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Student Thesis Guide 201617
Student Thesis Guide 201617
Student Thesis Guide 201617
1. Front Cover
Details on the cover should be in GOLD CAPITALS and CENTRED, font size 18 to 24
points and should be in the following order:
Title of Thesis
(60 mm from the upper edge of the cover)
Name of College
(60 mm from the bottom edge of cover)
Year of Submission
(The year of the thesis being done)
3. Declaration on Plagiarism
(Students must sign on this page and submit the thesis together with the result of Safe Assign
plagiarism check)
4. Format
Margin specifications
Top edge: 25 mm, bottom edge: 25 mm, left side: 35 mm, right side: 25 mm
Numbering System
Introductory pages (beginning with the title page) should be numbered consecutively in lower
case Roman numerals: i, ii, iii, and so on.
Note:
The first page (title page) is counted even though the page number is not typed in. The text
should be double spacing and the font size is 12 points.
5. Layout and Arrangement of Content
Arrangement
The layout and content of the thesis should be in the following order:
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
LIST OF TABLES
LIST OF FIGURES
ABSTRACT
INTRODUCTION
LITERATURE REVIEW
RESULTS ANDDISCUSSION
APPENDICES
6. Abstract
The length of the abstract should be between 200 to 300 words.
Generally, the abstract should provide a concise description of the study and should not be a
critique. Normally, an abstract should include the following information:
7. Table of Contents
The table of contents must begin on a fresh page with the word CONTENTS centred between
the left and right margins. It must contain the full list of contents found in the thesis, that is,
the titles of each Section, Chapter and subheadings. Titles and subheadings should be worded
exactly as they appear in the body of the text.
Note:
The total number of words does not include footnotes, appendices, formulae, tables, diagrams
and the like.
10. References
The referencing system used in TAR College is the Harvard System. Students should refer
to TAR College Harvard Referencing System
In summary:
(i) Citation in the text
When citing references in the text include:
The author or editor’s family name
The year of publication
Page(s) of publication (if appropriate)
(iii) The reference list should be typed according to the following guidelines:
References within the text include only the author and date of publication as in the following
examples:
For a single writer/author, it should be written as, for example, (Jozsef, 2006).
For two writers/authors, it should be written as, for example, (Stoddart & Philip, 2006).
For three or more writers/authors, it should be written as, for example, (Stoddart et al., 2006).
Note:
Make sure the references coded in the text are also coded in the ‘References’ or vice versus.
There should be a minimum of 10 journal references.
14. Appendices
All the appendices should be listed as the final section of the thesis.
(ii) The project thesis should be hard cover (1 copy for Faculty and 1 copy (optional) for
supervisor).
(iii) Plagiarism is a very SERIOUS offence. Proper referencing is very IMPORTANT.
Make sure there is no direct ‘cut and paste’ when you are writing your thesis. All data
(tables, figures, facts, etc.) must be properly acknowledged. Articles and journals
should be cited in full.
Note: Marks will be deducted for late submission. The thesis will be marked fail if
plagiarism (>20% similarity) is found.
(ii) A pdf document of the full text must be included in the CD/DVD.
(iii) Please name your abstract and thesis as ‘YOUR NAME_YEAR _THESIS TITLE’.
APPENDIX A (Sample of Front Cover)
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BY
2016/2017
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A project report submitted to the Faculty of Applied Sciences and Computing in partial
fulfilment of the requirement for the Bachelor of Science (Honours), Tunku Abdul Rahman
University College and Bachelor of Science, Campbell University, U.S.A.
2016/2017
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APPENDIX B (ii) (Sample of Title Page)
Not Campbell University Candidate
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A project report submitted to the Faculty of Applied Sciences and Computing in partial
fulfilment of the requirement for the Bachelor of Science (Honours),
Tunku Abdul Rahman University College
2016/2017
40 mm
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APPENDIX C
(Sample of Table of Contents. This page should be put AFTER the Acknowledgements).
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS iii
LIST OF TABLES vi
LIST OF FIGURES vii
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS viii
ABSTRACT ix
1.0 INTRODUCTION 1
5.0 CONCLUSION 45
REFERENCES 47
APPENDICES 53
Appendix I 53
Appendix II 54
Appendix III 55
Appendix IV 56
APPENDIX D (Sample of List of Tables)
LIST OF TABLES
Table Page
LIST OF FIGURES
Figure Page
ATP Adenosine-5'-triphosphate
ChE Cholinesterase
GSH Glutathione
LB Lysogeny broth
MDR Multidrug-resistant
NAC N-acetylcystein
ONP o-nitrophenyl-β-pyranoside
ONPG o-nitrophenyl-β-galactoside
LIST OF REFERENCES
Ainscough, E. W., Brodie, A. M., Denny, W. A., Finlay, G. J. and Ranford, J. D. 1998.
‘Nitrogen, Sulfur and Oxygen Donor Adducts with Copper (II) Complexes of Antitumor 2-
Formylpyridine thiosemicarbazone Analogs -Physiochemical and Cytotoxic Studies.’ Journal
of Inorganic. Biochemistry. 70, pp. 175-185.
Barbieri, R. S., Beraldo, H. O., Carlos, A. L., Abrasjohn, F., Nixon, F. and Hitchcock, P. B.
(1993). ‘The Reaction of 2-Formylpyridine thiosemicarbazone (HFPT) with Tin Tetrahalides
Crystal and Molecular Structure of [SnCl3(FPT)].’ Inorganica Chimica. Acta, 206, pp.169-
172.
Shinkai, S., Araki, K. and Manabe, O. (1988). Does the Calixarene Cavity recognize the size
of Guest Molecules ? On the 'Hole-size Selectivity' in Water-Soluble Calixarenes. J. Chem.
Commun., 187-188.
Williams, D. H. and Fleming, I. 1995. Spectroscopic Method in Organic Chemistry. 5th ed.,
England: Mc Graw-Hill, pp. 127-133.
Xu, Z., Liu, H., Li, B. and Liu, Y. 2003. ‘Two Novel Self-Assemblies of the Calix[4]arene
Derivatives and Their Structures.’ Journal of Inclusion. Phenomena and Macrocyclic
Chemistry, 45, pp. 9-11.
APPENDIX H (Samples of Table, Figure or Graph)
Wildlife sighting - 96
Fishing - 96
Photography 92 (95.8) 4
Camping - 96
Picnizflang 47(49.0) 49
Sightseeing and
nature observation 84(87.5) 12