[Air-l] Ph.D. student is looking for a good home for his Thesis

Suzana Sukovic suzana.sukovic at uts.edu.au
Thu Apr 5 17:55:45 PDT 2007


In Australia we usually use the word 'thesis' for written work resulting 
from original research required for honours, masters by research and PhD. 
Collins dictionary and thesaurus show that 'thesis' and 'dissertation' are 
synonyms. Some other languages use words similar to 'dissertation' (derived 
from Lat dissertare) and 'thesis' as synonyms. DCA is a different thing, of 
course.
Suzana

At 10:11 AM 6/04/2007, you wrote:
>In Aus and NZ the thesis is usually the only examinable thing in the
>PhD degree. Things are starting to change, with some coursework being
>introduced in some disciplines, but essentially The Thesis is The
>(only) Thing that matters.
>
>I have two Masters degrees from a New Zealand University, each of
>which I wrote a thesis for. One included coursework and one (an MPhil
>by research) didn't - it was examined totally on the thesis.
>
>M-H
>
>
>On 06/04/2007, at 5:07 AM, Charlie Balch wrote:
>
> > I know things are different in other nations but don't Ph.D.
> > students write
> > a dissertation and masters students write a thesis?
> > Nelson
>
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