Academic disciplines differ with respect to rules for formatting doctoral dissertations and master’s theses. Consequently, you should consult with your research director in choosing a format consistent with the requirements of your discipline. In all matters not covered by this Guide or by departmental standards, your director acts as arbiter.
Dissertation Format Guide Introduction: This guide has been prepared to help graduate students prepare their dissertations for acceptance by Clark University. The regulations contained within have been updated and, in some cases, clarified for the benefit of students, faculty advisors, departments, the Format Advisor and the Graduate School.
Preparing and formatting your thesis. Students are advised to familiarise themselves with these guidelines and with the Department's style guide and Research Services Code of Practice before commencing work on the preparation of their thesis. You will save yourself a lot of tiresome work at the end of your three years if you write in accordance with the University's guidelines from the outset.
Note: theses and dissertations must be submitted in PDF format. For a complete overview of the graduation process, please review Preparing to Graduate. Required Sections: Title Page Master’s Thesis Title Page Template Doctoral Dissertation Title Page Template. Must include all items listed in the sample title page and placed in the same order.
The purpose of this handbook is to outline the guidelines that a PhD thesis submitted to the Institute should adhere to. This manual provides an overview of the format for the preparation of the PhD dissertation and guidelines for the submission of the thesis. For details regarding the PhD program, the students are advised to consult the.
Dissertation Formatting Guidelines This section describes the dissertation format that all Steinhardt doctoral candidates are required to follow. Dissertations must adhere to these requirements in order to be accepted by the Office of Doctoral Studies for the scheduling of the final oral examination.
Doctoral Dissertation and Doctoral Scholarly Project. Format Manual. Revised September 2019. The rules in the formatting guidelines of this manual take precedence over all other manuals and must be used in conjunction with programs’ preferred style manual. This manual is provided by the Graduate School and International Admissions of the.
Guidelines for PhD Theses Presented in Papers Format Rules for the presentation of theses are included in the Regulations for the degrees of MPhil and PhD. Although there are common structures for dissertations in specific disciplines (for example, in a science PhD thesis it is usual to find introduction, experimental, results.