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Pass Your Thesis, Dissertation Or Postgraduate Final Report
Rating: 4.6 out of 5(269 ratings)
2,155 students
Created byPeter Alkema
Last updated 11/2024
English

What you'll learn

  • A complete overview of all the main sections that you will need to write in your thesis and what goes in each one
  • How to stay on track by structuring your document effectively and working in parallel on the sections
  • Planning your postgraduate degree to maximise the time and effort you put into your dissertation
  • How the final report brings your whole study together and presents it to your examiners with your supervisor's approval
  • The main sections: Introduction, Literature Review, Methodology, Results / Findings, Discussion / Conclusion
  • Front matter (table of contents, figures, abstract) and back matter (list of references, appendices)
  • What goes into an introduction to bridge the world of the reader with your detailed research
  • Key concepts, problem statement, research questions, hypothesis, motivation and objectives of a postgraduate study
  • How the literature review section describes the landscape of relevant research and how you must show you've engaged it
  • Intersecting lines of inquiry which overlap like a Venn diagram in your literature review to show the gap you are studying
  • The methodology section and how you must position yourself philosophically before entering the field
  • Research philosophies using the famous Saunder's onion model and how they impact your approach to choosing a methodology
  • The difference between inductive, abductive and deductive theory development and how this affects your results section
  • Methodological choices such as mixed methods, quantitative, qualitative, action research, ethnography etc
  • Research strategies such as experimental, action research, ethnography and case study
  • Your results chapter and how to approach it depending on your methodological choice
  • The importance of a framework to help present your results in a meaningful way for your reader
  • Moving from "what?" in your results section to "so what?" and "now what?" in your discussion and conclusion
  • How to approach the implications, application, limitations and contribution of your study
  • The importance of recommending future work that can build on your own study and drive further contributions

Course content

17 sections • 87 lectures • 18h 37m total length

  • Introduction5:01

    I run a postgraduate writing workshop at my university every year. I always ask how many students are busy with their final report and few hands go up. Then I ask how many of them wich they had started writing their final report earlier than they actually did. Every time, all of them put up their hands. This is the crux of this whole course; start writing your final report as early as possible, work on all the sections in parallel, as and when you have something ready.

    In this course I take you through the sections of the final report, and how you should approach each one so that you don’t leave it too late and you don’t sit down to try and write it from start to finish, this is basically setting yourself up for failure, or at least a lot of stress, which you want to avoid. I’ll teach you what needs to go in each section, I’ll show you in my own final report what I did, and what I learned about how you want to present the relevant aspect of your study, for each section.

  • Download & Preview Your Workbook For This Course: Pass Your Thesis (21 pages)3:59

    We've developed a handy guide for you to download and refer to in this course as you go through the lessons. Plus its a very useful refresher and reference for your journey as a student, so make sure you download and take full advantage. There's even checklists for what you need to put in each section of your final report!

  • Let's Celebrate Your Progress In This Course: 25% > 50% > 75% > 100%!!1:20

    Throughout this course we will celebrate your progress at 25%, 50%, 75% and 100%. I really want you to succeed but you need to take action and keep going so look forward to these milestones of progress. I will see you there and cheer you on as you keep going from one milestone to the next >>

  • Introduce Yourself To Your Fellow Students And Tell Us What You Want To Learn0:16

    This is your opportunity to share something about yourself with the rest of the students in this course. Tell us all about your goals and what you want to achieve. You can come back to this board and add more thoughts as you go through the course and achieve your goals. Seeing all the other students in the course will also motivate you and keep you going as you participate in this community of learning.

  • All About Your Thesis / Dissertation / Final Report6:18

    The final report is a document that brings your whole study together and presents it to your examiners. Before you started your research you would have written a proposal, which sets out what you are going to do in your study. It introduces the field and the literature as well as your specific research questions relating to the topic that you want to investigate. The final report loops back to the proposal to confirm what you actually did in your study, what were the results, the findings, the applications of your study as well as an limitations and other information.

    I like to think of the final report as basically a completed and extended proposal. When you were at the proposal stage you didn’t know about all the possible literature, you had some idea about your research questions, you had selected a methodology, but you hadn’t yet applied it in the field to actually gather data. In your final report you document all this work, you write about how you actually applied your chosen methodology, what worked, what didn’t work and what the results of that was.

  • Whiteboard Lesson: A Successful Mindset And Approach For Thesis Completion12:22
  • Additional Resources: My Thesis, My Examiner Reports, Exactica & Using An Editor1:19
  • Whiteboard Lesson: Six Months Planning Approach To Hand In Your Thesis11:01

Requirements

  • There are no course requirements or prerequisites

Description

  • Get instant access to a stunning new workbook, PLUS worksheets, follow along, and keep for reference

  • Introduce yourself to our community of students in this course and tell us your goals

  • Encouragement and celebration of your progress every step of the way: 25% > 50% > 75% & 100%

  • Over 10 hours of clear and concise step-by-step instructions, lessons, and engagement

What others are saying:

"Thanks, Peter, this is excellent. I have just completed my MBA, I so wish I had this lesson when I started my research project. I am contemplating a Ph.D., your lessons will definitely help me to decide whether or not I give it a go." - Daisy M.

