On 7/1/2020 8:21 AM, ATMunn via agora-discussion wrote: > - How long do theses tend to be on average? I remember trying to read > through G.'s thesis e published recently and realizing just how long it > is. Is that an average length, or do they tend to be shorter?
That one is Master or PhD degree length IMO (and a lot of the length is because it was annotated rules text, original writing in there is probably half). Much shorter is fine. For a while we had a rule that specified minimum word counts and they were very short: Associate: 150 words (challenging to write one that short! (except art) Bachelors: 500 Masters: 750 Doctor: 1000 > - Is there a list of former theses out there anywhere? I want to avoid > writing on something that someone else has already written about, or, at > the very least, if I do, I want to be able to take a new angle on it and > provide something unique. There's an archive are on github but the link seems to be broken because the repo is missing an index (attn. Webmastor?). In the meantime, I think you can get to it this way: https://github.com/AgoraNomic/Herald/tree/master/Theses But at a glance many are missing. > - When I publish a thesis, do I need to specify which degree I am trying > to qualify for, or can I just say that it's attempting to qualify for a > degree and let the peer reviewers decide? You don't need to specify. It's sort of consensus. Ultimately the gatekeeper is the Herald who announces the intent to award (and of course supporters/objectors). Practically, the submitter has said "I'm aiming for this degree" or "Herald et al. what do you think it's worth" when you do your first draft. Sometimes there's a little debate - standards are pretty unclear it's just everyone's opinion at the time. Hope this helps! -G.
