Master's thesis (the topics of such works will be discussed later) is a continuation of the diploma, the path to science and teaching. All students are required to complete a thesis and defend it. Not everyone is willing to write a dissertation. First, it will be associated with teaching activities. Secondly, it will be necessary to continue to study even more intensely, which not everyone can do.
Past and present
Higher educational institutions are loyal to the choice of the topic of the master's thesis, giving the right to make an independent decision. It is customary to agree and approve the topic.
Availability is important:
- supervisor;
- at least three publications;
- a certain amount of merit that can be attributed to scientific.
The main thing is to have the desire, knowledge and skills. This means that the future applicant for the master's degree comes with several years of experience in the chosen direction, with a range of publications and speeches at scientificconferences, with methods and results of their own research.
Changing the subject is difficult, but possible. In fact, the choice of topic is determined by prior experience. If the thesis is successfully defended, then the topic of the master's thesis is practically determined.
The decision to continue learning means that ongoing work and research takes on new meaning, greater novelty and deeper relevance. In fact, the applicant plans to work with students and continue his research on topics identified several years earlier.
Qualifying move
Higher education is not mandatory, but the defense of a diploma is a mandatory stage and the basis for obtaining a diploma. Continuing education and a master's thesis is a qualifying work that must have novelty, relevance, and social significance. The issue of independent research is not even discussed here. The fact that the topic is approved by the department and the academic council (according to the rules of the educational institution) means: the application has been submitted, and it has been accepted.
It is possible that the applicant's previous scientific research will lie aside from the chosen topic, but knowledge and skills are not correlated with one task, job or direction of research. Qualifications can be tested and validated in any area of expertise.
Variants of topics and their authorship
The topic of the master's thesis can be chosen by the applicant himself, can be determined by the list of topics of the department or the commission for admission to the magistracy. More often, what is desired is agreedwith recommended.
The variety of speci alties and educational institutions forms a specific range of options. From the standpoint of logic and consistency, regardless of the field of interest of the applicant, there are not so many basic formulas for choosing a topic:
- object of study (enterprise, company division, mechanism…);
- process analysis (phenomenon, data dynamics, industry position…);
- problem solution (theory, mathematics, fields, forces…);
- modernization (there was one program, it became another, there was one foundation of knowledge, but it is obvious that a completely different one is in great demand).
It is fundamentally important that a master's thesis is a work to confirm qualifications, and not to obtain a candidate or doctoral degree. Science does not tolerate upstarts, but respects consistency in achieving the goal. If you rely on genius, then in order to reveal a complex and extremely interesting topic, you will have to storm the consciousness of venerable scientists and specialists. Failure can end a scientific career.
The best solution when choosing a topic is to base the list of the department (academic council, commission on admission to the master's program) and combine the topic you like with your own version of its sound and wording.
The author is always pleased when he is quoted and developed. Let the authorship be cathedral, and the execution - developing. A variant of the topic of one’s own, but not in the list of the department and not closely associated with it, is not a sin, but one will have to defend one’s position moreseriously.
Examples of master's thesis topics
Classical university consciousness believes that dissertation topics are grouped by the object of the goal:
- analysis of the status quo;
- justifying a narrow problem;
- expansion of existing knowledge.
Another way of looking at these groups of names chooses terms:
- object;
- process;
- solution;
- development.
In fact, all exemplary topics of master's theses (standard) allow the study of objects and processes, the achievement of specific solutions and further indefinite (initially) development.
Classic wording of suggested topics:
- analysis and control of activities (institutions, companies, private businesses…);
- strategic analysis (cash flow, workforce…);
- investment assessment tools (mining, mechanical engineering…);
- budget analysis and performance audit…;
- marketing development tools…;
- causes and ways of developing crisis situations in…;
- development of a strategic management system…;
- financial boost instruments…
Speci alties in heavy industry, topography, climate studies, environmental studies, ecology, etc. appeal to their specifics in the same syntactic constructions.
Repurposing the theme
In the world of information and the rapid development of information technology, spending "master's time" onyour development in your speci alty is promising, but a much better option is to combine business with pleasure and choose a topic that accompanies the future topic of a candidate or doctoral thesis.
The specifics of a young scientist is always such that there are many thoughts, but little time. There is no risk to report and defend on the topic of your work. But it is more practical to turn to the topic of information, and then the question of how to choose the topic of a master's thesis and how to agree on it will not only not become a problem, but also the department, supervisor or educational institution will treat it with great interest.
All research is related to information processing. There are still many blank spots in the field of information process automation, although there are many positive results.
In the topic of the main job of the applicant, information on the speci alty circulates. Nothing prevents the transformation of the topic of information processing from one field of knowledge to another, where it has not yet found its embodiment.
It is difficult to give advice in this way, but the general rule is known. A simple axiom: if the mathematical apparatus was applied in a dissertation on the strength of materials and a program was created or an algorithm was proposed for comparing data on materials, then why not use it in public opinion research or cash flow analysis?
Digital data has no nature, it exists in the economy, in society, and in the resistance of materials. You can find common patterns in objects, processes, and decisions. Even knowledge is evolvingequally. Philosopher, physicist, chemist and mining engineer use the same logic but manipulate different objects.
Utility
The topic of the master's thesis should be chosen taking into account its novelty, relevance, social significance and real usefulness for science, society or a company. Perhaps the development of the chosen topic will simply be useful in the sense of popularizing knowledge and will lead to the emergence of new knowledge in a completely different field or in a different dissertation.
Often the lists of the department on the proposed topics contain one or two formulations precisely for the purpose of popularizing the direction of research. It is rare that such topics become the basis for a dissertation, but the very fact of their presence allows the applicant to put the right emphasis in the wording.
The choice of the topic of a master's thesis in the field of analysis and processing of information in the speci alty is usually welcomed by the department. It is of interest to the supervisor, useful to the applicant and of social importance.
