The Dissertation

Acknowledgements 1 Introduction 1.01 Why Write a Dissertation? 1.02 The Handbook 2 Starting 2.01 What is a Dissertation? 2.02 Selecting a Dissertation Subject 2.03 Assessing a Dissertation Subject 2.04 Choosing and Working with a Supervisor 2.05 Writing a Proposal 3 Researching 3.01 What is Research? 3.02 Historical and Critical Methodology 3.03 Research Techniques 3.04 Libraries and Archives 3.05 The Internet 4 Writing 4.01 Structuring a Dissertation 4.02 Working Methods 4.03 Illustrations 4.04 Referencing 4.05 Bibliographies 4.06 Plagiarism 4.07 Submitting a Draft 4.08 Word-Processing 4.09 Alternative Dissertations 5 Presenting 5.01 General Presentation 5.02 Illustrations 5.03 Computer Software 5.04 Assessment Criteria 5.05 Oral Examinations 6 Afterwards 6.01 Further Research and Study 6.02 Publications 6.03 Troubleshooting 7 Dissertation Examples 7.01 Joseph Godlewski, "Alien and Distant: Rem Koolhaas on Film in Lagos, Nigeria." 7.02 Ocean Howell, "The âCreative Classâ and the Gentrifying City: Skateboarding in Philadelphiaâs Love Park." 7.03 Mairi Johnson, "Once Upon a Sign: Relationships of Architecture and Narrative in the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum." 7.04 Joanna Rapp, "A Geometrical Analysis of Multiple Viewpoint Perspective in the Work of Giovanni Battista Piranesi: an Application of Geometric Restitution of Perspective." 7.05 Amy Thomas, "âMart of the Worldâ: an Architectural and Geographical History of the London Stock Exchange."