Master's and Licentiate Thesis Handbook 2020-2021 Edition Table of Contents INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................................................................................. 3 WRITING YOUR THESIS ...................................................................................................................................................................... 3 STYLE ....................................................................................................................................................................................................... 3 THE WRITING CENTER ................................................................................................................................................................................. 4 CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY ACADEMIC AND RESEARCH COMPUTING RESOURCES ...................................................................................................... 4 USING AN INDEPENDENT TYPIST AND COPY EDITOR ............................................................................................................................................ 4 THE COPYRIGHT ......................................................................................................................................................................................... 5 ECCLESIASTICAL IMPRIMATUR ........................................................................................................................................................................ 5 THE ELEMENTS OF YOUR THESIS ........................................................................................................................................................ 6 PRELIMINARY PAGES ................................................................................................................................................................................... 6 Title Page .......................................................................................................................................................................................... 6 The Title of the Thesis ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 6 Your Name ........................................................................................................................................................................................................ 6 The Copyright Symbol © ................................................................................................................................................................................... 6 The Year ............................................................................................................................................................................................................ 6 Abstract ............................................................................................................................................................................................ 6 Signature (Approval) Page................................................................................................................................................................ 7 Optional Preliminary Pages .............................................................................................................................................................. 7 BODY OF TEXT ........................................................................................................................................................................................... 7 Introduction ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 7 Notes/Footnotes ............................................................................................................................................................................... 7 Illustrative Materials ........................................................................................................................................................................ 8 Alignment of Page Numbers ............................................................................................................................................................. 8 Charts and Graphs ............................................................................................................................................................................ 8 Photographs ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 8 Oversized Items ................................................................................................................................................................................ 8 Reproductions ................................................................................................................................................................................... 8 END MATTER ............................................................................................................................................................................................ 8 Optional End Matter ......................................................................................................................................................................... 8 Letters of Permission ........................................................................................................................................................................ 8 Bibliography ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 9 PREPARING YOUR MANUSCRIPT ....................................................................................................................................................... 9 TYPEFACE ................................................................................................................................................................................................. 9 ALIGNMENT .............................................................................................................................................................................................. 9 MARGINS ................................................................................................................................................................................................. 9 LINE SPACING ............................................................................................................................................................................................ 9 PAGINATION ........................................................................................................................................................................................... 10 PAGE NUMBER PLACEMENT ....................................................................................................................................................................... 10 REVIEWING YOUR MANUSCRIPT ...................................................................................................................................................... 10 UPLOADING YOUR MANUSCRIPT TO PROQUEST .............................................................................................................................. 11 THE FINAL THESIS DEPOSIT .............................................................................................................................................................. 11 PERSONAL BOUND COPIES OF THE THESIS ....................................................................................................................................................... 11 DEPOSIT RECEIPT ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 11 WHAT HAPPENS TO YOUR THESIS AFTER DEPOSIT? ..................................................................................................................................... 12 THE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA OPEN ACCESS POLICY ......................................................................................................................... 12 GRADUATION .................................................................................................................................................................................. 12 SAMPLE THESIS TITLE PAGE (WITHOUT COPYRIGHT) ....................................................................................................................... 13 Master’s and Licentiate Thesis Handbook, 2020-2021 Edition Page 1 Office of the Senior Vice Provost for Academic Administration and Dean of Graduate Studies, The Catholic University of America SAMPLE THESIS TITLE PAGE (WITH COPYRIGHT) .............................................................................................................................. 14 SAMPLE THESIS ABSTRACT .............................................................................................................................................................