Step 1: Choose a research Topic: Decide on what do you want to research on? At this point you must have clear questions in your mind that needs to be elaborated for your outlines. This can be emerged either from your readings or observations in the current perspectives of international development, the challenges, processes and the practices. Choose one that interests you most and develop a paper in a regional context.
Step 2: Research Outlines (Due on July 19): The next step is to elaborate your research questions identifying the major issues and challenges and explaining the rationale of doing your research. Your research outlines must include the following.
Topic statement: Why is it of interest and how it fits within the broader perspectives of sociology and anthropology of development?
Thesis statement: What is your preliminary thesis that suggests a direction to pursue your paper?
Rationale of your paper: Why your thesis and topic is significant?
Statement of key arguments: What are the key issues that you have learned from the scholarly debate in literatures?
Methods: How do you plan to carry out the rest of your research?
Notes: Your research outlines should not exceed three pages (double line spacing) including bibliography (at least three peer-reviewed articles). The outlines should be submitted online through Brightspace. (The sample of outlines will also be posted in the Brightspace.)
