Guide to the Preparation of Theses and Dissertations


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REQUIREMENTS PRIOR TO SUBMISSION OF THE THESIS/DISSERTATION

DEADLINES
PROCEDURES AND REQUIREMENTS

 

SPECIFICATIONS OF THE THESIS/DISSERTATION

GENERAL FORMAT The Complete Manuscript
Overall Appearance
Paper
Typefaces
Margins
Spacing and Indentations
Quotations
Pagination
Hyphenation
Corrections

ORGANIZATION OF PAGES AND SECTIONS

Footnotes/Endnotes

INCLUSION OF OTHER PUBLISHED MEDIA

Captions
Drawings
Figures and Tables
Graphs
Maps
Non-Typed Materials
Oversized Material
Photographs
Published Material
Units

PERMISSION TO USE COPYRIGHTED MATERIAL

 

SUBMITTING THE THESIS/DISSERTATION

MICROFILMING AND COPYRIGHTING Microfilming
Microfilm Agreement
Copyrighting the Doctoral Dissertation
Copyrighting the Master's Thesis

PRINTING METHODS

ASSEMBLY AND DEPOSIT OF THE THESIS/DISSERTATION

Thesis/Dissertation Submission Requirements
Assembly
Deposit and Approval
Binding
Distribution
Fees

 

PREPARING THE DISSERTATION FOR THE Ph.D. IN MUSIC COMPOSITION

Submission Requirements
Physical Specifications of the Score
Specifications of the Electronic Music Tape
Microfilming
Copyrighting
Binding the Dissertation

 

APPENDICES

A. Sample Pages
B. Graduate Program List
C. Checklists