ost your topic proposal here. This proposal tells your instructor what you are planning to research for your report, and it also indicates your planned timeline and strategies to complete the report on time.

Proposal Contents

The proposal should include the following elements:

A request for approval of the topic.

An introduction to the topic, with some background information and a discussion of why the topic interests you.

A tentative outline, including the subtopics $($and possibly sub$-$subtopics$)$ you want to discuss.

A summary of your research so far, including the sources you have found and the research they cover.

Your schedule$/$work plan for completing the report, with a list of the stages you will go through and completion deadlines for each date.

An outline of any additional support or resources you will need $($from your instructor, fellow students, NAIT or elsewhere$),$ with an action plan for how you will access them.

Proposal Format

Your report should be written as a formal$/$business$-$like request for approval of your topic. $($Keep in mind that proposals are often shown to third parties $-$ this should be in a format that I could take to a meeting or show to my boss to let colleagues know what my team is working on$).$

Start with "Dear Mr$./$Ms$./$Dr $*****$:$"$ hit enter, and continue your paragraphs from there. Do not indent your paragraphs, but do leave a space between them. End the letter with a friendly close $($something about how you are looking forward to working on the project, or thanking your instructor in advance for their feedback and support$),$ and sign off with "Sincerely," or "Regards," with your name on the line below.

Dear Dr$.$ Shu $($or whatever your instructor's name is$)$:

Body of letter

Thank you in advance for your feedback and support with this project.

Sincerely,

Angelo $($or whatever your name is$)$

Do not indent paragraphs $($use single spacing within the paragraphs, and leave a space between them instead$).$

You may use "I" and "you," as this is a personal form of communication. However, keep your content formal, e$.$g$.,$ when providing the timeline, don't include the ins and outs of your personal schedule $-$ stick to the details that the people reading the proposal $($and funding the project, if this were an e$-$mail in the real world$)$ will want to see.

Feel free to incorporate bulleted and numbered lists as desired. If you copy and paste from Word and Moodle messes up the formatting, put a note at the top of your post and attach the Word document to the post $-$ your instructor will mark the formatting on that document instead of the Moodle version.

Grammar, spelling, and formatting should be at a professional level $($pristine$!).$