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how-to-write-a-masters-thesis [2021/12/13 08:52]
strakova How To -> How to |
how-to-write-a-masters-thesis [2021/12/13 09:20]
strakova [Me or We aka Pluralis Majestatis] remove last sentence |
| The very fist question I usually get is ''"How much do I have to write?"''. As far as I know, there is no official number anywehere, so I'm just going to speak from experience: A master's thesis most probably non-rejectable on the basis of ''"too few text"'' if it consists of absolute minimum of 40-50 A4 pages of content, not including the front page, acknowledgements, table of contents, bibliography & appendices. That is, the Conclusion Section should appear on page 40-50. | The very fist question I usually get is ''"How much do I have to write?"''. As far as I know, there is no official number anywehere, so I'm just going to speak from experience: A master's thesis most probably non-rejectable on the basis of ''"too few text"'' if it consists of absolute minimum of 40-50 A4 pages of content, not including the front page, acknowledgements, table of contents, bibliography & appendices. That is, the Conclusion Section should appear on page 40-50. |
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| | ==== Me or We aka Pluralis Majestatis ==== |
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| | Most scientific contributions were achieved in a team and it is therefore customary to write in plural, as in ''"we present"'', ''"we implemented"'' and ''"we conclude that..."''. Writing in plural is so widespread in scientific writing that one is expected to use ''"we"'' even when being the single author of the work, although one may feel a little pompous. |
| ==== Typesetting and Formatting ==== | ==== Typesetting and Formatting ==== |
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| * Read the official [[https://www.mff.cuni.cz/en/students/bachelor-and-master-thesis/guidelines-for-writing-a-master-thesis|Guidelines for Writing a Master Thesis]]. | * Read the official [[https://www.mff.cuni.cz/en/students/bachelor-and-master-thesis/guidelines-for-writing-a-master-thesis|Guidelines for Writing a Master Thesis]]. |
| * Download the official [[http://www.mff.cuni.cz/studium/bcmgr/prace/vzor-dp.zip|LaTeX template]] and take this as an opportunity to learn LaTeX (or brush up your LaTeX skills). Please please be it LaTeX and not a WYSIWYG editor (Word, Libreoffice, ...). It's just so easy to get beautifully typesetted text and mathematical formulas with LaTeX and so easy to ruin things otherwise. Also, get BibTeX for managing your references. You'll find yourself having to resist less urge to through it all away when you have to reindex your references in Word for the 50th time. Your future self will thank your current self if you put just a little work into setting up your thesis in LaTeX. | * Download the official [[http://www.mff.cuni.cz/studium/bcmgr/prace/vzor-dp.zip|LaTeX template]] and take this as an opportunity to learn LaTeX (or brush up your LaTeX skills). Please please be it LaTeX and not a WYSIWYG editor (Word, Libreoffice, ...). It's just so easy to get beautifully typesetted text and mathematical formulas with LaTeX and so easy to ruin things otherwise. Also, get BibTeX for managing your references. You'll find yourself having to resist less urge to through it all away when you have to reindex your references in Word for the 50th time. Your future self will thank your current self if you put just a little work into setting up your thesis in LaTeX. |
| * Read some advice on typesetting and frequent errors here. | * Read my [[how-to-write-a-masters-thesis-typesetting|advice on typesetting]], with good practices and frequent errors. |
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