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Formatting Requirements

  • Order of Components
  • Title Page
  • Preliminary Pages
  • Table of Contents
  • Fonts
  • Headings and Subheadings
  • Page Layout, Margins and Numbering
  • Tables, Figures and Illustrations
  • End Pages
  • Supplementary Materials
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This is the order of components for a thesis or dissertation:

1.  Title page

2. Committee Page

3.  Abstract

4.  Lay Summary

5.  Preface

6. Table of contents

7. List of tables

8. List of figures

9. List of illustrations

10. Lists of symbols, abbreviations or other

11. Glossary

12. Acknowledgements

13. Dedication

14. Introduction

15. Research chapters

16. Conclusion

17. Bibliography

18. Appendices

 
 

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