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The FEU Thesis Style Guide

This Style Guide has been developed to standardize the format of thesis reports in the university.
Students and research facilitators/advisers shall follow the guidelines provided herein effective the
1st semester of A.Y. 2019-2020.

Order of Contents
The contents of the thesis report will be in the order as illustrated in the table below. Appendices
irrelevant to the study may be considered optional. The items marked by (***) are standard
forms; no other forms can be used for their intended purpose.

Title Page ***

APPROVAL SHEET ***

DECLARATION OF ORIGINALITY (with TURNITIN Similarity Index) ***
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
TABLE OF CONTENTS
LIST OF TABLES AND FIGURES (if there’s any)
ABSTRACT
FOREWORD
CHAPTER 1 - INTRODUCTION
1.1 Background/Overview
1.2 Statement of the Problem
1.3 Definition of the Project
1.4 Research Focus
1.5 Goal and Objectives
1.6 Scope and Limitation
1.7 Significance of the Research
1.8 Definition of Terms
CHAPTER 2 – CASE STUDY AND REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE
CHAPTER 3 – METHODS/RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
3.1 Research Design
3.2 Theoretical Framework
3.3 Calendar of Activities
3.3.1 Design 9
3.3.2 Design 10
3.4 Presentation of Data
3.5 Analysis of Data
CHAPTER 4 – ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN SOLUTION
4.1 Site Selection Criteria
4.2 Site Analysis
4.3 Site Justification
4.4 Programming
4.4.1 User Analysis

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4.4.2 Functional Programming

4.4.3 Architectural Programming
4.4.4 Cluster and Adjacency Analysis
4.4.5 Siting Schematic Site Development
4.4.6 Legal Basis for Design
CHAPTER 5 – SUMMARY, CONCLUSIONS AND
RECOMMENDATIONS
REFERENCES
APPENDICES
A. Permit to Conduct Research ***
B. Scoring Rubrics for Research Output
C. Sample Accomplished Informed Consent ***
D. One (1) Sample Questionnaire (if any)
E. Sample Transcribed Data (if any)
F. Documentation Photos
G. Accomplished Validation Instruments (3) ***
H. Language Editing Certificate ***
I. Researcher(s)’ Profile

Alignment. The body of the paper should be left-aligned.

Appendices. Note the restrictions on the following appendices.

 Permit to Conduct Research: A template is available for this purpose.
 Informed .Consent- Only one accomplished Informed Consent should be appended in the
report.
 Accomplished Validation Instruments: Include all three accomplished forms.
 Language Editing Certificate (LEC): There are two types of this certificate. LEC-A is for
papers edited by LLC editors. LEC-B is for those edited by non-LLC editors. (N.B. Editing
will include both language and format)
 Declaration of Originality: This should be supported with a printout of Turnitin Similarity
Index downloadable on Canvas.
 Researchers’ Bionote: Information about each researcher is limited to one paragraph only.
Any personal data irrelevant to the research should be omitted.

Headings. Levels of subordination should be considered in organizing heading levels. The

major sections of the paper are written in level one format, the subsections in level two, and the
succeeding subsections within subsections are in levels three, four and five format. This is
illustrated in the table below.

HEADINGS LEVEL

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CENTERED, BOLDFACE, UPPERCASE 1

Left-aligned, Boldface, Uppercase and Lowercase 2

Indented, boldface, lowercase with a period (.) 3

Indented, italicized, boldface, lowercase with a period (.) 4

Indented, italicized, no boldface, lowercase with a period (.) 5

Below is an example of a five-level format.

CHAPTER 2
REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE

Populism (Level 2)
Populism: an ideology. (Level 3)
Populism: A Political Strategy. (Level 3)
Behavioralism (Level 2)

CHAPTER 3
METHODOLOGY

Research Design [Level 2]

Participants [Level 2]
Sampling Method [Level 2]
Data Collection Method [Level 2]
The research instruments. [Level 3]
Instrument 1. [Level 4]
Instrument 1.1. [Level5]

Pages and Pagination

 Page numbers should be inserted in the top right corner.

 Following the title page, use lowercase Roman numerals (i, ii, iii, iv…).
 From the Introduction up to the References, pages should be in Arabic numerals (e.g. 1,2,
3, etc.).
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 Appendices should have no page numbers.

 No running head is needed on any page of the thesis. (See Appendix ____ )

Seriation
1. When enumerating several parallel items within a sentence, use parenthesized small letters
(See Example A), but when the items come in vertical order, put a period after each small
letter (See Example B).

Example A

Open and close your oral presentation using any of these techniques: (a) a striking statement; (b) a question;
(c) a quotation; (d) an anecdote; and (e) a line or two from a famous song.

Example B

Below are the requirements for the managerial position:

a. not less than five years of industry experience
2. a master’s
Useb.Arabic degree to
numbers in Hospitality Management
indicate chronological or hierarchical order (ranking based on
c. advanced proficiency in English.
degree of importance).

Below are the requirements for the position:

d.
1. With pleasing personality
2. Willing to work in shifting schedule
3. College graduate
4. At least two-year BPO experience

(arrangement based on degree of importance)

3. Use bullets to give prominence to a set of ideas that does not require any particular order.

Submission
A soft copy of the approved paper in PDF format should be submitted to the department through
the Research Facilitator. The Program Head shall send the files to the library for digitization. A
hardbound copy may be required by your department for accreditation purposes.

Timeline. The date of submission will be determined by the Thesis/Research facilitator, taking
into consideration LLC’s lead time for language editing which is 10 working days after receipt of
the manuscripts. This, however, will not apply to those who will avail of editing services outside
of LLC.

Typing, Paper, and Margin

 Typing should be double-spaced on white A4-sized paper with your institute’s masthead.
 Margin should be 1.5 in. on the left and 1.0 on the remaining sides.
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 Following APA 7th edition, choose one from these font style options:
Times New Roman 12, Calibri 11, Arial 11, Lucida Sans Unicode 10, and Georgia 11.

Use the same font style throughout the paper.

Approvals. Papers shall be approved (by PHs and Deans) only upon compliance with the
following:
 Language Editing Certificate
 Declaration of Originality
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