· Also, read a factual report on the troubles faced by students doing their theses and some of the problem areas identified by a distinguished professor.

Thesis writing may have once been a difficult job but it never was an impossible task. Here you will get to know how easy it is, if you know the basics and have the will to succeed.

Some Facts About Thesis Writing At Academic Level:
According to a survey conducted at Colorado University of Columbia, 80% of the students enrolled in the undergraduate, honors and PhD programmes, found their thesis writing assignments overwhelming.
The reasons which were stated by them were more or less the same; such as lack of knowledge and methodology about writing theses, confusions regarding the correct approach towards writing, scattered resources and poor or underdeveloped writing and compilation skills.
Hence, the problem largely brinks on the student's ignorance to the mechanics of Thesis writing. The special tutorials on the mechanics of thesis Writing that we have posted on the site would discuss them in greater detail. But the gist of thesis writing simply lies in two fundamental points, i.e:

· You have identified a worthwhile problem or question which has not been previously answered.
· You have solved the problem or have answered the question.

The Outline- Half of the Thesis:
Prof. John W. Chinneck of Dept. of Systems and Computer Engineering from
Carleton University Ottawa, stresses the importance of developing a full-fledged and proper outline in writing ones Thesis:
"The best way to get started on your thesis is to prepare an extended outline. You begin by making up the Table of Contents, listing each section and subsection that you propose to include. For each section and subsection, write a brief point-form description of the contents of that section. The entire outline might be 2 to 5 pages long." Back