You do not need to follow the template in its exact format. But it is a general template useful for "quick" proposals.

Purpose: Most projects need a proposal before a supervisor or manager can okay the work. Your job is to do the preliminary work BEFORE spending lots of time and effort on a job unnecessary on the wrong path.

Specifications: Use the template presented here as a basic format for your proposal.

Remember that a common proposal includes $ breakdown. How many working hours the project will take, and sometimes you need to break down all the tasks for the team members involved. You do not need to include these details for this proposal.

For this course, I fully expect that as you continue to research and think through your topic and project idea, your proposal will most likely not define the end product.

Template

Date:

To:
From: [when submitting hard copy, always inital next to your name]

Subject/Re: "Proposal for ..."

"I propose to..."

"Currently, the subject X ...."

"The results are..."

"The audience for my project is ...."

PLAN AND SECONDARY SOURCES

"My plan for the paper is to ..."

• Follow up on A,B, and C in periodicals and journals
• Set up interviews with D and E
• Get the video "important video" through interlibrary loan

"My plan for the project is to..."

• Work through Word's templates on X
• find visuals of Y
• Create a portfolio/webpage/newsletter/pamphlet... [whatever project you think you will do).

Presently my 3 sources include:

• Make sure you include a FULL citation of your sources