| Style |
Description |
Chapter |
-Basic organization
-Headings within Chapters are NOT numbered.
Chapter 1
Chapter Title
Text text text text text text text text
Heading
Text text text text text text text text
Heading
Text text text text text text text text
-Tables and figures are numbered sequencially through whole thesis.
Figure 1, Figure 2, Figure 3...
Table 1, Table 2, Table 3...
|
Technical |
-Headings within Chapters ARE numbered.
Chapter 1
Chapter Title
Text text text text texttexttext text
Heading 1.1
Text text text text text text text text
Heading 1.2
Text text text text text text text text
-Tables and figures are numbered sequencially within each chapter.
Figure 1.1, Figure 1.2, Figure 2.1...
Table 1.1, Table 1,2, Table 1.3... |
Section |
-No chapter labels
-Tables and figures are numbered sequencially through whole thesis.
Figure 1, Figure 2, Figure 3...
Table 1, Table 2, Table 3...
|
How you organize your thesis is determined by your department.
Consult the list below to see which style is approved by your department. Those with an * are the preferred method by your department. If you are unsure of which style to use, consult your committee chair.
| Department |
Style
* = preferred
|
| Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics |
Chapter
or
Technical*
|
| Anthropology |
Chapter*
or
Technical
or
Section |
Art, Design, and
Art History |
Chapter*
or
Technical
or
Section |
| Asia Pacific Studies |
Chapter*
or
Technical |
| Astronomy |
Chapter
or
Technical
or
Section
|
| Bioengineering |
Chapter
or
Technical
or
Section |
| Biomedical Quality Systems |
Chapter
or
Technical
or
Section* |
| Biology |
Chapter
or
Technical
or
Section* |
| Business Administration |
Chapter*
or
Technical
or
Section
|
| Chemistry |
Chapter*
or
Technical
|
| Child and Family Development |
Chapter*
or
Section |
| Civil and Environmental Engineering |
Chapter
or
Technical
|
| Communication |
Chapter
or
Technical
or
Section |
| Communicative Disorders |
Chapter |
| Computational Science |
Chapter*
or
Technical |
| Computer Science |
Chapter
or
Technical* |
| Counseling and School Psychology |
Chapter*
or
Section |
| Creative Writing |
Chapter*
or
Section |
| Economics |
Chapter |
| Education |
Chapter |
| Electrical and Computer Engineering |
Chapter
or
Technical*
|
| English and Comparative Literature |
Chapter*
or
Section |
| Exercise and Nutritional Sciences |
Chapter
or
Section
|
| European Studies |
Chapter*
or
Technical |
| Geography |
Chapter*
or
Technical |
| Geological Sciences |
|
| Gerontology |
Chapter*
or
Technical |
| History |
Chapter |
| Homeland Security |
Chapter |
| Interdisciplinary Studies |
see Section 2.2.41 and Table 2.1 in formatting manual for style of Major Department |
| Latin American Studies |
see Section 2.2.41 and Table 2.1 in formatting manual for style of Major Department |
| Liberal Arts and Sciences |
Chapter
or
Technical
or
Section |
| Linguistics and Asian/Middle Eastern Languages |
Chapter
or
Technical
or
Section |
| Mathematics and Statistics |
|
| Mechanical Engineering |
Chapter
or
Technical
|
| Microbiology |
Chapter
or
Technical
or
Section* |
| Music and Dance |
Chapter |
| Nursing |
Chapter |
| Nutritional Sciences |
Chapter
or
Section
|
| Philosophy |
Chapter
or
Technical
or
Section |
| Physics |
Chapter |
| Political Science |
Chapter |
| Psychology |
Chapter
or
Section
|
| Public Administration and Urban Studies |
Chapter
|
| Public Health |
Chapter*
or
Technical
|
| Regulatory Affairs |
Technical |
| Rhetoric and Writing Studies |
Chapter |
Social Work |
Chapter*
or
Technical |
| Sociology |
Chapter*
or
Technical
Criminal Justice & Criminology:Chapter
|
| Spanish |
Chapter |
| Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences |
Chapter |
| Statistics |
Chapter
or
Technical* |
| Theatre, Television and Film |
Chapter*
or
Technical
Television, Film & New Media Production:
Chapter or Technical or Section
|
| Women’s Studies |
Chapter*
or
Section
|
