[PROJECTTITLE]

By

Name
Reg. No.
Contact(Phone,e-mail)
Department Computer Science
Faculty of Science and Education

A Project Proposal Submitted to the Faculty of Science and Education

for the Study Leading to a Project in Partial Fulfillment of the
Requirements for the Award of the Degree of Bachelor of
[course Eg. Science in Computer Science] of
Busitema University.

Supervisor
[Supervisor Name]
Department of Computer Science
Faculty of Science and Education,Busitema University.

May, 2017.
 How to use this Template:

1. Change the information on the cover page to reflect your concept paper.
2. The rest of the report should adhere to :-
Body Text : Font – Times New Roman 12
Headings : Chapter (Times New Roman 22 ), Chapter title eg. Lit Review (Times
New Roman 18 ) Section eg. 1.0 Introduction (Times New Roman 16 ) References
& Appendices (Times New Roman 18 )
Indents & Numbering: Should be of format E.g.:
Literature Review
2.1 Information Systems (Times New Roman 16 )
2.1.2 Management Information Systems (Times New Roman 14 )
(i) e-Bank MIS
(a) Banking Procedures
3. Each chapter should begin on a new page. Leave a header space of 3 lines of Times New
Roman 22 size.
4. Use single spacing for the body text.
5. All body text must be justified

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 1 Introduction
1.1 Background of the Study
This provides the rationale of the study providing evidence and conditions of the existing
situations to make the reader feel the urgency of the problem and the need to study in order to
solve it or contribute to its solution.
(i) Within the first sentence, try to capture the thrust of your research.
(ii) Avoid circular reasoning.
(iii) Make your introduction interesting in order to capture the interest of your audience.

1.2 Problem Statement

Requires careful formulation and refers to what has been identified and needs a solution in the
practical world, theoretical world or both.
(i) Should clearly state the nature of the problem and its known or estimated
magnitude/extent locally, regionally or even globally.
(ii) Should be concise and brief ( not more than 1 paragraph )

1.2.1 Research questions(optional)

1.3 Purpose/ Aims/Main Objective

Refers to the general intention of the project. Should clearly spell out what the project is
supposed to accomplish.

1.4 Objectives
These are specific aims/objectives arising directly from the main objective of the study. For each
specific objective one must have a method to attempt to achieve it. [ clearly stated in
methodology ]. Specific objectives should advisably not exceed four in number.
Specific Objectives should be :
(i) Clear, specific and concrete
(ii) Realistic and achievable
(iii) In order of importance
(iv) Measurable

1.5 Significance
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This refers to the relevance of the project in terms of academic contributions and practical use
that might be made of the findings. It should reflect on knowledge creation, technological and
socio-economic value to the community. It should:-
(i) Convince readers of the importance of the problem that exist
(ii) Show how the project will contribute to the solution of the problem (in terms of
theory or practice).
(iii) Indicate whether the research is still important; whether such work has been done
before.
1.6 Conceptual framework(Optional to plan B)
1.7 Scope
The scope provides for the boundary of the research in terms of depth of investigation, content,
sample size, methodology, geographical and theoretical coverage.

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2 Literature Review
2.1 xxxxxxxxxxxx
This section consists of a critical review of research work from journals, internet sources and
other projects already done which is related to the subject area as well as an analysis of existing
literature on the subject with the objective of revealing contributions, weaknesses and gaps.
Specifically :-
(i) The literature review should be in accordance with the themes of the study and should
reflect the problem, objectives and the methodology.
(ii) Citations should be in accordance with the approved format. The source of the works
cited should be documented by giving the author(s) surname(s) and data of
publication.
(iii) Every citation should appear in the reference list.

3 Methodology
3.1 Introduction
This is a detailed description of selected methodology i.e. step-by-step methods of how one
intends to achieve the objectives of the study/research.
This section comprises of research/project design which describes the tools, instruments,
approaches, processes and techniques, major algorithms and data structures to be employed in
the research study, data collection, analysis, synthesis, de sign, logical flow, implementation,
testing, validation etc

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References
This is a list of all works cited in the proposal and should be written according to the approved
format.

Referencing Styles:

One Author :
Brown (2002) [1] recommends that information systems should be user friendly…….
The analysis is based on Mugabi (2005) [2] in which four solutions are suggested……
Two Authors :
According to Krich and Ponte (1998) [3], diseases can be modeled using mathematical algorithms.
Brown and Green (2000) [4] found that models improved health care provision
More than two Authors :
Brown et al. (2000) [5] found that………..

Examples of References in the Reference List

Journal article, one author

1. Brown, A.M. (2002). Information Systems: A requirements analysis. International Journal of
Information Systems, 21 : 213 – 225. ( {Volume Number}:{Page Number Range} )
Journal article, two authors
3. Krich, M. and Ponte, P. (1998). Mathematical models for disease patterns. IJM Medical
Journal, 32 : 162 – 179.
Book, one author
4. Tanenbaum, A. (2003). Computer Networks. New Jersey : Prentice Hall Press.
Chapter or section in an Internet document
5. Benton Foundation. (1998). Barriers to closing the gap. In losing ground bit by bit: Low-
income communities in the information age (chap. 2). Retrieved March 23, 2007, from
http://www.bentonfroundation.org/library/low-income/two.html

{ In following these examples take note of the italicized words and the bolded words – your work
should follow this format }

Appendices
This section comprises of a budget, time frame, explanatory notes ( eg. List of places to be
visited, approval letters, maps etc ) and instruments to be used ( eg. Questionnaire, interview
schedule etc ).

Apendix A: Estimated Budget

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Item Cost

Apendix B: Time Schedule

Activity Duration Deliverables

Writing a concept Feb 2008, (One month). A draft of a concept paper.

paper