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Ciaccona · 1st February 2009

I've just started doing research for my "Diplomarbeit" which will be located in the audio field as well.

Without reading the whole of your work, a main point for critics is your choice of theme/topic. it's far too general. I can't believe your Professor agreed to it.
A theme for a "Diplomarbeit" or Master thesis must be very specific and focused on a pretty small aspect of a bigger topic. This specific "subtheme" must be deeply analyzed by collecting the best and reknowned sources and drawing logical conclusions out of them. your topic is far too general so that you'll only be able to scratch the surface in 70 pages.

in your defense to some other posts, it actually is the main part of such a work to put together sources. the conclusion is the minor part.
Opposed to a "dissertation" where the main object is to develop own thoughts that go further, the sense of a "master thesis" or "Diplomarbeit" over here, is to proove to be able to work with scientific sources.

1st February 2009	#8
Ciaccona Gear addict Joined: Nov 2008 Location: Germany, Europe Posts: 355	I've just started doing research for my "Diplomarbeit" which will be located in the audio field as well. Without reading the whole of your work, a main point for critics is your choice of theme/topic. it's far too general. I can't believe your Professor agreed to it. A theme for a "Diplomarbeit" or Master thesis must be very specific and focused on a pretty small aspect of a bigger topic. This specific "subtheme" must be deeply analyzed by collecting the best and reknowned sources and drawing logical conclusions out of them. your topic is far too general so that you'll only be able to scratch the surface in 70 pages. in your defense to some other posts, it actually is the main part of such a work to put together sources. the conclusion is the minor part. Opposed to a "dissertation" where the main object is to develop own thoughts that go further, the sense of a "master thesis" or "Diplomarbeit" over here, is to proove to be able to work with scientific sources.