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ART 7008 myungjin Kim

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Itinerary

• Thesis Proposal Feb 17th

• Thesis Timeline Mar 2nd

• Research Direction Mar 9th

• Research Data Collection Apr 13th

• Data Feedback Apr 27th

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Guide for Writing Thesis Proposals ________ New South Wales University Sidney, Australia

The aim of the thesis proposal is to

convince your school :

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Guide for writing thesis proposals

AIMS

• Need for the research, which is significant and important

contribution to the field

• The topic is feasible in terms of funding, equipment, and data

• The research can be completed in the expected time period

• Ethical issues have been considered

• Topic matches your interests and capabilities

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The thesis proposal help you

• Focus your research aims

• Clarify its importance and the need

• Describe the methods

• Predict problems and outcomes

• Plan alternatives and interventions


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ORIGINALITY

• Provide evidence to support or disprove a concept,

theory or model

• Contribute new data and information, new or improved solution

• Analysis procedure or a new improved research methodology

• Results in a new or improved concept, theory or model


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PROJECT REVIEW 1 Hr DISCOVER AMPATHIZE

proposal prototype Aims Whom Originality

Quick prototype Feedback Improvement

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d*school workshop 1 Hr

• 10 min x 2 : interview I

• 10 min x 2 : interview II

• 10 min : define the problems

• 10 min : ideation sketches

• 5 min x 2 : feedback

• 10 min: sketches & prototyping

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http://www.psu.edu

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how

why when

where

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IN PROPOSAL I

• What you intend to study _ scope and research questions

• How you intend to study your topic _ methodology

• Why this topic needs to be studied _ significance • When you will complete this work _ timeline

• Where you will conduct this work

_____________________________ Penn State University

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IN PROPOSAL II • Title

• Abstract

• Introduction / background

• Problem Statement

• Purpose / Aims / Rationale

• Review of Literature (existing theory / research)

• Methodology

• Significance / Implications

• Plan of work / Timeline

• Bibliography


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PROPOSAL BODYSTORMING

Conscious &

Sub-conscious :

Keywords

Drawing / sketches

Props /

Quick mock-ups

Jot down

Do?

Feel?

Know?

Flow

Connect

Path

Categorize

Pros & Cons

Group

Cause & effect

Interact

Significance

Interpretation

Meaning

Motivation

Modes

Mapping

Paradigm

Find

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PROPOSAL ADVICE I

• Remember that the proposal is not a contract that determines what your thesis will demonstrate. You will likely modify and refine your scope, argument, and methods.

• Remember that your proposal is not meant to limit your ideas, but to help you think in practical terms about how you intend to research and write your thesis.


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PROPOSAL ADVICE II

• Ask colleagues to form a writing group that you can use to exchange ideas, drafts, and experiences. As lonely as it may seem sometimes, writing is a social activity.

• Consult with your advisor ask to see past successful proposals. Using other proposals to help you generate ideas in not plagiarizing!


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PROPOSAL ADVICE III

• Understand that the proposal will be negotiated--be prepared to revise!

• Think of the proposal as an introduction to your thesis or dissertation.

• Remember that the proposal is not a binding contract.

• Remember that your proposal is not meant to limit ideas, but to help you think practically.

• Ask colleagues to form a writing group.

• Talk to your advisor!


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PROPOSAL FORMAT

• Proposal will be presented as a written report

• The proposal is presented in a seminar

• Not once but a number of drafts with your advisors


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PROPOSAL TIMELINE

• Establish a writing schedule.

• Begin by free-writing.

• Keep a small notebook with you to write down relevant thoughts.

• Say parts of your writing into a recording device.

• Compose different parts in different computer files or on different index cards.

• Start with more “clear cut” sections first.


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REVIEW of PROPOSAL

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designMINDSET

SHOW DON’T TELL

Communicate your vision in an impactful and

meaningful way by creating experiences,

using illustrative visuals, and telling good stories.

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FOCUS ON HUMAN VALUES

Empathy for the people you are

designing for and feedback from these

users is fundamental to good design

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CRAFT CLARITY

Produce a coherent vision out of messy

problems. Frame it in a way to inspire

others and to fuel ideation.

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BE MINDFUL OF PROCESS

Know where you are in the design

process, what methods to use in

that stage, and what your goals are.

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EMBRACE EXPERIMENTATION

Prototyping is not simply a way to

validate your idea; it is an integral

part of your innovation

process. We build to think and learn.

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TOWARD ACTIONS

Design thinking is a misnomer; it is more about

doing that thinking. Bias toward doing and

making over thinking and meeting.

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RADICAL COLLABORATION

Bring together innovators with varied

backgrounds and viewpoints. Enable

breakthrough insights and solutions to

emerge from the diversity.

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designThinking

• 10 min x 2 : proposal interview I (LISTEN)

• 10 min x 2 : proposal interview II (DIG DEEPER)

• 10 min : define the problems

• 10 min : ideation sketches

• 5 min x 2 : feedback

• 10 min : sketches & prototyping

d*school workshop 1 Hr

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WRITING SCHEDULE

RESEARCH SCHEDULE

PROTOTYPE SCHEDULE

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Revise & Desktop research Cheap & quick Comps

Review Field research Idea Mock-up

Interview research Prototype