1

HONORS SELF- DESIGNED PROPOSAL Complete this proposal prior to your experience’s start date and upload it in the UHP Database (https://webapps.uc.edu/uchonorsstudent). Create an experience (“Add a new record”) in the “Tracking Project” tab and upload your proposal document as an attachment. The deadline for submitting proposals is the 5th of each month (excluding July).

Proposals are intended to be well developed plans for your experience. However, experiences are exploratory in nature, and we are flexible with changes throughout the experience. If your experience changes after receiving approval on your proposal, contact your honors advisor to verify the changes still satisfy the requirements of an honors experience.

Basic Information Full Name: Isaac Daniel Busken-Jovanovich

Title of Project: Transporting the Rising India

Thematic Area(s): Creativity

Expected Start Date: January 1, 2017

Expected End Date: May 17, 2017

GUIDELINES

1. Proposal submission timeline: Proposals should be submitted at least one month prior to the expected start date of the experience. International experiences require at least two months’ notice. Contact your honors advisor immediately for any exceptions.

2. Proposal length: While the quality of the proposal is most important, strong proposals are typically 3-4 pages single-spaced.

3. Proposal format: Please maintain the proposal format (e.g. headers, layout) 4. Time commitment: Experiences should consist of at least 75-90 hours of preparation, execution, and

reflection. This is approximately equivalent to the commitment of honors seminars and pre-approved experiences.

REQUIREMENTS FOR INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL

All self-designed international travel experiences require two months’ notice and must be at least one week in length. You will need to provide a detailed itinerary (dates, locations and activities). If participating in independent travel (not with UC faculty, staff or student group), you must also fill out a Worldwide: Honors Experience application via UC International.

Additionally, the Student Travel Policy restricts UC-sponsored travel to countries under a U.S. Department of State Travel Warning. Those who wish to visit a country with a travel warning must seek an exemption through UC International. Students traveling without a faculty or staff leader must individually request an exemption. We cannot allow you to count this travel as an honors experience nor can we give you a grant without an approved exemption.

2

1. Abstract

Briefly describe the experience. What makes this experience personally meaningful? What goals do you have for this experience? What is your timeline for this experience?*If you are proposing an international experience, provide an itinerary. **If you are developing this experience from an existing opportunity (class with a study tour, campus organization, co-op, etc.) that is not already an honors seminar or pre-approved experience, how will you differentiate your experience from what is already required of other students?

Within six years, India will become the world’s most populous nation. In the same way that the 20th century was the American century, according to economists it is likely that the 21st century will become the Indian and Chinese century. As I begin my vocation as a transportation designer, this coming world is of vital relevance. This spring, I will be attending the National Institute of Design in Ahmedabad, India, the foremost school of design in the nation, to take graduate level Transportation Design courses. While embedded there, I plan on gaining a firsthand understanding of designing the future for transport of the world’s largest nation. I will learn how to holistically create a vehicle product to live within the cultural, economic, and environmental contexts of the Indian macrocosm.

The intent of this project is to lay the foundation upon which I build my education of the transportation field. This is the focus within my major that I have recently chosen and I see this program as an opportunity to begin my endeavor by looking at what transport will be in India, a furnace of dynamic and rapid change.

As I plan on developing the ability to design products to flourish inside the overarching context of an entire society, my goals span the breadth of the Indian experience. Firstly, I want to gain an understanding of Indian culture, history, and identity from the grassroots level as a visitor among a people. In support of this, I wish to attain a competency in the large-scale issues facing a developing economy: power inequality, poverty, environmental sustainability, etc. Finally, I will be experiencing how to function within an international team as a foreign partner.

Personally, I chose this opportunity because it throws me into a situation that is the most challenging and beyond what I am accustomed to. The semester will be a time of drastic growth and development for me. I will have to become acclimated to a new life style and a firsthand view of a developing country. This will be the first time that I will be able to see the condition in which the vast majority of humanity lives. Thus far, I have only been in either fully or moderately developed nations. Such exposure will broaden my perspective and enable me to be both a better designer and human citizen. In addition to this, I will be surrounded by the ancient civilization of India, quite different from that of the West which I am familiar with. I am excited by the sheer challenge and risk that confronts me. This experience will be a test of all of the skills I have thus far gained and a great exercise in adaptability to new circumstances.

