Monday, February 27, 2012

Completing an Undergraduate Thesis

An undergraduate thesis should be approximately 50 pages.

Title Page
Unsigned Approval Page
Abstract
Dedication (optional – remove if you are not using)
Acknowledgments (optional – remove if you are not using)
Nomenclature (optional – remove if you are not using)
Table of Contents (include major and first-level subheadings)
List of Figures
List of Tables
Chapter I (Introduction)
Chapter II (Methods or Procedures)
Chapter III: Results (can be multiple chapters)
This section is where you tell us what the results of your research were (but not what you think they mean, yet). This is where all your data or findings go; both the good and the bad. Explain where things went wrong, or what unexpectedly happened. Did your methodology/procedures not have the sensitivity you expected? Did a process not work as you had planned? Did a subject not do what you had hoped? Or did everything go beautifully and produce exactly the type of data you had hoped for. This is the place for charts, figures, graphs, tables and images. We realize that you may still have substantial information to process for your results, but provide some text describing what you are finding and what you have learned so far.
Conclusion: List the overall contributions of your thesis.
Contact Information (Last page)

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