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INSTRUCTION FOR WRITING A THESIS of the UNIVERSITY OF INFORMATION

TECHNOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

in RZESZOW

Rzeszów 2008

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Decision No. 47/2008 of the UITM President of 8th

September 2008 concerning rules

for filing in subjects of theses, allotting students to seminar groups and announcing

the Instruction for writing a thesis.

Attachment No. 1 to the President’s Decision

No. 47/2008 of 08.09.2008

INSTRUCTION FOR WRITING A THESIS of the UNIVERSITY OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

in RZESZOW

I.

1. The thesis is written by the student during the last two or three semesters of studies, under the

guidance of an academic teacher with an academic degree/title, later referred to as the supervisor, who

must be accepted by the dean. In the case of Master’s seminar, a supervisor may be an academic

teacher with a doctoral degree if accepted by the faculty council.

2. The student writes the thesis in the language in which his/her studies are conducted.

3. With the dean’s consent, the student may write the thesis in a foreign language.

4. Theses are written individually by the students.

5. In exceptional cases, with the dean’s consent, students of second-cycle or one-cycle Master’s degree

studies may write a thesis in teams of two.

6. A supervisor may have no more than two seminar groups. In justified cases, with the consent of the

Vice-President for Teaching, the supervisor may have three seminar groups, if s/he is employed at the

UITM under a contract of labor.

7. A supervisor may, with the dean’s consent, ask another teacher or a person from outside of the

University to conduct a part of the seminar. The invited person is remunerated according to the

supervisor’s rate. The remuneration is paid only to a person actively conducting the seminar, according

to the binding UITM regulations of remuneration for research-didactic employees.

II.

1. The thesis for first-cycle studies should prove that the student has mastered knowledge and skills

specified by the program and has the ability to analyze a given example unaided. The basic

requirement is to demonstrate the student’s practical abilities in defining a problem, then describing

and analyzing it, and solving it with the means of the right instruments, using knowledge from a given

area.

2. The thesis for first-cycle studies, depending on the field of study, should be written in accordance

with the rules specified in attachments A3, A6 to this Instruction for writing a thesis.

III.

1. The thesis for second cycle or one-cycle Master’s degree studies should prove that the student has

mastered specialist knowledge specified by the program, with special consideration for the chosen

specialty, and prove their ability to independently select literature, conduct research and analyze a

given example and to formulate opinions and conclusions.

2. The thesis for second cycle or one-cycle Master’s degree studies, depending on the field of study,

should be written in accordance with the rules specified in attachments B2, B4 to this Instruction for

writing a thesis.

3. In the case of theses for second cycle or one-cycle Master’s degree studies the supervisor may accept

theses which are only theoretical, without empirical research. In such a case, the thesis should include a

thorough theoretical analysis of the problem, using extensive literature including foreign language titles.

It should also contain the student’s own conclusions, enriching the arguments taken from the analyzed

literature.

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IV.

1. Defenses are conducted at the following times:

a) in July and September - for students finishing their studies in June,

b) in March - for students finishing their studies in February,

subject to point V item 4.

2. A detailed schedule of the exams is established by the deans after consulting the supervisors of the

theses.

V. 1. The student submits his/her thesis in paper and electronic form, after fulfilling the conditions

specified in point VI.

2. The thesis and attachments, referred to in item 3. below, must be submitted not later than:

a) 30th

June – for defenses conducted in July,

b) 31st August – for defenses conducted in September,

c) 28th

February – for defenses conducted in March,

but not later than two weeks before the fixed date of the defense.

3. The student submits to UITM dean’s office by the time specified in item 2. the following:

a) 1 copy of a bound thesis with the supervisor’s signature for acceptance of the thesis. The binding

for the thesis should be bought from the Copy Shops at the University. The student is entitled to 3

covers for the thesis,

b) the thesis in electronic form in accordance with the rules specified in attachment E to this

Instruction for writing a thesis,

c) 1 copy of the title page of the thesis with the supervisor’s statement confirming that the thesis has

been prepared under his/her direction and the student’s statement that the thesis has been prepared

without any help,

d) 5 photos (signed with the students’ name at the back) for the diploma, 45x65 mm, against a light

background (the student’s face should take no less than 75% of the picture),

e) deleted,

f) clearance slip with signatures (clearance slip to be collected in the International Office),

g) proof of payment for the defense,

h) student’s record book with all entries from credits and examinations and proofs of payment for

necessary repeat credit/examinations,

i) application for issuing a copy of the diploma in a foreign language (English or German) together

with a proof of the appropriate payment (the application should contain the title of the thesis

translated to the selected foreign language) – in the case of students who would like to receive

such a copy.

