SKILLS YOU WILL NEED AS A COMPUTER SCIENCE THESIS STUDENT

While there are no hard and fast rules that guarantee you have the background and skills required to complete a thesis in Computer Science, there are some indicators. Here is a list of some of these indicators.

• A good grade point average. This indicates that you have basic academic skills. It is difficult to specify an exact cut-off, but a 3.2 on a 4.0 scale is a reasonable minimum.
• The ability to write in the English language. Practice writing. Effective communication is essential in all disciplines. If you need help, contact the Language Institute or English Department.
• The ability to express yourself orally. You will be asked to present lectures on your work at the Computer Science seminar.
• Mastery of the computer language in which you will develop your program. You should not look at your thesis work as an opportunity to learn how to program. You should be very familiar with the operating system you will use and system utilities such as editors, document formatters, debuggers, etc.
• The ability to work with others. You must be able to work with your thesis advisor, and you may need to work with other faculty and students as well.
• The ability to take direction. Your thesis advisor will give you guidance, but you must do the work.
• The ability to conduct literature surveys. You must insure that your work is current and relevant even though it may not be original or unique.
• The ability to integrate ideas from various areas. This is key to a thesis. Extracting items of interest from many sources and generating new information by integrating these items in new ways is the essence of writing a thesis.
• The ability to think independently. Your work must be your own. Your advisor will not tell you what to do at every step, but will only suggest a direction. The rest is up to you.
• The ability to perform when imprecise goals are set for you, that is, you must be self-directed.

[ Source: http://cs.fit.edu/~wds/guides/howto/ ]

How to Write an A+ Thesis Statement

 My lecturer said this is one of the most important thing when you start preparing your thesis...

So let's learn what it is!

Here is also a link which I have found regarding on how to prepare or start your thesis:
http://www.thesisplus.com/what-should-be-the-format-of-a-thesis-or-a-dissertation.htm

My Dissertation.....

Hi people,

I am currently preparing my dissertation on the topic of values that is brought by information system from the user's perspective. This title was proposed by my lecturer (who is now my Supervisor) when I took Information System Development & Practice last semester and was part of my assignment for that subject. From what I understood, it is more like a study-based research rather than developing a system. I am still not sure whether I should come out with a system with this title altho some said I do not have to but others says that is is a requirement to complete the dissertation in Computer Science.

I have seek advice from friends who gave me some ideas on what to include in my dissertation such as giving examples of the successful IS, interviewing people, surveying and identifying users' expectation and involvement during the development. I did find it quite hard to deliver this research so that is why I am still reading journals to enhance my understanding. I found a few journals almost related to my study such as the pros and cons of user involvement and there are actually almost similar topics to mine so I just have to keep reading till I understand what I should prepare.

My research foundation lecturer advice us to look for a problem in that particular topic, he said in that way, we are able to elaborate the issue. I did identify problem such as developers hard to work with user's due to that they are participating unwillingly, they don't do their real job when observe by developers and so on. The thing which makes it difficult is starting the dissertation itself. where should I start? what should I write first? how do I Introduce the first part and lead to the next sub topic? etc.......all of those are still lingering in my mind, hence I am still searching on the net for effective and useful sources.

Wish me luck!

Education blog

Hi there,

This blog is for sharing infos and tips on writing dissertation effectively as I am also currently in the process of preparing my dissertation in the area of computer science.

To those who are expert in this area and would like to exchange knowledge with me, please feel free to do so.

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