i’ve decided the school is absolutely insane. let me review for you the process surrounding the thesis, or project as they like to call it, and you can make the call yourself.
you enroll in a class that runs 5 weeks. during those 5 weeks you are supposed to decide on a topic, research it, complete the literature review, find a company to work with, write the entire proposal (which is due in week 4) and give the class a presentation (in week 5).
yes, a 18k word document that i’m going to spend 2 semesters researching and writing and that hopefully will help me do something with my life to be decided that quickly.
i thought it was pretty insane when they first told me that (during class #1). at that first class is when they inform you. they never tell you this previously even though i signed up for the class 4 months ago and talked to the advisor person almost a year ago to see what i should be doing to prep for this.
i should have turned in my written proposal last wed but we were given a 2 wk extension since pretty much everyone in class is lost. the class itself is also pretty lame. when i did my masters @ the new school i took a research class that was eons better than this. this is reallly slack and crap and i think my time could be put to better use.
but anyway… i had been procrastinating actually writing something because i’m assuming the company i work with will help craft this research. at least that’s what i hope since i want it to be useful to someone. well, ive decided i really need to write the thing since it’s due in a week so i’ve spent pretty much all day reading more, doing lots of mind maps, writing out research questions and really getting a grasp on this.
i feel really good about it. but i still feel like i have a hell of a lot of work to do before next wed.
i also don’t think i’ll have a company before then either (which means i’ll have to submit a rewrite when that happens). i was talking to one of the guys in my class who’s in the same situation and we’ve kind of come to the same conclusion. that this is an insane timeline. 
he had a great thought though… he wants to use his proposal to help be his entry point with a company. right now we’re just approaching folks we don’t know, saying ‘hey! i’d like to do this!’ and we don’t even have the school backing us saying ‘we’ll also support this. we approve of this’.
a bit back asswards perhaps.
but i feel good after a very long productive day of working on this. still i havent written a word but i’m much more planful now.
and my horoscope for the day said… ‘Hold on to the hope in your heart and the vision in your mind. Despite all the obstacles you face, it IS attainable. Make the most of your every opportunity’.