The Dean The College of Computational Studies Rm. 37 Nairn Hall X-Files University Washington, DC tel: (202)555-0149 10.13AM Prospective student, Welcome to the College of Computational Studies (CCS for short) at the X-Files University. The College itself is located on the fourth floor: you can take the elevator to the left of the reception in the main XFU building. My name is Kathryn and I'm the Dean *offers a handshake*. If you're wondering what the hell you could study in Computational Studies, then I'm here to enlighten you :) I'll try my best to explain what we're looking for in students of this particular part of XFU. As always with every degree course at XFU, there are three main types of degree:
The requirements, as regards Thesis length, vary from degree to degree. In this College, Bachelor of Science/Arts roughly equates to a 750 to 1,000-word thesis on some computing and XF-related topic (more about that later). A Master of Science/Arts would usually require that the candidate has gained a Bachelor's degree in this College or another in XFU. It would also require a 1,000 to 1,500-word thesis. X-Philes' Doctorate needs an Master of Science/Arts and a 2,000-word, or more, thesis. Phew! But what could you write about? I'll outline some topics that we endeavour to cover in this College. As the world of computing, the World Wide Web, etc, is a large and varied one, there is really little limit on what you can base your thesis on. It has to, however, relate to The X-Files and computing in some way :) ...here, then, are some suggestions for thesis topics:
You are, as a student, of course not limited to these ideas. Imagination is important, LOL. Diverse topics can usually be employed in fanfic, for example, as long as the story is good and can hold people's imagination :) My own requirements for a thesis submission aren't that difficult to follow. All I ask is that spelling and grammatical mistakes are corrected and that you allow me to approve your topic before writing your thesis. Plagiarism is strictly disallowed - any resources that you quote from directly or take ideas from should be cited in a Bibliography/References list - the citation itself can follow the MLA or APA format. A resource on that topic can be found here. Theses should also be sent in plain .txt format. Besides that, as a student, you pretty much have free rein over what goes in your work. I'll probably make comments when you email your work to me - I endeavour to return it to you within two weeks, circumstances dependent. If you don't receive it within that time, I'll try my best to get in contact with you to explain the delay. Oh, just to let you know - I'll be either passing or failing your work - but I will try my best to help you pass first time. Constructive criticism on my part, therefore, is necessary... If you're interested, please do not hesitate to contact me with details of why you would like to study in the College, the topic you'd like to study, and who you are. I look forward to hearing from you! Veritas est ibi foris -  top |