A Simple Approach to Thesis Writing

by Tim Brecht

(Adapted from "The Guaranteed Mackworth Thesis Formula", by Alan Mackworth)

Abstract (<= 1 page)

Chapter 1: Introduction (~5-10 pages)

Chapter 2: Background / Related Work (~8-20 pages)

Chapter 3: Theory / Solution / Program / Problem (~15-30 pages)

Chapter 4: Implementation / Formalism (~15-30 pages)

Chapter 5: Results and Evaluation (~15-30 pages)

Chapter 6: Conclusions and Future Work (~5-10 pages)

Bibliography / References

Appendix


Writing Hints

Plagiarism

Useful Links