THESIS/CAPSTONE PROJECT STANDARD FORMAT

This thesis format shall be applicable to all undergraduate thesis/capstone

projects/plant designs for all degree programs at Malayan Colleges Laguna. The students
shall follow the standard format and guidelines in writing their proposal and final
manuscript as shown below:

COVER PAGE: MALAYAN BLUE COVER WITH GOLD LETTERS

Blank Page
Title Page
Approval Page
Copyright
i
Biographical Sketch
ii
Acknowledgment
iii
Abstract
iv
Table of Contents
v
Introduction
1
Review of Literature
Methodology
Results and Discussion
Conclusions
Recommendations
References
List of Tables
vi
List of Figures
vii
Appendices
ix
List of Acronyms/Abbreviations
x
Definition of Terms
xi

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COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCE

Academic Year 2013 - 2014

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THESIS TITLE
(Font 14, boldfaced, All CAPS)
(4 spaces)
Students Names
(First Middle Name SURNAME)
(Font 12)
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Thesis Adviser: Advisers Name (Font 12, Uppercase Lowercase)
(5 spaces)

A thesis submitted
in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of
Bachelor of Arts in Communication Major in Multimedia Arts

The thesis attached hereto, entitled TITLE, prepared and submitted by (Students
Names) in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Arts in
Communication Major in Multimedia Arts is hereby accepted.

MR. DAN RAFAEL H. PALIS

MS. JONNAH BELLE G. VALERO

Panel Chair

Panel Member

______________________

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Date Signed

Date Signed

PROF. MA. ROVILLA C. SUDAPRASERT

Adviser
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Date Signed

PROF. OLIVER CARLO T. CASTILLO

Program Chair, MMA
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Date Signed

DR. JOY G. HOFILEA

Dean, College of Arts and Science
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Date Signed

Copyright
The author and the adviser authorize consultation and partial
reproduction of this thesis for personal use. Any other reproduction or
use is subject to copyright protection. Citation should clearly mention
the reference of this work.

Malayan Colleges Laguna, May 2014

The Adviser

The Authors:

Prof. Ma. Rovilla C. Sudaprasert

First Middle Initial Surname 1

First Middle Initial Surname 2

First Middle Initial Surname 3

Biographical Sketch

A biographical sketch is a short biographical piece detailing the most important aspects or
accomplishment of a students life. When writing a biographical sketch, it's important to
sift through all the information available on a person and pick out the key elements which
bring the most strength to the sketch, while discarding unimportant, irrelevant, or trivial
information. Compress biography of all authors to one page only. The name of each
author should be capitalized without indention.
Find out what the target audience wishes to know about the person, what
important events shaped the person, and what impact the person had on others. This may
include positions held in organizations as well as awards received and some principles to
live by.

FIRST AUTHOR FIRST MIDDLE SURNAME .

SECOND AUTHOR FIRST MIDDLE SURNAME
THIRD AUTHOR FIRST MIDDLE SURNAME

Acknowledgment

Recognition for the substantial contribution of certain individuals and organization to the
completion of the students research work should be written here. Try to write only a onepage acknowledgment.

Abstract

Onepage summary of the whole thesis problem. Brief discussion of the study, which
includes objectives, methodology, significant findings of the research (novelty) and
conclusions. Use past (perfect) tense and passive voice. Use concise sentences. For
the Abstract, the page number should be omitted.

Introduction

This chapter states the Background of the study, Objectives and Significance of
the study all combined and need not be written with separate subheadings.
This section includes an overview introducing the research topic or current state
of technology, its importance to the society, environment and any relevant information.
Some related studies may be cited to emphasize the significance of the investigation and
the probable contribution to mankind and the environment.
(Numbering of pages with Roman numerals will begin with the Introduction.
The page number should be at the bottom and center of the page.)
(For all parts of the manuscript, use double space all throughout. Double-space
between lines of the body text and titles, headings and block quotations. The text should
be justified at the left and right margins.)
Begin each chapter on a NEW PAGE of the manuscript.

Headings

The APA style uses five levels of headings. The table below shows how each type of
heading is formatted.

Table 1
Format for Five Levels of Heading in APA Journals
Level of heading
1
2
3
4
5
a

Format
Centered, Boldface, Uppercase and Lowercase Headinga
Flush left, Boldface, Uppercase and Lowercase Heading
Indented, boldface, lowercase paragraph heading ending with a periodb
Indented, boldface, italicized, lowercase paragraph heading ending with a period.
Indented, italicized, lowercase paragraph heading ending with a period.

This type of capitalization is also referred to as title case. bIn a lowercase paragraph heading, the first
letter of the first word is uppercase and the remaining words are lowercase.

Review of Literature

This section may be divided into major sections representing the various aspects
of the research work. It should contain only the essential ideas taken from literature
related to the study. All cited literature shall be listed alphabetically under References
following the APA sixth edition format.
(NOTE: Copying full statements or paragraphs as written in the journal article or
book is a case of plagiarism. Sentences may be revised as long as the meaning is still
retained and understandable.)

Methodology

The main goal of this chapter is to provide the reader(s) how the experiments
were performed or how the data were gathered.
This chapter includes the important materials, instrument(s), equipment, sampling
site, and/or important environmental details that were used in the design/development,
fabrication or experimentation. The chosen methods for any analysis or how the problem
was solved should be clearly stated. Any method(s) obtained from books, journals and
other forms of publication (including unpublished theses/studies) should be cited
properly.
Whenever

necessary,

Population

Frame

and

Sample

Size

in

the

methodology/process was predetermined. The data evaluation using specific statistical

methods should also be included, for example, Analysis of Variance (ANOVA).
Formula for some calculations made in the design of a process or equipment must
be placed here. Avoid discussion of methods used here, rather include that in the Review
of Literature part.

Results and Discussion

This section represents the main body of the thesis/research practicum or capstone
project manuscript. The findings of the study conducted must be discussed and
interpreted substantially. When applicable, statistical analysis and its interpretation shall
also be included. If appropriate, the current results may be validated using previous
studies cited.
Agreements or disagreements of the gathered data with respect to previous
literature must be clearly discussed here.

Conclusions

This chapter gives the general idea of what was done in the conduct of the study,
problems encountered, the discoveries/significance of the results/design/ prototype,
innovations made and technologies employed.

Recommendations

The authors should provide recommendations to further investigate or improve

knowledge acquisitions and applications.

Literature Cited

All references cited in the survey of related topics, methodology and discussion
shall make use of the Microsoft Word Reference format APA sixth edition. There shall be
no report accepted without the proper acknowledgement of the authors referred to in the
literature review. All citations should be listed in the reference list, with the exception of
personal communications and classical works. Put references in order by the authors
surname, or first authors surname if there is more than one author. Use the hanging indent
paragraph style. Double space the entire reference list. Follow the APA sixth edition for
writing the references used in the study.
Acceptable references include
a) technical journals and periodicals
b) books and monographs
c) unpublished research, and
d) dissertation and masters thesis

NOTE: Internet references are acceptable but should be listed also with the
author(s) name and the date accessed. WIKIPEDIA and other general references
are not acceptable and must be avoided, but wiki or similar sources cited may be
used upon validation.
Appendices

Each APPENDIX TABLE or APPENDIX FIGURE must include all

details discussed under Chapter IV and part of the authors study. Page numbers
should be at the bottom and center of each page. For the title of each appendix,
use letters to label each, e.g.

Appendix A
Summary of .

Appendix B
Statistical evaluation of.

Appendix C
Results of the compressive strength test