What is the difference between thesis and thesis proposal? And is there any?
 
If you are not sure about the answers to at least one of the questions above – you may have a problem writing your thesis or theses proposal. To avoid this problem – you should read this article.
 
Definition of Thesis Proposals
 
Thesis proposal is a brief presentation of a student’s research plan, including information on the focus of the research, its procedure and expected results. Consequently, the key objective of any thesis proposal is to convince your examiner or your committee that your ideas are worth developing.
 
The Difference between Thesis Proposals and Thesis Paper Itself
 
Here is the answer to the question stated in the beginning of the article: there is a great difference between thesis proposal and thesis paper. Your thesis proposal is only a short summary of your future thesis paper, which may or may not be written depending on the decision of your committee. Furthermore, your thesis proposal should be brief, but persuasive and informative, whereas thesis paper will be a very lengthy and detailed writing.
 
The Structure of a Thesis Proposal
 
Surprisingly or not, even such brief writing has its own structure to follow:

1. Short introduction with the hypothesis that will be investigated;
2. Arguments in favor of significance and importance of the research;
3. Brief description of methods, approaches and techniques that will be used.

Thesis proposal’s consultations
 
If you really want your thesis proposal to be approved during Thesis proposal defense meeting, you are to visit one of the representatives of your committee and consult on the expectations and guidelines of this group of examiners.
 
Hopefully, after reading this article you will clearly understand what thesis proposal is about.