"I am getting an overall much broader picture of what is required in writing a Thesis/Dissertation. I am gaining more confidence with each lesson!" - Teresa S.

"This is such a great course. I am glad that I got to do it this early in my thesis (I am now doing my literature review chapter). I have enough time to start implementing all that Peter has taught. This course is suitable for everyone doing their master's or Ph.D. irrespective of their stage in their research. Thanks Peter!" - Sindi Amunga

"This course is just 'what the doctor ordered for me at this point. A perfect match for my needs. I just got a clear picture of how I can knit up and shape the piles of material I had all over the show. The simple and clear explanations, illustrations, and demonstrations cleared up my understanding of thesis report writing. I clearly understand how to place myself as a researcher in my study, and I feel confident to justify my own choices of research methodology. I would recommend this course any day to both novice and veteran researchers for a simplified, easy to understand, and practical approach to thesis research writing." - Aretha Maposa

In this course, you will learn everything you need to know to write and complete the final document of your postgraduate level, research study. It is often called a thesis, dissertation, or final report and although there might be variations across faculties, the main structure is always the same. Each section of this course corresponds to a section in your thesis, in which you learn how to approach it, what goes in it and what's important about completing it to achieve success. Each section also contains a demonstration lesson of each section from my own Ph.D., which shows you the application of the lessons. There are worksheets for you to download as reference guides for each section as well as quizzes and whiteboard lessons. Regardless of what phase you are in, this course will give you the overview and guidance that you need to gain confidence that you can complete your dissertation without stress, on time, and achieve a pass mark. What I teach you in this course is exactly what I learned doing my own Ph.D., often the hard way; this is the course I wish I could have done when I was doing my document. I've created and packaged it in precisely the way that I would have found the most valuable - it truly takes a successful postgraduate student to teach another one about what they need to do.

Exactly what is in this course:

  • An introductory lesson and "whiteboard webinar" teaching you about doing your final report, thesis, or dissertation

  • Worksheets for the introduction, literature review, and methodology section. results, conclusion / discussion and front / back matter

  • Lessons and demonstration lessons from my own Ph.D. for each section, explaining what goes into them and how to write them successfully

  • Quizzes for each section of your document to test your learning about what goes in each and how you should approach them

  • A demonstration lesson of the front and back matter from my own Ph.D. showing exactly how I laid them out and made extensive use of appendices

  • A whiteboard lesson about how to plan the last six months of your postgraduate degree during which you will write and complete your report

I guarantee you will learn something in this course that will improve your final report and boost your confidence in writing it, submitting it, and ultimately getting a pass mark and finishing your degree


Contents and Overview

You'll start with All About The Introduction Chapter; Demonstration Lesson Of Peter Alkema's Introduction Chapter; Learn What You Need To Know About How To Write The Literature Review; Demonstration Lesson Of Peter Alkema's Literature Review Section In His Ph.D.; Whiteboard Lesson Showing You How To Approach Your Literature Review Section; How To Write A Methodology Section That Your Examiners Will Rate Highly; Demonstration Of Peter's Methodology Section Showing The Onion Model Approach; Learn What Needs To Be In Your Results / Findings Section Of Your Thesis; Demonstration Lesson Of Peter Alkema's Results Section In His Ph.D. Final Report; A Successful Approach To What Goes Into The Discussion And Conclusion Section; A Walkthrough Of Peter Alkema's Ph.D. Discussion And Conclusion Sections;

We will also cover The Front Matter And Back Matter In Peter Alkema's Thesis: A Walk Through; How to solve issues of language, referencing, and formatting; Touching languaging and preferencing; How would get past mental blocks due to emotional depression; Questions about keeping progress on activities from masters; Advice on literature review; Advice and encouragement for becoming a Ph.D.; Question and answer portion about the research paper and thesis; Advice and encouragement about finishing thesis; Pass your thesis, dissertation, or final report with Gabi Nudelman; Pass your thesis, dissertation, and final report topic with Gabi Nudelman; Questions about keeping progress on activities  from masters; How you would get past mental block due to emotional depress; Advice and encouragement about thesis; Advice on literature review; Advice and encouragement for becoming a PhD;

Then you'll get live webinars and additional insights!

You'll get premium support and feedback to help you become more confident with finance!

Our happiness guarantee...

We have a 30-day 100% money-back guarantee, so if you aren't happy with your purchase, we will refund your course - no questions asked!

We can't wait to see you on the course!

Enroll now, and we'll help you improve your research writing skills!

Peter

Who this course is for:

  • Diploma, under-graduate and postgraduate students
  • Anyone who has to write a thesis or dissertation / final report

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