The following are general guidelines for theses and dissertations regardless of the style guide used.
Double-check with your department for specific thesis preparation requirements.
Margins
- for electronic submissions: 1" margins on all sides
- for hard copy submissions to the library: 1,5" on the left-hand margin in order to accommodate binding
Spacing
- Manuscript, including abstract, dedication, acknowledgements, table of contents, and body: Double-spaced
- Long quotations (four or more lines), captions, tables/graphs/charts, and lists: Single-spaced
- References: single-spaced within the reference, double-spaced between references.
Running Heads
Do not use running heads.
Pagination
Page numbers are placed at the upper right corner.
- Preliminary pages: Small Roman numerals (ii, iii, iv, etc.), beginning with ii. The title page counts as page i but the number does not appear.
- No page number on the Copyright Statement.
- Remainder of the manuscript including references and appendices: Arabic numerals (1, 2, 3, 4, etc.), beginning with 1.
Fonts
Any legible font except script, italic, or ornamental fonts equivalent in scale to 12 point Times New Roman.
Title
- The title should be a meaningful description of the content of the manuscript.
- Use word substitutes for formulas, symbols, superscripts, subscripts, Greek letters, and so on.
- Your title should be identical on all the pages on which it appears: title page, approval page, abstract and copyright statement.
Abstract
- There is no word limit on the abstract.
List of References
- The reference list appears after the body of the thesis and before any appendices.
- Prepare all references according to the style required by your department.
Charts, Graphs, Tables
- Insert charts, graphs, and tables in the text. If they take up a full page, locate them on the page as close to first mention of them in your text as you can.