Communication

Introduction to Workplace Communications
Research Proposal Assignment
Instructions
The research proposal assignment is designed to give you an early start on thinking about the
topic you will research and write about for your final project for ENGL110. The oral
presentation will address the same topic as the final project, since the oral presentation
provides a less formal overview of the content of your final project.
Because of this, you should select a topic that you are willing to examine very closely and for an
extended length of time. Most importantly, choose a topic that you are passionate about and
will enjoy diving into. You are going to become an expert on this topic and teach the class (and
the instructor!) about it.
The proposal should be 2 pages long, double spaced (1 page for the proposal and 1 page for the
bibliography). In your proposal, you should include the following details:
• Identify your project’s topic
• Offer a brief (2 or 3 sentences) background on your topic, providing the reader with any
information that they will need to understand your proposal
• Identify the problem or research question that your project will focus on
• Offer a brief (2 or 3 sentences) literature review, in which you summarize the research
that has already been done on this topic
• Explain how your project will build upon the existing research to help to solve the problem or answer the research question you introduced earlier in the proposal
• Provide a bibliography (in APA format) that includes full citation information for at least
5 sources that you will use in your research
Note that all academic assignments should be completed independently and should
represent the student’s own, original work