Degree.net has an interesting link under it's news section to a gentleman's Ph.D. dissertation (Trinity College and University). Approx 4000 words. Makes for amusing reading. Somewhat curious for a doctoral dissertation. Apparently, he is proud enough to post it. http://www.degree.net North
A wonderful rambling definition of buzz word after buzz word. However, I especially enjoyed his bibliography. It gives you a great context for how this dissertation fits into this important field of human knowledge.
Just out of curiousity, I cut & pasted the whole thing to Word, made it 12 point font and double-spaced, like every college document I ever had to submit (but no paragraph breaks), and it came out to a little over 12 pages. That has to be the shortest non-math dissertation ever. Bruce
I would find it interesting to read opinions or speculation as to what level this dissertation might have been acceptable as a term paper, or something similar. ------------------ Bill Gossett
Nevertheless, I bet that it is longer than the average TC&U dissertation, which probably comes in at a whopping 0 pages. I find this sad in a weird way. This guy is proud of his work. Obviously he has received so little academic support from Trinity that he isn't even aware what a real dissertation looks like. He doesn't have a clue. He might not even know he's been taken. I wonder which Trinity C&U this was written for: SES? Degree Consultants? learnbymail.com? Peel-Bayley in Fuengirola? The Earlscroft people? And was I seeing things, or was his entire dissertation really just one long paragraph?
=================== At a guess, probably as an individual module assignment and as part of an overall assessment (the other part coming in the form of a three hour proctored exam). Could generally be at the 1st year of an undergraduate degree level.
Oh god, not even! When I taught if one of my first years had given me this I would have sent them back to do some editing. As for a PhD--I think my acknowledgements had more substance to them [not to mention any single page of the body of the dissertation]. A rambling list of buzzwords (his, not mine)
One might also note that the same paper appears verbatim on the same site as a "Term Paper" written by Shakil Sheikh. I would rate it at first year undergraduate level, with a fail grade - spelling, grammar, structure, referencing. Malcolm S Jenner Senior Lecturer School of Computing & IT University of Wolverhampton
One might also note that the same paper appears verbatim on the same site as a "Term Paper" written by Shakil Sheikh. I would rate it at first year undergraduate level, with a fail grade - spelling, grammar, structure, referencing. Malcolm S Jenner Senior Lecturer School of Computing & IT University of Wolverhampton
One might also note that the same paper appears verbatim on the same site as a "Term Paper" written by Shakil Sheikh. I would rate it at first year undergraduate level, with a fail grade - spelling, grammar, structure, referencing. Malcolm S Jenner Senior Lecturer School of Computing & IT University of Wolverhampton
The requirement for my Ph.D. thesis at Potchefstroom University is 80,000 words (400+ pages). I wonder if Trinity C&U has a research methodology course which details how one can put 80,000 words in a succinct 12 page document. This would certainly save a great deal of time, energy and work! Russell