Unoriginal research for MA dissertation

Does the topic have to be very original? What if one saw 2 theses on the internet and thought, aha, this is good.

Then rip both of them off for your own dissertation.

Just to clarify, this isn't cheating in the sense of a copy and paste job, it's more a case of "pointless" research because it's already pretty much done before and you're just going through the motions and carrying them out.

Will that be ok? Not expecting brilliant marks or anything.

No you'll just get done for plagiarism. They're even stricter at postgraduate. If you can't be bothered why not save yourself the hassle and get a job instead?

Does the topic have to be very original? What if one saw 2 theses on the internet and thought, aha, this is good.

Then rip both of them off for your own dissertation.

Just to clarify, this isn't cheating in the sense of a copy and paste job, it's more a case of "pointless" research because it's already pretty much done before and you're just going through the motions and carrying them out.

Will that be ok? Not expecting brilliant marks or anything.

If I've understood what you're considering, this is a massively dangerous strategy. This would be seen as plagiarism. Universities are much less sympathetic with plagiarism at post graduate level as it is expected you know what plagiarism is and how to avoid it....

Also it would mean that you would not be awarded your degree and make it unlikely you could register elsewhere. also a spotlight would be shone on your undergraduate degree and this would likely be investigated ..

Just don't...!!

Why are you doing a degree you have so little interest in??



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