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Sample Cover page

BAHIR DAR UNIVERSITY

[Name of College/Faculty/Institute/School/Academy]

[Name of the Department]

[Title of Dissertation/Thesis]
By
[Name of the Candidate]

[Month, Year]
Bahir Dar

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Sample Title Page

BAHIR DAR UNIVERSITY

[Name of College/Faculty/Institute/School/Academy]

[Name of the Department]

[Title of Dissertation/Thesis]

By

[Name of the Candidate]

a [dissertation/thesis] submitted
in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of
[Doctor of Philosophy/Masters of Science/Arts] in [Name of the Specialization]

*Principal Advisor’s Name+

[Co- advisors’ Name (if
any)]

[Month, Year]
BAHIR DAR
© 2019[Name of the candidate]

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Candidate’s Declaration Form

Declaration
This is to certify that the thesis entitled “-------”, submitted in partial fulfillment of the
requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy/Master of ---- in ------ of Department of ---,
Bahir Dar University, is a record of original work carried out by me and has never been submitted
to this or any other institution to get any other degree or certificates. The assistance and help I
received during the course of this investigation have been duly acknowledged.

Name of the candidate Date Place

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Advisor’s Approval Form

Bahir Dar University

[College/Faculty/Institute/School/Academy]

[Department]

Approval of Dissertation/Thesis for Defense

I hereby certify that I have supervised, read, and evaluated this thesis/dissertation
titled“ ” by
prepared under my guidance. I recommend the
thesis/dissertation be submitted for oral defense.

Advisor’s name Signature Date

Co-Advisor’s name Signature Date

Department Head Signature Date

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Examiners' Approval Form

Bahir Dar University

[College/Faculty/Institute/School/Academy]

[Department]

Approval of Dissertation/thesis for defense result

As members of the board of examiners, we examined this dissertation/thesis entitled “

” by
. We hereby certify that the thesis/dissertation is accepted for fulfilling
the requirements for the award of the degree of “ ”.

Board of Examiners
External examiner name Signature Date

Internal examiner name Signature Date

Chair person’s name Signature Date

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Sample Table of Contents

TABLE OF CONTENTS

PAGE

ABSTRACT..................................................................................................................................iv

LIST OF TABLES......................................................................................................................viii

LIST OF FIGURES......................................................................................................................ix

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS.............................................................................................................x

CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION...................................................................................................1

First Level Headings Are Indented...........................................................................................1

Another First Level Heading....................................................................................................2

Second Level Headings Are Indented Further..................................................................4

Another Second Level Heading........................................................................................6

Third Level Headings Are Indented Further.......................................................12

Another Third Level Heading..............................................................................16

CHAPTER 2: LITERATURE REVIEW......................................................................................23

[The rest of the sections follow the same pattern.]

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1. Appendix 7: Sample Referencing (APA Style)

Book
Newell, A. (1972). Human problem solving. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall. (for one author)
Newell, A., & Simon, H. A. (1972). Human problem solving. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall. (for
two authors)

Journal article
Khan, K. (2006). Independent Media, Youth Agency, and the Promise of Media Education.
Canadian Journal of Education, 29(1),154-175.

Magazine article
Khan, M. T. (1998, January 17). Seeing the elderly mind deteriorate. Omni, 68, 62-74.

Newspaper article
Cancer therapy brings new hope. (1996, August 17). The Salt Lake Tribune, p. A6.

Article or chapter in an edited book

Khan, E., & Farooq, K. (1989). Existential psychotherapy. In R. J. Corsini & D. Wedding (Eds.), Current
psychotherapies (8th ed., pp. 295-927). Belmont, CA: Brooks Cole.

Web Site/Page - Informally Published or Self-archived Work

The International human right council web site gives many links to offices Council of Museums web
site provides many links to its offices and codes (https://www.abcxyz.org)
Khan, B. (1996). Carlisle Indiana Cultural School history. Retrieved November 20, 2010, from
http://xyz123.net/get1/2