AS 191 Senior Thesis Structure

Format:

Typed: 25-30 pages using double spacing between lines.

One and one-half inch margin on the left side of the page. At least one inch on the right side.

Make sure your citation style is consistently in Chicago or MLA format. For more information, see The Chicago Manual of Style or the MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers. Both are available in the Main Library information center.

You may use footnotes (bottom of each page) or endnotes (end of the thesis).

Title Page:

Attach a title page to the front of your thesis. This should contain:
  • Title of thesis
  • Your Name
  • American Studies 191: Section 1
  • Senior Thesis
  • Professor: Annalee Newitz
  • University of California, Berkeley
  • Spring 1999

Order:

Thesis should be assembled in the following order:
  1. Title Page
  2. Table of Contents (optional)
  3. Text of Thesis
  4. Endnotes (unless you use footnotes)
  5. Appendix - tables, charts, illustrations (optional--may be in body of text as well)
  6. Works Cited/Bibliography

Other Important Stuff:

Please bind your thesis rather than stapling it together.

Make two copies of your thesis. The department keeps one, the other is returned to you. Only the department copy must be bound.

Theses will be returned to you in 301 Campbell.

If you want it mailed to you, attach a stamped, self-addressed envelope (or a postcard if you only want your grade mailed to you).

Due Monday, May 10.