Download the Thesis Maps worksheet here.
A thesis map helps writers near the end organise and play with the structure of their thesis.
At the macro level, thre are common structurings in different disciplines. Does your macro structure conform to expectations? If not, do you have a good reason to vary? Write down your reason and test it out on a critical friend.
Download at least 5 theses in your field, print out the table of contents for each one and compare them to yours. Use these as a model for a thesis map. Write a new table of contents with a short description (synopsis) of each chapter and, if you can, list the subsections of the chapter
An example map is attached to this page.