Select Text and Type:
Title of Thesis Here
by
Given Name(s) Surname
B.Sc., Name of University, YEAR
Dissertation/Thesis/Project/Extended Essays Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the
Requirements for the Degree of
Master of Arts/Applied/Science or Doctor of Philosophy/Education
in the
Department / School / Program
Faculty of [Name]
 Given Name(s) Surname YEAR
SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY
Semester YEAR
Approval
Name:
Given Name(s) Surname
Degree:
Master of Arts/Science / Doctor of
Philosophy/Education (check with Dept)
Title:
Select Text and Type Title of Thesis Here:
If Desired, Break with a [Shift]+[Enter]
at an Appropriate Point
Examining Committee:
Chair: Firstname Surname
Position
Firstname Surname
Senior Supervisor
Assistant/Associate/Professor
Firstname Surname
Co-Supervisor/Supervisor
Assistant/Associate/Professor
Firstname Surname
Supervisor
Assistant/Associate/Professor
Firstname Surname
Supervisor
Assistant/Associate/Professor
Firstname Surname
Supervisor
Assistant/Associate/Professor
Firstname Surname
Internal Examiner
Assistant/Associate/Professor
School/Department or Faculty
Firstname Surname
External Examiner
Assistant/Associate/Professor
Department
University
Date Defended/Approved: Month ##, ####
ii
Ethics Statement
If your research received ethics approval, the Ethics Statement must appear on
page iii. If ethics approval was not required, remove this page so that the Abstract appears
on page iii. Please remember to remove this paragraph.
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Abstract
Apply the 2_Abstract_Normal style to the paragraphs of the abstract. An abstract is usually
one to three paragraphs long.
Master’s abstracts are limited to 150 words; the limit for doctoral abstracts is 350 words.
The abstract must fit on a single page.
Keywords:
A maximum; of 6 words, or phrases; separated with semi-colons; no
punctuation; at the end; apply the 2_Abstract_Keywords styles
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Dedication
There are three styles included for the dedication page.
If you dedication is longer than 3 to 5 lines, use 2_Dedication_Normal style.
For 2- to 5-line dedications, use the 2_Dedication_Centre style. This centres your
dedication vertically on the page. When authors use the short-form dedication that is
centred vertically, they often prefer that the heading not show on the page. This can be
accomplished by applying the Heading 1_Invisible style. Using this style enables you to
do this but, at the same time, also includes the “Dedication” in the Table of Contents (ToC),
and the Dedication heading must be included in the ToC.
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Acknowledgements
Apply the 2_Acknow_Normal style to paragraphs in your acknowledgements. If 1st-line
indented paragraphs are desired, you may press [Tab] the beginning of each paragraph.
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Table of Contents
Approval .......................................................................................................................... ii
Ethics Statement ............................................................................................................ iii
Abstract .......................................................................................................................... iv
Dedication ....................................................................................................................... v
Acknowledgements ........................................................................................................ vi
Table of Contents .......................................................................................................... vii
List of Tables ................................................................................................................. viii
List of Figures................................................................................................................. ix
List of Acronyms.............................................................................................................. x
Glossary ......................................................................................................................... xi
Preface or Executive Summary or Introductory Image................................................... xii
Chapter 1.
Introduction ............................................................................................. 1
References .................................................................................................................. 2
Appendix A.
Heading for Appendix ........................................................................ 3
Appendix Headings ................................................................................................ 3
Appendix Styles ...................................................................................................... 3
Appendix Table and Figure Captions ...................................................................... 3
Including Other Documents in Your Appendices: Reformat or Convert to
Images? .................................................................................................... 3
Appendix B.
Thesis Template: Important Licensing Information ............................. 5
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List of Tables
Table 3.1
The Common Sections and Corresponding Styles Used to
Format a Thesis ........................................ Error! Bookmark not defined.
Table 3.2.
Specific-Use Styles Whose Caption Generates into a List that
Appears after the Table of Contents .......... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Table 3.3.
Discipline-specific, Special, or Unusual Styles Available Error! Bookmark
not defined.
Table 4.1.
Heading Styles to Apply to the Text/Body of Your Thesis ................. Error!
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Table 4.2.
Using Heading Styles in the Correct Order in Your Thesis ............... Error!
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Table 4.3.
