Dissertation

Dissertation or thesis(also called disquisition) is a document submitted in support of candidature for a degree or professional qualification presenting the author’s research and findings. In some countries/universities, the word thesis or a cognate is used as part of a bachelor’s or master’s course, while dissertation is normally applied to a doctorate. In other countries, the opposite applies. Electronic versions of theses or dissertations are often called ETDs.

Dissertations vary in their structure in accord with the many different areas of study (arts, humanities, social sciences, technology, etc.) and the great differences between them. Dissertations normally report on a research project of some kind, and the structure nearly always reflects this by a) introducing the research topic, with an explanation of why the subject was chosen for study, b) reviewing relevant literature and showing how this has informed the research issue, c) explaining how the research has been designed and why the research methods being used have been chosen, d) outlining the findings, e) analysing the findings and discussing them in the context of the literature review, and f) concluding. A typical chapter structure is thus as follows: Chapter 1, Introduction (about 5% of wordage); Chapter 2, Literature review (about 30% of wordage); Chapter 3, Design / methodology (about 15% of wordage); Chapter 4, Findings (about 15% of wordage); Chapter 5, Analysis / discussion (about 30% of wordage); Chapter 6, Conclusion (about 5% of wordage). At the beginning is an abstract of 100-200 words that summarises the whole work. This is followed by a table of contents. At the end is a section called references that gives the full details of works referred to in the text of the dissertation. There may also be a glossary of technical terms, abbreviations, and acronyms. There may in some circumstances be an appendix or appendices that provide the raw data (or examples of it) on which the analysis is based.

Almost exactly like writing a essay ! Now to find a interesting artist to write about hmmm…..

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Nice link that , explains it all in detail !

~ by mrlee1989 on October 3, 2009.