Physical Standards for Theses & Dissertations

The Physical Standards for Theses and Dissertations provides a set of general standards for the preparation of theses and dissertations for graduate degrees in Arts & Sciences. Before you begin the final formatting of your thesis or dissertation, please carefully review the Physical Standards and consult with your program for additional specific style guidelines.

The required pages are standardized for all theses and dissertations and must be completed using one of the form/template formats (Word or PDF - LaTeX will be available soon) below which are listed in required page order for the theses/dissertation.

• Title Page -MS Word Form (Please note, titles may be unlimited in length, however, the Library spine binding will only permit a limit of 50 characters. You may wish to provide an abbreviated title for the spine binding at submission.)  (required for all theses and dissertations)
• Title Dissertation Page - PDF Form (Please note, titles may be unlimited in length, however, the Library spine binding will only permit a limit of 100 characters. You may wish to provide an abbreviated title for the spine binding at submission.)  (required for all theses and dissertations)
• Title Thesis Page - PDF Form (Please note, titles may be unlimited in length, however, the Library spine binding will only permit a limit of 100 characters. You may wish to provide an abbreviated title for the spine binding at submission.) (required for all theses and dissertations)
• Approval Page (Thesis & Dissertation) - MS Word Form  (required for all theses and dissertations)  - (Firefox is recommended)
• Compliance Committee Form - PDF Form (required for all theses and dissertations)
• Compliance Page Template -MS Word Form
• Abstract Page - PDF Form  (required for all theses and dissertations)
• Table of Contents  (required for all theses and dissertations) - MS Word Form
• Acknowledgements  (required for all theses and dissertations) -MS Word Form
• Dedication - MS Word Form
• List of Tables - MS Word Form
• List of Figures - MS Word Form