Thesis Format for Masters students

THESIS FORMAT (MA STUDENTS)

 While writing thesis you are asked to follow a specific format.  The format is usually provided by institution . In Pakistan we generally follow this type of format. Generally you will be required to abide by the following format and style as specified by the department.For the sample of synopsis click here

• Font :  Times New Roman
• Text :  12
• Paper Quality:  80 grams
• Alignment:  Justified
• Spacing:  Double (Between lines) & Single (Between Words)
• Paper size :  A4
• Paragraphing :  Indented (excluding first paragraph)
• Binding :  3 Evaluation Copies ( Spiral binding ). 3 Final Copy  (Leather binding)
• Colour of Binding        Silver on Silver grey.
• Margins:   Left  2  , Right       1.5  , Top   1.5,  Bottom     1.5
• Pagination            Top right hand corner.

Page 1

      Chapter No                                  16 Bold Caps Centered 10^th line from the header

Chapter title                                 16 bold Caps Centered 12^th line from header

                    Margins                                        Left                     2”

               Right / Bottom   1.5”

Format for Headings –Minus Chapter number and chapter title (Font 14)

Level 1: Caps; bold; centered and underlined

NARRATIVE TECHNIQUES &THEMES IN TONI MORRISON’S LOVE

Level 2 Caps; bold and centered e.g.

NARRATIVE TECHNIQUES &THEMES IN TONI MORRISON’S LOVE

Level 3: caps and bold

NARRATIVE TECHNIQUES & THEMES IN TONI MORRISON’S LOVE

Level 4 Caps

NARRATIVE TECHNIQUES &THEMES IN TONI MORRISON’S LOVE

Level 5:    First letter of the first word and all content words capitalised

Narrative Techniques & Themes in Toni Morrison’s Love

Writing The Works Cited Page

Remember a few things while organizing the works cited page:

• The works cited page must be labelled Works Cited. The label should be at the top center of the page.

• The sources on the page must be listed IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER BY THE AUTHORS LAST NAME.

• The first line of each entry is flush to the margin; all consequent lines within the entry must be indented five spaces.

• Entries in the works cited page should be single-spaced. Double space in between entries.

Books and Reference Books

Bibliographical entries reverse the sequence of author’s names. The last name comes first, followed 

by the second and first names. This is followed by the publication and publishing details. Thus the 

accepted format is as follows:

Walbridge, John. The  wisdom  of  the  mystic  East: Suharwardi  And  Platonic  Orientalism.     Albany: State university of New York Press,2001.

Frye,northrup. Anatomy of Criticism: four Essays. NewYork; Harper Collins,1957.

If the reference is to the internet ,give as many details as possible because items are sometimes are borrowed from the internet.

Wordsworth,William. My  Heart  Leaps  Up,

http://www.quillcorner.com/Poetry/my heart leaps.html.

If the reference is to an article belonging to a large collection in a book ,it should be shown as follows:

     W.Wiley,  “Cognitive  Factors  in  Reading.”B.quest (ed.).New Directions in Reading.

(New York: Harcourt and Brace.1983) p.29.

If the reference is to an article in a magazine , it should be shown as follows as, giving the name of the author or authors, the title of the article in double inverted commas, the title of the magazine /journal the volume number, the place and name of the publisher, the month and year of publication and the page number or numbers:

   

      H. James “The Word in Context.”  The Journal of Applied Linguistics. Volume 7.

 (Islamabad:NUMLPress,2002) p.34

Note: For further details relevant to format you can consult “A Manual for Writers of Theses, Term Papers and Dissertations” by   Kate. L. Turabian