General Structure and format of Students’ Project works

NB: The project work is made up of three main parts or Divisions. We encourage Heads of
Department, supervisors and project students to follow them strictly to ensure uniformity
as much as possible. The parts are:
A. Preliminaries or Front Matter
i. Outside Cover and Spine
ii. Title Page or Inside Cover
iii. DECLARATION
iv. ABSTRACT
v. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
vi. DEDICATION
vii. TABLE OF CONTENTS
viii. LIST OF TABLES
ix. LIST OF FIGURES
x. LIST OF ACRONYMS
B. Main Text or Main Body
xi. CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION
xii. CHAPTER TWO: REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE
xiii. CHAPTER THREE: METHODOLOGY
xiv. CHAPTER FOUR: RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
xv. CHAPTER FIVE: SUMMARY, CONCLUSIONS AND
RECOMMENDATIONS
C. Back Matter or End Matter
xvi. REFERENCES
xvii. APPENDICES

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 SAMPLE: HARD/SOFT BOUND OUTSIDE COVER

GHANA BAPTIST UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, KUMASI

IMPACT OF CREDIT ON SMALL AND MEDIUM-SCALE ENTERPRISES

NANA ADWUBI FRIMPONG

2019

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 SAMPLE: TITLE PAGE (INSIDE COVER)

GHANA BAPTIST UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, KUMASI

IMPACT OF CREDIT ON SMALL AND MEDIUM-SCALE ENTERPRISES

BY

NANA ADWUBI FRIMPONG BBA-16-256

Project work submitted to the Department of Banking and Finance of the School of Business
Administration, Ghana Baptist University College in partial fulfillment of the Requirements
for the award of Bachelor of Science degree in Banking and Finance

JUNE, 2019

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 SAMPLE: DECLARATION PAGE

DECLARATION

Candidate’s Declaration

I hereby declare that this project work is the result of my own original research work and that

no part of it has been presented for another degree in this University College or elsewhere.

Candidate’s Signature: …………………………. Date:………………………..

Name: …………………………………………………………………………………

Supervisor’s Declaration

I hereby declare that the preparation and presentation of the project work was supervised in

accordance with the guidelines on supervision of project work laid down by the Ghana Baptist

University College.

Supervisor’s Signature: ………………………….. Date: ……………………

Name:…………………………………………………………………………………

Name of Head of Department ……………………………………………………….

Signature:……………………. Date…………………………………..

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SAMPLE: ABSTRACT
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 ABSTRACT

Students/supervisors to Note: The Abstract follows after Declaration. The abstract of any

research work should contain a brief summary of what the report is about and what the main

conclusions are. An Abstract should not exceed two hundred and fifty (250) words or one

page. It should be developed in well- structured paragraphs. Note that an abstract should not,

other than exceptional situations contain symbols and many technical terms. The page that

contains the abstract is numbered three (in lower case Roman numerals) in the project work

report. Notice that the title ABSTRACT should be typed in upper case and centred.

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SAMPLE: ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

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 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Students and Supervisors to note: The Acknowledgements page follwows after the Abstarct

page. This page provides the student with opportunity to express gratitude to those who

directly assisted the student to successfully complete the project work. These may be mentors,

supervisors, organizations, officials, chiefs and colleagues among others. It is highly

unconventional to acknowledge any Deity, for example, God, Allah or any other supernatural

powers in documents of this nature. Note that the page devoted for acknowledgements must be

placed immediately after the abstract page and numbered four (in lower case roman numerals).

The title ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS should be typed in upper case bolded and centred.

e.g. I would like to express my sincere gratitude to my supervisor, Dr. Nana Obrimpong-

Mensah of the Department of Accounting for his professional guidance, advice,

encouragement and the goodwill with which he guided this project work. I am really grateful.

Finally, I wish to thank my family and friends for their financial support and prayers

throughout my studies. I am grateful.

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SAMPLE: DEDICATION

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 DEDICATION

Please, students and supervisors to note: Student are allowed to dedicate their work to a

person or a group of persons although this is not a requirement. It should be noted here that the

dedication page is not another acknowledgements page. It should contain at most two lines,

consisting of just few words. For example: To our lecturers or to my mother and my father,

Mr. Donkor and Mrs. Donkor. Again, it is unconventional to dedicate documents such as a

project work to Deity. The title DEDICATION should be typed in upper case and centred. The

page for dedication is numbered in lower case Roman numeral five.

SAMPLE: TABLE OF CONTENTS

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 TABLE OF CONTENTS

Content Page

DECLARATION ii

ABSTRACT iii

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS iv

DEDICATION v

TABLE OF CONTENTS vi

LIST OF TABLES vii

LIST OF FIGURES viii

LIST OF ACRONYMS ix

CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION 1

Background to the Study 1
Statement of the Problem 2
Objectives of the Study 7
Research Questions 9
Significance of the Study 11
Delimitations of the Study 13
Limitations of the Study 15
Organisation of the Study 17

CHAPTER TWO: REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE

NB: Please, this section should be broken under the headings:
-Conceptual Framework
-Theoretical Literature Review
-Empirical Literature Review
-Conclusion

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CHAPTER THREE: METHODOLOGY

Introduction
Research Design
Population of the Study
Sample and Sampling Technique
Source of Data
Data Collection
Instruments of Data Collection
Procedure of Data Collection
Method of Data Analysis

CHAPTER FOUR: RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

Introduction
Data Presentation and Analysis
(present the results using Tables, figures, charts etc.).
Discussion of Results
(discuss the findings, relate the findings to literature and draw inferences from the
findings).

CHAPTER FIVE: SUMMARY, CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

Introduction
(State content of the chapter)
Summary of Findings
(summarize the entire work but concentrate on the findings)
Conclusions
(present conclusions based on the findings: this where the student has to shine)
Recommendations
(Practical steps that need to be taken to implement conclusions)
Suggestions for Further Research
(suggest gaps for further research)

REFERENCES
(Use the American Psychological Association (APA) referencing style).

APPENDICES
(Appendix: A)
(Appendix: B)
(Appendix: C) etc. Provide appropriate Titles for the Appendices please.