Guidelines for Preparation of Thesis or Dissertation

All theses and dissertations must conform to the policies and procedures set forth in these Guidelines and the current University Catalog. Forms and instructions can be found online at Thesis and Dissertation Center. Contact gradmanuscripts@uttyler.edu with questions regarding these policies and procedures. In addition, please note the following:

Submission and Review Requirements. You must indicate which citation style you are using when you submit your manuscript for review. You must include the reviewer’s embedded comments when you submit your revisions.

Deadlines. It is the student’s responsibility to meet all deadlines established and posted by your
College, The Graduate School, and Registrar's Office. Students should work with their
thesis/dissertation committee chair as deadlines near to ensure their availability for reviewing
and approving the manuscript. To view deadline dates, see The Graduate School Calendar.

Projects. Students completing a master’s project in lieu of a thesis should check with their advisor concerning the appropriate format. If the department or college does not specify a format for the project, then students must follow the thesis/dissertation format guidelines.

Manuscript Preparation. The following guidelines must be followed regardless of the style guideline/manual chosen. These guidelines ensure that all manuscripts prepared at The University of Texas at Tyler have a uniform and professional look.

The Multi-Paper/Portfolio Format may only be used with academic department permission. While the Graduate School strongly encourages publication of research results, students are reminded that preparation of a thesis/dissertation and preparation of a manuscript for publication are two separate operations. Certain mechanical stipulations for submitting manuscript copy to a publisher may differ from those specified by the Graduate School and may not be acceptable. The Graduate School requires that formatting must remain consistent in all chapters, since the dissertation submitted to The Graduate School is considered one manuscript. (Even for multiple article theses/dissertations).

Style and Format. Select a style manual or journal format established by your department or committee and consistently follow that style throughout the manuscript except where UT Tyler guidelines state oherwise. As researcher and author, the graduate student has full responsibility for the form and substance of the manuscript. Templates are available at Thesis and Dissertation Center.

Pagination. Do not place numbers on the Title Page, Signature Page, Copyright Page, or Acknowledgments Page. Beginning with the first numbered page (the Table of Contents) follow the guidelines of your chosen style manual.

Final Copies. No printed copies are required by The Graduate School. Check with your committee chair for departmental requirements regarding printed copies.

The following guidelines for the title page, signature page, copyright page, and acknowledgement page must be followed regardless of the style guideline/manual chosen.

Title Page

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        Center within margins
        
        No page number

ROCK CLIMBING PRACTICES OF INDIGENIOUS PEOPLES IN THE SOUTHWEST

(double space the title, all capital letters)

UNITED STATES: AN ETHNOGRAPHIC CASE STUDY

(four hard returns)

JOHN DOE (all capital letters)

(six hard returns)

A thesis/dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of

the requirements for the degree of

(your degree)

Department of (your department)

Victor Turner, Ph.D., Committee Chair

College of (your College)

(eight hard returns)

The University of Texas at Tyler (single-space all of this)

May 2021

(month & year of degree conferral, no comma)

(six hard returns)

Signature Page

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        No page number

The University of Texas at Tyler
Tyler, Texas

This is to certify that the Master's Thesis/Doctoral Dissertation of

(two hard returns)

JANE DOE (All Capital Letters)

(two hard returns)

has been approved for the thesis/dissertation requirement on

(your defense date) for

the (your degree) degree

Approvals:

______________________________________

Thesis/Dissertation Chair: Victor Turner, Ph.D.

(triple space between text and lines)

_____________________________________

Member: Simone de Beauvoir, Ph.D.

_____________________________________

Member: Carlos Castaneda, Ph.D

_____________________________________

Chair, Department of (name of Department)

_____________________________________

Dean, College of (name of College)

Copyright (Optional)

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        No page number

Acknowledgments (Optional)

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        Set spacing consistent with main text
        
        No page number

Acknowledgments

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