The Faculty of the Graduate School

TITLE OF THESIS OR DISSERTATION

______

A Dissertation

presented to

the Faculty of the Graduate School

at the University of Missouri-Columbia

______

In Partial Fulfillment

of the Requirements for the Degree

Doctor of Philosophy

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STUDENT’S NAME (ALL CAPS)

Name, Dissertation Supervisor

JUNE 2012

Note to Student: This page is optional. To have your material copyrighted, you must pay an additional fee. If you choose to do this, the Copyright Page will appear after your Title Page and before your Approval Page. This page is not counted, numbered or listed in the Table of Contents.

A Note About Third-Party Copyright: If your work contains material that has been copyrighted by another party, you may need to seek permission to use the material in your thesis or dissertation. Examples of materials for which you would need to seek copyright permission include, but are not limited to: third-party software, images, graphics, large portions of texts and maps.

If copyright permission is needed, you must submit written approval for the use of the copyrighted material along with your thesis or dissertation.

All of the above can be found at the University of Missouri Graduate School website:

See

© copyright by Student’s Name 2012

The undersigned, appointed by the dean of the Graduate School,have examined the [CHOOSE MANUSCRIPT TYPE] entitled

[ENTER TITLE]

presented byJohn Doe,

candidate for the degree of doctor of philosophy

and hereby certify that, in their opinion, it is worthy of acceptance.

[APPROVAL NAME #1]

[APPROVAL NAME #2]

[APPROVAL NAME #3]

[APPROVAL NAME #4]

DEDICATION

(Optional)

This page is not numbered and comes after the approval page if you decide to include it. This is where you thank your spouse, parents, friends, etc.

Acknowledgements

This page is where you would acknowledge all those who helped you with your academic research. This is not necessarily where you would recognize loved ones who supported you during your studies. That would be more appropriately done in an optional Dedication page.

Table of Contents

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS......

LIST OF TABLES...... v

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS...... vi

LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS...... vii

ChapterPage

1. This is the First Chapter...... 1

1.1 Subheadings should appear like this...... 7

1.1.1 This Is Another Level of Subheading...... 8

1.1.2 Another Level of Subheadings Would Look Like This...... 9

1.1.3 Subheadings That Are Very Long Should Be Broken

Into Two or More Single Spaced Lines Like This...... 10

2. This is the Second Chapter...... 12

2.1 Subheadings Should Appear Like This...... 14

2.1.1 Another Level of Subheadings Would Look Like This...... 16

2.1.2 Another Level of Subheadings Would Look Like This...... 20

3. This is the Third Chapter...... 22

APPENDIX......

1. PLOTS OF THE DATA...... 123

2. TABLESOF OBSERVED AND DERIVED PARAMETERS...... 140

BIBLIOGRAPHY...... 199

VITA...... 214

See for complete instructions pertaining to Table of Contents and all other pages.My proofreading services do not include creating a Table of Contents.

For every heading and subheading in the body of the research, there must be a corresponding entry in the Table of Contents.

Students can access the Division of IT Training Webinarto learn how to use the Auto-Format feature in Microsoft Word 2010. If you cannot access the link, call the Graduate School at 573-882-6311 or Toll Free for Long Distance calls at 800-877-6312.

LIST OF TABLES

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

FigurePage

Claude Monet, Water Lilies, about 1919-1926

(St. Louis Art Museum)...... 1

Georgia O’Keefe, Music Pink and Blue, II, 1919...... 4

Ros Gonnella, Lemon and a Glass with Peppers Below, 1992

(Museum of Art and Archaeology)...... 10

(Sample list of illustrations page)

Double-space between entries.
Item page numbers should align at right margin.
The List of Illustrations/Tables/etc. page numbers should be a Roman numeral aligned 1 inch from the bottom.

The “Figure” (or “Table,” etc.) should appear above the item numbers only on the first page.
The term “Page” should appear above the item page numbers only on the first page.

LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS

TITLE OF THESIS OR DISSERTATION IN CAPITAL LETTERS

Author

Dr. John Doe, Dissertation Supervisor

ABSTRACT

The Short Academic Abstract is not to exceed one page in length. The Abstract should be double-spaced. This should be a separate file on your CD saved as “short.pdf.”

If you want to use the same Abstract (or a longer version) in the thesis or dissertation, that is permissible.

CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION

1.1 Basic Instructions (copied from Graduate School website)

Consult with your adviser during the early drafts of your work to determine how to prepare and organize the front materials of your thesis or dissertation (Title page, Table of Contents, Abstract, Approval page), how to handle documentation (endnotes, footnotes, parenthetical insertions), how to prepare and present the list of works cited and how to paginate the research paper.

All research papers must be prepared in standardized format and include: Title page, Table of Contents, continuous pagination, a single list of works cited, etc. If your research paper includes illustrations, tables, maps, figures, etc., then you must also have a page listing each category (i.e., List of Illustrations, List of Tables).

If you have any questions concerning the format of your research paper that cannot be answered by your adviser or director of graduate studies, feel free to contact the Graduate School for consultation: 573-882-9575 or 573-882-3885 or 1-800-877-6312.

Margins

Left Margin: 1.5 inches
Top, Bottom and Right Margins: 1 inch

The bottom margin may measure more than 1 inch to avoid widows and orphans — incomplete lines, such as those beginning or ending a paragraph, carried over to the top of a new page. You may avoid them by either rewriting text to eliminate or fill out the line, or you may make the bottom margin deeper, moving the line to the next page.)

Line Spacing

All standard text should be double-spaced. Quotations of four lines or longer should be single-spaced with the left and right margins indented on each side. References, bibliographic works, endnotes, et al., should be single-spaced within entries and double-spaced between entries.

Headings

Chapter headings and subheads should be consistent throughout the research paper. If you use all caps and center the chapter heading for the first chapter, be sure to use that format throughout the paper.

Also, there should be a minimum of three lines of space between the chapter heading and the start of the first paragraph.

Page Numbers

Roman Numerals Before the Body, Arabic Numbers in the Body

The pages preceding the main body of the thesis/dissertation should use Roman numerals (ii, iii, iv, etc.) for page numbers. The Title page is page i, but the Roman numeral should be omitted from the page. Standard Arabic numbers (1, 2, 3, 4, etc.) should be used to number the main body of the research paper.

Placement of Landscape item on the Page

Place page numbers at least one inch from the edge of the paper.

On the first page of each chapter, the page number should be placed at center bottom. Placement of page numbers thereafter may be at center-bottom, center-top or top-right.

Page numbers on landscape figures or tables need to be placed at the same locations as page numbers for other pages.

Note: Landscape figures and tables should be placed with the top of the figure or table to the left side of the page. See the example (marked as page 53).

Fonts

Thesis and dissertation supporting paper materials must be printed using a letter-quality or laser printer. Various printers are available at public computing sites around campus.

Font Style

The font you choose to use in your research paper should be a commonly available font, such as:

Arial
Verdana
Times New Roman
Georgia
Courier
Calibri (Office 2007 default font)

If you are not sure that a font is acceptable, send a sample paragraph to the Graduate School with an inquiry and preferred method of responding (phone number, addresses: e-mail or regular mail).

Size

Use 10-point or 12-point fonts for regular text. Headings may be 14- or 16-point. Tables, figures, etc., may be smaller than 10-point.

Page Order and File Name

The main section of the thesis or dissertation should be included after your …

Title page
Copyright page (optional)
Approval page
Dedication page (optional)
Acknowledgements page
Table of Contents
List of Illustrations, Figures, Tables, Nomenclature (if necessary)
Academic Abstract (optional for research.pdf)

and before your …

Vita page (optional for theses)

in a PDF file saved as “research.pdf.”

Bibliography

Vita

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