1. Guideline on Thesis Writing(English)

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Thesis Writing Guide


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Qualifications and Procedures

for Degree Thesis Submission

Degree Thesis submissions shall be processed according to Chapter 4

of the Universit of Science and Technolog !egulations Governing

Degree Conferral

"# Qualifications to Submit a Thesis for Degree

A. M.S. Degree

1) A total of 32 credits acquired, or able to acquire during the corresponding semester2) At least 1 scholarly paper published in domesticforeign professional !ournals

3) "assing the comprehensi#e e$amination

%) &ecommendation from ad#isor

'. "h. D. Degree

1) A total of (% credits acquired, or able to acquire during the corresponding semester

2) At least 1 scholarly paper published in renoned foreign professional !ournals such

as S*+

3) "assing the comprehensi#e e$amination

%) Degree thesis proposal appro#ed

) &ecommendation from ad#isor

$# Degree Thesis %&amination

- M.S"h.D degree candidates ho meet all the qualifications pro#ided abo#e

should submit a thesis for degree to the hesis /$amination *ommittee. he

*ommittee chairperson ill de#elop a detailed plan for e$amining the thesis, ta0ing

into consideration the academic year.

- M.S degree theses shall be e#aluated according to their problem-sol#ing abilities

and academic #alidity in topic and contents, and he results are indicated as either "assed or

ailed.

Doctors degrees shall be !udged on their academictechnical content, and their

uniqueness and contribution to the concerned field on an international le#el4 he

results are indicated as either "assed or ailed.

'# Submission of Thesis for Degree

- Students hose theses pass the e$amination must edit them according to the


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accepted standards of riting and submitting theses, and submit the document to the

5ffice of Academic Affairs no later than 6anuary 17 8for those graduating in

ebruary) or 6uly 17 8for those graduating in August).

4# (ee for Thesis %&amination

- Degree thesis e$amination fees shall be paid according to article 3( of the

Academic &egulations4 details ill be pro#ided in each semesters Degree hesis

/$amination 9uide.

)# Degree Conferral

- A Degree is conferred upon a student by a #ote of the :ni#ersity *ommittee and

ith the "residents appro#al in ebruary and August of each year.

*# (or further information+ please refer to UST !egulations on Governing

Degree Conferral#

Specification to ,ote in Degree Thesis Preparation

Students -ishing to submit degree thesis are advised to thoroughl

revise and ac.uaint themselves to the follo-s#

1. 5nly those ho ha#e earned the total number of credits required by the :S,

and passed both the comprehensi#e and foreign language e$aminations may

apply for the thesis e$amination.

2. heses that are not in accordance ith the hesis ;riting 9uide can recei#e

failing mar0s in the degree thesis e$amination. So please obser#e the guidelines

and procedures pro#ided in the riting guide in preparing and riting degree

thesis.

3. "lease note that the submission of theses beyond the deadlines shall not be

permitted - nor ill any changes to already submitted theses be alloed.


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Details for Degree Thesis Writing

Students -ishing to submit their degree theses are advised to observe

the follo-ing guidlines#

"# Submission M.S. and "h.D candidates shall present fi#e hardco#er copies of their thesis to :S by

the established deadline, including an original copy signedstamped by members of the

*ommittee. 8Students shall also present a computer file of the original document)

$# Degree Thesis /inding A. Si( 81?cm>2(cm) double-sided printing 8hard co#er binding)

Sheet si2.cm 8')*o#er = 9old o#erlay title on dar0 blue hardco#er for both M.S. and "h.D. candidates.

'# Thesis Printing A. "rinting ype= Double-side processing through ord processor

8heses less than %7 pages of length may be printed single-side)

'. "rint Setup = single or double columns.

4# Thesis Structure 0Candidates must follo- the order belo-1 2# Cover Page0format "+ $1

- he title must be printed in both Borean andor /nglish= if the title e$ceeds one line in length,

the second line should be center-aligned.

- he /nglish title for the thesis shall be rote together. he date of thesis publication is the

year of degree acquisition, and shall be printed at the #ery bottom of the page.

