thesis-format-for-advanced-training-program-on-agricultural-economics

VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE FACULTY OF ECONOMICS AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT THESIS FORMAT Primary components of a thesis Title Page: Including the primary cover and the secondary cover (appendix and 2) Acknowledgments: should be in page Table of Contents: should be in pages (see more in appendix 3) List of Tables List of Figures: picture(s), outline(s), diagram(s), graph(s), and map(s) List of Abbreviations List of Appendices (if needed) Abstract (if needed) Primary components of a thesis: Part Introduction 1.1 Rationale of the Study 1.2 Objectives of the Study 1.3 Research question(s) 1.4 Scope of the study Part Literature Review - What we know about the research question(s) and related issues from the literature – What we not know about the research question(s) and related issues from the literature Part Methodology Data/ information that will be needed Where the data/ information can be obtained How the data/ information can be obtained How the data/ information will be analyzed Part Findings and Discussions Findings Discussions of Findings Part Conclusions and Implications of Findings References Appendices 2.2 Format of the study 2.2.1 Thesis analysis should be from 60 to 80 pages Each part will be started in a new page The heading should be ordered and leveled by number (for example: 1- called first level; 1.1- called second level; 1.1.1- called third level; and 1.1.1.2 - called fourth level It should not excess fourth level of headings The analysis should come before the table 2.2.2 Language: English will be used for the thesis writing 2.2.3 Paper: The white paper with a size of A4 will be used for one side printing Diagrams and pictures should be printed in a special paper The other special presentations such as maps and balance sheet accounting should be folded to fit with the size of A4 paper 2.2.4 Margins: Top: Left: 1,2” (3 cm) 1,2” (3 cm) Bottom: Right: 1.2” (3 cm) 0,8” (2 cm) 2.2.5 Font: Font of Times New Roman and font size of 14 will be used for thesis writing The title of part 1, 2, and will be capital letters and bold; its first and second level headings will be letters and bold; and its third level headings will be letter, bold, and italic Other heading levels will be typical typing 2.2.6 Page numbers: Thesis must be numbered It will be number by letters (i, ii, iii…) in all parts excepting the content of part 1, 2, and Position of page number will be in bottom and right 2.2.7 Line spacing: It will be 1.5 single lines for content of analysis The space between part headings and the first level headings is single lines The space between ending of any analyses and the next heading is single lines The space before and after tables and diagrams… will be single lines The space between two references is single line 2.2.8 Number of hard copy: with hard cover or soft cover 2.2.9 Tables and figures • • • It will be numbered by number of each part with explanation(s) if needed For example: Table 2.3 will be the second table in Part Table 3.3 will be the third table in Part The title of tables will be before content The title of figures will be after content 2.2.10 Literature cites a Citing from author (can be applied for citing from co-author or more than two authors) For example: According to Friberg (2002), the participant of ethnic is limited… Or : The participant of ethnic is limited… (Friberg, 2002) b Citing from co-author: using conjunction to connect between two authors c d e f g h i j For example: Ravallion and Van de Walle (2003) conducted a study of agricultural land allocation in Vietnam Or Agricultural land allocation in Vietnam is………(Ravallion and Van de Walle, 2003) Citing from more than two authors It is needed to write the first author and wording of “et al” and following by year For example: … business environment in Vietnam… (Tenev et all, 2003) Citing from different references and different authors All authors must be written and separated by “;” For example: In the South of Vietnam……….(Do and Iyer 2003; Luong and Unger 1999; Marsh and MacAulay 2002; Ravallion and Van de Walle, 2001, 2003) Citing from un-original author (this form should not be encouraged) For example: Samuelson (1963) found… (as cited in Nguyen Van An, 1999) Note: Nguyen Van An must be in the literature cites Literature cites should be divided into groups namely Vietnamese and English It will be ordered by a, b, c and by given name if Vietnamese reference and by last name/family name if English reference Book cite Tran Van Dat (2002), The Development of Rice Production in Vietnam Agricultural Publishing House, Hanoi Nguyen Thi Huong (2009) …… Chapter cite Tran Duc Vien, Pham Tien Dung, and Nguyen Thanh Lam (2008) “Experiment of ….”, chapter 21, in … - name of book Tran Duc Vien, A Terry Rambo, and Nguyen Thanh Lam Agricultural Publishing House, Hanoi Paper cite For example: Pham Van Hung (2006) “Methodology of….” Journal of Agricultural Technical and Science, Hanoi University of Agriculture, Volume and 5, pages 289-296 Workshop Presentations cite Phạm Văn Hùng and T Gordon MacAulay (2006) ‘Land transactions in the north of Vietnam: a modeling approach’ The Conference of the International Association of Agricultural Economists, Gold Coast, Australia, 12-18 August 2006, http://agecon.lib.umn.edu/ Tran Duc Vien and Nguyen Thi Duong Nga (2007) ‘Hybrid rice production in the Red River Delta: farmer’s perspectives’ The International Symposium on Hybrid Rice and Agro-Ecosystem between Hanoi University of Agriculture and Kyushu University, Hanoi, Vietnam, 22-24, November 2007 k Interner cite For example: Deininger, K Jin, Songqing (2003) ‘Mua bán cho thuê đất: thực tế nông thôn Việt Nam’ Bài viết Nghiên cứu sách Ngân hàng Thế giới số 2013 Washington, DC