Create a title page. This page will have an informative description of the dissertation research topic. An example of a bad title would be "English essay." If you are doing an essay on Shakespeare's "Hamlet," an example of a good title might be "'Hamlet': Exploring the Themes of Reality Versus Appearance."
Write an abstract. The abstract is the second part of the dissertation and gives a brief outline of the aims and results of the paper. You can explain your thoughts and how you arrived at the idea for choosing this topic for your research paper. It is a simple outline of the paper. The abstract must be no longer than a single paragraph.
Write an introduction. This part of the dissertation paper will acquaint the reader with the rationale behind defending your topic. State the importance of the topic, the hyopthesis and your objectives in proving this hypothesis. The introduction should be no more than two pages long. Do not, however, oversimplify your explanation of your hypothesis. The point of the introduction is outline exactly your thought process and objectives so you can explain the goals of the paper in all its complexity.
Outline all of the materials and methods of research used in your research. This section is simply an outline of how you researched your paper. If you are using quantitative or qualitative research methods, state these and how you employed them for the purpose of reaching your objectives. State the materials you used, such as interviews with experts.
Clearly outline the results of your dissertation. In this section you will simply present your findings. So, if you were conducting interviews as part of your dissertation, print these in the results section. Any surveys or analysis you conducted can be printed in tables or graphs. The reader should be able to see a clear correlation between your goals and the results that were attained through the use of your chosen materials and methods.
Discuss the findings. In this section you will interpret the results and discuss the implications of the findings. The interpretation must be strongly backed up by the results.
Enumerate the books and journals used in your research. There are different methods of categorizing books in a bibliography, but the most common for dissertations is known as the Harvard referencing method.