This Wikipedia article says that "The word thesis is utilised as part of a Bachelors or Masters course, dissertation is normally applied to a Doctorate."

But this is probably the US usage, because a few paragraphs later they say:

UK
At universities in the United Kingdom, the term thesis is usually associated with PhD/ EngD ( doctoral) and research ( Read more... )

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It's over now: I finished the damn translation. Now I'll stop working on translations for some time to work on my MD dissertation. I can do it: I have a grant ( Read more... )

Me can has internetz again! I couldn't read your posts this week, and I'm afraid I won't be able to go back and read your old posts. So if there's anything important that I've missed, please let me know. Besides, as I didn't have my PC for about a week, I'm very behind in everything. I'll have to work hard in the next two weeks, so I won't be able ( Read more... )

Every end of year I post this meme. You can read the 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007 versions here (LJ) or here (IJ) (scroll down ( Read more... )

Maybe my book Clippings can finally be bought via Amazon? Here. Please let me know if there is any problem. And the Portuguese version, Recortes, is available too, hereOh, and my presentation yesterday was great. It was unbelievable. People told me they were "thrilled". I don't really know what happened, because I consider myself a dreadful ( Read more... )

★ I have an adrenaline hangover from a presentation I gave yesterday (it was a success ( Read more... )

♣ I has new tooth! Let's hope it stays in place forever!

♣ I'm about to sign a contract with that publisher my professor put me in contact with. It's not a very exciting project, but it's interesting enough, and they pay well, and they are willing to wait until I finish my present work (the translation of the 3rd YAF novel).

♣ I've been plugging ( Read more... )

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I have already created a Lulu account and a paypal account. Now I'll have to properly format my story to fit Lulu's requirements. It's hard work! My plan is to have the book ready in September. The biggest problem is the cover, because I don't have any graphic skills ( Read more... )