Thesis Style and Format Guidelines
The thesis must be double spaced throughout. The print size must be standard throughout and not less than 11 point. Paper used for the final copies should be 8 1/2 x 11 inch, 20 lb. bond. Paper used for the defence copies may be of a lighter weight, but must be 8 1/2 x 11 inches. Acceptable printers include laser and ink-jet.
Copies prepared for the defence may be double-sided, however, final copies must be single-sided.
The left margin must be a minimum of one and a half inches to allow for binding. All other margins must be a minimum of one inch. The first line of every paragraph should be indented a standard five spaces.
Abbreviations may be used (if conventional in the particular discipline) but must be defined the first time they are used.
If there are alternative correct spellings of a particular word, either form may be used, but such use must be consistent throughout the thesis.
The organizational sequence should be as follows:
- Title page of the thesis
- Abstract
- Acknowledgments
- Table of Contents
- List of Tables (if appropriate)
- List of Figures (if appropriate)
- Text of the thesis
- Endnotes and/or footnotes (may be included in the text)
- Appendices (if appropriate)
- References
The thesis pages should be numbered in consecutive order with Arabic numerals, starting with the first page of text and continuing through to the last page of the entire thesis, including endnotes/footnotes, appendices and references. Pages preceding the text, starting with the first page of the abstract should be numbered consecutively with lower-case Roman numerals.
The title page of the thesis must contain the Universal Copyright Notice©.
