MASTERS THESIS/PROJECT PROPOSAL APPROVAL
Department of Urban Planning and Policy
(Attach Proposal)
Students Name: _____________________________ UIN: _________________
Title of Thesis or Project:
Thesis or Project Advisor
Name:
Faculty Rank:
Department:
Graduate College Membership (yes or no):
Reader 1 (Thesis Only)
Name:
Faculty Rank:
Department:
Graduate College Membership (yes or no):
Reader 2 (Thesis Only)
Name:
Faculty Rank:
Department:
Graduate College Membership (yes or no):
Registration Plans
Project: I plan to register for UPP 597, call number #_________, for 4 credit hours
during the ______ semester.
Thesis: I plan to register for UPP 598, call number #_________ , for the following
semester(s) for a total of 8 to 16 credit hours.
Semester_________ Number of Hours_______
Semester_________ Number of Hours_______
Semester_________ Number of Hours_______
TOTAL HOURS_______
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Human Subjects Review
Please check the appropriate line and give any required rationales after reading clickable
definitions and talking to your project or thesis advisor.
____ This is a proposal for a project that is not research as defined under 45 CFR
46.102 (d). Research means a systematic investigation, including research
development, testing and evaluation, designed to develop or contribute to
generalizable knowledge. Activities which meet this definition constitute research
for purposes of this policy, whether or not they are conducted or supported under
a program which is considered research for other purposes. For example, some
demonstration and service programs may include research activities. If you
check this box, you must include a rationale explaining why it is not research
below. An appropriate rationale would be that the project does not seek to
develop or contribute to generalizable knowledge, but rather seeks to help solve a
specific planning or policy problem. Any persons interviewed, whose records are
reviewed or who are otherwise involved in the project must be treated ethically.
Rationale: _______________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________
____ This is a proposal for research that does not involve persons in any way.
Note that population census data includes persons.
____ This is a proposal for research that involves persons but not human
subjects. If you check this box, you must include a rationale explaining why
it involves persons, but not human subjects below. An appropriate rationale
would be that the research will not obtain either of the following:
1. Data about a living individual through intervention or interaction
with that individual, or
2. Identifiable private information about a living individual
Research with persons may not start until your proposal is fully approved.
Rationale: _______________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________
____ This is a proposal for research involving human subjects. An approved
Institutional Review Board (IRB) application and related training is required
before recruitment of human subjects can begin.
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Approvals
The undersigned agree that the project or thesis is appropriate for the degree and agree
that it should be subject to the Humans Subjects Review status checked above.
Student Signature:
_________________________ Date: __________
Advisor Signature:
_________________________ Date: __________
(Thesis only) Reader 1 Signature:
______________ Date: __________
(Thesis only) Reader 2 Signature:
_______________Date: __________
DGS Signature:
_________________________ Date: __________
UPP Director Signature:
______________________ Date: _________
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REPLACE THIS PAGE WITH YOUR PROPOSAL
USING APPROPRIATE FORMAT BELOW
Thesis Proposal Format
1. Description of the research question or hypothesis.
2. Discussion of the importance of the topic.
3. Review of previous work and relevant theory.
4. Work tasks.
5. Management plan.
6. Outline of thesis document.
Project Proposal Format
1. Statement of the planning or policy problem.
2. Discussion of the importance of the problem, and previous work on
it.
3. Work tasks.
4. Management plan.
5. Outline of project report.
6. Rationale for project designation as Not Research (Required only
if you checked Not Research in the project approval form.)
An appropriate rationale would be that the project does not seek to develop or
contribute to generalizable knowledge, but rather seeks to help solve a specific
planning or policy problem.
The thesis committee or project advisor may require submission of a
literature review or data collection plan as part of the proposal.
The work tasks should describe all steps which will be required to
complete the thesis/project.
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The management plan should include a project timetable indicating
when specific work tasks will be started and completed, and
anticipated level of effort for each task. The management plan should
also include a schedule for submitting intermediate and final written
reports, and an outline of all such documents.
The management plan should clearly indicate which tasks have been
previously completed (e.g., as internship projects) or which will be
completed by others (e.g., another students work, consultants,
agency staff).
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