Master's Project Proposal Template

master-project-proposal-template.tex

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\title{Research Proposal: Provisional Thesis Title}
\author{Your Name}
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\section{Abstract}

One hundred words that describe your thesis topic. This document needs
to cover the following information: ``thesis, scope, problematic
issues, provisional title, methods that will be applied and a
progress plan showing important stages'' and should be included with
your project proposal.

\section{Project Overview}

\emph{description of the project: what problem will it solve? why will
  your work be interesting/useful? how will you do it? what will you
  have to learn in order to start?}

\subsection{Problematic Issues}

\emph{what problematic issues could affect your work? what do you need
  to think about in advance?}

\emph{e.g., gathering sufficient users to test out a system, ensuring
  that your system can be used in performance}

\section{Methodology}

\emph{write about the technologies and techniques that inform your
  project AND the methods used to evaluate your work}

\section{Project Schedule}

\emph{write a dot-point summary of the schedule for your work, this
  could be divided into important stages as follows...}

\subsection{Background Work}

\begin{itemize}
\item August: some task
\item September: some other task
\item October: preliminary write up of background reading
\end{itemize}

\subsection{System Development}

\begin{itemize}
\item Build prototype system
\item Testing
\item Revising system
\end{itemize}

\subsection{Evaluation}

\begin{itemize}
\item Recruit participants
\item Test system 
\item Compile results
\item improve system in some way
\end{itemize}

\subsection{Thesis Writing}

\begin{itemize}
\item write up literature review
\item write up description of system architecture
\item write up evaluation process
\item write up conclusion and introduction
\item compile full draft and proofread
\item hand in on... (some date)
\end{itemize}

\section{References}

\emph{start a bibtex file to hold your references, use bibdesk to
  manage it.}

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