Prepare a cover page. Give the full title of your thesis and your full name in capital letters. Write the full name of your course of study, the name of your university, its location and the year.
Format a thesis approval page. This must be one page and include the thesis advisor's name, the name of committee members who will view your work and the dean of the college.
List your acknowledgments. Mention all of the people that have contributed to your work, such as the people who enabled you to complete your research. This can be more than one page.
Prepare a full table of contents. Each chapter of your work will appear separately. Capitalize the name of the chapter. Label each section of the chapter. Add page numbers for every the start of the chapter and for each section. List your introduction, literature review, methodology, findings, conclusion, references and appendices. Use as many pages as necessary.
Write a list of tables and list of figures. Give page numbers for all tables of numerical data and figures that represent data graphically. These can be more than one page.
Introduce your work. The introduction of your thesis explains the area you have studied and the reasons why you have chosen this area. It also explains your intended outcomes.
Write your literature review. The review covers the historical background of the area of interest but focuses particularly on contemporary papers and articles that have shed new light on to the focus of your work. Explain, if necessary, where gaps appear in the research, especially if this is pertinent to your research.
Explain your methodology. Give details about how you gathered your data and also why you chose that method of data collection. If you used focus group interviews, for example, explain why this was more relevant than questionnaires. Show how you have analyzed the data and how you resolved any problems you had while gathering the information.
Present your findings. At this point you are displaying the results in statistical or graphical form. Choose the format, such as bar chart or pie graph, that best represents the data. Do not give your opinions or offer explanations at this stage.
Discuss your findings. Explain what conclusions you have drawn from the analysis of your research. Discuss how this relates to previous research in the field but focus particularly on how it adds new information that has not appeared in previous articles and papers.
List your references. Include the names of all authors, the year and title of the publication, the publisher and the publishing company's location. Put references in alphabetical order. Multiple references from one order appear in chronological order.
Include appendices. Show all documents that might help the reader fully understand your thesis, such as a questionnaire you used to collect data.