How to Write a Term Paper Proposal


Let’s see now some useful tips on how to write a term paper proposal.

1. Consult your instructor

The first thing is to understand your assignment, meaning to know what is required from you and how your work will be assessed. Your instructor can give you a sample of such a proposal, or to give you more detailed directions.


2. Define the topic and scope of the work


3. Make a short outline

This outline will comprise the following: goals, context, methodology, thesis, arguments, and bibliography. Let’s now check them one by one. What follows will reveal the structure of your term paper proposal (including the formulation of the topic).

A term paper proposal outline is comprised of goals, context, methodology, thesis, arguments, and bibliography.
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4. Goals and context

What is the goal of your research paper? Perhaps it is to answer a given research question, or to find more information on the particular topic, and so on. The context can include your motivation and interest - why this topic seems important for you? Is it an actual issue today? Is there a lot of research done concerning this topic?

5. Methodology

This is your research method. It depends on the particular field of study. You need to check some literature to know what your methods should be.

6. Thesis and arguments

Your thesis will be the main point of the essay. The thesis should be related directly to the topic. In natural sciences the thesis is replaced by a hypothesis (because a researcher cannot know the final results of his/her experiments).

The arguments must be related to the thesis and support it. An argument should be reliable (derived from reliable source, i.e. recognized as such by the academic community) and to show clearly the correctness of your thesis.

7. Bibliography


Do not forget that you are writing only a proposal. That means you have to know your topic and have some clues concerning it (i.e., you should read some literature prior to writing the proposal). However, there are still plenty of things to do in order to write the term paper - only a proposal is never enough. 

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