4. If it is impossible for the student to submit the thesis for justified reasons independent of the student,

the dean may, after asking the supervisor’s opinion, prolong the time for submitting the thesis, but for

not longer than three months. In such cases, the student should submit a suitable application to the

dean of the faculty not later than by the date specified in items 2b) and c).

5. A student who does not submit the thesis in the specified time may apply for a permission to repeat

the semester. To do that, s/he should submit a suitable application to the dean of the faculty within 7

days from the specified date for submitting theses.

VI.

1. The student is admitted to the defense after fulfilling the following conditions:

a) passing all exams and receiving all credits required by the study plan of the given field of study,

b) gaining the amount of ECTS credits required in the study plan of the given field of study,

c) submitting a statement that the thesis has been written without another person’s help and does not

infringe on copyrights of other persons; the statement should be placed on the second page of the

thesis, according to the sample in attachment C to this Instruction for writing a thesis,

d) receiving at least “satisfactory” (“dostateczny”) marks from the reviews of the thesis done by the

supervisor and the adviser,

e) satisfying financial requirements specified in the Payment Policy for studies and other forms of

education at the University of Information Technology and Management in Rzeszów,

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f) submitting the thesis with all documents specified in point V item 3.

2. In the case of instituting disciplinary proceedings against a student suspected of plagiarism of the

thesis, that student may not defend the thesis until valid completion of the proceedings.

VII.

1. Theses prepared by students are checked with the UITM Anti-Plagiarism System. For each thesis, a

so-called similarity ratio is established, informing what percentage of the analyzed thesis is repeated

in other theses to be found in the UITM base and in materials published in the Internet.

2. Similarity is understood as every cluster of at least 20 words which can be found in another thesis or

materials published in the Internet.

3. The supervisor is responsible for checking a thesis with the UITM Anti-Plagiarism System before it is

formally approved for the defense.

4. The instruction for operating the UITM Anti-Plagiarism System is available in electronic version on

the network drive under:

O:\Dziekanat\Antyplagiat_instrukcja dla promotorów.doc

5. Dean’s office employees accepting the theses in electronic version are obliged to:

a) enter the accepted theses to the UITM Anti-Plagiarism System on a current basis,

b) send daily lists of theses in the case of which the „similarity ratio” is 20% or more, to the Vice-

Deans responsible for the particular fields of study,

c) include in the personal files of a student taking the defense the „similarity report”, a specimen of

which constitutes attachment D to this Instruction for writing a thesis.

6. Vice-Deans responsible for the particular fields of study are obliged:

a) not to accept for the defense theses not checked by the UITM Anti-Plagiarism System,

b) to withhold the defense of a student whose thesis has a similarity ratio of 20% and more, until the

causes for such high similarity ratio are explained.

7. Supervisors are obliged to carefully analyze again the content of a thesis whose “similarity ratio” is

20% and more.

VIII.

1. The thesis is marked by the supervisor and by one advisor appointed by the dean. The mark for the

thesis is the arithmetic mean of both above-mentioned marks. The advisor can be an academic teacher

with an academic degree/title. An academic teacher from beyond the University can be the advisor.

2. If the thesis is marked “unsatisfactory” (“niedostateczny”) by the advisor, the dean sends the thesis

back for correction or asks for its assessment by an additional advisor.

3. Assessing the thesis should be done in depth and not be limited solely to a description of the thesis,

but contain also critical remarks, assessment of preparation as to content and formal requirements, and

the value of the thesis. The pattern of the review is to be found in attachment F to this Instruction for

writing a thesis.

IX.

1. The defense is in the form of an oral exam unless the UITM President decides otherwise.

2. The defense takes place in front of a committee composed of:

a) the dean, vice-dean or an academic teacher appointed by the dean – as head of the committee;

b) the supervisor of the thesis;

c) the advisor of the thesis,

subject to item 3.

3. In particularly justified cases, the dean may grant consent for the supervisor or advisor of the thesis to

be absent from the defense. In such cases, the dean appoints another academic teacher with an

academic degree/title to complete the committee’s composition. The appointed teacher should

represent the scientific discipline covering the issues of the particular thesis.

4. The course of the defense is minuted.

5. With the dean’s consent, the student may defend the thesis in a foreign language.

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6. The defense comprises of the following:

a) the student presenting the thesis for no longer than 15 minutes; the presentation may be prepared

and shown using one of the computer applications designed for such aims, e.g. Power Point, or

using a text projector,

b) the advisor presenting a short opinion on the thesis,

c) the student answering:

two questions selected at random from of the basic courses and those related to the field of

study, covered by the study plan of the given field (lists of questions for the particular fields

of study are given in attachments G3, G5 to this Instruction for Writing a Thesis)

one question from the material covered by the thesis.

