Assignment:
Prospectus for Social Science Essay
Instructor:
James Donelan
Due date:
November 4, 1999
Write at least two paragraphs in which you describe your plans for the social science essay. Please take the following steps:
- Read the assignment carefully, and think about what you want to investigate.
- Do some preliminary research.
- Describe the discipline, topic area, and subject of your essay.
- Discuss the materials and methods you plan to use in your research, that is, where you plan to find information and how you plan to organize and analyze it.
- Describe the question you plan to answer, or the tentative thesis you plan to prove.
- Briefly discuss the significance of your project.