Students and advisor will understand each other's expectations and develop effective ways of interacting.
Student team will learn to work together productively and to make timely progress with modest guidance.
Students will learn to facilitate a professional meeting.
Students will understand the project problem in context and develop appropriate project goals.
Students will develop research skills, and use those skills to perform background research to inform their work.
Students will develop writing skills appropriate to research reports.
Students will learn enough about existing methodologies to make appropriate choices for how to achieve their goals.
Students will deliver a written proposal to advisor(s) and sponsor (if any) by end of term.
Students will make an oral presentation of their proposal to advisor (and sponsor, if there is one) at the end of the term.