Creating and Successfully Defending Your Thesis

A practical, end-to-end thesis workflow: planning, writing, presenting, and defending with confidence.

Syllabus (10 classes)

Practical topics designed for social sciences and business studies
# Topic
Class 1 Thesis Architecture & Planning
What chapters do and how to plan a realistic timeline.
Class 2 Writing the Introduction
Context, gap, aim, questions, objectives, and rationale.
Class 3 Literature Review That Signals Competence
How to write a review that convinces examiners.
Class 4 Methodology That Can Be Defended
Justifying choices, validity, reliability, and ethics.
Class 5 Data Collection Execution
Fieldwork discipline, response rate, quality control.
Class 6 Results: Presenting Without Overclaiming
What to show, how to show it, and what to avoid.
Class 7 Discussion: Interpreting Your Findings
Linking results to theory, prior studies, and implications.
Class 8 Conclusion & Recommendations
Closing the argument with value: limits + future work.
Class 9 Defense Slides & Storytelling
Slide logic, voice, Q&A strategy, and time management.
Class 10 Mock Defense & Common Questions
Typical examiner questions and robust answer patterns.