Week 3 of 12
Background of Study and Project Context
Building the technical and historical context for the proposal.
Sep 14 – Sep 20 · deliverables due Sep 20 · est. 7 hrs
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Instructor note: Every claim in your background needs a citable source. Replace adjectives with numbers wherever you can.
Learning objectives
- Write a structured background section
- Explain the project context
- Identify historical development of the problem
- Use credible sources
- Establish why the problem matters
Lecture topics
- Background-of-study structure
- Paragraph development
- Technical writing
- Local and national context
- Engineering statistics
- Policy and code context
- Use of figures and tables