Dr. Lori E. Amy
Department of Writing and Linguistics
Georgia Southern University
P.O. Box 8026 
                        Statesboro, GA 30460 
     (912) 681-0625/fax (912) 681-073

Project Proposal Guidelines

II Briefly Summarize your project 
  • what do you intend to show/prove/demonstrate/explicate with this project?
II Background 
  • what do you already know about this topic and why are you interested in it?
III Audience and Objective
  • who are you writing this for and what effect do you want this to have on your readers? 
IV Significance 
  • why is this writing relevant at this moment in time?
V Method
  • how will you research, draft, revise, and edit this project?  What resources will you use, and what help do you need making adequate use of the necessary resources (Internet and data bases, library, audio files, writing center, etc.)?
VI Time Line
  • when will you complete the research, drafting, site map, revisions, editing, etc.?
VII Resources list
  • what data bases, online journals, books, forums, webcasts, interview sources, etc., will  you use for this project?