IMPORTANT: Your Proposal must be approved (by me) before you can carry out your project.Your research project in this course will focus how one of the social or behavioral sciences addresses a particular topic related to end of life issues. Completing this proposal is intended to help
give you a clear vision of your research project, so that you can carry it out successfully.
Your proposal should include the following 7 elements:
1. A paragraph that describes your topic. What do you plan to address? Why is it important? Be sure
to define any key terms. Include citations as appropriate.
2. A paragraph that describes the academic discipline that will set the context for understanding your
topic. You can choose any of the disciplines introduced in Week 1 of this course. (If you would like to
use another discipline — for example, criminology, please check with me; it’s most likely to be fine.)
Explain the general approach of this discipline and include a citation.
The Evolution of the Legal Definition of Death
Read chapter 28 in the Bryant and Peck textbook Handbook of Death and Dying.
http://sk.sagepub.com.ezproxy.umuc.edu/reference/death/n28.xml
The Evolution of Mourning and the Bereavement Role in the United States
Read chapter 82 in the Bryant and Peck textbook Handbook of Death and Dying.
http://sk.sagepub.com.ezproxy.umuc.edu/reference/death/n82.xml
3. A paragraph that identifies at least two things you hope to find out in your project.
4. Identify one resource from our course that you plan to include in your project and why it’s relevant.
5. Identify one organization that is relevant to your topic, and include the website URL. Explain why
this organization is relevant to your topic.
6. Select and summarize at least two scholarly sources from the UMUC library that you anticipate that
https://sites.umuc.edu/library/index.cfm
– This is the website to find two scholarly sources from UMUC library
you will include in your final project, and explain how you think the article relates to your paper topic.
Summarize each of the articles in 2-3 sentences, and in an additional 1-2 sentences explain why each
article may be important to your project. Be sure to include citations and to list the full references
in your reference list.
7. A complete reference list that includes the full references for all sources cited within your proposal
