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The purpose of this BIS 390 research proposal is to create the final BIS 490 research project – which is evidenced-based. You can either choose an investigative or a creative project. If you choose a creative project, be sure to mention what you will be creating in BIS 490 as well as providing the literature review and bibliography, the minimum 3,500 word written component. The BIS 390 Research Proposal is still required to for the Creative Project option. For the creative option, you are proposing the product you plan to develop as well as providing the research you analyzed and discussed to create the project.
The purpose of this evidenced-based project is for students to demonstrate their ability to critically analyze a problem related to their interdisciplinary concentration. The BIS 490 Capstone Course represents the culminating and integrating educational activity for BIS students. Using a clearly defined research process, students acquire significant knowledge in areas directly related to their educational goals. By means of an investigative or creative project (see below), students in BIS 490 synthesize knowledge gained from the student’s interdisciplinary program of study.
INVESTIGATIVE: The investigative option allows students to design and implement a critical analysis of a problem, issue, or topic that cannot be addressed adequately by just one discipline. The following components are expected in this type of project: introduction (purpose statement and interdisciplinary rationale), literature review, methods/approach, analysis/ discussion, limitations, conclusions/ recommendations. This type of project interprets and contextualizes research conducted by others via an extensive research paper (5000-word/25 scholarly source minimum; should predominantly be in literature review).
CREATIVE: This option allows students to create a product that is closely connected to their core concentration. Products might be a multimedia presentation, sculpture, musical score, theatrical production, novelette, or handbook, to name a few. As with the investigative option, the student poses a problem/issue or needs statement and develops research questions that will be answered by the development of the product. These creative projects still require a minimum of a 3500-word written component that includes an introduction (purpose statement and interdisciplinary rationale), literature review, methods/approach, analysis/discussion/reflection, conclusions/recommendations. The reflection component often is linked to the analysis/discussion section and is where authors explore the creative process as well as the challenges and limitations relative to the on-going development of the
product.
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