MUS303 H 1 Final Visual Research Project Proposal Instructions
The proposal is meant to give you the opportunity to run your final visual research project topic by
either the course instructor or teaching assistants to ensure the feasibility of your topic and to
provide you with constructive feedback and advice for your final visual research presentation
submission.
The proposal should be 1-2 pages in length (excluding your bibliography). Your proposal should:
1. Include a working title
2. Include the chosen topic of your project
3. Provide a sense of what the central research question of your final visual research project
will be, and identify the 5 W’s of your topic (who, what, when, where, why).
4. Give an idea of what format your visual presentation will take (i.e. PowerPoint, digital
poster, website, Prezi, etc.)
Along with the project proposal, you are expected to provide a working bibliography with no fewer
than three academic/scholarly sources to demonstrate that you have done some preliminary
research on your chosen paper topic.
Your proposal is due on 29 February 2024 by 11:59pm and is to be submitted online through
Quercus and is worth 10% of your final grade.
Note: As stated on the course syllabus, the use of generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools is
strictly prohibited on all assignments in this course. Use of generative AI will be considered use of
an unauthorized aid, which is a form of academic misconduct. You may not interact with, nor
copy, paraphrase, or adapt any content from any generative AI for the purpose of completing this
assignment.
Grading Scale for Proposal:
10/10
Proposal meets all required components (working title, bibliography, citations, 1-2 pages in length,
double-spaced), and is written in a scholarly manner, is free of grammatical, stylistic, and spelling
mistakes, and is well organized. Demonstrates evidence of preliminary research using scholarly
resources (at least three sources), clearly indicates the topic of your project, articulates a clearly
stated research question, identifies the 5 W’s of your topic (who, what, when, where, why), and
indicates your intentions for the format of your visual material (i.e. PowerPoint, digital poster,
website, etc.). While citations do not need to be complete, you have indicated where you have drawn
your information from (author, page number).
9/10
Proposal meets most of the required components (working title, bibliography, citations, 1-2 pages in
length, double-spaced), and is written in a scholarly manner with few grammatical, stylistic, and
spelling mistakes, and is well organized. Demonstrates evidence of preliminary research (at least
three sources), shows indication of the topic of your paper and a working research question,
identifies the 5 W’s of your topic (who, what, when, where, why), and gives a sense of what the
format of your final visual presentation will be.
7-8/10
Proposal meets most of the required components (working title, bibliography, citations, 1-2 pages in
length, double-spaced), and is written in a scholarly manner, with some minor grammatical, stylistic,
and spelling mistakes. Demonstrate some evidence of preliminary research (at least two sources),
some indication of a topic and research-question, provides some insight into the 5 W’s of your topic
(who, what, when, where, why), and gives some idea what the format of your final visual
presentation will be.
6/10
Proposal is at least 1 page (double spaced) and includes some of the required components (working
title, bibliography, citations), but does not articulate a clear topic and/or research question and
demonstrates little evidence of preliminary research. Little to no mention of the 5 W’s of your topic
(who, what, when, where, why), and little to no mention of the format of your final visual
presentation.
5/10 or less
Proposal meets few or none of the required components, demonstrates little to no evidence of
preliminary research, and does not articulate a clear topic or research question and does not include
the 5 W’s of your topic (who, what, when, where, why) or any mention of the format of your final
visual presentation.