/# 3nner Cover Pages 2 page follo-ing the cover page0format '1

C# 2pproval Thesis approval page -ith signatures of committee head and members

0format 41

D# 2c5no-ledgement 0format )1

- Ac0noledgement shall be 0ept simple and plain, or may be s0ipped. %# 2bstract 0format *+ 61

- ;riting the abstract= /nglish and Borean abstracts shall be presented for Borean language

theses, and an /nglish abstract shall be presented for /nglish theses. he abstract shall be

ritten on a separate page. +n the title of /nglish abstracts, the first letters of all ords

e$cepting articles, con!unctions and prepositions shall be capitali


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(# Table of Contents 0format 71

Table of Contents

- he title of each section presented in the table of contents shall e$actly match the accordingtitle in the thesis itself, and the page number of the according section shall be entered.

- he titles in the able of *ontents shall contain the *hapter, Section and Subsections of each

item.

- he indi#idual titles shall be, if possible, limited to a single line. +f to lines must be occupied

by the title, the second line shall begin under the third character of the first.

- he table of contents shall be dedicated its on pages.

- "age numbers shall be printed in the middle of the bottom of each page in loer case &oman

numerals, and the number of the first page shall be the number folloing that of the appro#als

page.

Tables of Contents for Table8(igure

- A table of contents for tables and figures shall be prepared if the total number of tables and

figures e$ceeds three.

- he number and title of each table and figure shall e$actly match that of the thesis body.

- igures and tables in the appendi$ shall be included in the table and figure table of contents.

- he table and figure table of contents shall be printed on a dedicated page numbered after the

table of contents page, numbered ith loer-case &oman numerals.

- +n the case that fe figures and tables e$ist, the to shall be presented together under a single

title4 hoe#er, figure and tables shall be labeled according to their on order.

G# /od0format 91

- he language used in the thesis is limited to Borean or /nglish

- oreign languages equi#alent may be gi#en in parentheses after Borean ords.

- "age numbers shall be aligned centrally at the bottom of each page.

/$.) 1 8), - 1 - 8>)

3ntroduction

&esearch ob!ecti#es, contents, methodology, problems, shortcomings, etc are included.

/od

81) A logical, organi


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81) As the ending section of the thesis, the conclusion shall include the important results and

ndings of the study, and suggest topics for future research.

82) Suggestions and proposals may be recommended according to research results.

Quote

- here are to types of quoting= direct and indirect.

Direct quoting in#ol#es the use of a third persons riting in original form, and the quoting

of constitutional items or letters. Direct quoting shall preser#e the spelling, punctuation mar0s,

ords and phrases of the original. +ndirect quoting in#ol#es summaries of the original or0 and

the presentation of the original ideas in the riters on ords.

: Direct Quoting Short direct quotes under 3 lines in length shall be included in the body in quotes 8 ), and

the sources of quotation 8name of author, title of riting, pages) shall be indicated as follos=

E/$.1F Ge rote +n this ay the energy effect H replaced8;ello, 1?1=2@). And also ...

Iong direct quotes shall be included in the body independent of other contents, separated by a

line each abo#e and belo and ith three spaces indentation on either side, left or right.

Iong quotes shall use smaller font than that of body 8e.g. @ points at minimum) ithout

quotation mar0s.

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5therise, the author and publishing year must be gi#en in parentheses at the end of thequotation. ;hen more than one or0 is quoted in a single sentence, each shall be separated by semi-

olon 84).

$.F &ecent studies8Bim 9ap-Soon, 1??24 Simon, 1??%)sho that.....

;hen the authors of the quoted or0 are 3 or less, all the names must be mentioned, hilehen the number e$ceeds 3, only the representati#e author shall be quoted folloed by in Borean,et. al in /nglish.

E/$.(F81??%)E/$.F ;ittroc0 et al.81?@()

Table8(igure- ables shall be labeled Eable 1F, Eable 2F, etc. and labels shall be aligned centrally abo#e

the table, hile figures shall be labeled Eigure 1F, Eigure 2F, ith labels aligned centrally but

placed beneath each figure.

