TOPIC PROPOSAL

THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD

• WHAT IS YOUR THESIS OR RESEARCH QUESTION (THE THING
ABOUT YOUR TOPIC YOU WANT TO FIND OUT).? YOUR TOPIC
MUST BE OPINIONATED AND WELL-PHRASED AND FORMULATED,
RATHER THAN A PETTY OBSERVATION ABOUT YOUR TOPIC.
• HOW DO YOU PLAN ON SUPPORTING THIS THESIS/RESEARCH
QUESTION? THIS QUESTION DOESN'T REALLY FOCUS ON THE
SOURCES YOU WILL USE, BUT IT IS A QUESTION OF THE
TECHNIQUES, TYPES OF PARAGRAPHS, STYLE YOU PLAN ON
EMPLOYING. IT'S LIKE AN ANALYSIS OF YOUR ANALYTICAL STYLE.
YOU CAN BRIEFLY OUTLINE YOUR PAPER HERE, IF YOU'D LIKE.
• WHAT (2-3) OUTSIDE, SCHOLARLY SOURCES DO YOU PLAN ON USING?
YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE READ ALL OF THEM YET, BUT TRY TO HAVE AT LEAST 3
GOOD SOURCES READY BY THE TIME YOU TURN IN THE PROPOSAL. SUCH AN
APPROACH ATTEMPTS TO ENSURE THAT YOU DON'T GO ABOUT GETTING
SOURCES AT THE LAST MINUTE. IT ALSO ENUSRES THAT YOU STEER CLEAR OF
TOPICS OF WHICH YOU CANNOT FIND ADEQUATE RESOURCES.

• WHAT'S THE WHOLE POINT OF THIS TOPIC?

WHAT MOTIVATED YOU TO PURSUE THIS TOPIC? SO WHAT?WHY DO YOU CARE
ABOUT THIS TOPIC? WHY SHOULD YOUR READERS? (DON'T BE FOOLED BY HOW
SHORT THIS QUESTION IS - IT'S OF VITAL IMPORTANCE!)