Doing a Phd in the social sciences

Doing a phd

• Preliminaries:•

• Cover page/Title Page• Table of Contents• List of tables/figures/illustrations• Summary/abstract• Nomenclature/Notation• Declaration or Statement of authorship• Acknowledgements

Thesis Structure

• Introduction• Literature Review• Methodology- research design• Sequential chapters:1-3 chapters. Data analysis – report your results/ research findings: select 3/4 different themes/ dimensions to organize your findings around• Conclusions and Recommendations for Future

Research• References/Bibliography• Appendix