AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Student Name for the degree of Master of Degree in Official Name of Major presented on Defense Date. Title: Underlined Title here. Abstract approved: ______________________________________________________ Major I. Professor Begin text here, using the same spacing, font style and font size as within the body of the text in your document. ©Copyright by Your Name Defense Date All Rights Reserved Title by Student Name A THESIS submitted to Oregon State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science Presented Defense Date Commencement June 2016 Master of Science thesis of Student Name presented on Defense Date APPROVED: Major Professor, representing Major Name Head (Chair or Director) of the Department (School, College) of (department name) Dean of the Graduate School I understand that my thesis will become part of the permanent collection of Oregon State University libraries. My signature below authorizes release of my thesis to any reader upon request. Student Name, Author ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The author expresses sincere appreciation….. TABLE OF CONTENTS Page 1 Introduction ..……………………………………………………………………… 1 2 Literature Review.………………………………………………………………… 5 3 Materials and Methods ……………………………………………………………10 3.1 Margin Requirements ……………………………………………………15 3.2 Numbering ………………………………………………………………20 3.2.1 Pretext pages ………………………………………………………...21 3.2.2 Body…………………………………………………………………22 3.3 Title …………………………………………………………………….25 4 Results ……………………………………………………………………………30 4.1 Font………………………………………………………………………35 4.2 Headings ………………………………………………………………...37 4.3 Appendix Heading Page ………………………………………….……..39 4.4 Blocked Quotes .................................................................................…...40 4.5 References ……………………………………………………………....42 4.6 Endnotes………………………………………………………………....43 4.7 Orphan Lines/Headers/Footnotes ………………………………………45 5 Figures…………………………………………………………………………….50 5.1 Figure Labels and Captions……………………………………………..51 5.2 Landscaping …………………………………………………………….52 5.3 Color …………………………………………………………………....54 TABLE OF CONTENTS (Continued) Page 5.4 Oversized Figures………………………………………………………..55 6 Discussion ………………………………………………………………………..57 6.1 Pretext pages …………………………………………………………….58 6.2 Body of Text ……………………………………………………………59 7 Conclusion ………………………………………………………………………..60 Bibliography ………………………………………………………………………..65 Appendices …………………………………………………………………………70 LIST OF FIGURES Figure Page 1. Chapter Heading Page for Manuscript Document Format…………………………3 2. Abstract page for Master’s Degree………………………………………………...9 3. Abstract Page for MAIS Degree…………………………………………………...9 4. Abstract Page for Doctoral Degree……………………………………………….10 5. Optional Copyright Page………………………………………………………….10 6. Title Page…………………………………………………………………………11 7. Approval Page…………………………………………………………………….12 8. Acknowledgement Page…………………………………………………………..13 9. Contribution of Authors (manuscript format only)…………………….…………13 10a. Table of Contents with numbering……………………………………………..14 10b. Table of Contents without numbering………………………………………….15 11a. List of Figures/Tables with Consecutive Numbering…………………………..16 11b. List of Figures/Tables with Numbering by chapter……………………………16 LIST OF TABLES Table Page 1.1 Title of the Table……………………………………………………….. 22 1.2 Spacing requirements are the same as for the List of Figures, SingleSpace listing with a single return. Add a space between listings………. 29 2.1 A List of Appendix Table would look the same………………………... 38 2.2 All pretext headings should look the same……………………………… 44