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Did you spend months looking through reference material, note taking etc ?
When, in relation to when you had to have it finished, did you actuallt start working on teh first draft ?
How long did you spend doing a literature review ?
When di you even start any work on it, again in relation to the hand in date ?
I'm doing mine, hence I'm curious how you lot did yours :) I seem to have spent June and July just note taking - mine is not based on fieldwork by the way - and I reckon I won't be starting a lit review until second to last week in August at this rate !
When, in relation to when you had to have it finished, did you actuallt start working on teh first draft ?
How long did you spend doing a literature review ?
When di you even start any work on it, again in relation to the hand in date ?
I'm doing mine, hence I'm curious how you lot did yours :) I seem to have spent June and July just note taking - mine is not based on fieldwork by the way - and I reckon I won't be starting a lit review until second to last week in August at this rate !
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The sagacious one wrote:
> As I couldn't get hold of any Spiders I
> couldn't find out if woodlice would prefer
> a dark, damp environment with a big Spider
> in, or a dry, light one without.
You can order spiders off the web.
My dissertation - the daring and oh so original "The Future of Gaming" - started 4 years ago, I have to hand it in by June 2008.
> As I couldn't get hold of any Spiders I
> couldn't find out if woodlice would prefer
> a dark, damp environment with a big Spider
> in, or a dry, light one without.
You can order spiders off the web.
My dissertation - the daring and oh so original "The Future of Gaming" - started 4 years ago, I have to hand it in by June 2008.
i'm an idiot - i spent the first 4 months casually gathering information and testing various theories.
during this time I made notes and kept a log, but didn't really 'get into it'. then towards the second half of the year I realised just how much work I was in for.
the last 3-4 months were sheer hell and I don't wish to do anything on that scale again.
I got a desmond, and I'm sure there is blood, sweat and yes, some tears in that.
education smeducation
my advice? it's never too early to pull out all the stops - never underestimate how many problems you will face, forget what you think you know about finding information, they make them hard to do to see if you'll crack under the pressure. oh yeah, beer helps.
during this time I made notes and kept a log, but didn't really 'get into it'. then towards the second half of the year I realised just how much work I was in for.
the last 3-4 months were sheer hell and I don't wish to do anything on that scale again.
I got a desmond, and I'm sure there is blood, sweat and yes, some tears in that.
education smeducation
my advice? it's never too early to pull out all the stops - never underestimate how many problems you will face, forget what you think you know about finding information, they make them hard to do to see if you'll crack under the pressure. oh yeah, beer helps.
That seems really bad Hedfix, not fair that the tutor couldn't see what you wanted him/her to.
Mine's based on videogames/reality/virtuality etc and luckily Nottingham Trent has a really strong cultural geography staff and my tutor really does know his stuff, not all about games, but enough to relate to my idea and help it along.
Mine's based on videogames/reality/virtuality etc and luckily Nottingham Trent has a really strong cultural geography staff and my tutor really does know his stuff, not all about games, but enough to relate to my idea and help it along.
If I'm honest. I really couldn't be ar$ed with my dissertation. I had this total mong of a tutor saying "you should do it like this" and completely changing the theme of my disseratation into his own little pet project.
I did mine on whether the violence found in the comic strip Judge Dredd trivialises violence.
And this stupid mong couldn't get it into his head that I was on the right track with what I wanted to do and kept on suggesting I look at comics that he was familiar with. This sounds ok but he basically wanted me to look at a whole range of irrelevant stuff without considering the topic I'd chosen. It was like he wanted to write the damn thing himself!
Anyway it then turns out that this guy ends up being my academic adviser AND one of the markers for my dissertation, which is just a bit iffy impartiality-wise if you ask me.
To cut a long story short my dissertation was deemed 'passable' by the stupid mong.
I did mine on whether the violence found in the comic strip Judge Dredd trivialises violence.
And this stupid mong couldn't get it into his head that I was on the right track with what I wanted to do and kept on suggesting I look at comics that he was familiar with. This sounds ok but he basically wanted me to look at a whole range of irrelevant stuff without considering the topic I'd chosen. It was like he wanted to write the damn thing himself!
Anyway it then turns out that this guy ends up being my academic adviser AND one of the markers for my dissertation, which is just a bit iffy impartiality-wise if you ask me.
To cut a long story short my dissertation was deemed 'passable' by the stupid mong.
Luckily my course is modular, we do 6 modules a year, each worth 20 credits.
When I go back for my final year, the average of the results from those 6 modules counts for 70% of my degree, what I did in the second year counts for 30% of the degree.
So my dissertation counts as one module, of the final year, meaning that even if it goes haywire it won't be a disaster.
My 2nd year grade point average came in at 65.5 which if I've done the math right means I scored 19.5 from a possible of 30 marks (2nd year counts for 30% overall), so my minimum average to aim for in the final year is 60, which would equate to 42, 42+19.5=61.5 and a lower end 2.1. I had one bad module in 2nd year, ironically careers, which dragged my average right down, stupid careers morons :P
When I go back for my final year, the average of the results from those 6 modules counts for 70% of my degree, what I did in the second year counts for 30% of the degree.
So my dissertation counts as one module, of the final year, meaning that even if it goes haywire it won't be a disaster.
My 2nd year grade point average came in at 65.5 which if I've done the math right means I scored 19.5 from a possible of 30 marks (2nd year counts for 30% overall), so my minimum average to aim for in the final year is 60, which would equate to 42, 42+19.5=61.5 and a lower end 2.1. I had one bad module in 2nd year, ironically careers, which dragged my average right down, stupid careers morons :P
Ashley wrote:
> don't say the d word, reminds me that i will actually have to do some
> work some time in the next two years!
Ditto!
Although i think i have the option of doing a module(exam+Coursework) instead.
> don't say the d word, reminds me that i will actually have to do some
> work some time in the next two years!
Ditto!
Although i think i have the option of doing a module(exam+Coursework) instead.
> Plus the large contingent of young fun seekers.
Insert your own Brighton/homosexuality joke here.
As for the topic, I don't even know what a dissertation is. Can someone explain?
Insert your own Brighton/homosexuality joke here.
As for the topic, I don't even know what a dissertation is. Can someone explain?
monkey_man wrote:
> One of my mates has just finished at Brighton. I say "mate"
> in the loosest sense of the term, as I haven't really seen him since
> he started there!
Great place to study as there are about 20,000 students there. Plus the large contingent of young fun seekers. Oh and a large contingent of student nurses.
> One of my mates has just finished at Brighton. I say "mate"
> in the loosest sense of the term, as I haven't really seen him since
> he started there!
Great place to study as there are about 20,000 students there. Plus the large contingent of young fun seekers. Oh and a large contingent of student nurses.
Thanks Dr Duck, I'm at the reading with purpose kind of bit at the moment, so considering hand in is not until around may I should be okay :)
If I were ye, I'd get on with it as quickly as possible.
Whenever you start, I found that you'll always find more stuff to do to improve it (until the time comes to accept what you've done and hand it in), it's never really perfect come the deadline, but the sooner you start the closer you can get.
Also when the deadline does arrive, you'll probably have plenty of other things to be doing (exams to revise for?). Getting as far ahead as possible will allow you to find time near the dealine to give everything else some attention.
Me? I was reading, trying to give it at least a couple of hours a week, for the best part of a year beforehand.
When it came to proper work however, I was reading with purpose maybe 6 months before the deadline, taking notes, working out what I wanted to say and thinking about how I could structure the diss.
I started writing (did many drafts) 2 or 3 months before the deadline.
By the last couple of weeks, I had the content in place, and was tidying it all up, re-writing so it read better.
However, like with most of uni, my best advice would be not to play it safe. Be sure to give reasoned opinions and stuff, but don't be afraid of being controversial.
Whenever you start, I found that you'll always find more stuff to do to improve it (until the time comes to accept what you've done and hand it in), it's never really perfect come the deadline, but the sooner you start the closer you can get.
Also when the deadline does arrive, you'll probably have plenty of other things to be doing (exams to revise for?). Getting as far ahead as possible will allow you to find time near the dealine to give everything else some attention.
Me? I was reading, trying to give it at least a couple of hours a week, for the best part of a year beforehand.
When it came to proper work however, I was reading with purpose maybe 6 months before the deadline, taking notes, working out what I wanted to say and thinking about how I could structure the diss.
I started writing (did many drafts) 2 or 3 months before the deadline.
By the last couple of weeks, I had the content in place, and was tidying it all up, re-writing so it read better.
However, like with most of uni, my best advice would be not to play it safe. Be sure to give reasoned opinions and stuff, but don't be afraid of being controversial.
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