This will be the first time that a student from UC has studied at NID. The fact that I will be the vanguard of the relationship that has crystallized between our two universities, I believe, sets me apart. The impression I make will be representative of the character of my school and program, while at the same time I will be testing the grounds of what this exchange program entails. I have the privilege of acting as an ambassador of both my university and country, while also having the opportunity to learn in a myriad of ways. I look forward to this adventure.

I will be embarking on this journey on the 1st of January, 2017 and return May 17th, 2017. During these four and a half months, I will be taking full-time transportation design courses at NID, traveling to different regions of India, educating myself in the culture of country and developing both personally and professionally.

Flight to Ahmedabad, India: December 29th, 2016Classes begin January 2nd

Academic Itinerary:Open Elective: (1st-2nd weeks of January)Ergonomics & Vehicle Packaging: (2nd-3rd weeks of January)Design Workshop: (1st-2nd weeks of February)Design Management: (3rd week of February)Research Methodology: (4th week of February)

3

Studio Skills: (March)Non-Motorized Transport: (March to April)

Adventure Itinerary (Monthly weekend trip):These are brief, couple-day trips that I plan on going with NID peers and staying overnight with friends from these cities in the network that I have built.Mumbai, Maharashtra: (January 2017) Flight to India’s largest city that is still rising to over 22 million. This is a city of drastic socio-economic contrast with both high rises and some of Asia’s largest slums. Jaipur, Rajasthan: (February 2017) Embark on a train ride through the Rajasthani desert. I will ride the famous mass-transport system of India and experience the different class accommodations firsthand. On disembarking, I will spend a day in the culturally distinctive region of the Indian Northwest.Delhi, Delhi: (March 2017) Flight to the capital of India where I will stay in the political center of the nation. I will walk in the legacy of the heroes and occupiers of this city which is so rich in history. Bangalore, Karnataka: (April 2017) Flight to the Silicon Valley of India. Here I will observe the systems and social dynamics of a city that has become the nation’s heart of innovation.

Classes End May 16th

Flight to Cincinnati, USA: May 17th, 2017

Advisor FeedbackMust Include:

Brief description of the experience

Personal connection to the experience

Identified goals for the experience

Timeline from start to finish

*Itinerary (international experiences only)

**Explanation of differentiated experience from what is required of other students

Required Revisions: Effective:

2. Experience Advisor

Identify an experience advisor and provide their contact information. Explain why you chose this person and how you plan to utilize your advisor for this experience.Note: Advisor(s) should have knowledge or expertise in an area related to the experience. Honors advisors, undergraduate students, and family members cannot be experience advisors.

Advisor Name: Steven DoehlerContact Information: Phone Number: (513) 556-4576. E-mail: steven.doehler@uc.edu

I selected Steve Doehler because he coordinates international experiences for industrial design students and is one of the team who initially set up the relationship between NID and UC. He has advised a host of fellow DAAP students in their adventures abroad, including a few students who have co-oped in India. As both an entrepreneur and an Associate Professor for the Industrial Design department at UC, he has a breadth of experience to draw from and guide my professional development.

I plan on contacting Steve a couple times a month to give him updates on how the experience is going and deliver intel as UC’s first wave to NID. He will be able to provide me with connections that he has made, offer advice in regards to functioning in India from the experience of past students, and help mediate any official communication with NID. Additionally, he can provide assistance in case of unforeseen crises.

4

Advisor Name: Juan Antonio Islas MunozContact Information: Phone Number: (513) 556-1120. E-mail: juan.islasmunoz@uc.edu

I chose Antonio Islas as my second advisor because he will provide mentorship specifically aligned towards transportation design. He will be the professor for the Transportation Design courses at DAAP for the spring of 2017, as well as for following semesters. Therefore, in order to keep my learning during this study abroad semester integrated into my overall education, it is necessary that I consult with him. Antonio is a Master of Design with a focus in automotive design aesthetics and stylization, offering many years of wisdom in the field that I will be pursuing.

I plan on conversing with Antonio at the start and end of the project blocks that I will be engaged in. The idea for this being that he will stay up to date with the type of work that I will be doing and thus give me appropriate feedback and guidance. Through doing this, I will be able to transition more smoothly into my next two semesters of study at DAAP. Antonio can become my mentor and help cultivate me into the field of transportation design.

Advisor FeedbackMust Include:

Experience advisor name and contact information

Description of why advisor was selected

Specific plans to engage with advisor

Required Revisions: Effective:

3. Connection to Learning Outcomes

List 3 learning outcomes from any thematic area(s). Provide specific activities you plan to engage in to help you make progress towards the chosen learning outcomes. Describe how you expect each activity to help your progress. Include an estimated time commitment for those activities.

