STYLE SHEET FOR HONORS THESES
 
 

                              I. COPIES FOR THESIS COMMITTEE

 
A. Typed copies of your thesis or project must be submitted to your advisor and each member of your thesis committee. Since the committee may suggest or require changes be made to your thesis or project, be prepared to make these changes on the final copies submitted to the Library. 

B. The style of the thesis or project shall meet the professional standards of the discipline within which it is written.  Check with your advisor to be sure you are adopting the correct format for your paper. Style manuals for many disciplines are available in the Library.

                              II. FINAL (LIBRARY) COPIES 

A. If your thesis or project is approved by your examining committee, you are required to submit two copies suitable for  binding and preservation to Stewart Memorial Library. These copies must be accopanied by the Registrar's form which the librarian accepting your copies will sign. The permanent nature of your thesis imposes additional constraints on  format and style which are outlined below. 

B. MARGINS: Left = 1 1/2"; Top, Bottom, and Right = 3/4" or more. All written material including page numbers must  be within these margins. Graphs, tables, charts, and fold-over pages must also be within the page margins specified. Pages not meeting margin requirements are unacceptable. 

C. TITLE PAGE: Center your title page information VERTICALLY on the middle of the page. Allow for binding by HORIZONTALLY positioning information 3/4" to the RIGHT of the center. No title page information should exceed the page margins specified for the body of your text. Here is an Example of a title page. 

D. TYPING: Your thesis should be double-spaced with the exception of long quotations which are single-spaced.  Footnotes, when used, are single spaced. Your bibliography or reference list should be typed according to the style appropriate for your discipline. Use a standard typeface; recommended typefaces include Ariel, CG Times, and Courier.  The recommended font size is 12 point fo the body of your paper and 13 or 14 point for titles, headings, etc. 

E. CORRECTIONS AND INSERTIONS: Handwritten and fluid corrections to your thesis are unacceptable. However, symbols and other characters unavailable on a typewriter or computer may be inserted neatly by hand, using permanent black ink. The final copies of your thesis must be free of errors in spelling, punctuation, and grammatical structure. 

F. PRINTING: Copies submitted to the Library must be made on a laser printer or Xerox machine. White, 20-lb. Xerox paper should be used for your copies. Four blank sheets of the copy paper must be submitted with the two copies of your thesis.