Provides practical information on how to organize your time during your graduate studies. Describes the possibilities to reduce and alleviate the stress of the students at Graduate schools.
For every student, whether he is an undergraduate or graduate it is imperative, almost indispensable to turn to the help of other persons, to use their knowledge, skills and experience. Certainly, if you are working on your dissertation, it might be advisable to do the same. This dissertation help program should comprise several elements. The first element is the organizing of your dissertation. Start thinking how your project can be organized, what it should comprise, what structure should it have. At this stage you may turn to the writing guides (online guides and printed ones). They contain useful, tips and advices on the method of completion of your dissertation.
You should design your own program of the dissertation help. Scroll through them, study them thoroughly and decide what method fits best your instruction and your requirements. Despite the fact that many of these advices are really useful ones and dissertation projects have many features in common, yet nevertheless do not forget that different institutions have their own , individual requirements to the scope of the dissertation, the method of the research and format in which the dissertation should be presented. That is why it is indispensable to consult your advisor during this process, and online guides should be used as the guide only, not as the established and accepted way of presenting of your information.
The second element is to make acquaintance with other dissertations. Try to study them and answer the following questions: Why they have been written this way? Why this approach has been used? How this project has been researched? Once you have answered these question it might be easier for you to start organizing and designing your own dissertation project- you should start working on your dissertation writing process. Dissertation writing differs in many respects from the writing of other writing assignments, in term of its scope, its importance and general requirements set by educational institutions. Besides the thorough investigation of the problem, one should produce the thesis-indispensable elements of dissertation writing. The thesis should comprise major points of your contention as well as provide sufficient information on why the problem chosen is worth the researching and what question have been answered by your research.
Do not forget that unlike in other writing assignments, your research should contribute to the existing knowledge of the problem and should also have some practical implications for the science in general and the subject you research in particular. The best way during this process is to stick to the plan devised by you and your advisor and write and complete the paper according to it. Whatever other guides might propose you should always consult your advisor in order to produce the writing assignments according to the instructions and requirements set by your educational institution.