Writing Dissertations/thesis for Biological Sciences
Title : The tit le summarizes the whole work ; it should be brief and clear. The title page also has the name of the candidate, registration number Abstract: This is a summary of the different aspects of the proposal. A good abstract should have the statement of the problem, main objective, justification, methodology, results/ data (which should constitute at least two-thirds of the abstract), conclusions, and recommendations. Declaration : This is a statement clarifying that the work was done by the researcher, and has not been presented before in any other institution. It should safeguard against plagiarism. Table of contents : There may also be lists of figures, tables, acronyms, symbols, etc.; must show page numbers. CHAPTER 1 The introduction i. The introduction should describe the background sufficiently and usually cons...