- A tentative topic for your INDS 400 project proposal
- At least two (2) research questions that you hope to answer in your capstone project
- At least three (3) disciplines from which you intend to glean knowledge, insights, methods, and epistemologies to understand your issue or problem
- A justification or rationale for the project, i.e. Why does this topic matter? Why should we care?
- A tentative research plan (what kind of sources are you going to gather, how are you going to gather them)
The world is your oyster, but you might think about a contemporary problem or issue. So, if you wanted to examine the "problem" of modern terrorism, you might look at History to evaluate the causes and motivations behind terrorism; Sociology and/or Psychology to assess the mindsets and motivations and habits of mind of terrorists; Economics to understand the role of poverty and class in terrorism; and so on. Remember: you aren’t just “putting together” different disciplinary approaches and perspectives but trying to integrate them and provide original perspectives and analysis.
