Hi Jeremy, You haven't told us the most important thing -- WHY you're doing a Master's and want to do a PhD. Answer that, and you'll be well on your way to picking a topic, with the rest being a matter of finding a specific question.
I also highly recommend the book _On Becoming a Biologist_ by John Janovy, Jr. It is a very wise book that deals with these types of questions. Good luck, Jane Shevtsov On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 8:55 AM, Jeremy Fontaine <fonta...@student.umass.edu> wrote: > Hello all, this upcoming Fall semester I will be attending the University of > Massachusetts Lowell to obtain my Master's Degree in Biology with the > possibility of a Biotechnology option. I want to do a Master's Thesis > because I want to get my PHD later on, but I am really not sure what I want > to do my master's thesis on. I completed my bachelors degree in Biology at > the University of Massachusetts Amherst and learned a great deal. > > Some guidance or advice for the process of picking a thesis topic or how to > approach the situation would be very helpful. > > Thank you, > > Jeremy -- ------------- Jane Shevtsov, Ph.D. Mathematical Biology Curriculum Writer, UCLA co-founder, www.worldbeyondborders.org "In the long run, education intended to produce a molecular geneticist, a systems ecologist, or an immunologist is inferior, both for the individual and for society, than that intended to produce a broadly educated person who has also written a dissertation." --John Janovy, Jr., "On Becoming a Biologist"
