Research Paper

Constitutes a substantial written examination of a topic relevant to an interdisciplinary or transdisciplinary program of study. May include studies of application of knowledge to the field, development of instructional or organizational practices or resources, evaluations of practices or resources, critical analyses of problems or issues, policy analysis or development, performative writing, documentary work, systematic literature reviews or data analyses as negotiated with the instructor and based on publicly available data. Optimum length for a research paper is 6,000 words and should involve approximately 200 hours of effort by the student resulting in the awarding of 6 credit hours. Pre-requisites: INDS500, INDS505, INDS510.