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Title: Completing a Thesis or Dissertation John F' Schmitt, Associate Dean The Graduate School


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Completing a Thesis or DissertationJohn F.
Schmitt, Associate DeanThe Graduate School
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Your Thesis/ Dissertation?
You?
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Our Topics Today
  • First Things
  • Once You Know the Problem/Question(s)
  • General Tips
  • Common Problems

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Research and Travel Fund(up to 300 per sem.)
5
First Things
I Need A Topic!
  • Interest Area
  • Identify the Problem or Conflict
  • Talk With Experts

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First Things
  • Committee
  • Thesis 3
  • Dissertation 5
  • Graduate Dean Appoints (form on Web)
  • 1 outside member

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First Things
  • Institutional Review Board for the Testing of
    Human Subjects (IRB)
  • approval required even for survey research
  • http//osp.ua.edu/IRB.html

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First ThingsHANDOUT and Exercise
  • Steps to Completion
  • Take 2 minutes to identify the dates to
  • (1) Distribute copies of completed document
  • (2) Have the final defense meeting
  • (3) Have the proposal defense meeting

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The Manuscript
  • Title A Study of (NOT!)
  • Abstract (lt350 words results concls.)
  • Table of Contents
  • Intro. Review of the Literature
  • Method
  • Results
  • Conclusions
  • References

Format of Major Sections Varies Widely
by Discipline
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The Manuscript
  • Sample preliminary pages
  • Thesis
  • http//www.graduate.ua.edu/thesis_man/thesis.pdf
  • Dissertation
  • http//www.graduate.ua.edu/thesis_man/dissertation
    .pdf

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General Tips
Begin Early
EXPECT TO PUBLISH
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Why Begin Early?
  • Avg. Number of Graduate Degrees Completed at UA
    Each Year for theLast 3 Years
  • 178 Doctoral
  • 1,068 Masters

High Demand on Faculty for Committee Service
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General Tips
Proofreader?
Typist?
348-5921 graduate.ua.edu/typist.html
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General Tips Be Prepared
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Common Problems
  • See Student Guide to Preparing Theses
    Dissertations (p. 26Frequent Errors)
  • 2 unbound copies
  • Expecting Graduate School to proof
  • Signaturesmissing or not original

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Common Problems
  • Spell checkers
  • Dew knot trussed yore spell chequertwo fined
    awl yore mistakes.

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Common Problems
  • Mismatch of T of C and text of manuscript
  • Typeface creativity multiple types script
    italics
  • Type size (must be 12 pt.)
  • Others in the Student Guide...
  • If you avoid these problems...

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Your Goal
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Need Help?
  • Deads_at_aalan.ua.edu
  • Jchamber_at_aalan.ua.edu
  • graduate.ua.edu
  • 348-5921 The Graduate School

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