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Originally Posted by DJ Urbanovsky
Even if you are talented, writing and performing meaningful music is a far more complicated task than writing an actual thesis.
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This is the only comment I have a problem with. Then again, I just finished up my master's thesis so any suggestion that it was easier than creating a rap album might make me a bit, shall we say, hostile
(It's also probably disingenuous of me to compare thesis requirements for an MS in engineering to a BA in English.)
Nevertheless, the level of complexity or difficulty is irrelevant. The final product either meets standards or it doesn't. I could argue that a 600 lb bench press requires far more effort and dedication than a research paper and a rap album combined. Still doesn't make it a thesis.
...and then I read
the "creative thesis" guidelines.
I still disagree that a rap album, especially one without a central focus of examination, constitutes a thesis. Call it a senior research project, a capstone assignment, whatever, and the "controversy" goes away.
You'd think the English Dept. of a prestigious university would be more concerned with language semantics than creative expression.