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Thesis/Dissertation

Now that your research is going well and the end is in sight, you have to begin thinking about your dissertation.

First and foremost, discuss with your graduate advisor what is expected. Do you even have to write a dissertation or will it be enough to just package all your published/submitted manuscripts and submit them? Every school can have slightly different requirements. Be sure to check with the Graduate School office at your university as well.

If you do have to write a dissertation, here are some web sites with information that may be of use to you:*

A Derailed Dissertation
Chronicle of Higher Education Career Network

Dissertation Handbook
Rachkam Graduate School, University of Michigan

Dissertations
Writing Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Dissertation Manual: Guidelines for the Doctoral Student
Curry School of Education, University of Virginia

How to Organize Your Thesis
John W. Chinneck, Dept. of Systems & Computer Engin., Carleton Univ., Canada

Writing a Dissertation
Edward G. Rozycki 

Writing and Presenting Your Thesis or Dissertation
S. Joseph Levine, Michigan State University

*APS does not endorse or assume responsibility for the information posted on these web sites.

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