1 论文撰写标准 Thesis guide

Graduation Degree Thesis Guidance for Students in the International School Jinan University 1 Aim and Requirements The writing of graduation degree thesis is an important part of the process in evaluating and reviewing the academic performance of graduating students The aims are 1 to teach the students to comprehensively apply the basic theories knowledge and skills in respective majors 2 to help students develop their abilities in independent research analysis and problem solving The graduation thesis should be an important reference in evaluating the width and depth of the students knowledge as well as a criterion in granting the bachelor s degrees The requirements of graduation thesis should include 1 positive and serious attitude for independent research 2 theoretical research with implication to reality 3 writing styles that are clear concise smooth and logical and 4 no acts of plagiarism 2 The Scope of Topics The topics of graduation thesis must be within the scope of respective majors reflecting the latest development in theory or application Topics should entail adequate amount of research for the students For details in choosing topic please refer to Jinan University Guidelines for Thesis or Design by Undergraduate Students Available at the website of Academic Affairs Department 3 Structure of Thesis A graduation thesis should include title declaration abstract and key words table of content text acknowledgement appendix and references 1 The title of the thesis should be precise clear and adequate in reflecting the scope of research avoiding abbreviations 2 A concise abstract should briefly state the purpose of the research and the main results An abstract is often presented separate from the article so it must be able to stand alone The abstract should be about 150 words with 3 8 key words 3 The main text should be the most important part of a thesis with clearly stated viewpoints data and analysis It should be written in formal English with 5000 words 4 Format of the thesis includes the following details 1 The thesis should be word processed using software such as Microsoft Word It should be formatted on A4 size paper one sided The margins for each page should be 3cm on the left 2cm on the right 2 5cm on the top and bottom respectively 2 Cover for the thesis will be provided by the Academic Affairs Department of University Students should type titles and names on the cover accordingly in English An inner cover will also be provided by the university which contains the same content as the cover and it must be typed in Chinese 3 The font of the thesis should be Times New Roman Use font size 16 for the title 12 for the rest of thesis Only the title should be in bold letters 1 5 times of line spacing should be used throughout the thesis 4 Page numbers should be printed on the lower right hand corners of every page except cover 5 Title of the thesis should be no more than 20 words 6 The abstract should be written in less than 150 words Three to eight keys words should be listed at the end of the abstract on a separate line with semi column separating each word 7 A table of content should be constructed including structure of the thesis appendix reference and respective page numbers 8 To present levels of subsections in the main text the thesis should use numerical symbols such as 1 1 1 1 1 1 and 1 1 1 1 for different levels respectively Within the text numbering of content should use brackets such as 1 9 Tables and illustrations charts must be self explaining readers can understand them without reading the text Each table should have table number table title and source of information Each illustration chart should also have figure number figure title and source of data All tables must be numbered numerically so must the figures 10 Acknowledgements should be placed at the end of the main text in expressing gratuity to institutions or persons 11 Appendix is a supplemental part of the thesis which is not compulsory The following items can be placed in appendix a materials that do not fit into the main text logically b materials that are too long or photo copied c not interesting to ordinary readers only valuable to professionals 12 References to publications should be as follows Smith 1992 reported that or This problem has been studied previously e g Smith et al 1969 The author should make sure that there is a strict one to one correspondence between the names and years in the text and those on the list The list of references should appear at the end of the main text after any appendices It should be 1 5 times spaced and listed in alphabetical order by author s name or as by the order of appearance in main text 13 References should appear as follows For monographs 1 Hawawini G Swary I 1990 Mergers and Acquisitions in the U S Banking Industry Evidence from the Capital Markets North Holland Amsterdam For contributions to collective works 2 Brunner K Meltzer A H 1990 Money supply in Friedman B M Hahn F H Eds Handbook of Monetary Economics Vol 1 North Holland Amsterdam pp 357 396 For periodicals 3 Griffiths W Judge G 1992 Testing and estimating location vectors when the error covariance matrix is unknown Journal of Econometrics 54 121 138 Chinese names may be listed in the references with the surname first as follows Liu Y H Chew S B and Li W Z Education experience and productivity of labor in China s township and village enterprises The case of Jiangsu province China Economic Review 9 47 58 Note that journal titles should not be abbreviated Citing and listing of Web references As a minimum the full URL should be given Any further information if known Author names dates reference to a source publication etc should also be given Web references can be listed separately e g after the reference list under a different heading if desired or can be included in the reference list 4 Order of Binding Thesis should be bound on the left hand side The order of binding should be cover inner cover Declaration abstract and keywords table of content main text acknowledgement appendix references and thesis evaluation form 5 Process of Writing Thesis 1 The graduating student submits a topic a topic report form along with the electronic file of this form to the class monitor The class monitor then presents the reports to the department office The department office designates supervisors to each student 2 The graduating student writes a one page outline for the thesis The outline should be written after conducting extensive reading and discussing with supervisor The following points should be clearly stated in the outline the purpose of thesis theories and current research related to the topic the needed data information the intended research analysis method and conclusion intended to reach The outline should be implemented after discussion with supervisor 3 The student writes the first draft and discusses with supervisor 4 The graduating student rewrites the thesis and discusses with supervisor frequently until the final draft is finished 5 The student should fill out a Declaration and hand it in along with final draft of thesis in three printed copies and one electronic copy The supervisor fills out a Thesis Evaluation Form at the same time 6 Jinan University Evaluation Criteria for Graduation Design Thesis by Undergraduate Students CriteriaDetails of CriteriaWeights Choice of Topic The thesis topic should have implication to the reality with certain originality It should require the student to apply knowledge comprehensively 0 2 ConclusionOpinions in the thesis should be clearly stated with correct points of views which meet the requirements of undergraduate study 0 2 Difficulty The thesis should choose a proper level of difficulty which brings an adequate amount of research work for an undergraduate student 0 1 ReferencesThe extensiveness of references should be sufficient in order to reflect the current research results 0 1 Knowledge and Ability The knowledge and ability possessed by a graduating student should be properly demonstrated in the thesis 0 1 Organization and Writing style The thesis should have clearly stated concepts and organization with proper summarization and format in texts tables and illustrations The graduating student should demonstrate serious attitude toward academic research in the thesis 0 15 Defense Section The student should make clear statements during the defense section as well as answer questions in correct in depth and logical manner 0 15 Total Score1 7 Grading Guidelines GradesGuidelines Excellent 90 100The thesis has clear viewpoints strong analysis sufficient data and correct conclusion The research has originality idea unconventional opinions or new methods of analysis The research should have valuable implication to current academic or empirical study The thesis is written with clearly stated purpose carefully laid structure concise expressions and easy to understand wording Good80 89The thesis has clear viewpoints proper analysis sufficient data and correct conclusion The research has certain implication to current academic or empirical study The paper is written with clearly stated purpose well laid structure and error proof language Fair70 79The thesis has clear purpose and viewpoints correct conclusions and sufficient data But methods of analysis and persuasion are not very strong Structure of the thesis is explicit Writing skill is acceptable Passed60 69The thesis has correct viewpoints and conclusions Data is collected But the method of analysis is not very strong The research relates to current academic or empirical study but not persuasive Writing skill is basically acceptable Failedunder 60There is sign of plagiarism in this thesis The purpose of research is not clear The viewpoints are not clear Data is not sufficient Analysis is illogical The thesis has no value in academic or empirical study nor is it persuasive The writing skill is not acceptable 8 Ca