Writing a Thesis Paper
Thesis is Greek to most students who are about to or have just entered college. The word becomes more familiar as students advance in their college courses, as some collegiate degrees such as those falling under arts and sciences – require writing a thesis paper, aside from passing written and oral (viva voce) examinations before they qualify for graduation.
For those who have not yet experienced writing such assignment, it would seem like any other academic assignment or task that requires just a little reading in order to be prepared when quiz time comes. Unknown to most, especially those who have not, and may never see a chance to write a formal dissertation, the project requires not only long hours of research and interviews but also a lot of determination and imagination. Almost all, if not all of one’s previous academic and non-academic experiences and exposures, are applied in writing the paper. He has to consistently and persistently consult with his professors and tutors in order to be guided on the methods, styles and what-nots of developing the dissertation paper.
Aside from consulting with the faculty in his college, e.g., the Psychology Department if one is developing or writing a psychology dissertation, he also has to seek the assistance of specialization consultants such as a high-caliber English language professor for grammar and writing style. He has to find the balance in the relevance of writing style and grammatical inputs of the consultant from the (English) language department, and the technical requirements set by the faculty instructing and/or supervising the writing of the academic essays. The finished product should not only enlighten but should also be an interesting and compelling read.
The student must always remember that thesis is a requirement of his Collegiate Department in order for him to qualify for graduation. The average student normally limits himself to the confines of the academe in researching for his paper and forgets that it is in the government, commercial and industrial sectors that his theories and principles are widely applied and practiced. The academe is the learning and experimentation microcosm that formally awards and recognizes technical and professional degrees or licenses. But the wider-environment sectors and structures outside of the colleges and universities are both the source and recipient of new and experimental knowledge on the one hand; and of proven theories, laws and qualified graduates to man the human resource machinery that runs the earth, on the other hand.
All bodies of knowledge, whether college – or university-based, or those that emanate from the formal and informal sectors and structures outside of the academe, should become important parts of the considerations of the student or researcher when writing the formal thesis paper or any other project that he embarks on. Man is the only creature with the capacity to acquire so much knowledge. He organized and formalized this knowledge into degrees in colleges and universities he established to further his learning. Should he not be thankful for that?
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