THESIS

WRITING
 Format of Writing Thesis
1. Conventional
2. Article style format
3. Thesis by published papers (only for PhD)
 Components of Conventional
Thesis
1. Title page
2. Original literary work declaration form
3. Abstract
4. Acknowledgment/Dedication
5. Table of content
6. List of Figures
7. List of Tables
8. Main body
• Chapter 1 : Introduction
• Chapter 2 : Literature Review
• Chapter 3 : Methodology
• Chapter 4 : Result And Discussion
• Chapter 5 : Conclusion
• Reference
9. List of Publication
10. Appendix
 Title page

1. Title of Research
2. Name of the Candidate
3. Faculty, department, University
4. Date of completion
Research report (coursework
mode)
RESEARCH REPORT SUBMITTED TO THE (name of
Faculty) JAMHURIYA UNIVERSITY, IN PARTIAL
FULFILMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE
DEGREE OF (name of the programme )
 Abstract

1.Summarize the content of the thesis

2.Not more than 500 words , double spaced
3.Written in Malay and English
 Acknowledgment

Express gratitude to the individual, organization, agencies, who

have aided the research
 References

▪ APA style
▪ Refer to the “APA Formatting and Style Guide”
▪ http://www.umlib.um.edu.my/publications/APA-Guide.pdf
▪ End note software
▪ Citation in the text requires :
▪ Last name of the author
▪ The year of publication
 Format
1. Typing and Printing Quality
• Font type of Times New Roman, font size of 12
• High quality laser or ink-jet printer for printing
2. Line Spacing
• Body text - double spacing
• Tables, long quotations, short footnotes, notes and citation in
references -Single-spacing
• The first sentence of a new paragraph should not start at the bottom
of a page
 Format
3. Tables
• Labeled according to chapter e.g., Chapter 3: Table 3.1, Table
3.2 etc.
• Table label placed above the table
• Table 3.1: Short Title
• If occupies more than one page
• Table 3.7, continued
 Format
4. Figures
▪ Labels placed at the bottom of the figure
▪ Labeled according to chapter e.g., in Chapter 3: Figure
3.1, Figure 3.2 etc.
▪ Short title
▪ If continue more than one page
• Figure 3.7, continued
 Research Ethics
▪ Avoid Plagiarism
– use of original work, ideas or actual texts created by others,
without acknowledging the original source
▪ Acknowledgement should be made by including sources in
Reference and/or including the citation by acknowledging the
source in the text
▪ The final research report/dissertation/thesis submitted must be
produced by the candidate
Example of hardbound
Research Report