Students are to follow the style manual recommended by their academic program.
Save as: “research.pdf”
Margins
Left Margin – 1.5 inches
Top, Bottom, and Right Margins – 1 inch
Line Spacing
All standard text should be double-spaced.
References, bibliographic works, and endnotes should be consistent with the formatting standards of your selected style manual.
Headings
Chapter headings and subheads should be consistent throughout the research paper.
Figures & Tables
Landscape figures and tables should be placed with the top of the figure or table to the left side of the page.
Font Type
The font used should be a commonly available font, such as Arial, Veranda, Times New Roman, etc.
Font Size
Use 10-point or 12-point fonts for regular text.
Headings may be 14-point or 16-point.
Tables, figures, etc., may be smaller than 10-point.
Page Numbers
The pages preceding the main body of the thesis/dissertation should use Roman numerals (ii, iii, iv, etc.) for page numbers.
Standard Arabic numbers (1, 2, 3, 4, etc.) should be used to number the main body of the document.
Page numbers should be placed consistently throughout your document.
Page numbers on landscape-oriented pages need to be placed and aligned consistently with page numbers on portrait-oriented pages. For example, if you were to print both a landscape-oriented page and a portrait-oriented page from your document, the page numbers would print in the same place and would be aligned correctly on both pages.
Page Order and File Name
In the file named “research.pdf,” the order of content must be:
