What is a Dissertation (1)

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What is Dissertation?
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• Final year project is called a DISSERTATION.
• IT MIGHT BE THE MOST IMPORTANT WORK FOR YOU TO
  WRITE AT THE UNIVERSITY.
• IT IS DIFFERENT from the other papers you wrote
  before as your skills as a researcher will be put
  to the ultimate test.
• YOU NEED TO CONDUCT YOUR RESEARCH BY YOURSELF,
  choose all the methods needed for delivering the
  main points, draw the conclusions and discuss
  them.
• This work is the MAIN INDICATOR OF YOUR
  RESEARCHING AND WRITING CAPABILITIES.
• THE ARTICLE IS INTENDED TO GIVE YOU INFORMATION
  ON THIS WORK AND PROVIDE TIPS FOR WRITING

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THE ESSENTIALS
1. First of all, the dissertation is a work that
is intended to develop a certain line of thought
which is presented in response to proposition.
4. The topic for the dissertation is usually
chosen by the student so it demonstrates his or
her interests.
5. The literature for the work is also chosen by
the author so professors can see skills for
independent research without usual help.
2. The line of thought is the argument of the
paper and the proposition is the thesis.
6. The methodology of finding the necessary
resources for the paper must be clearly
illustrated.
3. A dissertation is much more complex paper than
any previous you had because it contains numerous
chapters and you main point is illustrated more
thoroughly.
7. It is required because of the nature of the
work and necessity to show how the student can
conduct a research.
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WHAT IS THE FORMAT OF A DISSERTATION?
There are typical requirements for dissertation
papers but institutions and degree programs may
have their own structures.
Here is the typical format for a dissertation
1. Title page.
2. Table of contents.
3. List of the tables that are used throughout
the paper.
Be sure to get this information from your
institution.
4. Abbreviations list.
5. Introduction of the paper.
6. Review of the literature used for the research.
Most papers are written double spaced or
one-and-a-half spaced.
7. Methodology review. Here you explain why
certain research methods were used.
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WHAT IS THE FORMAT OF A DISSERTATION?
Here is the typical format for a dissertation
8. Your findings. This section describes evidence
and data that you want to present.
9. Discussion. Your main argument is described in
this section. Here you combine the information
obtained from the literature, methods and
findings.
10. Conclusion. Here you present your conclusions
but dont give any new ideas.
11. Bibliography. The section contains all the
sources you used to write your dissertation.
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1. Writing a dissertation is a great chance to
   present your intellectual independence.
2. All previous works have been assigned by your
   professor and he or she guided you throughout the
   process.
3. In this case you receive minimum help from your
   tutor.
4. You dont have the boundaries like you had on
   essays so your topic should be discussed at much
   broader scope.

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