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==Origin==
The [[word]] "thesis" comes from the [[Greek]] θέσις, meaning "position", and refers to an [[intellectual]] [[proposition]]. "Dissertation" comes from the [[Latin]] dissertātiō, meaning "[[discourse]]."
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/17th_century 1651]
==Definition==
*1: an extended usually [[written]] treatment of a subject; specifically : one submitted for a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctorate doctorate]
==Description==
A '''dissertation''' or thesis is a document submitted in [[support]] of candidature for a degree or [[professional]] qualification presenting the [[author]]'s [[research]] and findings. In some countries/universities, the word thesis or a cognate is used as part of a bachelor's or master's course, while dissertation is normally applied to a doctorate, whilst, in others, the reverse is true.
The term dissertation can at times be used to describe a treatise without relation to obtaining an [[academic]] degree. The term thesis is also used to refer to the central claim of an [[essay]] or similar [[work]].
A typical thesis has a title page, an abstract, a table of contents, a body, comprising the various chapters, and a bibliography or (more usually) a [[references]] section.
Dissertations vary in their [[structure]] in accord with the many [[different]] areas of [[study]] ([[arts]], [[humanities]], [[social sciences]], [[technology]], etc.) and the great differences between them. Dissertations [[normally]] report on a [[research]] project of some kind, and the structure nearly always [[reflects]] this by a) introducing the research [[topic]], with an explanation of why the subject was chosen for [[study]], b) reviewing relevant [[literature]] and showing how this has informed the research issue, c) [[explaining]] how the research has been [[designed]] and why the research [[methods]] being used have been chosen, d) outlining the findings, e) [[analysing]] the findings and discussing them in the [[context]] of the literature reviewed.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dissertation]
==External links==
[http://liswiki.org/wiki/Dissertation Dissertation article at LISWiki], a Library and information science wiki
[[Category: General Reference]]
==Origin==
The [[word]] "thesis" comes from the [[Greek]] θέσις, meaning "position", and refers to an [[intellectual]] [[proposition]]. "Dissertation" comes from the [[Latin]] dissertātiō, meaning "[[discourse]]."
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/17th_century 1651]
==Definition==
*1: an extended usually [[written]] treatment of a subject; specifically : one submitted for a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctorate doctorate]
==Description==
A '''dissertation''' or thesis is a document submitted in [[support]] of candidature for a degree or [[professional]] qualification presenting the [[author]]'s [[research]] and findings. In some countries/universities, the word thesis or a cognate is used as part of a bachelor's or master's course, while dissertation is normally applied to a doctorate, whilst, in others, the reverse is true.
The term dissertation can at times be used to describe a treatise without relation to obtaining an [[academic]] degree. The term thesis is also used to refer to the central claim of an [[essay]] or similar [[work]].
A typical thesis has a title page, an abstract, a table of contents, a body, comprising the various chapters, and a bibliography or (more usually) a [[references]] section.
Dissertations vary in their [[structure]] in accord with the many [[different]] areas of [[study]] ([[arts]], [[humanities]], [[social sciences]], [[technology]], etc.) and the great differences between them. Dissertations [[normally]] report on a [[research]] project of some kind, and the structure nearly always [[reflects]] this by a) introducing the research [[topic]], with an explanation of why the subject was chosen for [[study]], b) reviewing relevant [[literature]] and showing how this has informed the research issue, c) [[explaining]] how the research has been [[designed]] and why the research [[methods]] being used have been chosen, d) outlining the findings, e) [[analysing]] the findings and discussing them in the [[context]] of the literature reviewed.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dissertation]
==External links==
[http://liswiki.org/wiki/Dissertation Dissertation article at LISWiki], a Library and information science wiki
[[Category: General Reference]]