Discover new techniques to gain knowledge, consider options, make new connections, and ask questions.

Design research is where the creative concepts for us designers first germinate. We look through the world to identify what aspects of people’s life experiences need to be improved, what ideas can be combined together to birth a product, or what visual themes can be used to communicate a concept. The process of finding these insights and inspirations catches the entire world in its net. We examine anything from social problems and style trends to ergonomic frustration and cultural rituals. I plan on developing my ability to conduct design research both through the theoretical and practical angles. That way, I can have an educated understanding supplemented by a real-world method for finding problems or areas ripe for innovation and translate these into design concepts. Simply put, I want to learn a method for the madness.

In the realm of a controlled environment, I will be learning in my courses the tested structures for design research and process methodologies. These are structures that traditionally include interviews, data gathering, form inspiration collection, and repeated peer review. NID has a strong reputation for this approach, especially among the students whom I have contacted. I find this especially enticing because my experience with research and process instruction at DAAP has been lackluster and undisciplined. Having mentors who emphasize deliberate practices for attaining and developing design innovations in the initial stage will build within me a strong foundation for forging my professional design process.

While the theoretical principles of research and process will be learnt in the classroom, the actual implementation of these will take place in the real-world. This comes down to practicing active observation in all of my experiences while in India. Every time a person wakes up in the morning, they are drowned by a tidal wave of information that envelopes them as they go about their day. Through identifying interrelations of disparate fields, social problems, and visual form structures seen in everyday life, a designer builds a vast mental library from which they can draw from and apply in later work.

5

I will be in an environment utterly new to me, and therefore there will be so much that I can observe and analyze in the way humans live. This means embarking on deliberate micro-adventures where I put myself into a new environments and take copious mental and physical notes (text and sketching) on things that I find intriguing and relevant. These observations could be anything from how impoverished people transport their goods in densely crowded urban areas to the gestalt balance of detail in architectural reliefs on classical buildings. India, and Ahmedabad in particular, is such an ancient and diverse society teeming with cultural, historical, societal, and sensory depth. There is much to digest and learn in the little details of the world which will surround me.

The concept of micro-adventure in this context can almost include any escapade where I venture beyond the campus with friends to guide me. These I imagine span the minor of walking through different societies (neighborhoods) of Ahmedabad or eating at home with a friend’s family, to the major of embarking on a weekend trip to Rajasthan or Mumbai. All of these rely significantly on developing good relationships with fellow students who are willing to go with me on the journey.

In terms of theoretical instruction, I will have 6 hours a weekday in courses throughout which design research and process will in some capacity be incorporated. I would like to get in around 3 minor micro-adventures a week, making about 6 hours a week total. For more major micro-adventures involving traveling, I would like to do two full-weekend (12-48 hours) outings a month.

Understand and optimize the use of people, technology, physical resources, or community in a creative process.

Design is completely centered on people and their relationships to things. Additionally, it is a highly collaborative endeavor. We constantly work in teams in which we review and critique each other’s work to build toward the best outcome.

For theoretical instruction, I will be taking a course in Design Management which will provide a classroom education on skills related to dealing with people and working with professionals of various status in teams as well as the Design field as a whole. Though this will build my abstract understanding of human interaction on projects, the true learning comes, again, when I actually apply it.

Throughout my stay at NID, I will be involved in a number of projects, but the capstone of the semester will be the Non-Motorized Transport project. This will require intensive cooperation among both the team members that I will be functioning with and the users that we interview and test our product with. Thus, I will be communicating with the two different sides of the product: creator and consumer.

During this enterprise, I anticipate that I will be thrown into a challenging situation on multiple levels where I will have to adapt fast. First off, there is communication within my team which in itself may be a struggle as I will either be working with Indian students or international students. Therefore, though English will be the language of conversation and presentation, likely dialect barriers may come about and even socio-cultural differences in team settings may complicate things. Also, there is the challenge of working with the users. Depending on what the transportation concept coagulates into, my team could be working with members of any particular Indian demographic segment. This will especially be a struggle for me as I lack the nuanced social understanding that my Indian peers will have.

