[...] i don't even know if i can do my masters on anyone or what they let you do it on. [...]
if you find a teacher who appreciates your work, he'll buy ANY topic you'd suggest.
Buk has been done before, so at least no teacher will have the excuse to call him unworthy of academic research. and Huntington was another landmark.
if you want to do Buk - Do Buk!