What to know before choosing the topic

To choose the topic of your research work, keep in mind:

  1. you can consult encyclopedias, textbooks and websites in order to focus on the main subject

  2. the language of the documents selected

  3. if the topic is too specific or very current, you may not find enough academic literature and your research could be very difficult

  4. if the topic is too wide, you will find a lot of material and you may not have enough time to examine all the documents: it is important to identify which ideas you want to analyze in order to narrow the field of research

  5. you can choose between a literature-review based thesis or an experimental based one: this also define the type of information that you need.