Southampton Solent University

FACULTY OF ???
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Date of presentation : Month Year
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A"aemi" year of su#mission
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The proposed title of your
dissertation
Contents
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Contents
List of Tables and Figures
$% &ntrou"tion 1
'% Aims an o#(e"tives 2
)% Literature survey 3
*% Methoolo!y 4
3.1 Subsection 1 4
3.1.1 Sub-subsection 1 4
3.1.1 Sub-subsection 2 4
3.2 Subsection 2 4
+% S"ope an Constraints 5
,% -esour"es 6
.% Timeta#le 7
/% Outline of se"tions0"hapters 8
1% -eferen"e list 0 2i#lio!raphy
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List of Ta#les
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List of Fi!ures
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illustrations. $u+ber e,er!t#ing in t#e se-uence it a))ears in t#e te.t
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$% &ntrou"tion
/aragra)#. 0.)lain t#e )ur)ose of !our )a)er and a little bac1ground to !our area
of researc# 2t#oug# not t#e literature sur,e! *#ic# co+es ne.t3. Set out t#e
reasons for underta1ing t#is )articular stud!( set into a t#eoretical4acade+ic
conte.t.
$e* )aragra)#. Lea,e a line s)ace bet*een eac# )aragra)#( or( if !ou 1no* #o*
to( set t#e s)acing after t#e line to 15)t or 12)t.
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'% Aims an O#(e"tives
T#e )ri+ar! focus of !our researc# )ro6ect is usuall! e.)ressed in ter+s of ai+s
and ob6ecti,es.
7i+s are state+ents of intent. T#e! are usuall! *ritten in broad ter+s. T#e! set
out *#at !ou #o)e to ac#ie,e at t#e end of t#e )ro6ect.
8b6ecti,es( s#ould be s)ecific state+ents t#at define +easurable outco+es( e.g.
*#at ste)s *ill be ta1en to ac#ie,e t#e desired outco+e. 9#en *riting !our
ob6ecti,es tr! to use strong )ositi,e state+ents.
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'% Literature Survey
/aragra)#. :n t#is section !ou gi,e su++ar! of t#e reading researc# !ou #a,e done
into !our to)ic area( describing t#e e.isting and establis#ed t#eor! and researc# in
!our re)ort area and )ro,iding a conte.t for !our *or1.
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:ndented -uotation ; +ust be +ore t#an 3 or +ore lines long. $otice t#ere
are no -uotation +ar1s on an indented -uote. <e+e+ber to reference !our
-uotation. 2$a+e( =ear( )."3
/aragra)# *it# -uotation in te.t% &:t +ust #a,e -uotation +ar1s. >se single -uotes
outside and ?double@ -uotes if !ou need to use t#e+ inside as *ell. 7lso +ust be
referenced' 2$a+e( =ear( ). "3.
/aragra)# t#at includes anot#er -uotation% $otice t#at !ou can use a -uotation as
&)art of t#e sentence' 2$a+e( =ear( )."3. =ou do not need a co++a before t#e
-uote if it is gra++aticall! )art of t#e sentence.
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*% Methoolo!y
/aragra)#. Aere !ou *ill describe t#e sco)e of !our researc# and all of t#e
researc# +et#ods !ou intend to use. Start b! describing t#e )rocess !ou *ent
t#roug# in selecting )articular +et#ods of researc#.
/aragra)#. Ba1e sure !ou also describe an! li+itations or s#ortco+ings in !our
researc# +et#ods.
*%$ Su#se"tion heain!
/aragra)#. :f !ou #a,e different ele+ents to !our researc#( )er#a)s se)arate case
studies( or a ,ariet! of testing )rocedures( !ou +a! *ant ot describe t#e+ in
se)arate subsections. $otice t#at subsections are nu+bered *it#in t#e section.
*%$%$ Su#4su#se"tion
=ou can continue to add furt#er subsections if t#ese are necessar!. Ao*e,er(
tr! to a,oid if )ossible as t#e structure +a! get too co+)le..
:f !ou are using gra)#s( c#arts or illustrations( *rite a )aragra)# introducing t#e
figure #ere and t#en +a1e sure eac# figure is nu+bered se-uentiall!.
Fi!ure $: 5rite a es"riptive title for your illustration or !raph here
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+% S"ope an Constraints
/aragra)#. Aere !ou s#ould set t#e boundaries( for e.a+)le( t#ere +a! be 6ust too
+uc# +aterial to co,er and so+e li+its +a! need to be )laced on t#e )ro6ect( or
!ou +a! not be able to conduct so+e researc# due to constraints i+)osed b! ti+e(
cost or a,ailabilit! of +aterials.
/aragra)#. :f !ou are using a table of infor+ation( *rite a )aragra)# introducing
t#e figure #ere. Ba1e sure eac# table is nu+bered se-uentiall!.
67ample of a ta#le of information
Ta#le $: 5rite a es"riptive title for your ta#le here
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,% -esour"es
/aragra)#. Aere !ou s#ould list resources t#at !ou *ill need to co+)lete t#e stud!(
for instance librar! or :T facilities( s)ecialist soft*are or tools( laboratories or
e-ui)+ent( and also an! tools !ou *ill use for data anal!sis.
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.% Timeta#le
/aragra)#. T#is is t#e )ro)osed ti+etable for !our dissertation. =our sc#edule
s#ould be designed to fit in *it# t#e uni,ersit! ti+etable4acade+ic !ear and
s#ould ta1e account of an! deadlines set b! !our de)art+ent.
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A"tivity
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/% Outline of se"tions0"hapters
/aragra)#. Ci,e an outline of t#e )ro)osed structure of !our dissertation(
restricted to t#e +ain bod!.
/aragra)#. T#e +ain discussion *ill re-uire a +ore detailed brea1do*n t#an ot#er
sections. =ou s#ould gi,e suggested c#a)ters #eadings and one or t*o )aragra)#s
about t#e )ro)osed content.
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1% -eferen"e list 0 2i#lio!raphy
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7 &-eferen"e List' is a list of citations for all sources !ou #a,e referred to in t#e
bod! of !our dissertation.
7 &2i#lio!raphy' is a list of citations for all sources !ou #a,e used in )re)aring !our
dissertation( *#et#er !ou #a,e referred to t#e+ in t#e )a)er or not.
C#ec1 *#et#er !ou facult! re-uires !ou to include a reference list or a
bibliogra)#! 2in so+e cases t#e! +a! *ant to see bot#( if so( )ut t#e+ on se)arate
)ages3.
Ba1e sure !our list is gi,en in Alpha#eti"al order of t#e 7ut#or's surna+es( or t#e
$a+e of t#e co+)an! or institution )ro,iding t#e *ebsite if no aut#or is gi,en.
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