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It also provides dissertation body formatting guidance such as logical chapter/head hierarchy, accurate reflection in the table of contents, and handling non-text elements. 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There is no word limit on your abstract.  The abstract of a foreign language dissertation must be in English. Mathematical formulas, photographs, diagrams, and other illustrative materials should not be included in the abstract.}\n\u000f\nAcknowledgment\n{This section is optional. If included, it should be double spaced.}\n\u000f\nPreface\n{This section is optional. If included, it should be double spaced.}\u000f\nList of Abbreviations\n{This section is optional. If included, it may be single spaced.}\n\u000f\nGlossary\n{This section is optional. If included, it may be single spaced.}\u000f\n{Dedication page is optional. If included, it should be double-spaced}. \u000f\nTable of Contents\n{The dissertation must include a table of contents.  The format of the table of contents should conform to the guidelines in an approved style manual. It is important that the table of contents accurately reflect the outline and organization of the manuscript.  The table of contents should be double spaced.}\n\u000f\nList of Tables, Illustrations, Figures, and Graphs\n{These lists should reproduce the specific titles and page locations of all illustrative materials. Lists may be single spaced.}\n\u000f\nIntroduction\n{This section is optional}\u000f\n{Body of the Text:  Chapters should follow a logical outline, with a clear distinction between chapters, main heads within chapters, and subordinate heads within the main heads.  The outline and organization of the main body of the text should be accurately reflected in the table of contents.  All non-textual elements (e.g., tables, graphs, and images) must be described in the text. Body of the text must be double spaced, with the exception of quotations as paragraphs, captions, items in tables, lists, graphs, charts, footnotes/endnotes, bibliographic entries, lists in appendices.}\n\u000f\nGuides and How-To’s\nThis section will provide tutorials on some of the most common dissertation formatting problems. The vast majority of these tutorials have to do with page numbers, which are the single most common error that comes up in dissertation reviews. After reading these tutorials, you will be able to format your page numbers to start and stop in the right places, respect the margin requirements, and appear in the proper place on landscape pages.\nHow to Number Your Pages Correctly\nAs you may recall from Chapter 1, every page in the dissertation should have a page number, with the exception of the title page. The numbering should begin on the second page with “2”. 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