Beyond these matters, there are methods of delegation, leadership, and vision negotiation that all will be vital topics that I will be exposed to firsthand while working with international partners as a foreigner. Added into this is the aspect of hierarchy, being that I will be an undergraduate student among graduate students pursuing their Master’s degree. I look forward to the proving challenge and opportunity for learning that this project will be.

As far as the time requirement, this likely will be my primary effort during my time abroad. Hours spent once this project begins, could range from 8 to 10 hours a weekday with supplementary time over the weekend. During the last week, I anticipate one or two 24 hour days of team work.

Articulate the broader significance of a creative project and the value of its contributions.

6

Everything that is designed and created has a concrete impact. This impact generally is comprised of social, environmental, technological and economic factors. This is certainly true for transportation design. Part of developing into a mature and conscious transportation designer means taking into account and projecting the effects of what one’s creation would be in the world.

The projects that I work on will have an important focus on social and environmental effects. These topics are at the forefront of the Indian design community, primarily due to the consequences of forming a society for over a billion people. Therefore, in all of my work and theoretical concepts that I generate, I will put a deliberate consideration into energy and material sourcing, the participation of socio-economic classes, and larger effects of migration. The ideas which I formulate will be visual and functional translations of these subjects which can offer viable solutions.

Communication of existing macro-problems and possible branching solutions in the world of design is two-fold. First off, the product itself must offer a positive influence or resolve a plight in its physical function and aesthetic form: the physical impact. In support of this, a designer must present what the outstanding issue is and predict the effects of their creation: the education and awareness aspect.

Presentation is an integral and constant piece of the design process, from peer and user review to a final showcase. As I design a transportation product, such as for the aforementioned Non-Motorized Transport project, I will continually be communicating why each material choice or form direction that I take will lead to a better social, economic, and environmental effect. Whether I choose bamboo paneling or adopt an organic stylization of form will be buttressed by the intended effect I wish for it to have as though it were in full production. The final presentation of a design concept is where I will have the platform to verbally and visually educate on a specific issue I invest my time creating a solution for.

My portfolio is the lasting embodiment of this. Each project is presented with a holistic view on how it would function in the world. As this is the paramount method of disseminating my individual thinking and skills to the design industry as a whole, I plan on putting considerable time into refining it and integrating the work I dedicate myself to while at NID.

For time commitment, short verbal presentation of concepts could consume 2 to 3 hours a week through the majority of the process. However, towards the end, creating the final presentation through visual renderings, verbal speeches, organization of research and tying all together could be 10 hours a day in the final week.

Advisor FeedbackMust Include:

3 learning outcomes explicitly identified from any thematic area(s)

Examples of activities and explanation of how each will assist the progress towards the chosen learning outcome

Estimated time commitment for each activity

Required Revisions: Effective:

4. Academic Resources Connected to the Learning Outcomes

List 2-3 academic resources you plan to use. For each, describe how it connects to your learning outcomes and how you hope that it will contribute to your learning during this experience. You must have at least one resource connected to each learning outcome; a resource can satisfy multiple outcomes. Please include the title and author/creator for each resource. Note: Academic resources are professional/academic works that can be used to assist your understanding of the topic. Some examples are books, research journals, documentaries, or videos.

Katiyabaaz is a 2014 documentary that discusses the energy crisis in India as more and more people are struggling to gain access to electricity. This highlights the power play between the government, middle class, and working classes of urban

7

India as well as the social challenges related to energy production for the population. From this film I will gain a better understanding of the complicated resource situation in India which will better inform my design process on my transportation concepts. Through knowing the existing context of electrical access, I can tailor better design solutions that facilitate a sustainable social impact.

I plan on using the book H-Point 2nd Edition: The Fundamentals of Car Design & Packaging by Stuart Macey as a reference for designing viable vehicle concepts. This is a standard required textbook at the Art Center College of Design for transportation courses. It covers the automotive design process with career knowledge from professionals throughout the industry. Using this resource will familiarize me with the techniques, methods, and language of transportation design while enabling me to create more refined concepts with real-world considerations.

Advisor FeedbackMust Include:

1-2 academic resources connected to the learning outcomes

Title and author of each resource

Description of how resources will help make progress towards learning outcomes and execution of experience

Required Revisions: Effective:

5. On-going Reflection

The on-going reflection should help you process the experience and progress toward your chosen learning outcomes. Describe your method for reflecting throughout the experience. Indicate specific reflection questions/topics you plan to use to guide your reflective process. Note: A variety of methods can be used for on-going reflection. Some examples are videos, drawings, blogs, songs, and journals. Reflection topics to consider include your ideas/insights about the experience, connection to other areas of involvement, and your progress towards the learning outcomes.

