How to Write a Master's Dissertation: Outline and Examples

by Grant Andrews

A Step-by-Step, Quick and Easy Guide to Writing a Master's Thesis or Dissertation Everything you need to know about the structure of a master's dissertation is contained in this short guide. An outline of the different chapters you'll need to include is provided, and each section is explained in detail so that you know exactly what you'll have to do to succeed in your thesis. Learn how to write a clear introduction and an organized literature review. Find out how to present your methodology and your research outline. Get clarity on the findings and data analysis chapters. Finally, get a structured break-down of what to do in your conclusion chapter. This guide will be useful for making sure that you start your journey of academic writing off on the right foot. It will cover all of the basic elements, and will take under an hour to work through. The guide is written by Dr. Grant Andrews, who has been teaching academic writing for years, and who knows the common pitfalls that students experience in academic writing. This book is part of the Essay and Thesis Writing Series. You can find out more about the series at www.writeyourthesis.com.

Genres: Writing

33 pages, Kindle Edition

Published July 15, 2017

About the author

Grant Andrews is a lecturer, editor and writer who currently lives in Johannesburg, South Africa. He teaches courses on media studies, critical literacy, visual literacy, South African literature and film. His research interests include queer studies and South African queer media.

He spends his time walking his two dogs, Coby and Billy, writing, listening to music and relaxing with his partner, Malan.

Reviews

[Kiz V. J. Moncrieff · Rating 2 out of 5]

This makes the third book by this author I have read in the past few days. the first book was decent but I had a lot of writing mistakes which made it hard to read, I was surprised with the second one however while reading I cannot help but pay extra attention to the quality of the writing in this authors' work.

An issue I found was the inconsistencies, which has always been the major problem. In a paragraph about the introduction, there is a sentence which includes "...between five and 15 pages..." this clear inconsistency in how they are formatting numbers, it makes it hard to trust the advice given in these books. While later there are instances when they use the written numbers in both instances, but the above example is still an issue.

Additionally, there are random points where it refers to the dissertation as a 'thesis', while they are very similar not all departments consider them to be the same thing, and while he did establish this book refers to both, it primarily uses the phrase 'dissertation' there are random points where it uses 'thesis' is confusing.

A big issue I seem to have with this book and the books by this author is all the books have a lack of editing. I found more basic level issues such as the beginning of chapter 4 saying "You master's thesis" not "your".

[Anne · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very much aimed at the American Masters Student, as there is reference to some aspects of Academic Practice which just don't exist in the UK (including the length of the Dissertation, and the existence of "your professional editor"!).

That aside, there's still some good tips for UK Masters level students here, and the whole thing is a very quick read.

[Nithish K]

look forward to learn the subject