General Thesis Outline

I forgot I found some old papers from my senior year of undergrad including one that had to do with the thesis paper. Even though it's for an undergrad thesis, i think it still fits for the graduate thesis.
The suggested breakdown is given as such...

A. History
1. preparation and research needed to fully understand your topic
2. history of the general territory surrounding your area of exploration
3. specific history of the areas that relate most closely to your work
4. general area of influence related to the discovery of the pictorial, graphic or design language you can use

B. Theory
1. general theories that apply to your area of investigation
2. specific theories that apply to your own work

C. Ethics and social responsibility (when it applies)
1. personal: discuss your personal connection to ethical issues that arise in the study of your topic
2. Professional: discuss the issues professional ethics have or might be present in your area of study
3. Global: discuss the issue of social responsibility on a global level as it applies to your study. What are the widest ethical implications for the results of your thesis?

D. Practice
1. Discussion of the relationship of your work to the contemporary situation
2. particular areas of influence from the past or relationship of your project to similar projects
3. description of your own work or project and a brief history of its development


I guess we don't really have to have a ethical connection in our graduate thesis for Moore. That was more an requirement that Arcadia felt was important. But I actually like the idea of adding some ethical/social/political element to give the paper and work just a little more significance.

That being said.... what is my ethical/social/political statement that i'm connecting to my work. This is what i've been struggling with this whole time, finding a significance and purpose to doing work. What is my purpose? What is important to me?

my undergrad thesis was easier to figure out. once I settled on doing something about street art i knew the ethical issue had to do with graffiti and vandalism vs free artistic expression. I built a history of street art and its rise from subway tagging to political activism. I had key figures in the scene including Shepard Fairey. I presented examples of articles for and against it. I concluded with my own opinions on the distinction between straight up vandalism and art in urban settings. I also predicted that it would gain in popularity from subculture to main stream...(oh, and guess what, it did.) Accompanying the paper was a how to guide on viewing and creating street art that included a lot of information from the paper. And the thesis show had an interactive component that allowed viewers to make their own stickers and post them to a giant photo print of a city wall. I was pretty proud of the whole project. And I was really into it. I don't know why i'm having trouble getting into this thesis...