CONTENTS OF VARIOUS PARTS OF THE THESIS
Note there are some sections i chose to leave out in the struture because they are mostly optional or not neccesary. I will mainly discuss the ones in the structure
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TITLE PAGEThis section is the first page of the thesis. It contains:
Approved title of the thesis
😎 Author's/ Researcher's name
😎 Department
😎 Degree to be attained and
😎 The School/ Universinty/ college
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ABSTRACTThe abstract shall not be more than 200-300 words depending on the type of degree and shall contain the following:
😎 A brief statement of the specific objectives and envisaged contributions of the research work.
😎 A brief statement of research methodology used (principles only) including methods of data analysis
😎 A brief straight-to-the-point summary of specific findings
😎 A statement of implications of the findings
NOTE: It may be placed at the top but it is written at the end of the work
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTSThe author shall acknowledge in his/her own words the assistance given by others during the research work and the preparation of thesis.
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TABLE OFCONTENTSThis shall contain a list of all the major component parts of the thesis and the respective pages on which they begin, starting with report.
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MAIN BODY 🔰
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CHAPTER 1️⃣
(Introduction)This chapter shall be devoted primarily to justifying the research work. Accordingly, the chapter shall contain:
💎 A general overview of the background, concept, general objectives and scope of theresearch. This may include statementof the problem, significance/purpose of study.
💎 Specific objectives of the research work orworking hypothesis, as the case may be.
💎 Specific proposals (statements only) on how toachieve the specific research objective test the working hypothesis above
Scope and limitation of the research
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CHAPTER 2️⃣ (
Literature Review)
This entails an exhaustive but incisive, coherent and up-to-date review of relevant literature in the research area. The candidate is expected to show a high proficiency in information retrieval and interpretation. The literature review shall be geared towards justifying the defined objectives of the research. Consequently, the style of presentation of retrieved information and their interpretation shall be purposeful, directed solely at establishing the premises for the research work
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CHAPTER 3️⃣
(Methodology)➡️ This chapter shall contain a list of rare/highly specialized materials and a detailed description of the methods employed in the research work. In the Materials section shall be listed chemicals, reagents, living organisms and other biological materials, apparatuses/gadgets, and equipment that are not used routinely in the laboratory. General or routine laboratory materials used in the work shall be given within the context of
description of the methods. Candidates shall comply with current international conventions on nomenclature and identification of scientific materials in their sub- disciplines.
Under Method section shall be described all the experimental methods used in the work. Only new methods developed by the candidate shall be described in full. Where an established published method was used unmodified, candidate shall merely cite the relevant reference. However, where an established method has been modified or adapted by the candidate, candidate shall describe the extent to which the method was modified or adapted. In describing the methods, candidate shall state all the special precautions taken in the course of applying the methods as well as the statistical methods used in analyzing the data.
➡️ Irrespective of the disciplines where the method used was primarily library search or purely theoretical, there need not be a separate chapter on Method/Methodology. The description of the method can be incorporated into the introduction or literature review chapter as a section
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