POL 346 F23

Research paper proposal REVISION

Due Nov 10 (5 points)

In this assignment you will (1) revise your research paper proposal based on the comments you
have received on your draft (in Quercus) and (2) write a short memo (~1 page) explaining the
changes you have made.

Each person’s revision will look a bit different based on the comments. Some will have to
replace sources or re-write an annotation. Some will have to edit their introduction. Your work
will be marked based on how effectively you respond to the comments you received.

For this assignment, we will use some class time to work as well as having extra RGASC
dedicated office hours. Please sign up for office hours to speak with Prof. Adiv or Roberta about
the specifics of your paper.

A. Organize your revisions based on the table

Comment Change
Example: Example:
In your work on parks, you identify too many I will come up with one stakeholder group,
stakeholders in your problem. which is children.
Example: Example:
You have not identified any of the grey I will look at the city of Brampton website to
literature which will inform your paper on see what their current climate policy says,
climate change. and choose a few of those documents.
 B. Where I am still stuck
- Distinguishing topic from problem
- Making my topic or problem more specific
- Finding grey literature to support my project
- Finding appropriate articles
- Synthesizing my points in my discussion

C. If you need to work on your topic and problem statement, please complete this
prompt:

The main issue I am addressing is

__________________________________________________________________________

More specifically, I address

_________________________________________________________________________

For my policy brief, I will look at the case of ___________________________________ in

(place)_________________________ in (time period) _____________________________.

D. My plan (you can use bullet points here to figure out what you will do)

1) Introduction
a) Topic Area
b) Problem identification
2) Annotated Bibliography
3) Discussion