Authoring a PhD

taught PhD model
– a two-part doctoral qualification. It is composed
first of coursework assessed by a general examination (usually after two
or three years); and secondly of a medium-length 
papers model dis-
sertation
undertaken for a further two to four years and assessed by a
dissertation committee
. [pp. 5–11]
themes
– main argument strands or theory elements in a dissertation,
especially those which recur and structure the thesis as a whole.
Themes especially link the opening and closing chapters, usually via
the conclusions of intermediate chapters. [pp. 199–209]
topic sentence
– the first sentence of a paragraph, which communi-
cates what issue or subject it covers. It is followed by the 
body
of the
paragraph. See the 
Topic, Body, Wrap
maxim. [pp. 112–13]
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