What is a doctoral degree today? If the educational community continues to be creative in the creation of the various types of doctoral degrees inside of years a PH. Helen T Filisi said:. June 1, at pm. Thanks, this has been a very interesting read and I appreciate the time you took to get the data. Pingback: Day 2: Is your thesis big enough?
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Leading in our region. Transforming our world. The ANU Fund. Alumni ANU graduates become lifelong members of our community. Bibliographies and references in thesis presented by candidates in ASNaC should conform with either of the above or to the practice specified in Cambridge Studies in Anglo-Saxon England. Thesis presented by candidates in the Research Centre for English and Applied Linguistics must follow as closely as possible the printed style of the journal Applied Linguistics and referencing and spelling conventions should be consistent.
A signed declaration of the style-sheet used and the edition, if relevant must be made in the preliminary pages of the thesis. The word limit includes appendices and the contents page but excludes the abstract, acknowledgments, footnotes, references, notes on transliteration, bibliography, abbreviations and glossary.
The Contents Page should be included in the word limit. Statistical tables should be counted as words per table. Maps, illustrations and other pictorial images count as 0 words. Graphs, if they are the only representation of the data being presented, are to be counted as words.
However, if graphs are used as an illustration of statistical data that is also presented elsewhere within the thesis as a table for instance , then the graphs count as 0 words. Applications for permission are made via CamSIS self-service pages. Applications must be made at least four months before the thesis is bound.
Exceptions are granted when a compelling intellectual case is made. The thesis is not to exceed 80, words for the PhD degree and 60, words for the MLitt degree, in all cases including footnotes and appendices but excluding bibliography. Permission to submit a thesis falling outside these limits, or to submit an appendix which does not count towards the word limit, must be obtained in advance from the Degree Committee.
The thesis is not to exceed 80, for the PhD degree and 60, words for the MSc or MLitt degree, both including footnotes, references and appendices but excluding bibliographies. One A4 page consisting largely of statistics, symbols or figures shall be regarded as the equivalent of words. A candidate must add to the preface of their thesis the following signed statement: 'This thesis does not exceed the regulation length, including footnotes, references and appendices.
For the PhD degree not to exceed 80, words exclusive of footnotes, appendices and bibliography but subject to an overall word limit of , words exclusive of bibliography, table of contents and any other preliminary matter. For the MLitt degree not to exceed 60, words inclusive of footnotes but exclusive of bibliography, appendices, table of contents and any other preliminary matter.
A candidate must add to the preface of the thesis the following signed statement: 'This thesis, including footnotes, does not exceed the permitted length. There is no standard format for the thesis in Mathematics. Candidates should discuss the format appropriate to their topic with their supervisor.
The thesis is not to exceed 80, words for the PhD degree and 60, words for the MLitt degree, including footnotes, references and appendices, but excluding bibliographies. The Degree Committee point out that some very successful doctoral theses have been submitted which extend to no more than three-quarters of the maximum permitted length. Where appropriate and where prior approval has been granted by the Degree Committee, it is permitted to exceed the limit in the case of theses presented in the form of critical editions of texts and theses requiring large amounts of linguistic data.
Only under the most exceptional circumstances will permission be granted to exceed the limit in other cases. In all cases a a candidate must give notice of their application to exceed the prescribed maximum length at least three months before the date on which a candidate proposes to submit their thesis and b the application must be accompanied by a full supporting statement from the candidate's supervisor showing that such exemption from the prescribed limit of length is absolutely necessary.
It is a requirement of the Degree Committee for the Faculty of Modern and Medieval Languages that theses presented must conform with the advice concerning abbreviations, quotations, footnotes, references, and other matters published in the 'Style Book of the Modern Humanities Research Association Notes for Authors and Editors.
The thesis is not to exceed 80, words for the PhD degree and 60, words for the MLitt degree, both excluding notes, appendices, and bibliographies, musical transcriptions and examples, unless a candidate make a special case for greater length to the satisfaction of the Degree Committee.
Candidates whose work is practice-based may include as part of the doctoral submission either a portfolio of substantial musical compositions, or one or more recordings of their own musical performance s.
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