and you are on the right track with your proposal, and the rest should say what the process will be for you to complete the project, with whom you have consulted at the organization to gain approval, if you plan to do any human behavioral research and your progress on IRB approval, a timeline for the next 14 weeks that will put you presenting the project to the agency around Week 14 or 15 of the class so feedback can be included, and your proposed format – in other words will it look like a white paper with final project as an appendix or will the bulk be a training manual, grant proposal, etc. Also are you working with an organization that has requested your findings be presented in a particular format? If so, be sure to describe what that is.
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