The final submission should be “ready for publication.” This means that the final thesis/project should be in a format that the college or council could immediately implement or distribute without having to re-format the thesis/project. All spell-checking and format standards have been applied and no additional effort needs to be made. 2. Choosing a Thesis Topic: Draft an outline to develop your approach to solving the problem. Use your Thesis/Project Advisor and other Scouters to add items for consideration. When developing an outline, do not consider formatting at this point. Brain storm ideas and write them all down on paper. Do not evaluate the ideas, you will do this later. Once completed, start organizing the ideas/suggestions into groups. Take one group at a time and evaluate each idea for acceptance. Reject any idea that does not have any bearing on the thesis/project. Start/complete review of literature; i.e., your source material and bibliography. Give credit to sources not your own. 3. Choosing a Doctoral Project: The Project must demonstrate leadership and provide service to the council. You should try to choose a project idea that is original, truly valuable to the council, and a challenge to you. Your project may include other volunteers or may be done entirely by you, if you choose. As you look around for ideas, write down several which interest you. You should not spend much time planning a project until you have talked the idea over with your advisor ensure that it is a valid idea. While not required, it is a good idea to get a Project Advisor. This leader can help you choose a project, help you determine what needs to be done in planning it, and help you get the write-up ready to go to the doctoral board for approval. Always take detailed notes when talking to your advisor -- you cannot remember things nearly as well as you can read them from your notes later. Your advisor may not want to tell you the same thing again and again. 4. Research: Organize your outline and begin to fill it out with additional details (i.e. sections/subsections to the main points), review with Thesis/Project Advisor.
The final submission should be “ready for publication.” This means that the final thesis/project should be in a format that the college or council could immediately implement or distribute without having to re-format the thesis/project. All spell-checking and format standards have been applied and no additional effort needs to be made. 2. Choosing a Thesis Topic: Draft an outline to develop your approach to solving the problem. Use your Thesis/Project Advisor and other Scouters to add items for consideration. When developing an outline, do not consider formatting at this point. Brain storm ideas and write them all down on paper. Do not evaluate the ideas, you will do this later. Once completed, start organizing the ideas/suggestions into groups. Take one group at a time and evaluate each idea for acceptance. Reject any idea that does not have any bearing on the thesis/project. Start/complete review of literature; i.e., your source material and bibliography. Give credit to sources not your own. 3. Choosing a Doctoral Project: The Project must demonstrate leadership and provide service to the council. You should try to choose a project idea that is original, truly valuable to the council, and a challenge to you. Your project may include other volunteers or may be done entirely by you, if you choose. As you look around for ideas, write down several which interest you. You should not spend much time planning a project until you have talked the idea over with your advisor ensure that it is a valid idea. While not required, it is a good idea to get a Project Advisor. This leader can help you choose a project, help you determine what needs to be done in planning it, and help you get the write-up ready to go to the doctoral board for approval. Always take detailed notes when talking to your advisor -- you cannot remember things nearly as well as you can read them from your notes later. Your advisor may not want to tell you the same thing again and again. 4. Research: Organize your outline and begin to fill it out with additional details (i.e. sections/subsections to the main points), review with Thesis/Project Advisor.
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