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Thesis organization structure
Student’s Declaration
Simple declaration from student and endorsed by supervisor. Abstract/Abstrak
The abstract should provide a brief and concise summary of the objectives, research method, findings or major results and conclusions. The length should be of one paragraph, approximately between 200 - 300 words in single spacing. Abstract generally do not have citations. Information in the title should not be repeated. Abstract is written both in English and Bahasa Malaysia in separate pages
Acknowledgements
The acknowledgement statement enables the student to convey his or her gratitude to all who have contributed in carrying out the research; intellectually (assistance or advice), technically (materials or supplies) or financially (individuals, department or organisation).
Table of contents
The title of parts, sections or chapters and their principal subdivisions should be listed in the Table of Contents and must be worded exactly as they appear in the body of the report. It should be written in sentence case except for abbreviations (which should be in capital letters). Single spacing for preliminaries; and two singles spacing between preliminaries and chapters; and two singles spacing between chapter and the second main heading.
List of tables, figures and plates
List of tables shows the exact titles of all tables in the text and appendices together with the page number of each table. List of figures includes graphs, diagrams, charts, maps, drawings, etc while list of plates are printed images, photos and other forms of illustration that is not a table. The exact title and page number of each figure is listed.
List of symbols, abbreviations or nomenclature
If an assortment of abbreviations and acronyms are used in the project report, they are listed with their meanings in the List of Abbreviations, even though the full names are given at the first mention in the text, provided they are used more than five times. This list serves as ready reference to readers not familiar with the abbreviations.
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