1. WHAT IS A DISSERTATION?
Dissertations are academic works that are intended to demonstrate an individual's ability to undertake research in a field and demonstrate the ability to build and develop new systems.
A fundamental expectation for Dissertations is that the problem that will be studied is an important one.
A second expectation for Dissertations is that they will be thoroughly embedded in the research literature on the topics selected for investigation.
A third expectation is that all Dissertations will involve original investigation.
A fourth and related expectation is that a Dissertation will set out to find new answers to the question being explored.