Preparing for the Dissertation Project

The dissertation project require a lot of work and in depth research to be done. This week we had a meeting about what we need to fill out so that we can start the dissertation next year. But a lot of preparations needs to be done before we actually conduct the dissertation.

At this stage I feel that I have a good idea now of what the dissertation project requires as we already had an assignment unit based on that. This unit was as an introduction to the dissertation and we had to find out a topic which interests us, but can be changed next year. As a requirement to this unit we had to find and read from different sources to formulate a bibliography list. Then the proposal form and its presentation and then the literature review and its presentation. These were only a requirement for this unit as to reach the given criteria, with the aim that we get knowledge about how to start the dissertation. Although we created our own title for the unit, everything can be changed or refined till next year. In my opinion this unit helped me more to understand certain requirements that are very important to the dissertation.

Moreover, I still feel uncertain about my chosen title as there might be room for improving the title as I think, it could be more specific to what I intend to research about. My topic will be related to interior design specifically on public libraries. I still need to develop realistic and better arguments about the title. Doing more research during next summer should help me be prepared to develop arguments. Furthermore, we need to fill the ‘Statement of Intent’ form again and although I already did one during the unit mentioned earlier, I don’t feel confident filling the real one, as I’m not certain if I’m doing it right and I’m still waiting for the marks and feedback of that unit, which I hope that I did well and if not, I’m hoping for a good feedback of what I did wrong so I could improve upon.

As mentioned earlier, the meeting we had this week, was to inform us that we need to fill a form about who I would prefer as my supervisor, based on their area of knowledge. I already have in mind who I will be listing in my preference list.