The Formal Thesis Proposal must be approved before moving forward with any other steps in the literature review. The proposal includes the title, thesis statement, and a description of what you are going to research and why you are researching it. It also includes an explanation of what you anticipate learning, how it applies to your professional interests, and its relevance to the field of psychology.
The Formal Thesis Proposal must be relevant to graduate courses within your concentration at APUS.
**Do not use meta-analysis, systematic review, data-set studies, discussion, commentary type articles, or PhD dissertations. If you do not see the words purpose, sample, data collection/analysis etc – you have not selected single study research. All research should be currently published in the last 10 years (5- 7 years preferred), unless it is seminal research (milestone, key findings, very important to the field). Send the study to me for approval if you would like to use an older study.
A title page, reference page, and general APA formatting are required and not included in page count. Please ensure that current (within the last ten years) scholarly resources are used to support your position.
Please note that once the Formal Thesis Proposal is approved, topic changes are not permitted.
**Do not submit this assignment until you have sent your reply to my welcome message sent to your APUS Outlook email. See course announcement!
Proposal requirements include the following sections:
**Review this template and example proposal
Please include each bolded heading noted below to ensure all content is clearly included for a reader
Statement of Problem
State the focus of your thesis. What problem will you be addressing? (1 paragraph – what is known and not known about your topic and why it is important to know it)
Explain the importance of study. Why are you doing it? (1 paragraph – how might the findings be applied outside of the research setting to help others?
Context of Problem
Examine existing literature to establish a brief review of important work done in the field. (3-4 academic sources)
(All single study research must be current published in last 10 years (5-7 years preferred). You will be sending me several example annotated bibliographies for review using the format I will provide.
Define key terms and theories – Include several terms with associated scholarly 1-2 sentence definitions and a few psychological theories aligned with your topic
Relevance to field of Psychology (1 paragraph)
Explain how this literature review will contribute to the field of psychology and why it is important to study (This is how the findings are applied to the real world to help others such as create interventions, treatment protocols, inform policy makers, etc)
Relevance to Student’s Professional Interests (1 paragraph)
Explain how this literature review will contribute to the student’s professional interests
The Formal Thesis Proposal must be approved before moving forward with any other
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