Dissertation

Esoog

have one month to go and have reached panic mode. got 9000 words out of 15000 needed and am up to doing my analysis .. think my panicking is getting in the way!! i've been sat on the floor of my living room for the past 4 hours, surrounded by bits of paper and trying to make sense of loads and loads of interview data ..... anyone on here with tips on how to do a thematic analysis would be fantastic!!

I have a week to go, and have done 2000 out of about 15000.

viru.doshi

Esoog wrote:

I have a week to go, and have done 2000 out of about 15000.

:eek: Good Luck!!!

Esoog

Ah it won't be a problem, its on a subject I enjoy and am fairly knowledgable about, plus I've had most of the sources etc I need kicking around for nearly a year now.
It's just a case of getting my head down and doing it :-d

jr666

you're all doing the wrong subjects!! I haven't written an essay since my GCSE summer exam!! Thats the way forward

Good luck to all those who are doing them though

linzibean

Mine was due yesterday but I'm a sad swot and handed it in about 3 weeks ago, had it finished about two months ago though. I have been working on it for almost two years (I started it in my second year as I was worried my third year wouldnt be enough time :rolleyes: ) and to hand it in was a HUUUUUUUUUUUUUGE relief!!!

dribsndrabs

Has anyone got any dissertation ideas for me...it has to be about animals and involve actual research i.e. setting up and administering a project. I would prefer to use a species of small mammals if poss (as well as hopefully effecting welfare)...any ideas - any one?

Barcode

Not a dissertation, but my total word count seems close to one. In the next month I have (i) one six thousand word essay about Sartre's existentialism (three thousand done) (ii) one three thousand word essay about time travel (half done) (iii) one three thousand word essay about whether personal identity is preserved in teleportation (aka Star Trek) (iv) one five thousand word essay about whether the representational content of experience is conceptual or non-conceptual and (v) one five thousand word essay about Locke's account of personal identity. Oh, and one exam.

I seem to spend more time panicking than actually getting on with things.

aurora_borealis_2

Sheesh Barcode, that seems excessive!!

How much notice have you had?

Good Luck to you, you'll do it.

viru.doshi

Barcode wrote:

Not a dissertation, but my total word count seems close to one. In the next month I have (i) one six thousand word essay about Sartre's existentialism (three thousand done) (ii) one three thousand word essay about time travel (half done) (iii) one three thousand word essay about whether personal identity is preserved in teleportation (aka Star Trek) (iv) one five thousand word essay about whether the representational content of experience is conceptual or non-conceptual and (v) one five thousand word essay about Locke's account of personal identity. Oh, and one exam.

I seem to spend more time panicking than actually getting on with things.

Your essays have groovy titles

Barcode

Which is their only saving grace.

But it's not as bad as it sounds. I have almost finished two (so that's two x 5000 words out of the way). My exam is on Thursday, so that is something else out of the way.

Which leaves me with one six thousand word essay and two x three thousand. Half of the longer one is done, half of one of the shorter ones is done, so I have one essay to write from scratch within a month. I don't think it will be that bad. I can say goodbye to any sort of life between now and the end of May, but it is manageable (I think).