You have been a student at Purdue for at least a semester now. You've dealt with a lot of changes, and you've become more comfortable in your surroundings. Now you get to question things that you've been exposed to, experienced, or suffered through. You get to be an advocate for change.
Your research project will have something to do with Purdue University and what you, as a student, can do here as an advocate.
What (be realistic) changes would you like to see?
In what ways can you be an agent for change?
What ideas do you have for an improved life at Purdue?
Rarely do we write an 8 1/2" x 11" one-inch margins all around, MLA formatted document to solve "real world" problems to advocate for change, but you will have to write up something in this format for an audience of your classmates and me. In addition, you will have to produce something that is applicable for the rhetorical situation in which you are working. You will need to decide in what format your message will be most effective. Here are some possibilities:
• Editorial (not just a short letter to the editor)
• Video
• Web Page
• Power Point Presentation
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Podcast
• Brochure
• Booklet
• Poster
The audience for your final outcome will be the person, committee, agency, or department that can implement, fund, or approve the change(s) you are advocating for or proposing.
Your Research Project will include the following documents:
Preliminary Proposal, due at the end of class, Friday, March 21st, 30 points
Proposal + Timeline, due Monday, March 31st, 75 points
Preliminary Annotated Bibliography, due Monday, March 31st, 10 points
Final Annotated Bibliography, due Friday, April 4th, 100 points
Explanatory Report, due Wednesday, April 16th, 100 points
Two Peer Reviews, due Friday, April 11th & Monday, April 14th, 10 points each
Research Reflection, due Friday, April 18th, 20 points
Outcome/Presentation, due the week of April 21st, 100 points
Presentation Reflection, due the week of April 21st, 25 points
Drafts of the Explanatory Report will be due on Friday, April 11th and Monday, April 14th.
[Note: Your final Semester Analysis will be due via email on Wednesday, April 30th by 5pm.]
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