1. What would you like to be doing 10 years from now? What do you need to do to get there--new knowledge & skills, credibility, etc.?


2. List ten possible thesis topics. These can come out of your past or present professional experience, your career goals, management issues at your present employer, papers you have written for previous classes, or any other topic that interests you. Try to avoid topics that are minor variations on one another.


3. For each of the topics in part 2, list some pros and cons. This could include your level of interest, the relevance to your present and future jobs, the controllability of the topic, availability of information, research requirements, etc.


4. Develop an index: weight each factor so that they add to 100% and then rate each topic by these factors on a scale of 1 to 5.


5. Using the thesis evaluation form, estimate the scores each of these topics would receive from the review committee.

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