DISSERTATION/THESIS TITLE IS DOUBLE-SPACED, CENTERED, AND
ALL IN CAPS
WITH NO BOLD AND NO ITALICS
by
MARY SMITH
A thesis/dissertation submitted in partial fulfillmentof the requirements for the degree of
(your degree)Department of (your department)
Victor Turner, Ph.D., Committee Chair
College of (your College)
The University of Texas at TylerMay 2015
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The University of Texas at TylerTyler, Texas
This is to certify that the Master’s Thesis/Doctoral Dissertation of
JOHN DOE (All Capital Letters)
has been approved for the thesis/dissertation requirement on(your defense date)
for the (your degree) degree
Approvals:
__________________________________ Thesis/Dissertation Chair: Victor Turner, Ph.D.
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__________________________________ Member: Simone de Beauvoir, Ph.D.
__________________________________ Member: Carlos Casteneda, Ph.D.
__________________________________ Chair, Department of (name of Department)
__________________________________ Dean, College of (name of College)
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© Copyright 2011 by Mary “This Page is Optional” SmithAll rights reserved.
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Dedication
Even though this dedication page is optionalI dedicate this page to you.
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Acknowledgements
Thank you all for your help. I'm especially grateful for the detailed formatting
guidelines imparted by the Template. I found it essential to know the Spacing Basics
(paragraph indentation is one-half inch (5-7 spaces), font used is Times New Roman or
Arial, and use of italics in place of underlining. Setting my Margins guided me
throughout the writing of my manuscript: 1 1/2" left margin, 1" right margin; 1" bottom
margin, and 1" top margin with exceptions given to the first page of Sections, which use
a 2" top margin. Sections include: Dedication (optional), Acknowledgements, Table of
Contents, List of Tables, List of Figures, Abstract, Chapter Headings, References,
Bibliography (optional), Appendices (1st Appendix only) and Biosketch.
However, this page is optional.
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Table of Contents
You may use Times New Roman or Arial font. The Table of Contents is created using the References Tool in MS Word.
List of Tables.......................................................................................................................iiList of Figures....................................................................................................................iiiAbstract...............................................................................................................................ivChapter 1 Introduction and General Information................................................................1
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Heading 3.....................................................................................................................1Heading 3.....................................................................................................................1
Chapter 2 Literature Review................................................................................................2Heading 2.........................................................................................................................2
Heading 3.....................................................................................................................2Heading 4.................................................................................................................5
Chapter 3 Materials and Methods........................................................................................6Heading 2.........................................................................................................................6
Heading 3.....................................................................................................................6Heading 3.....................................................................................................................6
Heading 2.........................................................................................................................6Heading 3.....................................................................................................................6Heading 3.....................................................................................................................6
Heading 2.........................................................................................................................6Chapter 4 Results and Discussion........................................................................................8
Heading 2.........................................................................................................................8Chapter 5 Conclusions and Recommendations...................................................................9References..........................................................................................................................10Bibliography......................................................................................................................11Appendix A. Title..............................................................................................................12Appendix B. Title..............................................................................................................14Biosketch...........................................................................................................................15
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List of Tables
The List of Tables and List of Figures (including those in appendices) are similar to the Table of Contents, but only list titles of the Tables and Figures that appear within the manuscript. Reproduce verbatim only the first sentence of the title.
Table 1. Data........................................................................................................................3
Table 2. Data Too................................................................................................................4
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List of Figures
Figure 1. Shapes...................................................................................................................7
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Abstract
DISSERTATION/THESIS TITLE IS DOUBLE-SPACED, CENTERED, ANDALL IN CAPS WITH NO BOLD AND NO ITALICS
Your Name
Thesis/dissertation Chair: Victor Turner, Ph.D.
The University of Texas at Tyler
May 2011
This is a sample Word document that can be used as a template in formatting your
thesis/dissertation. The abstract is a concise summary of the entire research project; it
states the purpose of the study, delineates the basic method of research, and summarizes
the conclusions. Your abstract must be 250 words or fewer. If you are using special
characters, you’ll want to spell them out between square brackets after each time you use
them (this is in the abstract only. It’s not necessary elsewhere in the document, although
use of special characters in the title is prohibited.)
For our purposes, a special character is any character which cannot be found on
your typical English language keyboard. Because of how your abstract is used in the
cataloging process, you will want to tell people how to interpret your special character in
case the character itself gets garbled. So, if I wanted to use the µ [micro] character in my
abstract, I would have to tell people how to interpret it. Since you’re the expert, you
decide how to best interpret that character. It could be µ [micro] or µ [mu], whichever
would make the most sense if the symbol itself cannot be replicated.
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Chapter 1
Introduction and General Information
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If you’ve got “show formatting marks” on, you’ll see that there is a line break and
not a paragraph break between the two lines of the chapter titles. This will allow them to
be automatically placed on the same line in the table of contents, instead of having two
separate entries for the same page. You can put in a line break by pressing
SHIFT+ENTER instead of ENTER alone.
You may use single, double, or 1.5 spacing, and Times New Roman or Arial font.
Be consistent in your spacing and fonts.
Heading 2
Use subheadings consistently. Check spacing, capitalization, and punctuation.
Heading 3 Use of styles is helpful in generating a table of contents. This sample
document uses the headings to automatically generate the table of contents, list of tables,
and list of figures. This document is set up to follow APA as well as UT Tyler
Guidelines. If you want to change formatting for the headings, you can highlight heading
or other text you wish to change, then either change the font and then find whatever style
you wish to change in the Styles window. Right click on that style and choose “Update
[Style] to match selection.” Alternatively, you can choose “Modify” to change the style
without choosing text.
Heading 3 Once you use styles to generate the lists, you can update them quickly
and easily.
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Chapter 2
Literature Review
Tables and figures embedded within the text should be placed on either the same
page as the first mention in the text, or on the page following the first mention of the text.
Large tables and figures should be placed on a separate page. Table 1 is larger than half a
page and therefore is placed on its own page. The page before the table/figure should be a
full page of text, unless it happens to occur at the end of the chapter. This applies even if
a paragraph must be broken across pages.
Heading 2
Tables and figures may be placed on separate pages regardless of size. You
should not leave white space on text pages, but you can leave white space on pages that
just have tables or figures.
Tables and figures may also be placed in an appendix at the end of the
thesis/dissertation. If you do this, be sure to note that the tables/figures are located in the
appendix. This can be done either parenthetically or with footnotes. You may place all
tables and figures in an appendix, or just a few. If you choose to place all tables and
figures in the appendix, you can note that “All tables and figures are located in the
appendix” after the first mention of a table or figure.
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Table titles should be placed above the tables. Figure titles should be placed below. The
font for tables must match the font for the body of the text. All tables must have at least 2
columns and a heading row. Tables must also have at least 3 grid lines.
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Table 1. Data
Column One Column Two
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These 3 lines include the line above the table, the line below the heading row, and
the line below the table. Tables that split across pages must have Table X (Continued) at
the top of the next page, as well as contain the column headings as the first row of the
continued table, as in Table 2 below.
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Table 2. Data Too
Column One Column Two
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Table 2. Data Too (Continued)
Column One Column Two
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The font for figures can differ from the font for the body of the text. The font for the
figure number and title must match the font for the body of the text. You may use color
figures or black and white. If you use color, make sure the figure makes sense when it is
printed in black and white
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Chapter 3
Materials and Methods
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Heading 3
Heading 3 headings have been created by inserting a style separator between the heading
and the paragraph text. I did this by putting the cursor right after the heading 3 and then
hitting CTRL+ALT+ENTER. Without a style separator between the heading and the
paragraph, I would have to use a Character Style for Heading 3, and that wouldn’t show
up in the table of contents. If you need to have APA heading levels 4 and 5 generated in
your table of contents you would want to use CTRL+ALT+ENTER to put in a style
separator, after you already have the heading and the text written out.
Heading 3
I’m running out of things to type. Don’t forget to refer to all tables/figures by number
within the text and to capitalize the first letter of Table 1 or Figure 1 any time you
reference them in the text. Once you have mentioned a table/figure, you must place it on
the next page. For instance, if you mention Figure 1 it should be placed on the next page.
Heading 2
Heading 3
Keep at it.
Heading 3
More text.
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Heading 2
Keep writing. You’re almost there!
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Center on page at least 1 1/2 lines between text and top of illustration and 1 1/2 lines
between caption and text. Place Figure number and title below Figure, one line between
illustration and caption.
Figure 1. Shapes
The rest of the text goes here.
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Chapter 4
Results and Discussion
Another chapter. Remember that consistency is the most important thing. Be
consistent in your spacing and fonts. Rules for placement of tables and figures are more
specific. Good luck with your writing!
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Write here. Now!
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Chapter 5
Conclusions and Recommendations
See, you could do it after all.
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References
Herein begins your list of references: texts and stuff on any source you explicitly cited in your manuscript.
Double space between entries; single space within each entry.
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Bibliography
The Bibliography is optional for including all source material you did not explicitly cite in your manuscript.
Double space between entries, single space within entries.
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Appendix A. Title
You’ll put appendix material here. This section is optional as well. You can place
tables and figures in the appendix if you like, which is what many journals prefer. If you
choose this option, you should indicate that tables and figures are in the appendix after
the first mention in the text. You can place some tables/figures in the text and others in
the appendix.
You might also use the appendix for including raw data, research instruments,
additional material, etc.
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Appendix A (Continued)
You’ll put the rest of Appendix A here. Subsequent pages of Appendix A will
have Appendix A (Continued) at the top of each page.
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Appendix B. Title
You’ll put all the information you wish to share in Appendix B here. If there is
more than one page of information in your Appendix B, you’ll be sure to put Appendix B
(Continued) at the top of each subsequent page.
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Biosketch
Mary Smith was born. She went to school. She wrote a thesis. She graduated. This
page really is required for dissertations.
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