3.-Sample-Dissertation-Formatted-Word-File-1-3

TITILE OF DISSERTATION IN ALL CAPITAL LETTERS (APPROVED BY ADVISOR) BY (Student Name), other degree acronyms, example: (BBA, M.A.) A dissertation submitted to the Graduate School in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree (Approved Degree Title) Major: (Name of Major) Concentration: (Name of Concentration) Minor: (Name of Minor) Minors and Concentrations must be approved by the Graduate Council NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY LAS CRUCES, NEW MEXICO (Month Year) [If you are filing for copyright, place the notice here If not filing for copyright, delete this page.] ii (Type in Candidates Name) Candidate (Type in Candidates Major) Major This Dissertation is approved on behalf of the faculty of New Mexico State University, and it is acceptable in quality and form for publication: [Delete the lines not needed for your committee] Approved by the Dissertation Committee: (Type in Chairperson Name) Chairperson (Type in Committee member’s name) Committee Member (Type in Committee member’s name) Committee Member (Type in Committee member’s name) Committee Member (Type in Committee member’s name) Committee Member iii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I would like to thank students that properly format papers It is a good idea to review the paper draft with your committee chair page by page before submitting to the ProQuest for review The margins and page numbers are set correctly in this template For some students, this will be a good starting point Also included after this template are the sample pages from the Guidelines When you not need them, you can highlight the sample pages and delete them You can also use them as a template for format by using the copy and paste commands Please notice the sample pages after the template pages have no page numbers iv VITA Educational Information Employment Information Professional and Honorary Societies Field of Study Major Field: Concentration: (if applicable) Minor (if applicable) Title of Major Title of Concentration Title of Minor v ABSTRACT TITILE OF DISSERTATION IN ALL CAPITAL LETTERS (APPROVED BY ADVISOR) By Student Name BY (Student Name), other degree acronyms, example: (BBA., M.A.) (Approved Degree Title) NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY LAS CRUCES, NEW MEXICO (Month Year) Name of Chair The abstract usually runs around 350 words or so Sometimes it continues on the next page Keywords: up to six words that reference your document vi TABLE OF CONTENTS LIST OF TABLES .vii LIST OF FIGURES viii CHAPTER Page INTRODUCTION .1 You can use word to create your table of contents and other lists The list above is an example of how you can use Word to create your table of contents There are also examples below in the sample pages that allow you to cut and paste a table of contents vii LIST OF TABLES viii LIST OF FIGURES ix CHAPTER INTRODUCTION This is usually where your paper begins This is the body of your paper This template is to assist students that have a difficult time setting margins Make sure you are using a writing style to write your paper A writing style is something that will help you give credit for ideas that belong to other people An example of a writing style is APA (insert page number according to manuscript set up) APPENDIX TYPE THE TITLE HERE; CENTER IN INVERTED PYRAMID STYLE IF LONGER THAN ONE LINE; TYPE THE TITLE IN ALL CAPS [Indent all paragraphs Begin the text for the appendix here.] [Use this format for the first page of an appendix when you not need to use a half title page for the first page of the appendix.] (insert page number according to manuscript set up) REFERENCES * Please note this is the end of the template and the sample pages are next (insert page number according to manuscript set up)