Thesis, Capstone and Dissertation Resources
Format Requirements
The Graduate School at the University of Northern Colorado offers the Graduate Publication Manuals to provide students with information on university requirements for organizing and publishing your Masters Thesis, Doctoral Capstone and Doctoral Dissertation. At the University of Northern Colorado, the appropriate writing style and format is determined, in part, by disciplinary standards. Do not use other Thesis/Capstone/Dissertations as examples for approved format, as styles change and alternate formats must be approved on a case-by-case basis. Students should verify the style manual adopted by their program, and is responsible for informing the Graduate School which Style Manual you are using at the time of your final review. Please follow the format requirements in the manuals below.
- Masters Thesis or Creative Project Manual(pdf)
- Capstone Research Project Format Manual (pdf)
- Doctoral Dissertation Format Manual (pdf)
"How to" Formatting Resources
- Table of ContentsFormatting (pdf)
- Setting Up a Table (pdf)
- Examples of Tables (pdf)
- Headings Examples
- Dissertation Proposal
- Sample of Automatic Paragraph Indent (pdf)
Additional Resources
- Dissertation Proposal Signature Page (pdf)
- Human Subject Protocol & Forms
- Animal Subject Protocol & Forms
- Schedule of Deadlines
- Graduation Checklist
- Doctoral Gradopoly (pdf)
- Thesis and Dissertation Handling Fee Schedule
- UNC Office of Research
- Office of Sponsored Programs
- Research Centers and Institutes
- Graduate Student Association
