phd thesis introduction structure
- Three opening paragraphs
- Section: Background (i.e., Lit review/motivation)
- Section: Research Cruise (brief description of research cruise and project my work is associated with)
I’m currently working on the introduction section of my PhD dissertation (subject is physical oceanography; mostly ocean modelling), and I’m not sure what to title the subsection describing the structure of the rest of the document. So far, Chapter 1, the Introduction, contains the following: