Phil Druker/Department of English/ University of Idaho

P. Druker /English 317

To: Technical Writing Students

From: Phil Druker

Date:  Jan 28, 2009

Subject:  Research Project Pre-Proposal

Write a brief memo telling me what your semester project will deal with.
Use sentences and paragraphs to answer the following questions:

1.      What will your project be about?

2.      Why are you concerned with the topic?

3.      Who else would be concerned about the topic?  Are you doing this for another class?  Which one?

4.      Will the project be feasible?  What problems do you anticipate in completing it?

5.      What type of work do you plan to do to complete the project?  (lab work, design work, interviews? library research?)

6.      What expertise do you have with the topic?

7.      Have you started the project?  What work have you completed?

Email this information to me by Wed, Feb  4 by 10 AM   at  phild@uidaho.edu.
èèSUBJECT LINE:  Pre-Proposal: Your Name and section number (9:30 = Sec 02; 11:00 = Sec 04)