Formatting Guidelines For Senior Research in Political Science

Margins

• Set margins to 1.5” left, and 1” top, bottom and right.
• Set header and footer to .5”.

Font

• Font size at 12 points.
• Select a single standard font: courier; times new roman; garamond; cambria. Use consistently throughout the document.

Alignment

• Align text left only.

Spacing

• Double space throughout document.
• Block quotes, if used, should be single space.

Chapter and Section Headings

• Chapter titles centered and in bold.
• Section headings centered and bold: Table of Contents, List of Figures, Preface, Acknowledgements, Bibliography, etc.
• Chapter subheadings should be indented.
• After each title or heading, double space before text. Indent the first line of paragraphs and do not double space between paragraphs.

Pagination

• Do not number the title page.
• Number all subsequent pages and center page numbers in the footer or right justify in the header, consult with your advisor on approved style.
• You may use running headers with chapter titles if your advisor approves.

Citations

• Use Chicago/Turabian style.  Your use of parentheticals or footnotes/endnotes should be negotiated with your advisor.

Arrangements of Sections/Parts
   Title Page (required)
    Copyright page
    Dedication page (optional)
    Table of Contents (required)
    List of Figures (optional)
    Preface (optional)
    Abstract (required)
    Text (required)
    Appendix/Appendices (optional)
    Bibliography (required)

Format Guidelines for Project Title/Signature Page

• Center all title page text between margins.
• Each of the three spaces between the blocks of text should be of equal size.

    THE WORLD’S BEST SENIOR HONORS PROJECT

by

Modesty S. Myname   



    A Project Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the
Requirements to Graduate with Academic Recognition (omit if not for recognition)   



    Department of Political Science
Denison University
Month year    





Approved by:                                                             Date:

__________________ Advisor’s Name, Political Science ________

__________________ second, dept            _________





Text formatting guidelines:

• Title must be all capital letters; title/author block is double-spaced (double-space the title as well)
• “Submitted” block and date block are single-spaced (no comma between month and year)
• Approval block is double-spaced; first signature is the primary mentor; second signature is optional (2nd mentor)

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Copyright, Name, date.