7. The mark from the defense is an arithmetic mean of the marks obtained by the student for answering

questions referred to in item 6 c), rounded to a full or half-mark, i.e.:

a) if the arithmetic mean is between 3.0 and 3.49, the mark is written as 3.0,

b) if the arithmetic mean is between 3.50 and 3.74, the mark is written as 3.5,

c) if the arithmetic mean is between 3.75 and 4.24, the mark is written as 4.0,

d) if the arithmetic mean is between 4.25 and 4.50, the mark is written as 4.5,

e) if the arithmetic mean is between 4.51 and 5.00, the mark is written as 5.0.

X.

1. If the student receives an “unsatisfactory” (“niedostateczny”) mark at his/her defense or does not

defend his/her thesis, the dean determines a second date for the defense. The repeated defense cannot

take place earlier than one month later.

2. If the student receives again an “unsatisfactory” (“niedostateczny”) mark at his/her defense or does

not defend his/her thesis at the second date, the dean decides to have the student expelled.

3. Within one year from the date of the first defense, a student expelled as described in item 2. may

submit an application to resume studies and to have another date set for the defense.

4. Repeated defense is paid additionally, according to the Payment Policy for studies and other forms of

education at the University of Information Technology and Management in Rzeszów.

XI.

1. The student graduates after passing the defense with a mark of at least “satisfactory” (“dostateczny”).

The graduate receives a diploma.

2. The basis for the final mark is as follows:

a) grade point average from the studies counting as 60% of the final mark,

b) the mark from the thesis counting as 20% of the final mark,

c) the mark from the defense counting as 20% of the final mark.

3. The final mark is written in the diploma according to the rules below, subject to item 4.:

a) if the final mark from the studies is between 3.0 and 3.74, the mark is written as 3.0;

b) if the final mark from the studies is between 3.75 and 4.39, the mark is written as 4.0;

c) if the final mark from the studies is between 4.4 and 5.0, the mark is written as 5.0.

4. If the grade point average from the studies is lower than 3.0, the final mark written in the diploma

cannot be higher than 3.0.

XII.

1. One copy of the thesis with the supervisor’s signature of accepting the thesis is stored in paper

version in the student’s files, according to the Ordinance of the Minister of Science and Higher

Education of 2nd

November 2006 on documentation of the course of studying.

2. Theses in paper versions are stored in accordance with the Chancellor’s Regulation No. 128/2001

of 28.09.2001 on Document Circulation Regulations, Archival Regulations and Subject File Index

defining the scope of activity for the registry and principles and procedures concerning handling

UITM documentation.

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Attachment No. A3 to the

Instruction for writing a thesis

THESIS AT FIRST-CYCLE STUDIES

FIELD OF STUDY - ECONOMICS

The thesis should be of an applicable nature and help solving particular problems connected with

enterprise, the market or education within broadly understood economics:

- It is recommended to write the empirical part of the thesis in the form of a project of e.g. management

system, organization structure, database useful in a company’s activity, documents circulation

system, information system to support management process, implementation of accounting-

supporting system (Activity Base Costing, quality cost evaluation system, Target Costing, separation

of costs considering support for the decision-making process, corporate chart of accounts, financial

transfers considering risk in economic activity), venture business plan, marketing plan, company’s

strategic development based on strategic analysis, company’s development based on financial

analysis, budget of the commune. It may also be an e-learning educational module, or an expanded

didactic case.

- The thesis should reflect the abilities to use the obtained knowledge and tools in practice, especially

methods of financial, statistical, econometric, strategic, marketing analyses and appropriate computer

software (text editors, spreadsheets).

- The thesis should be about 50 pages long.

Recommended structure of the thesis:

1. Introduction

General analysis of several (3-5) pages introducing the presented issues, giving a rough outline of the

subject matter of the thesis and its applicability in practice. The chapter should end by introducing the

aim of the thesis, its scope and research hypotheses, which will be verified in subsequent chapters. It

is also recommended to briefly outline the structure (content) of particular chapters.

2. The main body

The structure of this part of the thesis should be adjusted to the specific character and subject of the

issue being the content proper of the thesis. The theoretical part of the thesis (project) should describe

the known methods of solving the research problem and contain the description of literature analysis

in a scope necessary to present this part of the thesis. The structure of this chapter should serve as a

perspective for later analyses. The structure of the empirical part may contain:

3.1 Project (assumption) description.

3.2 Presentation of the methodology of the conducted research with exact acknowledgement of the

sources for acquiring primary and secondary data and of the methods used to gather data (e.g.

survey polls, survey interview, etc.) and analytical methods. Description of tools used to process

data, inclusive of computer applications.

3.3 Presentation of results of the conducted analysis and, based on the latter, a formulation of the

desired actions to solve the assumed problem (conclusions).

Note!! – it is recommended to divide this part into chapters.

3. Conclusion

The author assesses the degree in which the aim of the thesis has been achieved and also indicates the

reasons for not achieving it in full. The author should also express here his/her conclusions concerning

in particular the possibility of further improvement of the project (e.g. optimization) and indicate

possible directions of changes.

4. Literature

The student should give all sources used in the thesis, including webpage addresses beside

monographic publications.

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Attachment No. A6 to the



FIELD OF STUDY – INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND ECONOMETRICS

It should be a project bigger than those realized during classes and:

- At this field of study, the project may be e.g.: information system, spreadsheet enabling data analysis

(optimization), database, user interface, computer program, e-learning educational module from a

given field, econometric analysis, set of exercises, research (of a given methodology and scope) of

object/case documentation etc..

- The thesis should reflect the abilities to use the obtained knowledge and tools in practice, especially

appropriate computer software (text editors, graphic editors, website editors, spreadsheets, databases,

programming languages, compilers and interpreters, system command processors, applications

supporting design of system with multimedia information, etc.).

- The thesis should be about 50 pages long.


1. Introduction





2. The main body

The structure of this chapter may contain:

2.1. Project description – assumptions (scheme, decision tree, algorithm, process, technology,

structure, model, etc.).

2.2. Technology (choice of the method and technology for realizing the project, including computer

tools).

2.3. Implementation – documentation of the project (drawings, graphics, spreadsheet, program,

system, structure, directive); it may be included in an attachment to the thesis – if the description

is extensive, or on a CD – if it is in an electronic form, e.g. application, computer program,

graphics, educational module.

2.4. Activation and testing (or examples for application, use of options, variables scope change etc.)


3. Conclusion

The author assesses the degree in which the aim of the thesis has been achieved and also indicates the

reasons for not achieving it in full. The author should also express here his/her conclusions concerning

in particular the possibility of further improvement of the project (e.g. optimization) and indicate

possible directions of changes.

4. Literature



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Attachment No. B2 to the


THESIS AT SECOND-CYCLE STUDIES

AND ONE-CYCLE MASTER’S DEGREE STUDIES

FIELD OF STUDY - ECONOMICS

The thesis should be of a theoretical-empirical character.

The thesis should be about 70-80 pages long.


1. Introduction





2. The main body

The theoretical part of the thesis consists of literature analysis taking into consideration ideas of

various Authors concerning the presented issues related to the subject, critical analysis of the

presented ideas and known methods of solving the research problem. The analysis should lead to

specifying the current knowledge concerning the subject, and it also should place the proposed

research within that knowledge.

The empirical part should generally concern research conducted by the Author, it may also concern

theoretical development and examination of a model of specific economic phenomena and processes.

This part may consist of:

2.1 Presentation of the methodology of the conducted research with exact acknowledgement of the

sources for acquiring primary and secondary data and of the methods used to gather data (e.g.

survey polls, survey interview, etc.) and analytical methods. Description of tools used to process

data, inclusive of computer applications. It is recommended to use specialist applications such as

“Statistica” or “Matematica” particularly for processing data.

2.2 Presentation of results and conclusions emerging from the research. The research results should

be processed in compliance with statistical methods, using error calculus and, if need be,

probabilistic methods. Tabular presentation of numeric data is acceptable only in cases when

graphic presentation would be illegible or redundant (e.g. few measuring points).


3. Conclusion

Concise summary of the conducted theoretical and empirical analyses from the point of view of

verifying the assumed research hypotheses (which ones have been confirmed and which ones rejected,

the difficulties which arose, assessment of the applied research methods and techniques).

4. Literature



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Attachment No. B4 to the


THESIS AT SECOND-CYCLE STUDIES

AND ONE-CYCLE MASTER’S DEGREE STUDIES

FIELD OF STUDY – INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND ECONOMETRICS

The thesis should be of a theoretical-empirical character.

The thesis should be about 70-80 pages long.


1. Introduction





2. The main body The theoretical part of the thesis consists of literature analysis taking into consideration ideas of

various Authors concerning the presented issues related to the subject, critical analysis of the

presented ideas and known methods of solving the research problem. The analysis should lead to

specifying the current knowledge concerning the subject, and it also should place the proposed

research within that knowledge.

The empirical part should concern theoretical development and examination of a model of specific

economic phenomena and processes in economics, e-business, computer networks and systems; it

should also be concerned with the development and examination of an information system.

The empirical part should consist of:

2.1 A part describing the methodology of the research with exact acknowledgement of the sources for

acquiring primary and secondary data and of the methods used to gather data (e.g. surveys,

survey polls, research using the Internet), and analytical methods. It is recommended to use

specialist applications such as “Statistica” or “Matematica”, etc., for processing data.

2.2 Presentation of results and conclusions emerging from the research. The research results should be

processed in compliance with statistical methods, using error calculus and, if need be,

probabilistic methods. Tabular presentation of numeric data is acceptable only in cases when

graphic presentation would be illegible or redundant (e.g. few measuring points).


3. Conclusion

A concise summary of the conducted theoretical and empirical analyses from the point of view of

verifying the assumed research hypotheses (which ones have been confirmed and which ones rejected,

the difficulties which arose, assessment of the applied research methods and techniques).

4. Literature



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Attachment No. C to the


TECHNICAL RULES FOR WRITING THE THESIS

I. RULES OF FORMATTING THE TEXT

- You should not insert headers or footers with separate text, e.g. chapter's title.

- Every chapter should begin on a new page.

- You should not put full stops at the end of the chapter's (subchapter's) title.

- The table of contents should be automatic. It should be placed after the title page.

- Page numbers should obligatorily be put in automatically (in the footer, aligned to the outside of

the page, Font Times New Roman, size 12). The first page of the thesis is the title page and

numbering should begin from this very page, but the number should not show on that page.

- Font – Times New Roman, size 12, without bold lettering.

- Standard space between characters (0 points).

- Not more than one space between words.

- Single space between lines.

- Text justified.

- Automatic hyphenation of words should be on.

- If a paragraph should begin on a new page, you should choose the function of page break (press

Ctrl + Enter). Do not go to the next page by pressing Enter several times.

- You should not have any single letters or conjunctions at the end of a line. To transfer the

conjunction to the next line, press so-called hard space (Ctrl + Shift + Space bar). “Hard space”

should be inserted directly after the conjunction and before the following word (this causes the

conjunction to be “attached” to the word). Do not press the Space bar several times to do that, or

use so-called “soft enter” (Shift + Enter).

- You should not use the Enter key or soft enter at the end of a line (within the sentence).

- You should not use a space between a word and a punctuation mark following it (comma, full

stop, semicolon, colon).

- Words (sentences) written in brackets cannot be separated from the brackets with spaces.

- Enumerations in the text should be done with automatic bulleting or numbering.

- All annexes should be written in Times New Roman, size 10.

II. TITLE PAGE OF THE THESIS (on the example of Economics)

The title page of the thesis should contain:

a) The logo (in color) and name of the school as given in the example (font Times New Roman, size

16),

b) Name of the faculty, field of study and specialty (font Times New Roman, size 16),

c) Full name of the author(s) of the thesis, No. of student's record book (font: Times New Roman,

size 15) and the title of the thesis (font: Times New Roman, in italics, bold, size 24),

d) Academic degree and full name of the supervisor (font: Times New Roman, size 12),

NOTE! The cover for the thesis has a window of the size 15.5 x 6.5 cm (placed centrally in relation to

side margins and 12.5 cm from the bottom of the page) where the information mentioned in items c)

and d) should fit in,

e) The inscription THESIS AT FIRST-CYCLE (or SECOND-CYCLE/ONE-CYCLE MASTER’S

DEGREE/FIRST-CYCLE ENGINEER’S DEGREE) STUDIES, (font: Times New Roman, bold,

size 19),

f) The name of the city (Rzeszów) and the year of submitting the thesis, e.g. Rzeszów 2009 (font:

Times New Roman, size 14).

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UNIVERSITY OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

AND MANAGEMENT

in Rzeszów

FACULTY OF ECONOMICS

Field of Study: ECONOMICS

Specialty: Hospitality Management

Jan Kowalski

No. of student's record book …………….

Title of the thesis

Supervisor: academic degree, full name of the Supervisor


Rzeszów 2009

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III. SECOND PAGE OF THE THESIS (Back of the title page – NOT on a separate page)

The second page of the thesis should contain:

a) A statement of the following content, legibly undersigned by the author of the thesis:

I, the undersigned, hereby state that the thesis entitled “...................................” submitted by me has

been prepared without any help and does not infringe on anyone’s copyright.

I also state that the thesis has not been subject to procedures connected with acquiring an academic

(Bachelor’s, Master’s) degree at a higher education institution at any earlier time.

I moreover declare that this version of the thesis is identical with the submitted electronic version.

...........................................................

date author’s legible signature

b) A statement of the following content, legibly undersigned by the supervisor of the thesis:

I declare that this thesis has been prepared under my direction, and I state that it fulfills the

conditions for presenting it in proceedings for acquiring an academic (Bachelor’s, Master’s) degree.

…..............................................................

date supervisor’s legible signature

Supervisor: academic degree, full name of the Supervisor

IV. MARGINS

The thesis has to be printed on both sides of each page.

In the menu, you should choose “mirrored layout” in File/Page Settings/Margins, keeping the

following margins:

- inner margin – 2 cm

- top, bottom and outer margins – 1,5 cm

V. FORMULAE

Formulae should be placed centrally, in separate lines, labeled with Arabic numerals in parentheses

placed close to the outer margin.

1

1

x

xxf (1)

If you are using references to some formulae in the text, the number of the formula in brackets (1) should

be used.

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VI. FIGURES, GRAPHS, PICTURES, CHARTS

Figures, graphs, pictures and charts should be placed centrally with respect to the inner and outer

margins. They should be numbered sequentially with Arabic numerals (Figure 1, Graph 1, Picture 1,

Chart 1, etc.). The numbers should be followed with adequate captions. The captions (font Times

New Roman, size 10, in italics, no bold lettering) should be placed centrally above the charts or

below figures, graphs and pictures.

Figures, graphs and pictures in the thesis have to be legible (they cannot be too small to be read). The

size of a figure or graph should be set in such a way that potential descriptions within the figure/graph

are minimally size 10 of Times New Roman.

Figure 1. Example of a figure

All graphic objects (bitmap or raster ones) should be in .jpg format, and vector graphs in .wmf format,

which will allow you to reduce the size of the thesis file.

Figures, diagrams, graphs should be created with appropriate applications meant for that purpose, e.g.

Paint, PowerPoint. If the figures, diagrams or graphs are created in MS Word, they have to be

grouped together.

Chart 1. Example of a chart

Item Commune Surface area Number of residents

VII. LITERATURE (FOOT-/ENDNOTES)

Two methods of inserting foot- or endnotes are acceptable. The choice of one particular method is

made by the supervisor of the thesis.

Method 1:

Automatic foot-/endnotes are obligatory (choose Insert/ Footnote or Endnote from the menu or press

Alt + j). Footnotes are placed at the bottom of the relevant page and endnotes at the end of the

relevant chapter.

The foot- or endnotes should end with full stops.

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Foot-/endnotes to literature begin with the initial of the first (first and middle) name and the surname;

they are followed with the title of the work, name of the publishing house, place and year of

publishing, and page numbers where one can find the text used.

Monographic publication, e.g.:

D. Romer, Makroekonomia dla zaawansowanych, PWN, Warszawa 2000, pp. 68-72.

Monographic publication, quoted as a whole, e.g.:

D. Romer, Makroekonomia dla zaawansowanych, PWN, Warszawa 2000.

Article in press, e.g.:

S.T. Wierzchoń, Systemy rozpoznawania, Informatyka, 1999 (12), pp. 33-39.

S.T. Wierzchoń, Systemy rozpoznawania, Informatyka, 1999 (38, No. 12), pp. 33-39.

S.T. Wierzchoń, Systemy rozpoznawania, Informatyka, No. 12/1999, pp. 33-39.

Article in a joint publication, e.g.:

Z. Pucek, Kultura w refleksji socjologicznej, [in:] Z. Krawczyk, Z. K. Sowa (eds), Socjologia w Polsce,

Wyd. WSP, Rzeszów 1998, pp. 33-39.

Quoting the same reference several times one after the other, e.g.: 1 D. Romer, Makroekonomia dla zaawansowanych, PWN, Warszawa 2000, pp. 68-76.

2 Ibid. pp. 70-71.

If quotes are separated with other references, e.g.: 1 D. Romer, Makroekonomia dla zaawansowanych, PWN, Warszawa 2000, pp. 68-76.

2 S.T. Wierzchom, Systemy rozpoznawania, „Informatyka”, No. 12/1999, pp. 33-39.

3 D. Romer, Makroekonomia dla…, op. cit., pp. 70-72.

Foot-/endnotes for webpages:

Simple foot-/endnotes (it is necessary to provide the date of visiting the webpage), e.g.:

http://www.ie.lodz.p1/dokumenty.asp, from 15.05.04

or

http://www.ie.lodz.pl/dokumenty.asp, 15.05.04

or

http://www.ie.lodz.p1/dokumenty.asp (15.05.04)

Foot-/endnotes to an unnamed document from a website, e.g.:

http://www.ie.lodz.pl/dokumenty/dokument001.pdf, from 15.05.04, p. 15

When frames make it impossible to provide the exact path (catalogue names should be used), e.g.:

http://www.ie.1odz.p1, DOKUMENTY/POLSKIE/STARE, from 15.05.04

Foot-/endnote to a named document from a website, e.g.:

M. W. Kozak, Regiony w Polsce, [from:] http://www.ie.1odz.p1/dokumenty/dokument001.pdf, from

15.05.04, p. 15

NOTE: The particular positions of quoted literature should be placed in the bibliography at the end of

the thesis, in alphabetical order according to the authors' surnames.

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Method 2:

References are placed after the quoted text only as numbers in square brackets referring to the number

of the item in the bibliography at the end of the thesis, e.g.

Comparing the commitment of enterprises active in Poland with enterprises operating in the EU, one

can make the conclusion that entrepreneurs in Poland show relatively low commitment in training

employees [12].

Numbers are given to the references in the order in which the particular titles appear in the thesis, and

this is the order in which particular literature items should be listed in the bibliography at the end of the

thesis. If a given title is quoted more than once, it should be referred to with the same number, given at

the first instance of quoting it, each time it is quoted in the thesis.

If the author uses material from several titles for one paragraph, the numbers of all quoted titles should

be written in square brackets, e.g.:

Comparing the commitment of enterprises active in Poland with enterprises operating in the EU, one

can make the conclusion that entrepreneurs in Poland show relatively low commitment in training

employees [3, 7, 12-19].

The endnotes to the material in the bibliography at the end of the thesis should begin with the surname

and the initial of the first (first and middle) name of the author; they are followed by the title of the

work, name of the publishing house, place and year of publishing, page numbers (if possible) where one

can find the text which is used.

The endnotes should end with full stops.

Monographic publication, e.g.:

3. Romer D., Makroekonomia dla zaawansowanych, PWN, Warszawa 2000, pp. 68-72.

Monographic publication, quoted as a whole, e.g.:

7. D. Romer, Makroekonomia dla zaawansowanych, PWN, Warszawa 2000.

Article in press, e.g.:

17. S.T. Wierzchoń, Systemy rozpoznawania, Informatyka, 1999 (38, No. 12), pp. 33-39.

Article in a joint publication, e.g.:

19. Z. Pucek, Kultura w refleksji socjologicznej, [in:] Z. Krawczyk, Z.K. Sowa (eds), Socjologia w Polsce,

Wyd. WSP, Rzeszów 1998, pp. 33-39.

Endnotes to webpages:

Like in Method 1.

VIII. SUMMARY

The summary should be written according to the pattern below, using Times New Roman, size 10.

None of the elements from the pattern should be omitted. Keywords required in the summary should

be understood as 2-3 characteristic names or expressions, reflecting the subject and content of the

thesis.

The summary should be put at the end of the thesis, after bibliography.

NOTE!

Students should include summaries in both Polish and English in their theses.

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SUMMARY PATTERN – thesis at first-cycle studies

The University of Information Technology and Management in Rzeszów

Faculty of Economics / Faculty of Administration and Information Technology

B.Sc./Eng. Thesis Summary

Title of the thesis in English

Author:

Supervisor:

Keywords:

SUMMARY CONTENTS, I.E. SEVERAL SENTENCES CONCERNING THE CONTENTS OF THE THESIS IN

ENGLISH.

Wyższa Szkoła Informatyki i Zarządzania z siedzibą w Rzeszowie

Wydział Ekonomiczny / Wydział Administracyjno-Informatyczny

Streszczenie pracy dyplomowej licencjackiej

Title of the thesis in Polish

Autor:

Promotor:

Słowa kluczowe:


POLISH – TRANSLATION OF THE ENGLISH SUMMARY!

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SUMMARY PATTERN – thesis at second-cycle and one-cycle Master’s degree studies

The University of Information Technology and Management in Rzeszów

Faculty of Economics / Faculty of Administration and Information Technology

M.Sc. Thesis Summary

Title of the thesis in English

Author:

Supervisor:

Keywords:


ENGLISH.

Wyższa Szkoła Informatyki i Zarządzania z siedzibą w Rzeszowie

Wydział Ekonomiczny / Wydział Administracyjno-Informatyczny

Streszczenie pracy dyplomowej magisterskiej

Title of the thesis in Polish

Autor:

Promotor:

Słowa kluczowe:


POLISH – TRANSLATION OF THE ENGLISH SUMMARY!

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Attachment No. E to the


I. ELECTRONIC VERSION OF THE THESIS

The electronic version of the thesis should be prepared as follows:

Thesis file with appropriate name: 2008_UEZ_12345_p

year of defense symbol of the group student's record book number thesis (in Polish “praca”)

The file with the thesis should be saved in Microsoft Word format. The thesis may not be protected with a

password (this applies also to write-protection).

The file with the thesis should contain all required elements, such as: title page, introduction, the main

body of the thesis, conclusion, bibliography, list of charts and figures, summary and potential

attachments.

If there is one or more attachments to the thesis as a separate file(s), it should be named

2008_UEZ_12345_z (where “z” means “attachment” – “załącznik” in Polish). If there is more

than one file attached to the thesis, they should be compressed with an archive program to the ZIP

format to one file named 2008_UEZ_12345_z, and the attachments themselves may have any

names. File names should not exceed 12 characters.

II. SUBMITTING THE ELECTRONIC VERSION OF THE THESIS

The electronic version of the thesis is submitted by sending it by means of the Virtual University. After

logging in to the Virtual University (URL: http://wu.wsiz.rzeszow.pl) you should choose “Student” in the

menu on the left side of the screen. You will have several options to choose from. To submit the thesis,

choose “Thesis”.

http://wu.wsiz.rzeszow.pl/

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In that window you will see information concerning the thesis, such as the supervisor’s data and the status

of the thesis. In the example below, the status is “None”, because the thesis has not been submitted yet.

After the thesis is sent, the status changes to “Sent”, and after the thesis is read by an employee from the

Dean’s office, the status changes to “Accepted” or “Requires changes” – if the thesis does not comply

with the “Instruction for writing a thesis” or if the resemblance rate shown by the UITM Anti-plagiarism

System exceeds the established level.

Note: If after submitting the thesis any changes are introduced for important reasons in its text, the

student should report to the Dean’s office employee and determine a way of replacing the thesis with the

corrected version.

To send the thesis, first you have to enter a description of it, which you can do by clicking “Enter

description”.

A window opens in which you have to enter the following data: thesis title, abstract (summary) and

keywords.

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The data needs to be entered both in Polish and in English. To enter the data, click “Change” and write

the necessary information.

The entry is accepted by clicking “Save”. After entering and saving all data, click “Back”.

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Note: Students who do not enter all required information (thesis title, abstract and keywords) cannot pass

on to the next stage of submitting their thesis.

After clicking “Back” you return to the window showing information concerning the thesis. In the

example below, there is the Polish title of the thesis, entered before.

To pass on to the next stage of submitting the thesis, please click the button “Send thesis file(s)”.

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A window appears in which you should choose the type of file you want to send (Thesis file or

Attachment to thesis) and then click “Send file”.

Then, information about browser security appears. Click “Tak” if the message appears in Polish or “Yes”

if it appears in English. The language version of the message depends on the language version of the

Windows operating system in the computer you are sending the thesis from.

Then, the following message appears. To continue, click “Yes”.

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A window appears in which you should click the active button “Wybierz plik do przesłania”. That

window and several following ones are in Polish, which is necessary for technical reasons.

After clicking “Wybierz plik do przesłania” you should find on the disc your previously prepared file

with the thesis which you want to submit. After choosing the right file, you should accept it by clicking

“Otwórz”.

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Once chosen, the right thesis file is sent by clicking “Yes”. If by mistake a wrong file has been chosen,

click “No” and choose the file once again.

If the file has been sent successfully, the system reacts by sending the following message in Polish:

Click “OK” – the page will reload. When it does, the final message appears informing you if the file has

been sent successfully.

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After clicking “Next”, a window appears, showing the sent file. If the thesis has an attachment, it has to

be sent as well. You should then choose Attachment to thesis as your file type and repeat the procedure

for sending the file.

On finishing the process of sending the thesis, click “Back” to come back to the window “Student –

Thesis”.

To check whether the thesis sent in its electronic form has been accepted, choose the option “Student -

Thesis” at the Virtual University.

NOTE: the confirmation that the electronic version of the thesis has been accepted can appear at

the earliest on the following day after the thesis is sent.

If the thesis has been accepted you will see a date and the message “Thesis has been accepted” in the field

“Date of submitting the thesis”, and the message “Accepted” will appear in the “Status” field. This is

shown below on an example.

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If the thesis is found not to be in compliance with the “Instruction for writing a thesis” or if the

established resemblance rate in the UITM Anti-plagiarism System is exceeded, the date of submitting the

thesis will not be shown in the window “Student – Thesis”, and the message “Requires changes” will

appear in the “Status” field.

In such cases, the student has to contact the Dean’s office to obtain information about what needs to be

corrected in the thesis. After corrections, the thesis must be sent again according to the above described

thesis sending procedure

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