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How do I determine my dissertation topic?

2009-06-27T00:47:04Z

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Universities require that doctoral students prepare a disseration for several reasons. Because the dissertation serves as one of final hurdles prior to receiving a doctoral award, careful consideration should be given to choosing a topic. The dissertation highlights the student's ability to think critically, purposefully express a position on the selected topic, and defend that position. It allows the student to show his/her ability to perform a complex, challenging project without using other faculty as a crutch; UNC's Writing Center notes that the disseration "marks the transition from student to scholar." Ideally, a dissertation should broaden the knowledge of the academic community, not just rehash what has already been said.

==External Links==
* [http://orgtheory.wordpress.com/2007/05/20/grad-skool-rulz-10-the-dissertation-topic/ Grad School Rule #10] - This page is from the orgtheory blog and offers advice on choosing a dissertation topic.
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dissertation Wikipedia] - Wikipedia offers a brief explanation of disserations and their purposes.
* [http://www.unc.edu/depts/wcweb/handouts/dissertation.html UNC's Writing Center] - This page provides a comprehensive analysis and explanation of dissertations and the steps involved in successfully completing this step in a graduate program.
* [http://graduate-schools.suite101.com/article.cfm/dissertation_and_thesis_topics Suite101.com] - This page provides a brief article highlighting some key elements in choosing a topic for your dissertation.
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How do you succeed in a Ph.D. program?

2009-03-26T13:22:15Z

Pmadsen:

This is a question that is asked by every prospective Ph.D. student and there are many sources of advice. The best available advice on the internet is from fields other than accounting but most of it applies to accounting. See the list of links and citations below.

21 blog posts describing "grad school rulz" from orgtheory.net (http://orgtheory.wordpress.com/grad-skool-rulz/).

Advice from top economists for young economists compiled by Ngan Dinh of the Fulbright Economics Teaching Program Vietnam Program of the Harvard School of Government (http://dinhvutrangngan.com/advice.html).

Getting the Most from Your Doctoral Program: Advice for the Ph.D. Student in Finance, by Frank Alpert and Thomas H. Eyssell, Journal of Financial Education, Fall 1995

How do you succeed in a Ph.D. program?

2009-03-26T12:31:28Z

Pmadsen:

This is a question that is asked by every prospective Ph.D. student and there are many sources of advice. The best available advice on the internet is from fields other than accounting but most of it applies to accounting. See the list of links and citations below.

21 blog posts describing "grad school rulz" from orgtheory.net [http://orgtheory.wordpress.com/grad-skool-rulz/]

Advice from top economists for young economists compiled by Ngan Dinh of the Fulbright Economics Teaching Program Vietnam Program of the Harvard School of Government [http://dinhvutrangngan.com/advice.html]

Getting the Most from Your Doctoral Program: Advice for the Ph.D. Student in Finance, by Frank Alpert and Thomas H. Eyssell, Journal of Financial Education, Fall 1995

How do you succeed in a Ph.D. program?

2009-03-26T12:30:46Z

Pmadsen:

Getting the Most from Your Doctoral Program: Advice for the Ph.D. Student in Finance, by Frank Alpert and Thomas H. Eyssell, Journal of Financial Education, Fall 1995