Order of Sections

The contents of your disquisition should be arranged in a particular order. Not all sections are required, but all included sections should conform to our required order of sections. If you would like to include a type of section not listed here, please contact the Disquisition Coordinator. Disquisitions should be submitted as a single PDF, including their appendices. Supplemental material may be submitted separately; see the File Format section of our policies page for more information.

Guidelines: Required Order of Sections

• Title Page
• Disquisition Approval Page (Copy 2)
• Abstract
• Acknowledgments (Optional)
• Dedication (Optional)
• Preface (Optional)
• Table of Contents
• List of Tables (Required if disquisition chapters include tables)
• List of Figures (Required if disquisition chapters include figures)
• List of Schemes (Required if disquisition chapters include schemes)
• List of [_________] (Any other material, such as equations, etc.)
• List of Abbreviations (Optional; include if disquisition includes extensive abbreviations)
• List of Symbols (Optional; include if disquisition includes extensive symbols)
• List of Appendix Tables (Required if appendices include tables)
• List of Appendix Figures (Required if appendices include figures)
• List of Appendix Schemes (Required if appendices include schemes)
• List of Appendix [_______] (Any other appendix material, such as equations, etc.)
• Chapters
• References/Works Cited (Use the heading that is required by the style manual for your field)*
• Appendix/Appendices (Optional)

*Reference sections may appear within chapters or as a standalone section; see the entry in our knowledge base on References/Works Cited pages for more information.

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