On defense, the applicant presents his work done over a long time. There is always enough time for a report, but it’s better to focus on seven minutes. In reality, you will definitely get at least thirteen. There is no point in “putting to sleep” the vigilance of the commission by an hour lecture on the essence of the work done - this is an unpromising idea. The ideal solution is to make a brief, extremely comprehensive report from the main provisions, and to transfer the defense itself to the area of controlled issues from the members of the commission.
Classic wording
The provisions to be defended represent independent conclusions and proposals made by the student (applicant) as a result of the study. This is new knowledge about the subject, which allows evaluating the author’s contribution to the development of an existing problem or topic.
If in a dissertation the requirement of novelty is indicated as a categorical condition, then when defending a diploma it is only obligatory. The classical wording contains three points that should be paid attention to, since all commissions for the protection of all universities and councils for the defense of dissertations are used to them and are waiting for them:
- novelty of wording: author's expression of the meaning of each provision to be defended;
- own work: the applicant completed all the work independently, from collecting and analyzing sources to justifying all decisions made;
- relevance of the study: fundamental knowledge from sources has been improved personally by the applicant, are different and in demand.
If you do not go into the intricacies of the process of preparing for defense and the defense itself, you should give importance to how to express your thoughts, in your own words and show that all the studies were carried out personally.
These three main provisions, formulated very clearly, concisely and succinctly - half the success in defense. In other provisions, you can write about novelty, economy, about mistakes or achievements of predecessors.
Sources to work
Research is always based on “beginnings” and predecessors, any work is based on acquired knowledge, and it is important to choose the right range of sources for inclusion in a diploma (dissertation).
The members of the defense commission are not always competent in the subject of a diploma (dissertation), but they know how to ask questions and watch what is cited, consider it their duty.
Important: protection is not a competition of equals, but an assessment of the author by a commission capable of understanding the logic of author’s thinking and assessing the significance of what he did against the background of the previous one.
Sources are the foundation on which work is performed, therefore, the provisions to be defended must contain an accurate description of the information studied in the process of writing a diploma (dissertation). In this sense, the spectrum of those cited is important with a systematization according to the level of importance and significance.
The content of the work
The text of the work determines what was done and how. It is very good if the work was carried out in production and has a significant social and / or economic effect. Even if it is not, write about it. The essence of the work and the economy of the proposed result are the main provisions to be defended.
Any work should have relevance, novelty and value. The text of the work should justify this.
For the dissertation, the relevance and novelty of the result, its economic viability are crucial. It is difficult to imagine a brilliant defense of the dissertation on only one source without numerous practical experiments and the application of the proposed solutions in practice or in production.
The main provisions put forward to defend a dissertation cannot be complete if they do not contain the practical value and significance of all the conclusions and the results obtained. A beautiful text of the work and beautiful theses of the protected provisions are too little for success in defense.
Conclusion and Introduction
The thesis and dissertation are not too different in the context of what they matter to the author: this is the author's result, satisfaction from what has been achieved. For the protection commission, this has a different meaning - this is an assessment of the knowledge achieved by the applicant, the ability to show and protect them.
The conclusion includes conclusions on the work, and its content is entirely determined by the results achieved. It cannot be abstract, it depends entirely on the text of the diploma (dissertation) and is written upon the work done.
The introduction is compiled as a result of the completion of all work, although it is written (specified) all the time: from the moment the topic was taken into work. It is in the introduction that the provisions for the defense of the diploma should be indicated. An example of the formulation of the goal: “The main objective of the study is to increase the effectiveness of personnel management of the company.”
Tools to achieve any goal can be radically different. For example, regarding this topic: if a sociologist goes to defense, this is one option for research, if an expert on automation of power plants is a completely different field of work. The content of the work, the conclusions and the provisions to be defended will be completely different.
An introduction to the process of performing the work is a dynamic development of the author’s ideas about how the goal looks and what is included in its content.
Speech and questions
Writing beautifully and efficiently is important. But the most important thing is to speak correctly. The text of the diploma, and even more so the dissertation will be scanned quickly by the members of the commission, the essay “can be read” with the main provisions put forward to protect the diploma. A characteristic feature of the sphere of creativity, namely the behavior of members of the commission: it is not customary to make unnecessary waste of time. Reading is not to the face of a professional who trusts only his gaze, word and intuition.
High-quality performance, rather than sophisticated written texts - this is what is important for every applicant. You need to be prepared for the fact that a beautifully designed diploma, a smart dissertation with a novelty of 100% simply will not be honored, but a “deadly” question will be asked.
- Yes, it is important to do all the work efficiently.
- It is essential to correctly identify the provisions to be defended.
- It is much more important to put the defense in the position of a managed issue.
An obvious “stupidity” or obvious mistake made by negligence is a good reason to ask a question, but if a student (dissertation) did this consciously, then he has a correct and worthy answer.
If the applicant is striving for brilliant protection, he must adequately carry out the work, execute it in a high-quality manner, clearly formulate the provisions that he submitted to the defense and answer all questions of the commission.
It is difficult to say what questions will be asked, but if the presentation is built on special points and contradictions that cannot be left without attention of the commission members, and you know the correct answers yourself, success will be guaranteed.
Systematization of information
Work with sources is a reference work and ability to process the data of predecessors. The list of selected literature is important and what exactly in it is of importance for the author's work. An algorithm for studying sources and citation logic is a basic system-forming foundation.
Actually, the text of the work is the system and logic of disclosing the topic, the headings are the key points on the topic, and the content of each heading is the essence of such a moment. The system in the execution of work can be correctly formed in this way: there is a topic - general semantics, there is a heading - a piece of general meaning, and all the headings together - the work done.
With this logic of execution, only what is really necessary and important falls into the sources, the exact and correct content is in the headings, and the totality of the headings is the basis for writing an introduction and formulating the provisions to be defended.
Performance and defense
Spectacular performance - confident speech in the face of the commission. Reading “from a sheet” is not a good idea, but writing and thinking through a speech is very important. Essential points should not be described in a speech, but they must be clearly indicated in a visual way.
Drawing, slides, presentations - any option for providing the essence of the work done - these are the provisions to be defended. The example and format of the presentation is another. The presentation should pay attention to significant points and create precedents for the “right” questions from members of the commission.
The result of the work is a beautifully and graphically presented material of well-done work, accompanied by a confident performance of the applicant, a guarantee of successful protection.