很多留学海外的朋友，留学初期都会因为作业格式的错误产生很多烦恼。看完这篇文章，你就会豁然开朗，再也不会因为论文的格式问题闹出不少笑话了。这篇essay简要说明了dissertation的写作要点和格式要求，以便规范初次留学人员不规范的写作习惯。

前言

尽管课程论文是博士课程的重要组成部分,但是你的论文是独一无二的，带有鲜明的特色，能够突出你的个性和特点。因此，在选择论文主题的时候应该选择你最为感兴趣的话题，这代表一个领域的研究,通过这些研究可以看出你的特点和在某个方面某个领域的专长。因此,在创作论文的过程中，深谋远虑是极为有必要的。选择的话题必须小心翼翼，并且要仔细选择你的顾问,他们将成为你的向导和导师。

本指南旨在为您提供您所需要的信息，以便您能够成功地完成一篇十分不错的论文。首先，您应该仔细阅读并遵循相关原则。你负责理解和应用其内容。

研究标准

要想写出一篇令自己满意，让学校自豪的论文，最重要的是你的论文必须符合研究生教育中特定的质量标准。以下由研究生理事会制定的政策一般情况下是所期望的，是必须遵守的。

Unless otherwise indicated by your committee, your proposal will generally consist of the follow- ing chapters and sections:

Chapter 1

Purpose and Organization

Introduction and background of the study

Statement of the problem

Purpose of the study/significance of study

Theoretical foundation

Research questions and null hypotheses

Limitations and delimitations

Definition of Terms

Summary and outline of the remainder of the proposal

Chapter 2

Review of Related Material

Include an overview and description of represen- tative literature that supports the methodology used in the research. For certain types of research (such as statistical or clinical studies) this may require a brief description of procedures and instrumentation of previous studies.

This review is not expected to be as extensive as the completed Chapter 2 in the final dissertation. A typical outline for this chapter is as follows:

Summaries and critiques of previous studies

Analysis of theories which bear on the studies

Unresolved Issues, significant

problems or questions requiring further study.

Evidence that the specific study proposed arises out of needs demonstrated in this chapter and that the proposed study could fill in gaps or add to substantive or theoreti- cal understanding