DIFFICULTIES IN SELECTING THESIS TOPIC: QUALITATIVE STUDY AMONG TEHRAN UNIVERSITIES MASTER SOCIOLOGY STUDENTS

The purpose of this study was to investigate the difficulties in selecting thesis topic among master sociology students. On this account, Grounded Theory method was employed. Because of the aim of the study and nature of the Grounded Theory method, no other theory has been fixed to this study. 27 master sociology students were interviewed from Tehran, Alzahra, Allameh Tabatabaei and Tarbiat Modares universities. The results have indicated that scientific problems, structural problems and being idealistic in selecting thesis topic were the main difficulties. Furthermore, other difficulties were signified which includes personal problems and lack of motivation among students in the process of selecting topic.