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DISSERTATION
8th Semester B.Arch
6th Semester B.Des (ID)
K. Kasirajan
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What is Dissertation?
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Latin origin of the word – dissertation comes from a Latin
word ‘dissertare’ = ‘to debate’
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Dissertation allows students present your findings in
response to a question or proposition (topic of your
interest) that you choose.
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Its systematic study, analysis and arrive a conclusion
(finding)
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Where to START?
Questions could have basis from any thing that interests
you.
Some of the examples could be
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Social Issues
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Things that fascinates
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Economical issues
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Technological advancement in other domain
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Environmental issues
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Life style and health issues
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Extraterrestrial exploration
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What to do?
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Choose 2 topics of your interest
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Identify 10 journals (paper) under each topic (after 2015)
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Identify 5 Case studies (Indian/ International)
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On the approved topic, compile a table for analysis and comparison
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Come to a conclusion
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What Does A Dissertation Proposal
Include?
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There are several parts, but the structure can be different.
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You can choose a dissertation structure that best works for your
Proposal.
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Its should have a main sections (you show your paper’s basic points)
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the goals (you are going to reach),
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the methods (you are going to use),
and sections like
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literature and bibliography.
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What Does A Dissertation Proposal
Include?
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Introduction
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Review of the Literature
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Methodology
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Research findings
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Conclusion
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Flowchart
FRAME WORK MOCK REVIEW
SYNOPSIS
REVIEW - STAGE-1 STAGE-4
-2 topics of your choice
-By a panel & Guide -By a panel / External