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These are not desirable for reasons of aesthetics and readability, although they are not
prohibited. Word processing software can be set to avoid both “widows” and
“orphan”s automatically.

Formal Elements for APA Dissertations

The Abstract, Title Page, Copyright Page, and Table of Contents must be formatted in the
method described; other pages, as long as long as they adhere to the previously
stipulated requirements (font, margins, justifications, etc.) may be designed as the author
deems appropriate.

Below is the required order of the formal elements of the APA Dissertation
1. Abstract (must be First, Required)

2. Title Page (must follow Abstract, Required)

3. Dissertation Committee Approval Page (highly recommended)
4. Dedication (Required)

5. Acknowledgments (Required)
6. Table of Contents (Required)

7. List of Tables (Required)

8. List of Figures (Required)
9. Body of Text (Chapters 1 through 5)

10. Appendices (Required)

11. Glossary (if any)
12. References (Highly Recommended & Required)

13. Index (if any)

Dissertations written in a language other than English must have a title page (but not the
title itself), abstract, and if used, copyright page in English. You may also have an abstract
in the foreign language, and you may include it in your thesis or dissertation as a separate
page following the English version.

APA Abstract
(Required; not numbered; double-spaced). Your abstract provides a summary of the
dissertation. Its purpose is to convey the essence of your work to those who may not
wish to read the entire document.

Abstracts include a statement of the problem, a summary of methods or procedures, the
results, and the conclusions.

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