Final English
Final Project: Recommendation Report & Proposal
ENGL 2311 -- Prof. Winter
Table of Content
Assignment
Assignment Topic
Assignment – Guidelines
Assignment – Source Information
Assignment -- Interview
Learning Outcomes
Evaluation Criteria
Assignment
Recommendation Report & Proposal
Assignment:
For the Final Project, you will create
an informal recommendation report.
a formal report
A proposal based on your recommendations from the formal report.
Audience: You want to address the report to the person who will initially receive the report, but keep in mind that they will distribute it further, and that you may not know who all will see this report.
Documents to be submitted:
Informal Report (2-3 pages minimum)
Formal Report (7-8 pages minimum)
Detailed Proposal (appropriate in length, approximately 3 pages minimum)
For the final draft, you will submit these two reports as one document.
Assignment Topic
The topic for the recommendation research is your choice, but consider the following ideas:
Your campus—student retention, funding athletics, placement services, college publications, minority recruitment, utilities management, civic service, student government, student activities.
Your major—employment prospects, feasibility of graduate school, need for a new course or program, internship opportunities.
Your community—science museum, Earth Day, city market, continuing education, civic club, service project.
Your workplace—employee grievances, public relations, computers and management, quality control, conservation efforts, telecommuting options, day care facilities, family leave.
Your personal interests – treatment options for a medical condition, a charitable cause.
Assignment – Guidelines
For this project, ensure the following:
Your topic must concern some problem, project, or goal at your college or workplace or in your major or community.
For the Final Project report you will need at least six information sources, including one interview.
Your project must contain a minimum of three visual elements (graphs, lists, charts, infographic illustrations, etc.)
Assignment – Source Information
You need a minimum of six (6) sources:
One (1) Interview (see the following slide for more detail)
In addition, five (5) sources containing background materials—journals, newspapers, reports, books—must be current, relevant, credible, and reliable.
Assignment -- Interview
One of the sources must be an interview with an expert in your research field. This can be a published online interview.
If you decide to conduct a personal interview, follow the following steps:
Subject must be an expert for your topic.
Contact your interviewee, describe your project, and request an appointment for an interview.
Prepare for the interview by forming precise questions, but not simplistic yes-no questions. Don’t ask questions for which you could have easily found answers elsewhere. The individual should feel you prepared well and used their time wisely.
Ask probing questions that get you the information you need and allow the interviewee to open up and volunteer information.
Ask questions and listen; use a tape recorder if the interviewee does not object.
Thank the interviewee for taking time and offer to send a copy of your completed report.
You will be able to earn up to 25 extra credit points for conducting a personal interview.
Learning Outcomes
After completing this project, you should be able to use the structure and format of a recommendation report, interviewing and reading as research techniques, and to develop conclusions and recommendations based on data.
Evaluation Criteria
Formal Report (100 points):
Prefatory Elements (15 points)
Abstracts/Summaries (15 points)
Discussion/Body (40 points)
Appendices (15 points)
Graphic Elements (15 points)
Informal report (100 points):
Format (15 points)
Introduction (20 points)
Subject & Purpose (10 points)
Background (15 points)
Development & Conclusion (40 points)
Proposal (50 points):
Format (7.5 points)
Context (7.5 points)
Argument (20 points)
Conclusion (7.5 points)
Visual Elements (7.5 points)
Your submission will be graded as follows: