Thesis and Dissertation Guidelines
Download these guidelines in PDF format
Download a template for your thesis or dissertation (new document forthcoming)
Workshops: How to Format Your Thesis or Dissertation more
1. Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Basics
- The Master’s Degree Candidate
- The Doctoral Degree Candidate
- Research Must Be Open to Public Disclosure
- Review
- Submission Basics
2. Submission Checklist
3. Supplemental Paper Materials
- Survey of Earned Master’s/Educational Specialist Degree
- Survey of Earned Doctorates
- PhD Completion Project Survey
- Addendum to the Survey of Earned Doctorates
- Processing Fee Statement Form
- Original Approval Page
- Electronic Master’s Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation Release Form
- Publishing Agreement Form
- Title Page
- Short Academic Abstract
4. Supplemental Materials on CD
- Files You Must Include
- File Declaration Form (declaration.pdf)
- Public Abstract (public.pdf)
- Short Academic Abstract (short.pdf)
5. Format for the Body
6. Formatting the Additional Pages
- File Name
- Section Order for research.pdf
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Approval Page
- Dedication Page
- Acknowledgements Page
- Table of Contents
- List of Illustrations (Tables/ Figures/ Maps/ Nomenclature)
- Vita Page
7. Technology Issues
- Portable Document Format (PDF)
- Multimedia File Formats
- Third-Party Software
- CD Burning
- Binding Information