
Learn how to elaborate a university thesis, understand its structure and formatting, and explore components from title page to references and anti-plagiarism.
Learn to structure a university thesis from title page to references, covering abstract, introduction, literature review, research design with validated questionnaires and 60 subjects, and APA formatting.
Develop mastery in presenting a thesis to the committee by detailing theoretical concepts, research stages, hypotheses, statistical tests, and methodological interpretations, while understanding promotion criteria and plagiarism thresholds.
Outline the grading criteria for university theses, detailing components from title page to bibliography and the emphasis on a 30% theoretical framework and a 70% research portion.
The diploma or undergraduate/graduate/Ph.D.'s thesis is a scientific product developed by the student under the coordination of the teaching staff. The paper must demonstrate the student's appropriation of the literature relevant to the topic addressed, be correct from a methodological and data analysis point of view, have a logical structure and be written using scientific language.
The responsibility for the preparation rests with the student who must prepare the paper in accordance with the requirements outlined below.
The diploma or undergraduate/graduate/Ph.D.'s thesis will be accompanied by the anti-plagiarism report.
I. Component parts of the paper
The paper must be organized into chapters in a logical sequence that presents the following aspects:
- Title page
- Content
- Abstract
- Introduction and motivation of the theme
- List of abbreviations (optional)
- Acknowledgments (optional)
1. The theoretical framework of the studied problem
2. Research part:
2.1. The purpose, objectives, variables and hypotheses of the research
2.2. Presentation of the subject pool
2.3. Presentation and description of research instruments
2.4. Exposure of the research methodology
2.5. Statistical analysis of the normality of the data obtained in the questionnaires
2.6. Presentation of the results obtained from statistical tests for each individual hypothesis with mention of the validation of the hypotheses
2.7. Methodological interpretation of the results
3. The conclusions of the paper:
3.1. Personal contribution to the research topic
3.2. The limits of the paper
3.3. Future research directions
- Bibliography
- Annexes
This course is part of the master's and doctoral programs offered by the CBM International University – Akademos Learning university consortium.