Republic of the Philippines
Mindanao State University-Iligan Institute of Technology Technology
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Dear Students, T/an3 ou for c/oosing MS4'Iligan Ins5tute of Tec/nolog Tec/nolog as t/e sc/ool for our graduate studies. e /o1e t/at 6e 6ill be able to /el1 ou in ac/ieving our goals in our 1ursuit of 3no6ledge. It is in t/e 2nd Seester A7 20&('20&) t/at t/e Sc/ool of Graduate Studies ins5tuted t/e subission of a conce1t 1a1er as an adission re8uireent for all graduate 1rogras. 1rogras. Belo6 are fre8uentl as3ed 8ues5ons 6/ic/ a /el1 ou realie t/e i1ortance of a conce1t 1a1er as ou ebar3 on our graduate studies.
What is a concept paper?
A conce1t 1a1er is a suar 6rien a b students ebar3ing on researc/ to gat/er and 1resent 1reliinar ideas! to revie6 a :eld of stud stud,, state a researc/ 8ues5on, iden5f et/ods, and indicate t/e signi:cance of a line of researc/, o;en including a budget and 5eline. It tells t/e reader 6/at t/e researc/ is, 6/ it is i1ortant and /o6 it 6ill be carried out. Interes5ngl enoug/, even i3i1edia de:nes a conce1t 1a1er as a re8uireent subied to a universit
Why is a concept paper important?
A conce1t 1a1er can be considered as a researc/ 1lan. /en a student enters a graduate graduate 1rogra 6it/ a clear researc/ interest in ind, it /el1s /i/er sta focused in /is/er studies. T/e conce1t 1a1er enables t/e student to c/oose an adviser at t/e onset of /is/er studies 6/ic/ 6ill /el1 /i/er establis/ a longer 1rofessional rela5ons/i1 6it/ /is/er entor, allo6 /i/er longer 5e in discussing t/e t/ e di dire rec5o c5on n an and d fu futu ture re 1l 1lan anss " "os ostt 1r 1rob obab abl l 1u 1ubl blic ica5 a5on on % of /i /is s/e /err re rese sear arc/ c/ an and d su suit itss t/ t/e e re8uireents of /is/er courses courses according to t/e deands of /is/er researc/. T/e best advantage advantage of re8uiring a conce1t 1a1er at t/e onset is t/at it /el1s t/e student graduate graduate on 5e, if not earlier. earlier.
Will a student be denied of an admission on the basis of his/her concept paper?
T/e 1ur1ose of re8uiring a conce1t 1a1er during adission is for t/e de1artent to assess t/e researc/ 1oten5al of a student. It is also to guide /i/er in /is researc/ 1lans. If t/e conce1t 1a1er needs i1roveent, i1roveent, t/en t/e =e1artent 6ill assign a 1rofessor to /el1 t/e student to en/ance it. A student
How long should a concept paper be?
T/e lengt/ of a conce1t 1a1er varies. It a be 2'$ 1ages long or even longer. =i>erent acadeic 1rogras /ave /ave di>erent re8uireents. re8uireents. For our convenience convenience /o6ever, /o6ever, t/e ?@ce /as coe u1 6it/ a te1late 6/ic/ 6ill guide ou in 6ri5ng our conce1t 1a1er. 7ou a do6nload t/e for fro our 6ebsite. lease go to t/is lin3! /1!666.suiit.edu.1/ /1!666.suiit.edu.1/acadeicssc/ools acadeicssc/oolssgsresourcesinde-.1 sgsresourcesinde-.1/1 /1 I /o1e t/is /el1s ou in 6ri5ng our conce1t 1a1er. e 6is/ ou all t/e best in our graduate studies. lease do not /esitate to visit t/e t /e SGS ?@ce if ou /ave an concerns and 1robles. 7ours,
Alita T !o"as
=ean, SGS
Republic of the Philippines
Mindanao State University-Iligan Institute of Technology Technology
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