Thesis Guidelines - Detail Arrangement of Thesis

Graduate Program Thesis Guide

Detailed Arrangement of the Thesis

Fly Leaf (a blank page, no page number)
Thesis Duplication Release (Appendix B)
Title Page (assumed page number i); the title page should be centered between the 1½" left margin and 1" right margin. On the title page, the following information is listed (Appendix C):
1. The title of the thesis
2. "A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Aquaculture/Fisheries
3. The full name of the author (this must be the name on the official student record)
4. Previous degree or degrees with the name of the institution and the year awarded
5. The month and year in which the degree sought is to be awarded (contact the Graduate Coordinator for the correct month and year)
6. "University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff"
Approval page with the following information (assumed page number ii) (Appendix D):
1. "This thesis is approved for recommendation to the Graduate Council"
2. Spaces for the signatures of the thesis advisor, members of the advisory committee, Graduate Coordinator, and Department Chair; the approval page of all copies of the thesis must have original signatures. The name of each committee member will be typed directly under each signature.
Abstract (actual page number iii)
Acknowledgements (actual page number iv)
Table of contents with page references (continue page numbering with small Roman numerals) (Appendix E)
List of tables (complete title and page number) (Appendix F)
List of figures (complete title and page number) (Appendix G)
Body of thesis (begin Arabic page numbering and continue consecutively to end of thesis)
Literature Cited, (continue Arabic numbering)
Final fly leaf (a blank page).