Proposal

=Proposal (Original Research) (GWU EMSE 216-8000)=

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"As the first phase of dissertation work, the dissertation proposal is to indicate what the candidate will study, why, and how." (SEAS Doctoral Student Handbook)

The course usually requires preparation of a (mini) porposal. Time available in the course can limit the amount of literature that may be reviewed.
 * Topic Selection; Preliminary Literature Review; Topic Research and Validation
 * Literature Search: Research Sources; Efficient Searching (combine TBR ): Context Map / Reference Search Keywords
 * Literature Review
 * Proposal prepartion & Proposal delvierables:
 * Written Proposal: Front Matter (Abstract); Introduction; Literature Review; Research Goals & Hypotheses; Research Method; Expected Findiings
 * Proposal Presentation
 * Oral Proposal Defense

Work must conform the standards of Academic Integrity, others work must be cited, plagiarism will not be permited.


 * Sources:**
 * EMSE 216/8000
 * [|SEAS Doctoral Handbook], George Washington School of Engineering and Applied Science, 2010-2011. Downloaded November 19, 2011 from []

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