A Sample Table: With Imitation Categories, Variables, and Data ..... Error!
Bookmark not defined.
Table 4.4.
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Table 8.1.
Non-printing (Hidden) Symbols ................. Error! Bookmark not defined.
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List of Figures
Figure 1.1.
Example of Three Images in a Table: One Row ...... Error! Bookmark not
defined.
Figure 1.2.
Example of Three Images in a Table: Two Rows .... Error! Bookmark not
defined.
Figure 1.3.
Changing the Style Window Style Pane Options ..... Error! Bookmark not
defined.
Figure 2.1.
Inserting a Table Caption .......................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Figure 2.2.
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defined.
Figure 2.3.
Inserting a Figure Caption ......................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Figure 2.4.
Including Chapter Numbers in Your Figure Captions ...... Error! Bookmark
not defined.
Figure 2.5.
Sample Figure 1 with Caption, Figure, Note (3 paragraphs) ............. Error!
Bookmark not defined.
Figure 2.6.
Creating a New Caption Label (e.g., for Schemes) .. Error! Bookmark not
defined.
Figure 2.7.
Sample Figure 2 with Figure, Caption, Note (3 paragraphs) ............. Error!
Bookmark not defined.
If your lists of tables and figures are short and would fit on one page, you can put
the tables and figures on one page by applying the Heading 1_Lists_noPageBreakBefore
style to the List of Figures heading. The same could apply to a List of Acronyms, a List of
Symbols, or a Glossary. Please remember to remove this paragraph.
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List of Acronyms
Term
Initial components of the term (examples are below)
FASD
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder
SFU
Simon Fraser University
Note
This list is formatted in a table. To see the gridlines of the table, click in the
table, click Design on the Table Tools ribbon, and select the grid from the
ribbon view. Insert a Row for each entry, then select the table and,
under Table Layout, apply the Sort (A-Z) button and the list sorts
alphabetically. Set up each list (List of Acronyms, List of Abbreviations, List
of Symbols, Glossary) in a table layout; adjust the column-width by moving
the column divider (move your cursor over the gridline between the left and
right columns and, when you see two vertical lines with an arrow on either
side pointing left and right respectively, click and drag the column divider in
the correct direction).
Use one term per table row; this will also allow you to sort the terms alphabetically.
You may use either the 2_ListOfAcronyms/Glossary/etc_Normal style to format the terms
and descriptions. Please remember to remove this paragraph.
x
Glossary
Term
Definition goes here, see example and notes below
Fetal Alcohol
Spectrum Disorder
an umbrella term referring to the spectrum of disabilities
caused by alcohol consumption during pregnancy, which may
include permanent brain injury and neuro-behavioural
impairments, growth retardation, and physical birth defects
(Chudley et al., 2005).
Note
This list is formatted in a table. To see the gridlines of the table,
click in the table, click Design on the Table Tools ribbon, and
select the grid from the ribbon view. Insert a Row for each
entry, then select the table and, under Table Layout, apply
the Sort (A-Z) button and the list sorts alphabetically. Set
up each list (List of Acronyms, List of Abbreviations, List of
Symbols, Glossary) in a table layout; adjust the column-width
by moving the column divider (move your cursor over the
gridline between the left and right columns and, when you see
two vertical lines with an arrow on either side pointing left and
right respectively, click and drag the column divider in the
correct direction).
Use one term per table row; this will also allow you to sort the terms alphabetically.
You may use either the 2_ListOfAcronyms/Glossary/etc_Normal style to format the terms
and descriptions. Please remember to remove this paragraph.
xi
Preface or Executive Summary or Introductory Image
This space is for a preface, executive summary, or an introductory image. Alter the
heading above accordingly and insert the text or image in place of the instructions here.
If
this
page
is
used
for
an
introductory
image,
apply
the
7_Figure_noNoteOrCaptionAfter or 7_Figure_withNoteOrCaptionAfter style to the
paragraph containing the image. You may also use the Heading 1_Invisible style on the
heading to hide the header text on the page. If this page is not used, delete the page and
remember to refresh the Table of Contents.
NB. Take care not to delete the Section-Break that follows this paragraph
—If you can’t see it, turn on Show/Hide ¶.
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Chapter 1.
Introduction
Start writing or pasting in your text here. If transferring your text from another
document file, please ensure you apply the Normal style to all text immediately after
pasting it into the template. This will eliminate much of the formatting from the previous
document, leaving you with a cleaner foundation to begin building the rest of your
document.
For further assistance in using the template, please refer to the Thesis Template
Instructions document (http://www.sfu.ca/theses/). Workshops are held periodically, and
you can book an individual consultation online (http://www.lib.sfu.ca/help/).
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References
Most reference publication style guides require a hanging-indent for their references
(APA, MLA, Chicago/Turabian). The 5_References_Normal style gives your
references an automatically gives your references a hanging-indent. An APA
example follows.
American Psychological Association (APA). (2010). Publication manual of the American
Psychological Association. Washington, DC: Author.
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Appendix A.
Heading for Appendix
Appendix Headings
If you have one appendix, you would label it as follows:
Appendix.
Title of the Appendix Goes Here
If you have more than one appendix, then you would letter each of them (i.e., Appendix A,
Appendix B, etc.). How you appendix headings in is:
Appendix B. [Tab] [Shift+Enter] [Shift+Enter] Type Title of Appendix
then apply the Heading 1_Appendix(es) style and press [Enter] to continue with the
appendix’s text. Typing appendix headings like this helps how they layout in the Table of
Contents.
Appendix Styles
The Heading 1_Appendix(es) style is for the main headings of appendices (e.g., see the
Appendix A and Appendix B headings at the end of this document).
Appendix styles begin with 6_Append_. The 6_Append_Normal style is the base style for
appendices, which is single-spaced with space between paragraphs. In looking at the
style-bar you’ll see other 6_Append_styles for you to use. The 3_Body_ styles can also
be used in your Appendix(es), as well as the object styles (the styles used for formatting
tables, figures and images—the ones that begin with 7_).
Appendix Table and Figure Captions
In appendices, table and figure caption labels and numbers are typed in manually (e.g.,
Table A1, Table A2, etc.). These do not get generated into the lists that appear after the
Table of Contents.
Including Other Documents in Your Appendices:
Reformat or Convert to Images?
Rather than reformatting previously created questionnaires, letters, large landscaped
tables, etc. into images, there are times when it would be both faster and easier to convert
those documents into images, rotate when necessary, and insert them into your
appendices.
The necessary steps for converting Word or PDF files to images are below.
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1. Convert to a Press Quality PDF (or High Quality)
(this can be changed in Adobe Acrobat’s PDF Conversion
Preferences or in the Adobe PDF printer driver’s Properties).
2. a. If you have Photoshop, open the PDF and change the
dpi/resolution to 400 entered at that time which eliminates the next
step.
OR
b. If you don’t have Photoshop, convert the PDF to a High Quality
JPG (in Acrobat choose File > Save As > file-type, JPG or JPEG,
Settings = JPEG Quality Maximum)
and
Open in a graphics editing program 3. Crop the margins off the image, if
necessary rotate (90 degrees counter clockwise, so the top of the
image/table is on the left), and Save.
4. Within Word, choose Insert > Picture/Image, navigate to the picture,
select it, and press Insert.
For specific requirements regarding the content in appendices, see also the Appendices
link under Requirements & Format on the website (http://www.lib.sfu.ca/theses).
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Appendix B.
Thesis Template: Important Licensing Information
Please read this licensing information and
remove this appendix or replace it with your own appendix before converting
your thesis to PDF and submitting it to the Library.
The styles found within this document have been modified from those created by
Joanie Wolfe, in accordance with CC BY-NC 2.5 CA. The Intellectual Property present in
SFU’s template-based file belong to Joanie Wolfe and are licensed via Creative Commons
Attribution-NonCommercial
2.5
Canada
(CC
BY-NC
2.5
CA)
(http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/ca/).
When text from this document is copied and pasted to other documents it will retain
the unique styles from the template. If you plan to use some, or all, of your thesis for
commercial purposes, you must first release your text from the styles.
To release your text from the styles:
1. select the text;
2. apply the Normal style;
3. copy the text;
4. open a new blank document;
5. paste that text into the new document; and
6. after doing so, check the Style Window/Pane/Panel/Toolbox to be
sure that the styles that begin with numbers are not present.
Following the above steps will ensure that you are respecting this licence agreement.
The 6 steps above are also in the Document Properties,
so you can locate them again at a later date.
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