The thesis is a final stage of training in higher education institution. It has to show, how well you mastered methods of work on your specialty as you are able to state the thoughts and also your ability to think originally. Do not feel sorry for time for the thesis - it not only will help you to increase diploma GPA, but also will help to improve the skills of work with the text.
Choice of a subject of work
Approach deliberately the choice of scope of work - you should work on this question about a year. It is the best of all to choose a subject most, however before it consult to future research supervisor. He will help you to formulate a problem and to pick up such subject which, on the one hand, is a little studied and on the other hand - corresponds to the scale of student's work. It is desirable that your subject was approved at the beginning of senior class - so you will have more time for work.
Try to choose not the general, and the most concrete subject - it will be simpler to you to light it.
Plan of work on the diploma
For effective scientific work it is the best of all to make the action plan. It depends on specifics of your subject, but it is necessary to begin nevertheless with selection of literature for a subject. Study what was made to you by your predecessors. Not to look through one book several times, make the catalog of literature. For convenience it can be issued in electronic form. For each monograph and article write down the name, the author, year and the place of the edition and also the number of pages. If you already studied this book, add the comments to the bibliographic description.
Do not forget to consult on the course of work with the research supervisor.
After drawing up the bibliography start realization of a practical part of work. It will depend on on what specialty you prepare the diploma. For example, the graduate of architectural higher education institution needs to make the project of the building, and - to confirm to the biologist the theory with a series of experiments. Upon completion of a practical part of work be engaged in theoretical justification. However your theoretical part should not be simple compilation of the read literature. Avoid long quotes - they will not decorate your work. Try to state theories briefly and by the own words. In the last turn undertake introduction and the conclusion. In introduction formulate a subject and the object of study in your work, devote separate sections to methods of work and achievements of your predecessors. In the conclusion write the short summary of your work and whether results answer the purpose and the tasks set at the beginning of work. Do not forget to attach the list of the used literature to the diploma. Also depending on a subject you can add the application with maps, tables or schemes.