Topics for Capstone

[Mamasaphire]

For those who had Dr. Cody, did he require you have the two textbooks? I've been using the OWL website and reading about a dozen papers posted on here. I haven't had any trouble figuring out the structure of the paper. So many have posted they didn't even use the textbooks and unless it's required reading I probably won't either.

Also, did he require that your topic get approved first? I've got one topic I feel pretty confident about writing about, have already done a ton of research on and have started working on the paper but I don't know how far I should go since he might not approve the topic. I was thinking about putting together a back up plan too of course but just wondered how much I should stress about that.

Also, can assignments be turned in early with the online option?

I'm not sure about turning assignments in early because his comments on the prior week help guide the next one. It might be fine though.

For our class he wanted to help guide the topic, but you'll likely be able to use whatever you have already picked out.

I did all the reading assignments in Writing the Winning Thesis, and actually found some of them useful. I think it also gives a vision for what your Master's thesis will be built like. I took the advice from the forum and did not buy the other book.