Thesis
You are now required to submit a 30,000 word thesis. Your thesis must be typed not handwritten. It is advisable to make print a second copy of your work. Please discuss the subject of your thesis with your tutor.
The
structure of a thesis
Title Page.
Title (including subtitle), author, institution, date.
Table of Contents.
List all headings and subheadings with page numbers.
indent subheadings.
Chapter headings and sub-headings if necessary.
Paragraphs should be double-spaced (as used in this booklet).
Introduction
You can't write a good introduction until you know what the body of the paper says. Consider writing the introductory section(s) after you have completed the rest of the paper, rather than before.
Be sure to include a hook at the beginning of the introduction. This is a statement of something sufficiently interesting to motivate your reader to read the rest of the paper, it is an important /interesting scientific problem that your paper either solves or addresses. You should draw the reader in and make them want to read the rest of the paper.
What else
belongs in the introductory section(s) of your paper?
* A statement of the goal of the paper: why the study was undertaken, or why the paper was written.
* Sufficient background information to allow the reader to understand the context and significance of the question you are trying to address. Explain the scope of your work, what will and will not be included.
* A verbal "road map" or verbal "table of contents" guiding the reader to what lies ahead.
Conclusion
What is the strongest and most important statement that you can make from your observations?
If you met the reader at a meeting six months from now, what do you want them to remember about your paper?
Include the broader implications of your results.
Do not repeat word for word the introduction or discussion.
References
Cite all ideas, concepts, text, data that are not your own as footnotes on each page. Please use the small number e.g. 1,2,3 to identify footnotes.
All references cited in the text must be listed
cite single-author references by the surname of the author (followed by date of the publication in parenthesis)
... Seduction of Christianity, Pg.54, Dave Hunt, Harvest House (1994)
... If your quote is from a web site add the address, e.g. www.goodnews/gospel.htm.
After your conclusion add, in alphabetical order, the sources you quote from using the title, author, page, publisher and date format.