Writing Guidelines and Aids

This section contains resources that provide information about the structure of IQP proposals and IQP reports and tips on formatting and writing proposals and reports.

For faculty, there are tips on:

Responding to Project Writing (Word Document) or (pdf).

IQP proposal and IQP report.

IQP Proposal Guidelines
Writing the Introduction (Word Document).
Format of the Proposal (Word Document) or pdf .
Rhetorical Moves in Proposal Introduction (Word Document) or (pdf) .
Tips for Writing an IQP Proposal (Word Document) or (pdf)
Guidelines for final Report (Word Document) or (pdf)

Literature Review

Writing a Literature Review
Rhetorical Moves in Literature Review Chapter (Word Document) or (pdf).

Exercises for students:

Background Draft (Word Document) or (pdf)
Evaluate Journal Articles (Word Document) or (pdf).

Both IQP proposals and IQP reports can be formatted in a variety of ways and can use a variety of styles, for example:

One Model For Formatting a proposal (Word Document) or (pdf)
Another Model for Formatting a proposal (Word Document) or (pdf)

Advisors have required students to use different citations styles, including APA Style, a commonly used editorial style for writing in the social and behavioral sciences, and MLA Style, another widely accepted standard for research papers.

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