Abstract 

The Georgian Educational System is facing the need of Master level education stated by the Bologna Declaration. For more than a decade, Georgia has had the standard Bachelor-Master-Doctor system. Gained experience shows the need to revise the principles of Masters programs, because the main task is to create qualified scientific and entrepreneurial professionals. Creating a master dissertation (thesis) is one of the most important stages, which should be an output of independent and discrete scientific research.

The word dissertation is derived from Latin Dissertatio, which means discussion, research. A Master thesis is a concrete sort of dissertation; Master's degree is not scientific, it is academic and is the pre-step of Doctor’s degree.

Masters research aims to unleash the scientific potential of the candidate, help develop individual scientific organizing skills, problem-solving skills, research data analysis, argumentation and recommending skills. 

Master thesis is a scientific conclusion document, which is created by the candidate along with his/her scientific lead. 

The Master's thesis belongs to a research type of work category and its scientific level should be corresponding with the learning program. It should be different from the prior level diploma work by the focus on the scientific orientation. One with the Master’s degree should possess wide erudition, fundamental scientific base, methodologies of scientific creation, modern information technologies, methods of gathering and processing scientific information, skills of research and academic work. 

The Master’s thesis is a scientific qualification work, which has an inner unity and represents the results of the chosen topic. It should correspond with modern levels of science and technology development and the topic should be relevant and actual. 

The Master’s thesis should be represented in a way that gives possibility to be assessed in a thorough way - how are the provisions, conclusions and recommendations justified, how new and relevant are they. 

Dissertation, as a scientific work, is very specific. First of all, it is different from other scientific works with its role - having a qualifying function in the scientific system, preparing for presenting in public and gaining a scientific degree. In this way, the main goal of the author is to demonstrate his/her qualification level and skills of solving several scientific problems.

The Master’s thesis contains textual and visual works, where the dissertant gathers and proves scientific facts and their practical values, which is based not on the authority, tradition or belief, but on the unity of accepted norms of the scientific society. 

The Master’s dissertation adequately represents both - general scientific and specific science methods, usage of which is legal in every part of the flow. The content of the work assesses the originality and uniqueness of the results. The base of the content is basically new materials, which describes new factors, events and regularities. Dissertation content shows the prerequisites of scientific research, the whole flow of it and the results gathered. It is not just a description of scientific facts, but a thorough analysis of the thesis subject. 

Despite the fact that the dissertation as any scientific work should exclude subjective approach to the scientific facts, often it cannot bypass subjective moments, which are derived by the creative individuality of the authors.

A Dissertation, which represents one concept or one concrete point of view, is involved in the scientific controversy and has the role of the member of the discussion. Its content is giving the arguments in favor of the selected concept, is analyzed thoroughly and is criticizing the opposite views. 

These are the main characteristics of the master’s thesis. Considering that it is just a first degree among scientific-research degrees, which helps to learn on Doctorate levels, masters dissertation created in modern Georgian high-school system cannot be perceived as a full scientific work, because Master’s degree is an academic and not a scientific degree; and Academic degree represents education levels of the author, which states how he/she has developed the skills of a beginner scientist. 

There’s a big difference between Doctor’s thesis and Master’s thesis; Master’s thesis is an independent scientific research, which should belong to learning-research works, which are based on remodeling already stated conclusions. Scientific levels of it should be corresponding with the learning program. This document should state that the author has created it individually. 

Compared with Doctorate dissertations, a Master’s thesis has important differences in the process of preparation and the process of gaining the degree. Master’s degree doesn’t have to be published in scientific magazines. 

The process of gaining the Master’s degree publicly has become easier, which doesn’t include the opponents on the go. This dissertation is a subject to the mandatory review. This is the main difference between a Master’s and a Doctorate thesis, but they both have similar preparation principles. Therefore, it is recommended to understand the methodology of scientific dissertation with general scientific methodologies.

Keywords:Master’s Thesis, Master’s degree, research, scientific-research works.