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Students are encouraged to bring in, fax or email sample
pages to the Dissertation Office if they have questions or to confirm that the
formatting is acceptable. This may save considerable aggravation and expense.
Margins
Top, right, and bottom margins must be one inch minimum; the left
margin (binding side) must be at least one and one half inches. All material,
including figures, tables, headers/footers, footnotes/endnotes, and images
must appear within the margins of the manuscript. Page numbers are the only
exception; these must appear at least three quarters of an inch (3/4”) from the
edge of the page, but can appear in the one-inch margin. Charts, graphs,
and illustrations may be placed horizontally in order to
conform to the margin requirements as long as they remain clear and legible.
Musical scores must have at least one inch margins on each side.
Spacing
The text, abstract, dedication, acknowledgements, and table
of contents are double-spaced. Normally, quotations of eight lines or more are
indented and single-spaced except where accent marks and similar notations are
used. Footnotes, endnotes, and bibliographic entries should be single-spaced
with double spacing between each entry. All pages must be single-sided only.
Footnotes
Reference notes may be placed at the bottom of the page, at
the end of the chapter, or at the end of the dissertation before the
bibliography. Dissertations in the natural sciences and in some social sciences
place citations to the reference or source material in parentheses throughout the text itself with a list of all
references in the latter part of the work. The student should verify the
desired footnote style with the advisor or the department/program.
Required Order and Page Numbering
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Required Order
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Page Numbering
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Cover
Pages
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1. Title Page
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No page numbers; pages are not counted *
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2. Copyright
Page (if applicable)
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3. Abstract
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Prefatory
Pages
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1. Table of
Contents
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Lower case Roman numerals
beginning with "i" centered at bottom of page **
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2. List of
Charts, Graphs, Illustrations
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3. Acknowledgments
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4. Dedication
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5. Preface (if
applicable)
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All
Other Pages
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1. Main body
of the dissertation (including all introduction and chapter pages, graphs,
photos, figures, and tables)
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Arabic numerals beginning with “1” on the upper right-hand
corner ***
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2.
References and/or Bibliography
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3. Appendices (if applicable)
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The various pages and sections of the dissertation must
follow the order in the table above.
* Title, copyright and abstract pages are not
numbered and are not counted.
** All prefatory pages, including table of contents; list of
charts, graphs, illustrations and the like; acknowledgements; dedication; and
preface, in that order, are to be numbered with lower-case Roman numerals,
beginning with “i” and numbered consecutively. They must be centered at the
bottom of the page, beginning with “i” and be no closer than one half inch from the
bottom edge of the page.
*** All Other Pages, including the main body of the dissertation
(which contains the introduction, chapters, graphs, photos, figures, and
tables) bibliography, and appendices should be numbered with Arabic numerals,
starting with 1 on the upper right-hand corner (see page 19 for sample.) They
must be distinct from the text and must appear at least three quarters of an
inch (3/4”) from the edge of the page, but do not need to appear within the
margin. The reader should be able to see easily each page number as he/she
pages through the dissertation. Page numbers must be placed in the
same location and upright position whether the page contents are in “landscape”
or in “portrait” format.
The references (and bibliography) and appendices should be numbered consecutively
with the main body of the dissertation.
If a part of the dissertation has been paginated prior to
inclusion in the dissertation (e.g., a journal article,) page numbers must be
added (as described in item 2 above,) and run consecutively and continuously with
page numbers in the text that precede and follow it.
Beginning chapter and, if applicable, volume pages must be
counted and also numbered.
Font
Any legible standard font, except script or ornamental
fonts, equivalent in scale to 10pt. Arial or 12 pt. Times New Roman are acceptable
(i.e. Arial, Georgia, Times New Roman, Trebuchet MS, and Verdana.) The font
should be uniform throughout the text, although a separate font may be used for
footnotes, tables, graphs or appendices, pagination, the abstract, and the
table of contents. Print quality should be equal to laser printing, with crisp,
dark black characters.
The pages should be formatted in the following way {see sample}
Title, Copyright and Abstract Pages
The title page should be formatted
in the following way {see sample}
Notes on the
Title Page:
- If the
student is in [A], use [B] on the title page; the table below gives
examples:
A (program or department)
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B
(school)
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Philosophy
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Graduate
School of Arts and
Sciences
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Engineering Science
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Fu Foundation School
of Engineering and
Applied Science
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The Science of Law
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School
of Law
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Musical Arts
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Graduate
School of Arts and
Sciences
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Nursing Science
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School
of Nursing
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Teachers College
TC students please note: the title pages of the two deposit
copies (see below) should list only the author’s name and no other names. The extra
title page should list the author’s and advisor’s name but no other names.
The author’s name used on the dissertation title page should
be the same as that on the Registrar’s records. An affidavit form is available
at the Student Service Center in 210 Kent
if the author wishes to notify the University of a name change, see here.
Copyright page
The proper form secures
the copyright for your dissertation {see
sample}
The year on the copyright page should be the calendar year
in which the manuscript was completed or the year in which the dissertation is
deposited.
Center this text in the lower third of the page. The circled
"c" must be lower case. The copyright page follows the
title page and does not have a page number. More information on copyrighting the thesis can be found here.
Abstract
Prefacing the text of the abstract is the word Abstract,
followed on the next line by the title of your dissertation, then your name. There is no word limit for the abstract. However, ProQuest publishes
print indices in which abstracts are limited to 350 words. In the editorial
process for these print publications, ProQuest will simply truncate the
abstract if it exceeds these word limits, so you may wish to limit the length
of your abstract if this concerns you. The abstract as you submit it will NOT
be altered in your published manuscript. The print publications are Digital
Dissertations (on-line); Dissertation Abstracts International (paper-based);
and Comprehensive Dissertations Index (paper-based.)
The format is
as follows {see sample}
Do not put diagrams, photocopies, abbreviations, or formulae
in the abstract. The abstract comes
after the title and copyright pages, has no page number, and is double-spaced.
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