The course project is the first serious and independent work of a student. It differs qualitatively from dozens of essays and reports written earlier. Creating a term paper is absolutely pointless without determining its focus. That is why it is so important at the first stage to clearly formulate goals and objectives.
In the course project, most of the work is not theoretical data from textbooks, but studies conducted by the student, calculations, analysis and systematization of data. When determining the goals and objectives of your work, you must take this into account.
The aim of the course work determines its structure and content
Why do teachers insist that the goals and objectives of the course work become an integral part of the first block of your project? The fact is that without answering the question of why you are writing this work, your work will be abstract in nature.
To formulate a goal, you need to determine what exactly you are interested in in the chosen topic. Perhaps it is not yet fully disclosed in textbooks and publications, then you have to fill in the gaps in it. Controversial issues may also exist, then your own informed opinion is expected from you.
In most cases, the goal and task of the course is to deepen theoretical knowledge and put them into practice. Therefore, you can indicate in the introductory part that you plan to develop a specific methodology, solve a problem of a state nature, or at the level of the object of study.
You should not offer a large list of goals in the work, because you will still not be able to achieve them within the framework of one project. It is better to limit yourself to one or two sentences. If the topic is theoretical, then focus on the study of the material. In the case of the practical focus of the project, draw the attention of readers to your research in a particular area.
Goals and objectives are inextricably linked
The goal is essentially the answer to the question of what the student will do in his course project. Tasks, in turn, determine how to achieve goals. Therefore, the following question, which the student asks himself, sounds like this: “By what means will I achieve what I have planned?”
Often tasks can be formulated like this:
- in-depth study of theoretical material on a selected topic;
- review of the activity of the research object
- analysis of the data obtained;
- development of conclusions and recommendations.
There may be more tasks. It all depends on the discipline and the chosen topic. If you are writing a term paper on economics, be sure to indicate among the tasks an analysis of the financial activity of the facility and the creation of an action plan to improve the situation in the selected enterprise.
In any case, the goals and objectives of the course work depend on the discipline, your chosen topic and the direction in which you are interested in conducting research. Do not leave the writing of the introductory part of the project for later. After all, this is the framework of your work, without it, the text will be unsystematic and unstructured.
The goals and objectives of a jurisprudence project may include examining the existing legal framework and your suggestions for introducing new bills. Future teachers are encouraged to take modern and classical pedagogical techniques as a basis in their work and set themselves the task of developing their own teaching options.