How to Choose a Dissertation Topic

Author: KATIE DOYLE / Labels: ,


It has become regular practice now to submit a dissertation report for completion of any degree. Dissertation work is the most important work for scoring a good grade for any degree. The most important aspect is the selection of the topic for the dissertation work, and to follow it up with a good report that provides your advisor with a clear description of the point of view you want to convey. Presentation of the work is the key. Before writing the report, the most important thing is to select the topic that could catch your interest as well as the interest of the report readers.
The section below is fully dedicated to allow you learn how to choose a dissertation topic, and fetch a good grade, in addition to bringing praise to your work.
Follow the below mentioned points and see success coming your way as easily as you like:
  1. Choose a subject of your interest - The key point is choosing a subject that you are interested in. If you carry out your work just to secure a passing grade, without any interest in the work, it is surely going to be reflected in your dissertation report work. It will also let readers know about your lack of interest.
  2. Cross-examine - When you select any topic of interest, cross-examine it. By cross-examining, I mean checking out whether there has been any research carried on the same topic. If yes, try to analyze whether there is any scope of carrying on further work on the research. If there is no scope of further work in the research, you have lost the topic. Don't get disheartened. Try to find out a new topic and go back to step 1.
  3. Ask Yourself - The best judge of your work is your own conscience. You know best about what you want, and how you want it. It is you who knows what is best for you. Before you are influenced by vague ideas of others, make up your mind and formulate your own opinions on the work you want to do.
  4. Ask Questions - To carry out any good research work, it becomes necessary to ask the questions, and then answer them with full justification by using facts and figures, quotations, and examples.
  5. Active thought process - Once you start looking at a topic for your research work start thinking about the following points:
    1. How is the work going to benefit me?
    2. Is the research work of your interest?
    3. Is the research work technically and logically feasible?
    4. Does the research work have a broader scope?
  6. Use a road/mind map - Try to make skeleton diagrams to make use of your thoughts and interests to move in the right direction in your research work.
  7. Carry out a Review - Once you have decided on a topic, follow it up with a good review. Find out whether enough of the source is available for your research work. Try to read magazines, previous research works, journals, browse through the Internet and get the source organized for you.
  8. Decide on the methodology - Now you have to decide on what are the methodologies you are going to follow. Have a look at previous dissertation works and reports and learn the format to be followed.
  9. Consult your guide - Once you have decided on the topic, consult your supervisor. Express your ideas to them with clarity and confidence. Get the topic assigned to you, and follow it up with hard work to make your dissertation work a huge success.

If you follow the above steps on choosing your dissertation topic, then you should be able to produce a dissertation paper that is highly readable and is recognized by many as good scholarly research.

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