Capstone Writing: Tips & Tricks

[sarahmac]

On a whim, I picked up the book How to Write a Thesis by Umberto Eco. Despite the name, it's definitely geared toward the kind of writing that one has to do as a capstone project at one of the Big 3 and not toward a doctoral thesis. It's also aimed at students who haven't had to do any serious academic writing before. I haven't finished it yet, but it seems super helpful in spite of its age. Though, I'm not sure how helpful it is for students who have a Business capstone. 

What's your favorite resource for capstone writing?

"Despite the name, it's definitely geared toward the kind of writing that one has to do as a capstone project at one of the Big 3 and not toward a doctoral thesis."

Umberto Eco was Italian, in much of Europe you have to write a thesis at the bachelor level and master's level as well as the doctoral level. This is why. I had never heard of a 'capstone' before interacting with American's, other than in the context of a capstone project for engineering students.

If you would like to find more guides, aides, advice on choosing a topic etc., search Google for "bachelor thesis topic advice" or "bachelor thesis advice [field of study]" etc. Its mandatory to write a thesis to recieve a degree where I am at, so there are thousands of resources available to help students narrow the scope of their topic, find a question to focus on, resource guides etc.