These Graduate College Thesis/Dissertation guidelines provide uniform standards for material included in theses and dissertations that are submitted by graduate students in partial fulfillment of the requirements for masters and doctoral degrees.

Since all theses and dissertations at OSU are submitted electronically, the Graduate College no longer requires strict adherence to the margin requirements for the body of the document. However, it is strongly recommended that the margin guidelines in the accompanying templates and description be followed if there is a need or desire to print and/or bind a copy of the document now or in the future.

The author is strongly encouraged to use the available templates when he/she begins the formation of the thesis/dissertation. The templates are format approved for both online submission and bound printed copies. Approved template formats are available in Microsoft Word®.

 

Thesis and Dissertation Templates

The Graduate College recognizes that style varies from discipline to discipline, and the author is encouraged to follow the accepted style used in publications in his/her discipline. In the event the department does not have a suggested style to follow, students should maintain style consistency throughout their document. We provide approved format templates for you to use when you start the writing process.

 

 

Thesis/Dissertation Workshops

(Stillwater Campus)

• Wednesday, February 27 from 10:00 a.m. -11:00 a.m. in 320 Ag Hall
• Wednesday, February 27 from 5:30 p.m.- 6:30 p.m. in 320 Ag Hall
• Tuesday, March 5 from 3:00 p.m. -4:00 p.m. in 320 Ag Hall

 

(OSU Tulsa campus)

• Wednesday, March 6 from 3:30 p.m - 4:30 p.m. in Main Hall 2315
• Wednesday, March 6 from 6:00 p.m - 7:00 p.m. in Main Hall 2315

Online Thesis/Dissertation Workshop Webinar

You can now satisfy the Thesis/Dissertation Format Review Draft deadline through an online video version of the workshop.  If you would like to view the Thesis/Dissertation Draft Review Webinar please log into the new Graduate Student Round-up site through http://planofstudy.okstate.edu/ and select “Thesis/Dissertation Webinar” from the menu.