DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM TO ASSIST STUDENTS IN CHOOSING THESIS RESEARCH TOPICS

As one of the graduation requirements at the university level, students must complete a thesis or final project. In practice, students often find it difficult to determine the theme or topic of research. The research topic is expected to be in accordance with the student's ability, based on the academic value that has been achieved in the previous lecture process. For this reason, in this study, an analysis will be carried out on what course recommendations can support the students' thesis and final project processes, which are expected to assist students in determining the theme or research topic, based on the values of the courses that have been taken by students in the learning process. previously. The analysis was carried out using the k-means algorithm. The results of this research will provide recommendations to help lecturers and students in determining the themes of the thesis that will be made.