UGC approved: April 28, 2006 This guide is designed to provide graduate students with the formatting requirements for all theses and proe!t reports" #t !overs stru!ture, la$out, form, and st$le" %epartments ma$ use additional requirements that do not !onfli!t with the guidelines provided in this do!ument" 1. Thesis and Project Report Arrangement Assem&le the thesis'proe!t report in this order: (" Cover page: in!ludes the title, author, degree )*Thesis'+roe!t su&mitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the %egree of ,aster of - in -./, and date" 2" Thesis'+roe!t Approval 0orm" 1" +lagiarism poli!$ !omplian!e statement" 2" Cop$right page that grants 3AU the right to use and reprodu!e full$ or partiall$ the wor4 &eing presented" 5" %edi!ation page )optional/" 6" A!4nowledgments page )optional/" 6" A&stra!t: a !on!ise summar$ of the essential information of the wor4 &eing presented, namel$ of the stud$7s s!ope, purpose and results" The referen!e8free single spa!ed a&stra!t should not e9!eed two pages" 8" Ta&le of Contents: in!ludes all the su&se!tions of ea!h !hapter and the list of appendi!es )if appli!a&le/ and page num&ers" :" 3ist of 0igures: in!ludes figure num&er, !aption, and the page num&er" (0" 3ist of Ta&les: in!ludes ta&le num&er, !aption, and the page num&er" ((" A&&reviations page: lists all the a&&reviations used in the te9t alongside their full$ written una&&reviated form" (2" Thesis'+roe!t te9t; the la$out is des!ri&ed in the ne9t se!tion" ( 2. ayout The following presents a framewor4 for a thesis" The information is offered as a general guideline" <tudents should alwa$s !onsult their advisor for additional guidelines" #n parti!ular, the la$out of proe!t reports !an &e different depending on the t$pe and s!ope of the proe!t" =ote that ea!h !hapter should start on a new page" (! Introduction: &a!4ground; statement of the pro&lem; definition of terms; purpose of the stud$; theoreti!al &asis; !ontri&utions of the stud$; organi>ation of the remainder of the stud$" 28 Literature Review: !hronologi!al, !ategori!al or related theoreti!al view points related to topi!" 18 Proposed Solution/Methodology: resear!h design or approa!h )quantitative, qualitative or algorithmi!/; population and ' or sample; !olle!tion and ta&ulation of data; and data anal$sis pro!edures" 28 Solution Validation, Analysis of the ata, Results, and iscussion: presentation and dis!ussion of the findings, in!luding limitations" 58 !onclusions, Reco""endations: summari>es the entire resear!h effort; addresses the initial purpose of the stud$ )stated in the introdu!tion/; stresses the importan!e of the wor4 a!!omplished; leaves a final impression on the reader" #t !an also in!lude suggestions for further wor4" 68 #i$liography/References: referen!es should a!4nowledge an$ wor4 done &$ someone other than the author" The referen!e should also in!lude wor4 performed &$ the author if presented or pu&lished at an earlier date" ?eferen!es should adopt one of the standard international st$les; the Ameri!an +s$!hologi!al Asso!iation st$le for referen!es and !itation is re!ommended" 0or more information, !onta!t the li&rar$" 68 Appendices: material too detailed or length$ for in!lusion in the &od$ of the stud$ )e"g" questionnaires, maps/" Appendi!es ma$ also !ontain information that might !larif$ the thesis &ut is routine in nature or indire!tl$ related to the thesis" ?aw data and e9amples of !al!ulation !ould &e in!orporated" 2 ". #tyle and Form ".1 Paper$ Use high8qualit$ a!id8free A28si>e paper, with onl$ one side of the paper" 1"2 Printing$ A high8qualit$ laser printer should &e used for the final !op$. "." %eadings$ #n dis!iplines where se!tion num&ering is normall$ used, the following guidelines appl$: Chapter title: (8 @ 22 pt si>e, &old" ,ain <e!tion Aeadings: !an &e num&ered as !hapter8num&er"se!tion8num&er )e"g", 1"2 for !hapter 1, se!tion 2/ in (2 pt si>e, &old" <e!ond Aeadings: !an &e num&ered as 9"$"> )e"g", 1"2"2 for !hapter 1, se!tion 2, su&se!tion 2/ in (2 pt si>e, &old" 0irst <u&headings: !an &e num&ered as w"9"$"> )e"g", 1"2"2"( for !hapter 1, se!tion 2, su&se!tion 2, su&8su&se!tion (/ in (2 pt si>e, regular" <e!ond <u&headings: prefera&l$ unnum&ered, (2 pt, itali!s" 1"2 Te&t Font$ A!!epta&le fonts generated &$ word pro!essing programs in!lude, &ut are not restri!ted to: Times ?oman (2, Aelveti!a (2, 3etter Gothi! (2" The font provided through 3aTeB is a!!epta&le" Cold and itali!s should not &e used e9!essivel$ in the te9t" 0urthermore, !olored te9t should not &e used" 1"5 #pacing$ %ou&le or one and a half spa!ing is required for the te9t" Dnl$ footnotes, long quotations, &i&liograph$ entries )dou&le spa!e &etween entries/, ta&le !aptions, and similar spe!ial material ma$ &e single spa!ed" 1"6 'argins$ 3eft, 2 !m; top, &ottom, and right, 2"5 !m" These are ne!essar$ to allow for &inding and trimming" 1"6 Page (um)ering$ +reliminar$ pages of the thesis, that is, those pre!eding the te9t are to &e num&ered in ?oman numerals" The first page must not show its page num&er" +ages of the te9t itself and of all items following the te9t should &e num&ered !onse!utivel$ throughout in Ara&i! num&ers, &eginning with num&er ( on the first page of the first !hapter" +age num&ers should &e pla!ed in the lower right !orner or !enter of the page" Dnl$ the num&er should appear, not page :" 1"8 Ta)les and Figures$ 0igures and ta&les should &e inserted at the appropriate pla!e in the te9t" 0igures must have num&ers and !aptions under the figures" Ta&les have their titles and num&ers a&ove" 1": *ra+ings: An$ material whi!h !annot &e t$ped or !omputer generated should &e drawn with permanent &la!4 in4 in neat and heav$ lines" +hotographs of drawings 1 are a!!epta&le" Bero9 reprodu!tions of drawings are a!!epta&le if the$ are of high !ontrast" 1"(0 Photographs$ ,ount small photographs with glue" %o not use ru&&er !ement or tape" Aigh8!larit$ Bero9 !opies of photographs are also a!!epta&le" Aowever, high8 qualit$ s!anned e8images !an also &e inserted into the thesis te9t" 1"(( Footnotes$ #n dis!iplines where footnotes are normall$ used, the$ should appear at the &ottom of the same page as their referen!e" 0ootnotes should &e num&ered in Ara&i! numerals" The footnote referen!e is supers!ripted and the e9planation at the &ottom of the page &egins with the footnote referen!e num&er" 0ootnotes should have a smaller font si>e than the te9t )e"g" (0 pt/" 1"(2 C*s and *,*s$ identif$ with title, name of student, and date" 1"(1 Computer #o-t+are$ %es!ri&e in separate se!tion in prefator$ pages )e"g", list of figures and ta&les/" #f appli!a&le, state requirements for the use of the software )e"g", hardware, s!reen resolution t$pe/ and an$ other information ne!essar$ for proper viewing of the software" 1"(2 .versi/ed 'aterial$ Dversi>e foldout pages ma$ &e in!luded, though ample margins for &inding must &e in!luded" 3eave oversi>e page unfolded" The &inder$ will fold and insert them" All pages must appropriatel$ num&ered if found in the te9t" 1"(5 0inding$ Cinding will &e arranged &$ the li&rar$, for a fee, in order to ensure !onsisten!$" At least two !opies of the thesis should &e su&mitted to the li&rar$ of the !ampus !on!erned" 1. #ample Pages The following sample pages are appended to show how these guidelines !an &e implemented" 2