Department of Behavioral Sciences, UP Manila

Thesis Guidelines

The content for the final draft of the thesis should be organized in the
following manner:

Thesis format
I.

Title Page

II.

Signature Page

III.

Acknowledgement

IV.

Abstract

V.

Table of Contents

VI.

Introduction

VII.

Thesis statement

VIII.

Objectives

IX.

Scope and Limitations

X.

Significance of the Study

XI.

Review of Related Literature

XII.

Theoretical and Conceptual Framework

XIII.

Method of Research

XIV. Results and Discussion

XV.

Conclusion

XVI. List of references

1. Text can be in Filipino or English language. Foreign or borrowed words that

are different from the main text should be italicized.
2. Page should be numbered consecutively starting from the introduction. The
title page, signature page, acknowledgement, abstract, table of contents
should be paged as i,ii, iii, iv, and v, respectively. This, however, should not
appear at the bottom of each page (or should not be paged)
3. Page number should be placed on the bottom right.
4. Number figures and graphs consecutively as they are discussed on text.
5. Consult the APA (American Psychological Association) Style regarding
format for citations, footnotes, endnotes, tables, figures, and headings.