You have to study carefully, the attached Dissertation Guide and follow the instructions.
Your Dissertation should have the following structure:
INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER ONE: LITRATURE REVIEW I
CHAPTER TWO: LITERATURE REVIEW II
CHAPTER THREE: METHODOLOGY
CHAPTER FOUR: FINDINGS, ANALYSIS, DISCUSSION
4.1 FINDINGS
4.2 ANALYSIS
4.3 DISCUSSION
CONCLUSION
BIBLIOGRAPHY
APPENDICES
More specifically:
WHAT YOU SHOULD INCLUDE IN YOUR INTRODUCTION (TWO PAGES) IS:
A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE TOPIC
•AIMS AND OBJECTIVES
•BRIEF METHODOLOGY DESCRIPTION
•YOUR RESEARCH QUESTIONS
•SYNOPSIS OF THE CHAPTERS
IN THE LITERATURE REVIEW CHAPTERS YOU SHOULD INCLUDE INFORMATION THAT YOU WILL FIND IN THE EXISTING LITERATURE THAT IS RELEVANT TO YOUR DISSERTATION TOPIC (THIS IS CALLED “SECONDARY RESEARCH”)
IN THE METHODOLOGY CHAPTER WHICH IS THE SHORTEST CHAPTER OF YOUR DISSERTATION (IT HAS TO BE AROUND 5 PAGES) YOU SHOULD ANALYSE YOUR METHODOLOGY STRATEGY FOR YOUR RESEARCH
THE FOURTH CHAPTER CONTAINS WHAT WE CALL “PRIMARY RESEARCH” AS IT IS RESEARCH THAT IS CONDUCTED BY YOU FOR THE FIRST TIME, WHEREAS THE “SECONDARY RESEARCH”, THE EXISTING LITERATURE THAT YOU USED IN YOUR LITERATURE CHAPTERS, CONTAINS WHAT HAS BEEN ALREADY WRITTEN BY OTHERS.
SO, IN THE FOURTH CHAPTER FINDINGS – ANALYSIS – DISCUSSION YOU WILL REFER TO ITS SUBCHAPTERS AS FOLLOWS:
4.1 FINDINGS: YOU WILL PRESENT YOUR DATA, RESULTS AND FINDINGS. YOU CAN USE STATISTICAL PIE CHARTS OR ANY OTHER GRAPHIC FORM TO PRESENT THEM OR LISTING THEM.
4.2 ANALYSIS : YOU WILL PROVIDE AN ANALYSIS OF THE ABOVE FINDINGS WITH YOUR OWN WORDS (AT LEAST FOUR PAGES)
4.3 DISCUSSION: THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT AND PERSONAL PART OF THE DISSERTATION WHERE YOU WILL PROVIDE YOUR OWN VIEWS FROM ALL THE RESEARCH YOU HAVE DONE. NOT ONLY THE PRIMARY BUT ALSO THE SECONDARY. YOU DID ALL THESE RESEARCH IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO REACH THIS PART AND THIS IS WHERE ALL RESEARCH IS UNITED (AT LEAST FIVE PAGES).
YOUR CONCLUSION (2 PAGES) SHOULD REFER TO THE WHOLE DISSERTATION.
You have to write and submit your Dissertation using the attached word template. The length of your Thesis has to be 15000 words.
