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how-to-write-a-masters-thesis [2021/12/13 09:19]
strakova [How Much Is Enough] Me or We, writing in plural
how-to-write-a-masters-thesis [2021/12/13 09:44]
strakova [Timeline] Survivor Advice
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     - Master's state final examinations (''státnice'' in Czech): requires [[https://is.mff.cuni.cz/|registering]] for the examination in the required [[https://www.mff.cuni.cz/en/students/academic-calendar/|deadline]] and showing up for the examination. Also more on the examination later.     - Master's state final examinations (''státnice'' in Czech): requires [[https://is.mff.cuni.cz/|registering]] for the examination in the required [[https://www.mff.cuni.cz/en/students/academic-calendar/|deadline]] and showing up for the examination. Also more on the examination later.
   So each of both parts is offered separately in the [[https://is.mff.cuni.cz/|Study Information System (SIS)]], each of them must be enrolled in the required [[https://www.mff.cuni.cz/en/students/academic-calendar/|deadline]] and they can be taken jointly or separately in three possible terms throughout the year: ''summer'' (June), ''autumn'' (September) and ''winter'' (February). Please note that the deadline for registration differs for each of the terms. Actually, there is a preferred way, when everything went well, and that is the summer final examination after the 2nd year's summer semester, taking both the defence and examination, which places the registration for both examinations and the submission of the thesis somewhere to **[[https://www.mff.cuni.cz/en/students/academic-calendar/|May]]**.   So each of both parts is offered separately in the [[https://is.mff.cuni.cz/|Study Information System (SIS)]], each of them must be enrolled in the required [[https://www.mff.cuni.cz/en/students/academic-calendar/|deadline]] and they can be taken jointly or separately in three possible terms throughout the year: ''summer'' (June), ''autumn'' (September) and ''winter'' (February). Please note that the deadline for registration differs for each of the terms. Actually, there is a preferred way, when everything went well, and that is the summer final examination after the 2nd year's summer semester, taking both the defence and examination, which places the registration for both examinations and the submission of the thesis somewhere to **[[https://www.mff.cuni.cz/en/students/academic-calendar/|May]]**.
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 +==== Survivor Advice: ====
  
 +''"One thing I would like to do better next time (and advise students to do better in their first time) is time management: The programming part should be finished in a half time assigned to bachelor's thesis (even in case it is the main part of the master's thesis). In the end, it will delay and there will be a lot to correct and improve. The experimenting, evaluation, text writing and corrections (corrections!!!) will take more time than one expects. And even if it is not the case - then it's great, at least one is not stressed out from submitting at the last time and will have some spare time."'''
  
 ===== Working on the Thesis ===== ===== Working on the Thesis =====
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 ==== Me or We aka Pluralis Majestatis ==== ==== Me or We aka Pluralis Majestatis ====
  
-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. Writing in plural also somehow indirectly acknowledges the latent work of those who enabled your work directly or indirectly, such as your advisor, colleagues, the sysadmins, etc+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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