One part of completing any degree wheter a BA or MA is a final Thesis Paper.
Choosing your Thesis paper topic is vital to your success.
Choose the wrong topic and all your hard work could be for nothing.
What topics are worng topics?
First of all any topic which you are not interested in is a wrong topic. You will need to work on a Thesis paper for at least two months and at a MA level up to one year.
Maintaining an interest in a subject for that long is hard even if you are interested in the subject. Choosing an idea in which you have little interest leads to at best boredom and swapping mid paper, at worst submitting a paper which does not show your work at its best.
Choose an advisor who can work with you and whom you can work with. If you don't like an advisor and can't discuss a matter with them then accept any criticism without feeling personally insulted then you will not produce good work. An advisor is there to keep you focused, to help hold your hand as you prepare your thesis. They are not there to write your paper for you, nor are they trying to sink your thesis at every turn.
An area of research where there is not enough information makes a bad thesis paper. If you cannot find previous research it may be a signal to look elsewhere, unless you are writing a thesis paper at the cutting edge of scientific discovery. Then you may just be on your way to a Nobel Prize for a new discovery.
Choose a topic in which you feel some passion. That will drive your interest, choose some area where you really want to know more. Proving you have discovered something new can be a vital part of a thesis paper. Find an advisor you can work with, but don't expect them to do your work for you. Finally as with all study plan, write, edit, pan and edit again.
Choosing your Thesis paper topic is vital to your success.
Choose the wrong topic and all your hard work could be for nothing.
What topics are worng topics?
First of all any topic which you are not interested in is a wrong topic. You will need to work on a Thesis paper for at least two months and at a MA level up to one year.
Maintaining an interest in a subject for that long is hard even if you are interested in the subject. Choosing an idea in which you have little interest leads to at best boredom and swapping mid paper, at worst submitting a paper which does not show your work at its best.
Choose an advisor who can work with you and whom you can work with. If you don't like an advisor and can't discuss a matter with them then accept any criticism without feeling personally insulted then you will not produce good work. An advisor is there to keep you focused, to help hold your hand as you prepare your thesis. They are not there to write your paper for you, nor are they trying to sink your thesis at every turn.
An area of research where there is not enough information makes a bad thesis paper. If you cannot find previous research it may be a signal to look elsewhere, unless you are writing a thesis paper at the cutting edge of scientific discovery. Then you may just be on your way to a Nobel Prize for a new discovery.
Choose a topic in which you feel some passion. That will drive your interest, choose some area where you really want to know more. Proving you have discovered something new can be a vital part of a thesis paper. Find an advisor you can work with, but don't expect them to do your work for you. Finally as with all study plan, write, edit, pan and edit again.
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