Contents

1. The Master’s Thesis at the American University of Sharjah (AUS)

1.1 Selecting Your Thesis Research Topic
1.2 Preparing and Submitting Your Thesis Proposal
1.3 Conducting Thesis Research and Writing the Thesis
1.4 Conducting the Oral Thesis Defense

2. Grading the Thesis at AUS

3. Composition of the Master’s Thesis Committee

4. Certification of the Master’s Thesis by the Office of Graduate Programs and Research

5. Archiving and Binding of Master’s Theses at AUS

6. Required Format of Masters’ Theses at AUS

6.1 Preliminary Pages or Front Matter

6.1.1 Title Page
6.1.2 Blank Page or Copyright Page
6.1.3 Approval Page(s)
6.1.4 Abstract
6.1.5 Table of Contents
6.1.6 List of Illustrations, Tables and/or Figures
6.1.7 List of Abbreviations
6.1.8 Glossary
6.1.9 Acknowledgements
6.1.10 Preface
6.1.11 Dedication

6.2 Body of Thesis

6.2.1 Introduction
6.2.2 Main Body of Thesis
6.2.3 Summary or Conclusion

6.3 Back Matter

6.3.1 Reference Section
6.3.2 Appendix or Appendices
6.3.3 Vita of Author

7. Technical Requirements

7.1 Typing the Text
7.2 Printing the Text
7.3 Paper Requirements
7.4 Margins
7.5 Pagination
7.6 Tables, Figures and Graphs
7.7 Text Citations
7.8 Content Footnotes
7.9 Units of Measurement
7.10 Corrections

8. Completion Schedule and Checklist

9. Thesis Formatting Checklist

10. A Final Word of Advice