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Urgent (7 pages) in 4 hurs

PACS 2: Research Prompts

Background: Below are 4 research prompts for you to chose from. The intent behind offering students choices is that (a) they will chose a prompt that will ease their transition into formal research (b) enhance their learning and (c) allows students to independently think and self-manage their own work.

Remember: Regardless of what prompt you chose, your work will be turned in twice. The first sets of deadlines are broken into PARTS and will be due, collected, and returned for you to edit. The second deadline is the completed, edited, final draft. Grades for the first set of deadlines will be assessed on punctuality and content. Please refer to the course syllabus for further information.

Flexibility: If you would like to mix-and-match any of the prompts below or create your own prompt, feel free to communicate with me. My goal is for you to have as much success (and fun) as possible.

Choices:

Prompt

Description

Compare and Contrast

  • -2 genres
  • -2 musicians
  • -themes/subject
  • -country

Identify and analyze differences and similarities between one of the selections to the left. You want to be sure that you have a good idea of your overall message and the compare and contrast is a means of addressing and supporting it.

Rhetorical Criticism

Identify a specific song or album. Analyze all the historical elements surrounding your choice. The objective is to make the album/song “significant” by distinguishing the important factors and how they played an influential part in the process of making the song/album important. You can analyze time, artist, producer, sales, other social/political uses, etc.

Lifetime Overview / Funeral Context

*Creative. Change your age, gender, and lifestyle; now imagine that you are at your own funeral. In a musical context what would your life’s soundtrack be? This prompt allows you to explore a life through various musical styles, artist, social/political changes, lifestyle cycles, challenges and decisions.

Primary Research

Propose your own RQ or H of whatever may interest you and connect it to music. This choice allows you to conduct and collect your own research to prove, disprove, or uncover a new aspect of music. Even consider using your won major as the subject/theme.

Source Criteria: 12 secondary sources are required. Below is a breakdown of what types of sources can be selected:

  • 3-4 Academic Journal Articles (electronic or printed versions)
  • 3-4 Printed (books, magazines, textbooks, newspapers, etc.)
  • 6-7 Electronic (webpages, blogs, Youtube, etc.)

Overall:

  • 1.Ensure that you have a clear thesis statement and focus.
  • 2.Be clear on your “roadmap” and stay true to it along the research, preparation, and writing process