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B. CONTENT BODY - - The length of your graduate paper depends upon your degree level.

1. Length:
a) Master’s Thesis: Word Count: 7,500 minimum 25,500 maximum
b) Doctoral Dissertation: Word Count: 10,500 minimum 60,000 maximum
Estimations: A typical page which has 1-inch margins all sides and is typed in Times
New Roman 12-point font with standard spacing elements will be approximately - -
▪ 300 words when typed @ 1.5 spacing
▪ 250 words when typed @ double spacing
2. Numbering: Pages to be numbered in bottom footer – middle of pages
3. Faces: Single sided printing only - - double sided not accepted.
4. Font type/size = Times New Roman, Verdana or Georgia - sized at 12 points ONLY.
5. Spacing:
a) Sentence - - 1.5 spaces – no exceptions
b) Separate Quotations - -
i. Single Spacing (no exceptions)
ii. Blocked, ½ inch indentation from left of main body
c) Paragraph - - With Indentation = 1.5 spaced:
Without Indentation = Double Space
6. Quotations/Citations:

a) Non-Bible Quotes & References - - In-line quoted statements must be numbered (in
super script) with corresponding footnotes on bottom of each page.
Example: TEXT - - Science has estimated that there are more stars in the universe than
sand on the beaches of earth. 1
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FOOTNOTE - - Article by: David Derbyshire, Science Correspondent, 12:01AM BST 23 July
2003, “The Telegraph”; www.telegraph.co.uk
b) Non-Bible General References - - Both general and specific references to studies,
surveys, theories, etc., must be numbered (in super script) immediately after the referred
comment with corresponding footnotes on bottom of each page.
Example: TEXT - - Studies have shown that the majority of American Citizens have some
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belief in a Supreme Deity.
2a)
FOOTNOTE - - Gallup, “Social & Policy Issues, June 29, 2016 ‘Most Americans Still Believe in God’
by Frank Newport; Pew Research, April 25, “Key findings about Americans’ belief in God” by Dalia Fahmy
2b)
c) Bible Quotes - - Whether quoted “inline” or used in “block quotes”, Scripture verses or
passages quoted in your work must end with reference to Book/Chapter/Verses either in
parentheses or in underlined italics. The main Bible translation being used need not be
identified due to being named in the introduction.
Example: We find Abraham’s obedience to God almost beyond human ability, as in the
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time when God told Abraham to sacrifice his only son, Isaac - - And he said, Take now
thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and
offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of.
And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and saddled his ass, and took two of his young
men with him, and Isaac his son, and clave the wood for the burnt offering, and rose up,
and went unto the place of which God had told him. Genesis 22:2-3

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