Submitting Thesis/ Dissertation Checklist

Name:

Printed on 25% cotton paper or better

Left Margin: 1 ½ inches: top right and bottom margins: 1 inch

Chapter headings and subheadings: use consistent style and spacing

Typeface used throughout research paper is consistent

In a box 8 ½ x 11 box that conforms to the size of your research paper

Survey

Addendum to the Survey (for Doctoral students only)

Microfilming Fee Statement (with fee, check or money order only)

Public Abstract (no pg #, not counted, single spaced, 250 words, signed by advisor)

Copy of Public Abstract

Short Abstract (no pg #, not counted, has same format as abstract in guidelines)

Microfilming Agreement

Copy of Title Page

Copy of Short Abstract

3. Thesis/ Dissertation Materials

Original Approval Pg (no pg #, not counted, on cotton paper, original signatures)

Title Pg (counted as pg i but not numbered, must have appropriate graduation

month: MAY, AUGUST or DECEMBER)

Dedication (Optional, not numbered, not counted)

Acknowledgements (numbered ii)

Abstract (Optional as part of the actual thesis/ dissertation)

Table of Contents (numbered with lowercase Roman numeral)

List of Tables/ List of Figures/ List of Nomenclature (only include if your work

has tables/ figures/ etc. included, numbered with lowercase Roman numerals)

Text (Beginning with pg 1)

Vita (short, 1 or 2 paragraphs about the author, not a Curriculum Vita, Required for

Doctoral students; Optional for Masters Students)