Four Tips for Dissertation Format

Philosophy graduate students preparing to deposit their dissertation need to have the dissertation format accepted by me. Now are the major belongings you need to know:

1. Go after the formatting and other orders in the Graduate College's dissertation formats Requirements. Dissertation Format

2. Consumers of Microsoft Word should format chapter and section headings, and the table of contents, like the Graduate College's sample thesis pages. This implies, for example, that section headings in a chapter are in block capitals and left aligned. (Users of LaTeX don't need to concern themselves with these sorts of details.)

3. On other formatting matters, follow the 15th edition of the Chicago Manual of Style (CMS). The online edition is free with a uiuc internet connection and there are non-circulating paper copies in many campus libraries, including the History, Philosophy, and Newspaper Library.

4. CMS describes two systems for bibliographic citation: (a) notes and bibliography, and (b) the author-date system. See the online citation guide, or sections 16.1–16.4 of CMS, for an overview of these. You may use either system. Comments: Dissertation Format