PART 2: Inquiry Scholar Educational Plan
Instructions:
1. After applying to the Inquiry Scholar program and receiving provisional acceptance (Part 1), complete this Educational Plan.
Include all four supporting materials: statement of purpose, proposal overview, course plan, and co-curricular plan).
2. Request your faculty mentor approve your Educational Plan. Your faculty member e-mails your application with attachments
with a statement of approval to Baruch.Honors@baruch.cuny.edu.
Name: Click here to enter your full name
CUNY first ID: Enter 8-digit EMPL ID
4-Part Educational Pl an Components
1. Statement of Purpose. Short statement [approximately 1-2 paragraphs] on your purpose in pursuing this
work. Why are you interested in this work? What are the key ideas that drew you to it? What disciplinary
lens you will be using? Is your plan interdisciplinary?
Statement of Purpose
2. Course plan. Attach an Annotated Course list for the courses you will take to prepare you for your inquiry
project. See Inquiry Scholar Handbook for additional explanation. Use the format below:
Course
number
(e.g., ANT
1001H)
Course description
from latest Bulletin
(cut & paste)
Type of class Indicate if it is a
methods course, disciplinary content
course, faculty research project,
research practicum/ internship, or
independent study.
Your summary
(in your own
words)
Usefulness
(overall and for
your final
project)
3. Preliminary Co-curricular plan. Attach a description of co-curricular activities to support your work (speakers,
exhibits, professional conferences, workshops, trainings, online courses, etc.), listing any specific activities in
which you know you want to participate. Use the format below; include links to information for each activity.
Event/workshop
title
Sponsoring
organization
Description & link
Reason for
attending
Date
4. Proposal overview. Summarize your initial plan. Be sure to describe a tentative methodology and source
material you plan to use or collect. Briefly describe your projected final project (e.g., thesis, large project.) A
sample thesis statement architecture is below.
I am studying…
(Narrowed topic)
as represented by…
(Primary exhibits, e.g.,
data sets, artifacts,
etc.)
to analyze
how/why…
(Research question
starts with “how” or
“why”)
so that my audience
of…
(Targeted readership)
can…
(Benefit to
audience)
Topic
Primary exhibits
Research question
Audience
Benefit