The objective of this writing assignment is to help you build up to the final thesis proposal. As you revise your evolving pre-proposal, keep building arguments for the following: "what is the problem", "why should we care", and "how will you know when you're done."
Write 2-3 pages about the work that you'll be doing for your thesis research. Consider this your best attempt at refining your pre-proposal. Remember to provide a research context for your proposed work and consider how the scope of your research is worthy of a thesis. As these ideas evolve, you will become more able to present your work more succinctly.
As a guide, continue to think about the following five questions during the proposal process. Use these questions to structure your class assignments and also focus on critical answers that you'll need to address in the proposal.
In the current assignment, "the Extended Answers" to "the Five Questions" above, use the feedback from your advisors and insights from class to refine the written document. This is also the time to add in the relevant references and illustrations you may have.
Also, if you email your assignments to us before the meeting on Tuesday, October 23, it will give us a chance to read them before class and better help you in the discussions. These discussions will continue to focus on "what is the problem", "why should we care", and increasingly, "how will you know when you're done." As always, if you have questions about the task, please send us a message. We're happy to answer questions and look at drafts.
Bring two hardcopies of your revised documents (Assignment 2) to class, but also try to email us the text beforehand. As always, we encourage you to email your assignments to your advisors.
Keep on writing...