2. By: Prof. RB Ahmad @unimapBy: Prof. RB Ahmad @unimap 2/14 3.
By: Prof. RB Ahmad @unimapBy: Prof. RB Ahmad @unimap 3/14
SUPERVISOR EXPECTATIONS students to be independent students to
produce legible written work. students to seek advice and comments
on their work from others to have regular meetings with their
postgraduate students research students to honest when reporting on
their progress students to follow the advice that they give, when
the supervisors has given that advice at the request of the
postgraduate students students to be excited about their work their
students to be able to surprise them students to be fun to be with
4. By: Prof. RB Ahmad @unimapBy: Prof. RB Ahmad @unimap 4/14
RESEARCH PROPOSAL CONSISTS OF: BACKGROUND TO THE PROBLEM GROUND FOR
CONCERN IMPORTANCE OF THE PROBLEM IMPLICATIONS OF THE STUDY PURPOSE
OF THE STUDY MAJOR QUESTIONS TO BE ADDRESSED BY THE STUDY
HYPOTHESES ASSUMPTIONS LIMITATIONS DELIMITATIONS OVERVIEW OF
METHODOLOGY DEFINITION OF TERMS (OPTIONAL) 5. By: Prof. RB Ahmad
@unimapBy: Prof. RB Ahmad @unimap 5/14 REQUIREMENTS OF A Ph.D
THESIS The important requirements examiners look for in your thesis
are: A distinct contribution to knowledge Evidence of the discovery
of new facts or new facts or the exercise of independent judgment
Literary presentation Original work of merit worthy of publication
Competence in independent work experimentation Understanding of the
appropriate techniques Critical use of published work and source
materials 6. By: Prof. RB Ahmad @unimapBy: Prof. RB Ahmad @unimap
6/14 GUIDE TO THESIS WRITING LEARN TO USE WORD PROCESSING
PRESENTATION, STYLE, PAGE NUMBERING AND ORGANIZATION EVERY WORD,
EVERY PARAGRAPH MUST BE CAREFULLY THOUGHT OUT AND CONTINUNITY MUST
BE CONSISTENT AND MAINTAINED THROUGH OUT YOUR WRITING BEFORE
SUBMISSION EVEN DRAFTS MAKE SURE THE TEXT/CHAPTERS HAVE BEEN
ENGLISH EDITED REFER TO PROPER CITATION ALL DIAGRAMS MUST BE
LABELED WITH PROPER TITLING AND SUBTITLING USE OTHER THESIS AT YOUR
UNIVERSITY AS EXAMPLES IF YOU ARE USING SHORT FORM WORDS MAKE SURE
TO INTRODUCE AT THE LONG VERSION OF WORDS. USE DIFFERENT PARAGRAPHS
TO EXPRESS YOUR IDEAS. 7. By: Prof. RB Ahmad @unimapBy: Prof. RB
Ahmad @unimap 7/14 CHAPTERS OF YOUR THESIS CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER II: BACKGROUND CHAPTER III: LITERATURE REVIEW CHAPTER IV:
METHODOLOGY CHAPTER V: ANALYSIS AND FINDINGS CHAPTER VI: SUMMARY 8.
By: Prof. RB Ahmad @unimapBy: Prof. RB Ahmad @unimap 8/14 THESIS
WRITING For a thesis to be completed within a reasonable time, one
has to plan the programme of: Reading Research Writing 9. By: Prof.
RB Ahmad @unimapBy: Prof. RB Ahmad @unimap 9/14 THESIS WRITING
Reading: to acquire a through knowledge of what work has been done
in a field before a new contribution can be adequately planned
involves the construction of an adequate bibliography carefully
combing registers of abstracts and other guides to research in
progress a systematic review of the professional journals careful
reading of the relevant books and monographs 10. By: Prof. RB Ahmad
@unimapBy: Prof. RB Ahmad @unimap 10/14 THESIS WRITING Research:
generating hypotheses data collection data analysis Findings 11.
By: Prof. RB Ahmad @unimapBy: Prof. RB Ahmad @unimap 11/14 Writing:
The transition from research to writing is never an abrupt one A
good supervisor will insist upon a formal start, marked by the
approval of a final detailed thesis plan The preparation of a
complete draft has to be given priority over other task Each draft
chapter (complete with footnotes) should be given to the supervisor
as soon as it is ready THESIS WRITING Once the entire first draft
has been finished, the student can deal with minor research tasks
needed to fill gaps of information The second draft should be a
complete reconsideration of the first draft, and not a
scissors-and-paste job. (Should normally take no more than 6-8
weeks to complete) Check for facts, references, typing errors,
clarity of writing Temptation to use obscure words and complicated
forms of expressions, so as to demonstrate a knowledge and command
of abstruse jargon and complex literary structures, should be
resisted 12. By: Prof. RB Ahmad @unimapBy: Prof. RB Ahmad @unimap
12/14 A CHECK-LIST FOR STUDENTS Have you tried to plan your work
satisfactorily? Have you identified the major difficulties? Do you
understand to relevant references? Are your records in good order
and could you answer a question on something you did six months
ago? Have you drafted the first version of any portion of the work
that has been completed? Do other people find your written English
difficult to understand? Are there any tables, figures or other
matters which could usefully be prepared at an early stage? 13. By:
Prof. RB Ahmad @unimapBy: Prof. RB Ahmad @unimap 13/14 14. By:
Prof. RB Ahmad @unimapBy: Prof. RB Ahmad @unimap 14/14