Throughout my stay, I will be keeping track of my experiences through a traditional, handwritten journal. In this, I will be able to write down my development progress in both the personal and professional spheres as well as cultural observations. The reason for choosing this medium is that it carries with it the tactility and physical intimacy that cannot be offered by any type of digital logbook. More importantly, a journal gives the opportunity for inclusion of both text and sketches.

Personal AdaptationEvery day, I will record an entry in my journal relating to my personal development, design understanding, or observations on Indian culture and society. One aspect that I would like to try focusing on is how well I am able to adapt to the new conditions that I shall find myself in. I think that this study abroad experience in India will have a fundamental impact on me. The main reason that I chose to go to NID was because of how far beyond my comfort zone I would be pushed and the level of culture shock that I would have to respond to. Hopefully, from this experience I will understand how to focus and learn in what will be a stressful and foreign environment, while at the same time finding ways to build relationships and interact with people.

Indian Cultural and Historical WealthI will be witnessing firsthand one of the most ancient and diverse cultures that exist in the world today. With a variety of religions, and a civilization that stretches back to the Indo-European migrations of 1500 B.C. India offers an entire subcontinent of history and practices to learn. The place that India occupies today itself is an extremely interesting topic, as it is growing rapidly both economically and demographically into becoming a dominant world power. I will be able to make observations and record my perspective of both old India and the new changes as an outsider.

Development as a Designer

8

This experience offers me the opportunity to push beyond my personal limits and improve my skills and understanding of my vocation within an entirely new context. In addition to this, I will be subject to a completely different style of life and be immersed in a nation undergoing the process of development. Overall, I believe that I will have ample opportunity to grow both in my skills as a designer and my development as a person. I will have abundant material to reflect upon.

Advisor FeedbackMust Include:

Method for ongoing reflection

Reflection questions/topics clearly specified

Required Revisions: Effective:

6. Sharing Your Learning

Describe how you plan to actively share what you’ve taken away from this experience with a targeted audience. Consider signing up for the UHP Impact Forum held each April. Explain why you chose this specific audience.Note: While social media can be an effective platform for sharing, only posting on your personal learning portfolio or social media account(s) does not reach a targeted audience.

My plan is to give a recruitment presentation to attract interest and prospective exchange students to embark on this experience to NID. I learned about the NID experience only from a passing statement during the other informational DAAP study abroad presentations made by students. The reason for this was that no students had yet been sent, thus no one could accurately present. Thus, I had to go fishing around a variety of sources to find out more information about the experience and had great difficulty convincing my peers to go with me. These are the downsides of being in the first wave of an exchange.

Therefore, I will give a fully developed presentation describing the value of my experience in Ahmedabad from design education to personal growth in order to build interest among the younger classes of Industrial Design. This will be delivered as a PDF presentation and I will speak through the basic information while supplementing with anecdotes and my own opinions and advice to those interested. Afterwards, there will be a question and answer session to help clear up information. My plan is to deliver this sometime during the Fall semester of 2017, whenever is best for Steve Doehler. As the faculty member most involved with coordinating the study abroad experiences from the industrial design side, I believe he would be the most suitable person to supervise this presentation.

Through sharing my stories and communicating my enthusiasm with the entire experience, I plan to persuade others to follow the path that I took and experience it for themselves. For this semester at NID, I will be acting as a trailblazer for the university and it is therefore my role to pave a road for other students to follow. My actions and character as an ambassador while studying and interacting will hopefully set up a good relationship between our two schools that will enable many students after me to take part in the exchange. This cultural, artistic, and intellectual exchange will benefit both schools and I am honored to play my part in facilitating this to happen.

Advisor FeedbackMust Include:

At least one method to actively share take-aways/learning from the experience

A specific audience and why the audience was selected

Required Revisions: Effective:

7. Budget (if applicable)

9

Provide an itemized budget and indicate your source for cost information. *If you are engaged in an unpaid internship or research, please indicate the number of weeks and hours per week you plan to participate.

