Department of Commerce

Faculty of Management Studies and Commerce

University of Sri Jayewardenepura

B.Com (Special) Degree Programme - Part IV – 2019/20

COM 4643 - Independent Study

Guidelines for Research Report

Kindly follow the guidelines given in this sheet in preparing and submitting your research report.
Failure to comply with the Department guidelines may result in your research not being accepted
as a fulfilling the requirements for the B.Com (Special) Degree programme.

Research report complied in accordance with the Department guidelines and the submission date
will be one month after the end of second semester examinations.

First Page:

Title of Research

Name of Student

COM 4643: Independent Study

Index No:
Registration No:

A research report submitted to the Department of

Commerce in partial fulfilment of the requirements
for the Bachelor of Commerce (Special) Degree at
the University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka.

Department of Commerce
Faculty of Management Studies and Commerce
University of Sri Jayewardenepura

………(Month)… (Year)
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Second Page: I hereby recommend that the research report titled
(Title of Research) prepared by (Full name of the
Student) under my supervision, be accepted in partial
fulfilment of the requirements for the Bachelors of
Commerce (Special) degree.

(Signature)
(Name of the Supervisor)
(Date)

1. Third page should be dedicated to acknowledgement, the fourth page contents and
the fifth an abstract.
2. Use endnotes at the end of each chapter.
3. Abstract, and endnotes must be single line spacing and the body of the text must be
one and a half line spacing. All must be justified.
4. Body of the text and abstract must typed using font size 12 Time New Roman and
endnotes using font size 11, Time New Roman.
5. Margin of 1.5 inch on left side and 1 inch on all other sides.
6. All pages must consecutively numbered, graphs and table must be clearly titled.
7. All chapter titles, graph and table heading must be in bold letters.
8. Source of the graphs and table must be given clearly right underneath.
9. List of references and material used in the research must be given at the end of
research preferably in the APA format shown below
Ex. Mikosch, P., Hadrawa, T., & Grimm, G. (2010). Effectiveness of respiratory-sinus-
arrhythmia biofeedback on state-anxiety in patients undergoing coronary angiography.
Journal of Advanced Nursing, 66(5), 1101-1110.
Whitney, E., & Rolfes, S. (2011). Understanding nutrition (12th ed.). Australia: Wadsworth
Cengage Learning.
New Zealand House of Representatives, Health Committee. (2007, August). Inquiry
into obesity and type 2 diabetes in New Zealand: Report presented to the House of
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 Representatives. Retrieved from
http://www.parliament.nz/NR/rdonlyres/47F52D0D-0132-42EF-A297-
6AB08980C0EA/61821/DBSCH_SCR_3868_5335.pdf

10. No need for hard binding, spiral binding would be sufficient.

11. Submit two copies of the research project. One copy of the report will be returned to
the student after making evaluation. Students are required to do necessary
amendments and make final copy with hard binding.
12. No research report will be accepted without duly completed Supervisor Meeting
Form and Progress Review Form.

Research Report Content (Summary)

Cover page

Second page (Signature of Supervisor)

Acknowledgement

Table of content

List of Tables

List of Figures

Abstract

Chapter One: Introduction

Chapter Two: Literature Review

Chapter Three: Methodology

Chapter Four: Data Analysis

Chapter Five: Discussion and Conclusion

References

Annexure / Appendix

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