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Education/Credentials BA, Linguistics with Honors and Distinction, University of Michigan
MA, Special Education with an Emphasis in Learning Disabilities and Giftedness, with Honors, University of New Mexico
Question Hi Jay! I am a Ugandan and aspiring to join a university in Germany (via a scholarship), offering a course in Automotive engineering. My puzzle is:- I have been requested to write a conceptual paper justifying the relevance of automotive engineering in my country. What contents a conceptual paper of that kind? I am stuck! Thanks.
Answer Hi, Stephen.
Well, this is about outside my usual areas of advice!
You might start by asking the school what their concerns are and what they are looking for in such a paper. Is it simply an example of your writing or are they concerned that there is no relevance? It is not particularly fair for them to not give you some idea.
If they still don't give you an idea, then you can simply start with a background on automotive engineering in Uganda, a description of the needs as you see them and your suggestions of how those needs can be met. You might back it up with references to existing articles and research.
