HOW TO WRITE FYP PROPOSAL

EAT 461
FINAL YEAR PROJECT
MAHYUN AB WAHAB

WHAT IS PROPOSAL?
Step One
A plan or
suggestion

Step Two
a formal or
written one

Step three
put forward for
consideration
or discussion
by others.

RESEARCH PROPOSAL?
To convince people that your research
is important, has not been done before,
is worthwhile and is feasible.
A research proposal of FYP is used for:
making presentations and
receiving feedback from panel of examiners

WHY WE NEED A PROPOSAL?

To tell people
What you plan to do
Why you want to do it
How you are going to do it..

To convince the reader that you have an

exciting research idea
That you have good grasp of the relevant
literature, the major issues involved and the
appropriate methodologies.

CONTENT OF FYP PROPOSAL

STRUCTURE AND FORMAT (30%)
Report organization
Sentence structure
Suitable aiding figure and table
Citation/reference

PROPOSAL CONTENTS (70%)

Objectives
Introduction
Literature review
Problem statements
Scope of project
Research methodology
Benefits of project
Research activities and Gantt Chart

THE TITLE
IMPORTANT OF THE TITLE
Title will be read by thousand of people.
Perhaps few people, if any will read the entire
paper, but many will read the title (proposal,
FYP thesis, or technical paper or in journal)
WHAT IS GOOD TITLE?
The fewest possible words that adequately
describe the contents of the report.
Ironically, long titles are often less meaningful
than short ones.

CHOSEN WORD..

Studies on.
Investigation on.
A
An
The
But,
FYP tittle already prepared by
supervisor

SHORT TERM RAINFALL

FORECASTING USING NEW
DERIVED RADARRAINFALL RELATIONSHIP

2. THE OBJECTIVES
1.
2.
3.
4.

Short, clear and straight forward

Not too many
Must be within the priority areas/topic
Very important since it will determine the
rest of the proposal (activity, impact,
benefit, expected results/output, in-line with
priority area/topic)

RESULT ORIENTED WORDING

To explore
is to attempt to develop an initial, rough description or, possibly,
an understanding of some phenomenon

To describe
Is to provide a more detailed account, or the precise
Measurement and reporting of the characteristics of some
phenomenon, including patterns of relationship between its
component

To explain
is to establish the elements, factors or mechanisms which are
responsible for producing the state or regularities the
phenomenon.

 To predict
is to use some established understanding or explanation of a
phenomenon to postulate certain outcomes under particular
conditions

To evaluate
is to monitor some process or program in order to assess
whether it has achieved its desired outcomes

To understand
is to establish reasons for particular action, the occurrence on an
event or the course of a action, these reasons being derived
from those which give

 To compare ..
To validate .
To survey

INTRODUCTION
Introduction - to define any specialized
terms or abbreviations that you intend
to use.
Brief description of the whole topic.
In the Introduction you should have a
hook to gain the readers attention.

 The purpose of the Introduction is to

introduce the intended work.
Thus, the 1st rule definition of the
problem.
Obviously, if the problem is not stated in
reasonable, understandable way, readers
will have no interest in your work

SUGGESTED RULES FOR A

GOOD INTRODUCTION :
The Introduction present first, with all possible clarity,
the nature and scope of the problem investigated.
Review the pertinent literature to orientate the reader.
State the method of the investigation. If deemed
necessary the reason for the choice of a particular
method should be stated.
Principal results of the investigation.
Principal conclusion of the investigation. Do not keep
the reader in suspense, let the reader follow the
development of the evidence.

LITERATURE REVIEW
The literature review and choice of method
should be presented in such way that the
reader will understand what are the
problem was and how you attempted
to resolve it.
The statement of principal results and
conclusions, should be the capstone of the
Introduction.

LITERATURE REVIEW
Cite other researcher study that support
your study
Should cite their research (Mahyun, 2015) and
put in the references
(Mahyun A. W., Abdullah R., Abustan I., Adam M. K. M., and Nur Atiqah A. A., (2014) The
Radar-Rainfall Relationship for Northern Region of Peninsular Malaysia, International Journal of
Innovation, Management and Technology, Page 143-147, Vol. 5, No. 2, April 2014)

Toughest part in writing the

thesis

PROBLEM STATEMENTS
Why you want to do this research?
What are the problem that you want to
solve by this research?

SCOPE OF STUDY
What are the limitation of your study
What you are going to study and you are
not going to study
How far your study will be

RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
Describe the steps you will follow in
conducting your research.
Will be analyze to evaluate the probability
and like hood of a successful completion
of the project.
Instrument(s), special techniques should
be indicated here.
FLOW CHART COMPULSARY

BENEFIT OF STUDY
What is your contribution to others by
doing the research?
What your research can help current
situation?
Outlines the findings, evidence or
conclusions that you expected to gain.

 The aim here is not so much to anticipate

your study but rather to say what at this
stage you able to find.
Indicate the interpretation and conclusions
that you will place upon them.
Elaborate on how you will use your data to
answer your research question(s)/
objective(s) to make generalization, and to
defend assertions.

RESEARCH ACTIVITIES AND

GANTT CHART
The timeframe of the study
When and what you are going to do in
these two semester

REFERENCES
All pieces of literature referred should be
listed at the end of the FYP proposal
The standard methods reporting references
should be followed. (Harvard Style)

AN ADVICE
- BEGIN WRITING the FYP report while
the work is still in progress. This
makes the writing easier because
everything is fresh in your mind.
- Furthermore, the writing process itself is
likely to point to inconsistencies in the
results or perhaps to suggest interesting
sidelines that might be followed.

Last but not least,

please prepare your
Proposal Presentation!