Writing a Dissertation

Table of Contents

Writing a Dissertation

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The Place of Writing

The Habit of Writing

Making it Readable I

Making it Readable II

Making it Readable III

How to do Research

Daily Grind

Strategic Grinding

Evaluating Papers

Staying on Top

Finding a Topic

Finding a Supervisor

What is a Postgraduate Thesis ?

Justifying your Efforts

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Writing the Thesis I

Writing the Thesis II

The Generic Thesis Skeleton I

The Generic Thesis Skeleton II

The Generic Thesis Skeleton III

The Generic Thesis Skeleton IV

The Generic Thesis Skeleton V

The Generic Thesis Skeleton VI

How Long Does it Take ?

Think of the Reader

Do I Need to Write an Ocean of Code ?

Is it Like Doing a PhD ?

Getting Published

References

Email: Brian.Stone@Compapp.DCU.IE

Home Page: http://www.compapp.dcu.ie/~bstone

Adobe Acrobat version: PGWriting.PDF (229 Kb)

Other information:
This is a presentation given to part-time postgraduate taught programmes in the School of Computer Applications by Brian Stone.