- +n the case of many tables and figures, they should be assigned numbers such as Eable ++-1F,

Eable +++-1F, Eigure ++-1F, and Eigure +++-1F according to the chapter in hich they are found.

: ;ther /asics

/rrors in spelling or printing in the original that the quoter ants to identify shall be shon byKsicL or Kas rittenL after quoting the section in question as originally ritten.

he ellipsis 8H) shall be used hen parts of the quoted section are unneeded by the user.

he brac0et 8KL) mar0s shall be used to add opinions, of thesis riter into the original.

Juotation mar0s 8 ) shall be used hen quoting originals. "arts of the original already inquotes shall be quoted again by using 8 ) to. Goe#er, quotes in hich quotation mar0s are not

included shall use .

(ootnotes8%ndnotes

:sually for identifying the source for quotes in the main body, and are categori


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same author, the author name can be underlined. ;or0s cited should be listed according to their

authors in alphabetical order on a separate sheet folloing the body.

"ublicationsAuthor8Iast name folloed by first name), ear of publication 8in parentheses),itle of or0 8italic font if in /nglish), edition 8none for first edition), *ity of publication

8folloed by a colon 8=)), "ublisher

E/$.1F81??2),,=.

E/$.2F Anderson, 6. "ar0er81?@?), Science & Tecnology,'

N=9randOolume.

6ournal Author 8as abo#e), ear of publication 8in parentheses), hesis title 8he first character in

capital letters for /nglish titles), name of !ournal 8in italics if in /nglish), #olume and edition, page

number 8ithout p or pp)

E/$.3F,81???), P,Q!", 2?, [email protected]/$.%F Amile, &olson 81??2), *haracteristics of &RD,QReview of R&D Research, (2, 3-(.

Degree hesis Author 8as abo#e), ear of publication 8in parentheses), hesis title 8he first character in

capital letters for /nglish titles), type of thesis, name of uni#ersity aarding degree.

E/$.F#82772),$%"&'()*+,-./0)!",(12,!34546.E/$.(F Amile, &olson 81??2), PMeta-evaluation of R&D,:npublished doctoral dissertation, :ni#ersity

ience R echnology.

;eb material

Author 8as abo#e), date of publication 8 in parentheses), title of ebsite, date accessed, ebsiteaddress

E/$.F Amile, &olson 82777), PA"A style essentials,Q &etrie#ed May 1@, 2777, from Oanguard :ni#ersity,

partment of "sychology ;eb site= http=.edusys.edupsychologyinde$.cfmdocTidU?(Rnbsp4.

E/$.@F Amile, &olson 8n.d.), PNotable people in psychology of religion,Q &etrie#ed August 3, 2771, from

=.psy.compsyreligpsyrelpr.htm.


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hite sheet ith the title of the appendi$. Additional e$planations, in#estigation forms, sur#eys,

numerical tables, pictures, chronologies, maps, documents and legal letters may be contained.

)# Classification smbols the classification smbols for chapters+ sections+

clauses and articles are as follo-s# ou can choose one of e$amples belo.

Chapter, Section, Clause, Article

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Format 1.

Cover Page(19cm26cm)


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Times New Roman font

Month 200 - Month of Gra!ation

Format 2.

Spine o !hesis(19cm26cm)


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Format ".

#nner Cover Page(1$.2cm2%.&cm)


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Month 200 - Month of Thesis "!#mission

Format '.

Approval(1$.2cm2%.&cm)


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Month 200 - Month of Thesis $%%ro&a' #( )ommittee

Format %.

Acnole*gement(1$.2cm2%.&cm)


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Format 6.

A+stract(orean)(1$.2cm2%.&cm)


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Format &.

A+stract(-nglish)(1$.2cm2%.&cm)


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Times New Roman font*

+nentation ,2 s%aes. of the first 'ine of eah %ara/ra%h*

Format $.

!a+le o Contents(1$.2cm2%.&cm)


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Times New Roman font o!#'e s%ae ,2001.

Format 9.

o*/(1$.2cm2%.&cm)


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Times New Roman font o!#'e s%ae ,2001.

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