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Professional Report Resources The professional report (PR) is the capstone experience in the Master's program—it is a year long, committee supervised, independently written policy analysis. Many published professional reports are available to check out from the UT General Libraries.
General Administrative Information Master
of Public Affairs Professional Report—Graduate Advisor (MPAff) PR Administrative Forms (MPAff and GPS)—Graduate Advisors Fall Master’s Graduation Guidelines and Deadlines for Master's Candidates for Fall 2009 Calendars PR
Design—LBJ
School of Public Affairs Graduate Writing Center Policy
Analysis Exercise Writing Guide—John
F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University Research and Writing Process
Project Management Create a Gantt Chart in Excel—Microsoft
Office Assistance Making a Gantt Chart with Excel—Ralph Phillips, Central Oregon Community College Shields,
Patricia. Getting Organized: A Pragmatic Tool for Writing Graduate
Papers. Journal of Graduate Teaching Assistant Development 7.1
(1999): 5-17. Research Methods and Design The following list features general guides. Please consult your professor to determine what research paradigm best suits your particular context. Problems in Research Methodology—Dr. Patricia Shields, Texas State University
According to the Format Guidelines for the Master’s Thesis and Reports, you must consult with your supervisor to determine a specific manual of style (9). PR supervisors will typically recommend you to use either the LBJ Student Publishing Guide or The Chicago Manual of Style, 15th edition using the notes and bibliography system. Regardless of which guide you adopt, you are required to use chapter notes (either footnotes or endnotes) and include a bibliography. The
LBJ Student Publishing Guide—LBJ
School of Public Affairs The
Chicago Manual of Style. 15th ed. Chicago: U of Chicago
P, 2003. Format for the Master’s Thesis and Report—Office
of Graduate Studies Fall Master’s Graduation Guidelines and Deadlines for Master's Candidates for Fall 2009 University ITS Template Thesis Templates—ITS Department Create a PDF of your PR—Office
of Graduate Studies Assistance The LBJ School has awarded the Redford Award to a student of the spring graduating class since 1976 for outstanding research. The recipient is always recognized at the LBJ spring graduation convocation. Among the recent past recipients have been: 2009. Melissa King. 2008. Mike Hoffman, Making the Case for a Solar “Carve-Out” in the Texas Renewable Portfolio Standard 2007. Jayme Meyer, The High Stakes of Medical Tourism: A Partial Solution to Decrease Health Care Costs for American Business 2006. Stephanie Fain, The Politics of Post-Conflict Reconstruction Aid to Bosnia 2004. Qingchuan Zhong, A New Plaza Accord? The Political Economy of Exchange Rates Between United States and China 2001. Rahel Kahlert, Improving Services or Increasing Savings: The State Evaluator’s Dilemma 2000. Marissa de Solis, Open Doors, High Stakes: The Mexican Media in Mexico's Democratic Tradition 1998. Brandi Kay Steward, Interangency Relationships Among NonProfit Socia Service Organizations: A Means for Achieving Organizational Objectives 1997. Gina Maria Briley, Getting the Government Out of the House Business: Are Housing Vouchers a Viable Policy Alternative? 1996. Elizabeth Ann Hargrave, Electronic Benefit Transfer Programs and Regulation E: Protecting Benefit Recipients as Consumers
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