RESEARCH PROSPECTUS ASSIGNMENT INSTRUCTIONS
OVERVIEW
The Research Prospectus builds upon your work done in the Research Topic Assignment and covers an approved topic in American History 1301. The goal of the assignment is for the student to refine a research project, select useful sources and describe how those sources benefit your research, and develop a research methodology.
INSTRUCTIONS
The Research Prospectus builds upon the work done in the Research Topic and covers an approved topic in American History 1301. The Research Prospectus must include
An overview of the research topic.
A thesis statement of the research topic.
Provide the boundaries of your inquiry.
Describe the research methodology employed, note potential difficulties in conducting the research.
The Research Prospectus should also review available sources, including their strengths, their weaknesses, and the way that they can be used in your research. The Research Prospectus must include a bibliography of ten academic sources. (The Research Topic Assignment was about a special topic; the Research Prospectus Assignment describes how you will do further research.)
Your assignment will be checked for originality through the College plagiarism tool.
The Research Prospectus must have the following:
1. Cover sheet (giving the course number and name, your name, and the semester/term)
2. A 2-page proposal narrative (described above)
3. A 1-page bibliography listing a minimum of seven academic sources that relate to your topic.
4. Double Space, 12-point font, Times New Roman.
*Bibliographic citation example:
Book:
Meacham, Jon. American Gospel: God, the Founding Fathers and the Making of a Nation. New
York: Random House, Inc., 2006.
Article:
Dugan, James and Carroll Stewart. “German Defenses and Allied Intelligence.” The Airpower
Historian 9 January 1962: 1-20.
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