Fall 2011
ICS Research Practicum

CSCI 7412/7422 | EDUC 6506/6516 | LING 7415/7425 | PHIL 7415/7425 | PSYC 7415/7425
Milestone 1

Our first milestone involves reviewing and clarifying your personal research goal, and communicating it to me.  I would like you to create a document, on which I'll comment and you'll revise, that states your research goals.  We can meet in person to discuss if you would find that helpful, or simply do rounds of feedback via editing.  My preferred  route for editing is a shared google doc.  However, if you aren't used to google docs and prefer MS Word or simply a .txt file, I can accommodate that.

I would like you to state the following in this document:
  1. Describe your overall area of research to a lay person (one paragraph). Note your advisor and department.
  2. Explain what you want to accomplish in this area (one paragraph)
  3. Articulate a plan of attack toward this accomplishment. If you don't feel you can provide a complete plan, at least describe a concrete first step, and try to break your plan into a first- and second-half of the semester.
  4. Describe any other fanciful goals that go above and beyond what you consider the essential goal. What would you like to do if you didn't have to sleep.
If you are contemplating several possible options, provide 1-4 for each option (or at least 2 and 3, assuming that the overall area of research is the same across options).

This document should be about a page.  I would like you to mail me your page by Monday August 29 at 5 p.m.

Things to think about: