[TITLE OF THESIS OR DISSERTATION TYPED IN ALL
CAPITAL LETTERS, DOUBLE-SPACED, CENTERED
ON PAGE, IN INVERTED-PYRAMID STYLE]

Any time you see gray, bracketed text, click it to enter your own information. Make sure to delete all instruction boxes. To do so, click 1 time on the box’s border to select it, then hit the Delete key on your keyboard. By

[Your Name]

Submitted to the

Faculty of the [School or College]

of American University

in Partial Fulfillment of

he Requirements for the Degree of

[Your Degree]

In

[Your Discipline]

Chair:

[Your Chair’s Name], Ph.D.

[Committee Member’s Name], Ph.D.

[Committee Member’s Name], Ph.D.

Dean of the [Name of Your School or College]

Date

[Year of Anticipated Graduation]

American University

Washington, D.C. 20016

© COPYRIGHT

by

[Your Name]

[Year of Anticipated Graduation]

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

[Insert dedication text here.]

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[INSERT YOUR TITLE TYPED EXACTLY AS IT APPEARS ON YOUR TITLE
PAGE: REMEMBER TO USE ALL CAPITAL LETTERS

AND INVERTED-PYRAMID FORMAT]

BY

[Your Name]

ABSTRACT

This page is required. Type the abstract in regular, double-spaced type in paragraph form. UMI now accepts abstracts of any length, but thesis abstracts over 150 words and dissertation abstracts over 350 words will be truncated in print indexes. More information is available at http://www.etdadmin.com/UMI_PreparingYourManuscriptGuide.pdf

PREFACE

[A preface or forward is optional. If included, use regular, double-spaced type in paragraph form. Delete this page if not needed.]

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

[The acknowledgments page is optional. If included, use regular, indented, double-spaced paragraphs. Delete this page if not needed.]

TABLE OF CONTENTS

[Table of Contents with major and chapter titles but no further heading levels]

Do not make the Table of Contents until you have completely finished all other formatting and you have applied heading styles to the headings in your document. See the Heading Styles Instruction Guide for details on applying styles. When you are ready: Right click (or Control click) on your preferred Table of Contents style above (it will become shaded), and choose Update Field from the pop-up menu. You may make modifications as long as you meet the basic requirements in the AU Thesis and Dissertation Guide. You may wish to add the word CHAPTER once above the chapter titles and then remove the word CHAPTER from each chapter title to avoid repetition. [Table of Contents with major titles, chapter titles, and Heading 1 headings]

[Table of Contents with major titles, chapter titles, Heading 1 headings, and Heading 2 headings]

Note: You can update the page numbers at any time by right clicking in the Table of Contents and choosing Update Field, then Update Page Numbers Only. Your formatting modifications will stay in place.

You can regenerate the Table of Contents to incorporate newly added or modified headings by right clicking anywhere in the Table of Contents and choosing Update Field, then Update Entire Table. In this case you will have to redo any modifications you made to the formatting if any.

When you are finished, delete the other two Table of Contents styles that you did not use and all of the instructional text.

LIST OF TABLES

Table

1.	Table Title	4

2.	Table Title	13

3.	Table Title	16

Do not make the List of Tables until you have completely finished all other formatting and you have applied the style “Table Title” to all table titles in the document. When you are ready: Right click (or Control click) anywhere in the sample List of Tables above (it will become shaded), and choose Update Field from the pop-up menu. You may make modifications as long as you meet the basic requirements in the AU Thesis and Dissertation Guide. You may wish to delete the word “Table” before each table number to avoid repetition and to move each table title over by one tab space to avoid uneven spacing.

Note: You can update the page numbers at any time by right clicking in the List of Tables and choosing Update Field, then Update Page Numbers Only. Your formatting modifications will stay in place.

You can regenerate the List of Tables to incorporate newly added or modified table titles by right clicking in the List of Tables and choosing Update Field, then Update Entire Table. In this case you will have to redo any modifications you made to the formatting if any.

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

Illustration

Do not make the List of Illustrations until you have completely finished all other formatting and you have applied the style “Figure Caption” to all figure captions in the document. When you are ready: Right click (or Control click) anywhere in the sample List of Illustrations above (it will become shaded), and choose Update Field from the pop-up menu. You may make modifications as long as you meet the basic requirements in the AU Thesis and Dissertation Guide. You may wish to delete the word “Figure” before each figure number to avoid repetition and to move each table title over by one tab space to avoid uneven spacing. 1.	Figure caption	5

2.	Figure caption	6

3.	Figure caption	7

Note: You can update the page numbers at any time by right clicking in the List of Illustrations and choosing Update Field, then Update Page Numbers Only. Your formatting modifications will stay in place.

You can regenerate the List of Illustrations to incorporate newly added or modified captions by right clicking in the List of Illustrations and choosing Update Field, then Update Entire Table. In this case you will have to redo any modifications you made to the formatting if any.

CHAPTER 1
TITLE IS SET IN ALL CAPS: TITLES LONGER THAN ONE LINE
ARE PLACED IN INVERTED-PYRAMID STYLE

Using this Template

This template is preformatted in accordance with American University’s Guidelines for Theses and Dissertations. The AU Guidelines supersede any discrepancies found in this template. Detailed guides with step-by-step instructions on several formatting issues are available at the AU ETD Web site.

Entering Text into the Template

You can type or paste your text into this template. Paste a few pages at a time to ensure proper formatting as you go. After you paste in a text selection, click the small clipboard icon that appears at the bottom right of your pasted text: . Experiment with the different paste options to see what is working best in your situation, and check all paragraphs for consistency.

Formatting Titles and Headings

You can use the predefined heading styles (the white boxes in the Styles menu in the Home tab) to quickly format your titles and headings. Use MAJOR for major section titles, CHAPTER for chapter titles, Heading 1 for the first level of subheading in the document, and so forth. See the Heading Styles Guide for details on using and customizing headings.

Clearing the Formatting

Any time you have trouble with styles, you can undo formatting by selecting the problem text and clicking on the clear-formatting icon () in the Home tab.

CHAPTER 2
TITLE IS SET IN ALL CAPS: TITLES LONGER THAN ONE LINE
ARE PLACED IN INVERTED-PYRAMID STYLE

Begin text here.

CHAPTER 3
TITLE IS SET IN ALL CAPS: TITLES LONGER THAN ONE LINE
ARE PLACED IN INVERTED-PYRAMID STYLE

Begin text here.

CHAPTER 4
TITLE IS SET IN ALL CAPS: TITLES LONGER THAN ONE LINE
ARE PLACED IN INVERTED-PYRAMID STYLE

Because Chapter 4 is a common place for students to add data, a blank table that meets basic APA and Turabian guidelines is included below to get you started quickly. Consult your discipline’s style guide for specific instructions on capitalization, spacing, presentation of data, and other issues. For instructions on pasting tables into the template and generating your own tables, a Tables Instruction Guide is available on the same Web page where you downloaded this template.

Table 1. Don’t Forget to Add the Table Title Style to Your Tables so that They Display in the List of Tables: See the Instruction Guides on Table Titles and Heading Styles for Details

Column heading	Column heading	Column heading	Column heading	Column heading
Row heading
Row heading
Row heading
Row heading
Row heading

Note: See the instruction guide on Formatting Tables for more information about table notes.

If you add graphs, charts, photographs, or other figures the caption goes below the figure, as shown below.

Figure 1. Simple vector model: Just an example for this template.

This is a preformatted landscape page for your convenience. If you do not need to use this page, delete it as explained below to preserve the formatting of the document. If your computer has a BACKSPACE key, do not use it; rather, put the cursor anywhere on this page and press the DELETE key until this page turns from landscape orientation to portrait orientation. If your computer does not have a BACKSPACE key, you have to hold down the FN key while pressing the DELETE key until this page turns from landscape orientation to portrait orientation.

Page numbers are optional on landscaped pages. If you choose to include them, they are centered on the bottom of the page, 0.75” from the bottom edge of the page.

This is a preformatted landscape page for your convenience. If you do not need to use this page, delete it as explained below to preserve the formatting of the document. If your computer has a BACKSPACE key, do not use it; rather, put the cursor anywhere on this page and press the DELETE key until this page turns from landscape orientation to portrait orientation. If your computer does not have a BACKSPACE key, you have to hold down the FN key while pressing the DELETE key until this page turns from landscape orientation to portrait orientation.

CHAPTER 5
TITLE IS SET IN ALL CAPS: TITLES LONGER THAN ONE LINE
ARE PLACED IN INVERTED-PYRAMID STYLE

Begin text here.

CHAPTER 6
TITLE IS SET IN ALL CAPS: TITLES LONGER THAN ONE LINE
ARE PLACED IN INVERTED-PYRAMID STYLE

Begin text here or delete chapter if it is not needed.

CHAPTER 7
TITLE IS SET IN ALL CAPS: TITLES LONGER THAN ONE LINE
ARE PLACED IN INVERTED-PYRAMID STYLE

Begin text here or delete chapter if it is not needed.

CHAPTER 8
TITLE IS SET IN ALL CAPS: TITLES LONGER THAN ONE LINE
ARE PLACED IN INVERTED-PYRAMID STYLE

Begin text here or delete chapter if it is not needed.

If you need to add more chapters, make sure you apply the heading style “CHAPTER” to each new chapter title so that it will be included when you generate the Table of Contents (do not use the heading style “MAJOR” because that is only for the titles in the preliminary and appendix pages).

APPENDIX A
TITLE IS SET IN ALL CAPS: TITLES LONGER THAN ONE LINE
ARE PLACED IN INVERTED-PYRAMID STYLE

Begin text or image here or delete appendix if it is not needed.

APPENDIX B
TITLE IS SET IN ALL CAPS: TITLES LONGER THAN ONE LINE
ARE PLACED IN INVERTED-PYRAMID STYLE

Begin text or image here or delete appendix if it is not needed.

APPENDIX C
TITLE IS SET IN ALL CAPS: TITLES LONGER THAN ONE LINE
ARE PLACED IN INVERTED-PYRAMID STYLE

Begin text or image here or delete appendix if it is not needed.

APPENDIX D
TITLE IS SET IN ALL CAPS: TITLES LONGER THAN ONE LINE
ARE PLACED IN INVERTED-PYRAMID STYLE

Begin text or image here or delete appendix if it is not needed.

APPENDIX E
TITLE IS SET IN ALL CAPS: TITLES LONGER THAN ONE LINE
ARE PLACED IN INVERTED-PYRAMID STYLE

Begin text or image here or delete appendix if it is not needed.

If you need to add appendices, make sure you apply the heading style “MAJOR” to each new appendix title so that it will be included when you generate the Table of Contents (do not use the heading style “CHAPTER” because that is only for chapter titles).

You can change this word to BIBLIOGRAPHY if that is the term that your department’s preferred style guide uses. REFERENCES

The AU Thesis and Dissertation Manual contains some guidelines about the spacing of reference and bibliography entries. Consult your department’s preferred style manual for additional guidelines on formatting your references or bibliography. If you are using the EndNote software program and need help, a guide and video tutorials are available on the AU Library Web site.