This document provides an overview and guidance for writing a thesis. It discusses what constitutes a thesis, including telling a scientific story and transforming scientific work into a report. It emphasizes that a thesis is not a biography. The document recommends that a thesis should take between 2 months to a semester to complete and be between 70-100 pages. It provides tips for outlining a thesis, including its typical structure of introduction, literature review, methodology, and conclusion sections. The document also offers guidance on developing a title, conducting research, and revising the introduction to define the research problem and objectives.

1. INTRODUCTION
AND LITERATURE
REVIEW
MUNIRA SHAHBUDDIN, PHD.
INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY OF MALAYSIA
2018

2. INTRODUCTION
WHAT IS A THESIS?
WHY DO WE WRITE A THESIS?
HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE TO WRITE A
THESIS?

3. WHAT
IS A
THESIS?

4. TELLING A
STORY IN A
SCIENTIFIC
WAY

6. TRANSFORMATION OF
SCIENTIFIC WORK
INTO
A REPORT

7. BIOGRAPHY
IS NOT A
THESIS

8. DO NOT
MISS THE
DETAILS

9. A SELFIE IS
AN
EVIDENCE

10. HOW LONG
SHOULD
YOU
WRITE A
THESIS?

11. TWO MONTHS ≤ YOUR FYP REPORT ≤ A SEMESTER

12. 70+ PAGES ≤ YOUR FYP REPORT ≤ A NOVEL

13. WHAT
IS YOUR
PLAN?

14. START, PLAN
AND
OUTLINE

15. GET
A
PLANNER

16. USE
POST IT

19. USE
POST IT
EFFECTIVELY

20. OUTLINE
STRUCTURE OF A THESIS
1.INTRODUCTION
2.LITERATURE REVIEW
3.METHODOLOGY
4.………..
5.……….
6.……….
7.CONCLUSION

21. BUILD
YOUR
STORY
SUMMARIZE YOUR
READINGS IN A JOURNAL,
CARDS AND POST-ITS
WRITE THE REFERENCES
CHECK YOUR SOURCES

22. ITCH
CURE?

23. THE
TROUBLE
WITH
THE
TITLE

24. LIKE ANY OTHER
RELATIONSHIPS
IT IS
COMPLICATED
AND MESSY

25. THE THESIS
STRUCTURE
1. TITLE
2. ABSTRACT
3. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
4. TABLE OF CONTENT
5. LIST OF
ABBREVIATIONS/FIGURES/
TABLES

26. GET
YOUR
FORMAT
RIGHT

27. THE MAIN
BODY
1. INTRODUCTION
2. LITERATURE REVIEW
3. MATERIALS AND METHODS
4. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
5. CONCLUSION

28. THE RESEARCH DEALS
WITH SPECIFIC OBJECT.
DEFINE SO OTHERS
CAN IDENTIFY IT

29. HOW?

30. THE TITLE

31. OPTIMIZATION OF
B-MANNANASE
HYDROLYZATION OF
SUGARCANE BAGASSE
CONDITIONS FOR THE
PRODUCTION OF ETHANOL

32. NOT

33. HOW TO
MAKE AN
ORANGE
CAKE

34. SOURCES
OF
SCIENTIFIC
WORKS

35. SEARCH
ENGINE
1. GOOGLE SCHOLAR
2. ELSEVIER
3. SCIENCE DIRECT
4. PUBMED
5. NATURE
6. SCI-HUB

44. DO NOT CITE FROM

45. GOOGLE SEARCH

46. WIKIPEDIA

47. TRUE vs FALSE
INFORMATION

48. NEED TO
CROSS-
REFERENCING

49. REVISIT
INTRODUCTION
1. BACKGROUND
2. PROBLEM STATEMENT
3. IMPORTANCE OF THE
STUDY
4. OBJECTIVES
5. SCOPE OF THE PROJECT

50. USE
POST IT
TO
CONSTRUCT
YOUR STORY

52. BACKGROUND
WHAT IS
YOUR
POINT?

54. THE MAIN
CHARACTER

56. PROBLEM STATEMENT
FINDING GAPS
IN YOUR
RESEARCH

57. IMPORTANCE OF THE
STUDY
FINDING THE
NICHE

58. AIM
AND
OBJECTIVES
SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN ACHIEVE
AND QUANTIFY

59. SCOPE OF STUDY
SET A LIMIT
THE SKY IS NOT

60. MURAKAMI’S
ARTWORK AT
MFA BOSTON

61. ARTWORK AT
HIGHLINE, NEWYORK
END OF
INTRODUCTION
SESSION

62. THANK YOU