115 Dollars for Student Visa in India—I will be paying this fee to study throughout the duration of the semester (January to May) in India.http://ww2.in.ckgs.us/visa/type-of-visa/student-visa.shtml

450 Dollars for a hostel room and electricity on the NID Gandhinagar campus through the duration of my studies from January to February: included is a bed, a desk, a chair and storage space for each student. Students are expected to arrange for their own beddings and other items of personal use.http://www.nid.edu/admissions/fees.html

300 Dollars for a five-month pass to the campus mess hall. This will be my primary source of food during the duration of my stay. This includes a breakfast, lunches, and dinners every day.http://www.nid.edu/admissions/fees.html

70 Dollars for a Return Trip from Mumbai Saturday to Sunday: Stay with friend overnight.https://www.google.com/flights/?f=0#search;f=AMD;t=BOM;d=2017-01-21;r=2017-01-22;sel=AMDBOM0AI30,BOMAMD0AI91;a=AI;s=0

89 Dollars for a Return Trip from Dehli Saturday to Sunday: Stay with friend overnight.https://www.google.com/flights/?f=0#search;f=AMD;t=DEL;d=2017-03-25;r=2017-03-26;sel=AMDDEL0AI18,DELAMD0AI13;a=AI;s=0

106 Dollars for a Return Trip from Bangalore Saturday to Sunday (actual trip will take place in April, not January the flight date is too far in future for accurate costs): Stay with friend overnight.https://www.google.com/flights/?f=0#search;f=AMD;t=BLR;d=2017-01-14;r=2017-01-15;sel=AMDBLR06E758,BLRAMD06E166;a=6E;s=0;q=flight+from+ahmedabad+to+bengaluru

Trans-Atlantic Flight Cost

10

1903.82 Dollars for Return Trip from India: https://www.delta.com/cart/activity/tripsummary.action?cacheKeySuffix=136d336b-bd5c-417f-bf56-bd19941beb4a

Total Cost:3033.82 Dollars

Advisor FeedbackNotes:

Detailed budget of expenditures with sources to justify budget estimates

*Indicates the number of hours per week and number of weeks of participation

Required Revisions: Effective:

11

THEMATIC AREA LEARNING OUTCOMES

Learning Outcomes for the Community Engagement Thematic Area:

By engaging in this thematic area, you will make progress towards learning how to…

Identify and differentiate multiple ways to contribute towards the development or achievement of the community’s goals.

Develop a thorough understanding of the world view, beliefs, experiences, self-consciousness, or history of community members through collaboration.

Articulate the purpose of service on a social issue or public policy and how service mutually enhances individual growth and the common good.

Explain how education, advocacy, mobilization, or public policy can influence social issues and transform communities.

Learning Outcomes for the Creativity Thematic Area:

By engaging in this thematic area, you will make progress towards learning how to…

Discover new techniques to gain knowledge, consider options, make new connections, and ask questions.

Explore a new creative competency/medium or seek new ways to engage an existing competency/medium.

Understand and optimize the use of people, technology, physical resources or community in a creative process.

Articulate the broader significance of a creative project and the value of its contributions.

Learning Outcomes for the Global Studies Thematic Area:

By engaging in this thematic area, you will make progress towards learning how to…

Develop practical travel skills that promote safe, stimulating, and productive travel throughout your life.

Summarize the interconnectedness of geography, history, cultural traits and world issues.

Articulate the interdependence of professional fields to address current and impending global issues such as technology, the environment, human rights, or politics.

Demonstrate an understanding of cultural diversity by acknowledging the impact of their own identity and the experience of social norms, customs, or beliefs that are different from their own.

Demonstrate a sense of empathy, respect, and appreciation for others to build meaningful cross-cultural collaborations toward mutual growth and prosperity.

Learning Outcomes for the Leadership Thematic Area:

By engaging in this thematic area, you will make progress towards learning how to…

Formulate and manage a shared vision and develop goals towards its achievement. Motivate and collaborate effectively with others towards completion of shared projects or

goals. Develop strategies to identify and respond to challenges and obstacles. Identify personal strengths and areas of growth and evaluate opportunities to maximize

skills and abilities. Synthesize the current trends related to a specific issue or field and evaluate how

thought-leaders are currently addressing them.

Learning Outcomes for the Research Thematic Area:

12

By engaging in this thematic area, you will make progress towards learning how to…

Demonstrate the ability to locate, interpret, and critically evaluate primary sources appropriate to field.

Identify and apply appropriate methods to collect and organize data for analysis. Analyze and interpret the meaning of results. Produce dissemination appropriate to the field in order to share the results or impact

of the research. Articulate the broader significance of the research project and its relationship to other

fields, research and ideas.