Topic - Guidance on choosing an appropriate topic for your dissertation (+read more)
Dissertation Proposal - Guidance on writing the proposal for your dissertation (+read more)
Sourcing Materials - Where to find sources for your dissertation (+read more)
Title Page - Shows the title of the dissertation and the author (+read more)
Abstract 150-300 word summary of what the reader can expect to find in the dissertation. Be concise and don’t reference or use quotes in this part (+read more)
Table of contents - An index of everything in the dissertation - it should not include the title and contents page! (+read more)
Introduction - A summary of 100 – 200 words, stating what the objectives are/what you are going to write about (+read more)
Background - A section written with the assumption that the reader knows nothing, and it should therefore give them a full account of what they need to know to appreciate the issues at stake (+read more)
Methodology - States what you are going to do and how you plan on doing it. The methodology should be approximately 200 – 300 words (+read more)
Literature Review - A review of relevant theory and the most recent published information on the issue (+read more)
Evidence - What you have discovered and what you have concluded from it. (+read more)
Conclusion - States what you have discovered and what you have concluded from it. You should not be presenting new ideas or new sources in the conclusion (+read more)
Recommendations - Should emerge from the conclusion, suggest what is to be done, who is to do it and how/when it is to be done, and be justified based on findings, not just the opinion of the writer (+read more)
Referencing - You need to reference all of your sources properly. Check our guide to the different referencing styles here (+read more)
Appendix - Any graphs or diagrams you have used when writing your dissertation (+read more)- Site Map - Full list of all pages on this site (+click here)
