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THESIS GUIDELINES
International Program
1ST EDITION
Table of Contents
I. Introduction ........................................................................................... 1
II. The Format of Thesis Proposal ............................................................. 2
1. The Beginning Part .......................................................................... 2
2. The Main Part .................................................................................. 2
3. The Final Part................................................................................... 2
III. The Format of Thesis ............................................................................ 3
1. The Beginning Part ........................................................................... 3
2. The Main Part ................................................................................... 3
3. The Final Part ................................................................................... 4
IV. The Description of Format of Thesis .................................................... 5
1. The Beginning Part ........................................................................... 5
a. Cover ...................................................................................... 5
b. Page of Title ........................................................................... 6
c. Page of Approvals .................................................................. 7
d. Statement of Authenticity....................................................... 9
e. Preface .................................................................................... 9
f. Ringkasan ............................................................................... 10
g. Summary ................................................................................ 11
h. Page of Table of Contents ...................................................... 11
i. Page of List of Tables ............................................................. 12
j. Page of List of Figures ........................................................... 12
k. Page of List of Abbreviations................................................. 13
l. Page of List of Symbols ......................................................... 14
m. Page of List of Appendix ....................................................... 14
2. The Main Part ................................................................................... 14
a. Introduction ............................................................................ 15
i. Research Background ..................................................... 15
ii. The Formulation of Research Problems ......................... 15
iii. The Limitation of Research Problems ............................ 15
iv. Research Objectives ....................................................... 15
v. Contribution of Research ................................................ 15
b. Literature Review and the Formulation of Research Model .. 15
i. Literature Review ........................................................... 15
INTRODUCTION
Thesis is one of the requirements for students at the Faculty of Economics and Business
UNSOED to obtain a bachelor/ undergraduate degree. This is a mandatory activity for the
students at the end of their study period.
As one form of scientific papers, thesis must be written based on the scientific
procedures, guidelines and scientific principles that determined. Thesis will provide students
with an opportunity to demonstrate the ideas, research skills, and creative abilities they have
gained during their graduate work.
The code of ethics in thesis writing is very important to be upheld. There are two issues
related to ethics in thesis writing, those are authenticity and honesty. Authenticity relates to the
references and quotation.
Thesis writing guidelines are intended to provide guidance for students and advisors in
guiding the writing in order to obtain high quality thesis that consistent with the scientific
principles. This guideline will assist candidate to meet the minimal format requirements set by
the University. This handbook contains the explanation of the parts of thesis and the procedures
of thesis.
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The purpose of thesis proposal is to make a clear framework of the study. Thesis proposal
provides an overview of the proposed plan of work, including the general scope of the project,
the basic research questions, research methodology, and the overall significance of the study.
Thesis proposal is divided into 3 main parts; first, the beginning part. Second, the main
part, and the third is the final part. Thesis proposal consists of 3 chapters; chapter I, chapter II,
and chapter III. The contents of thesis proposal described as follow:
1. The Beginning Part.
Cover
Page of Title
Page of Approvals
Page of Table of Contents
Page of List of Tables (if necessary)
Page of List of Image (if necessary)
Page of List of abbreviations (if necessary)
Page of List of Symbols (if necessary)
Page of List of Appendix (if necessary)
2. The Main Part
I.
Introduction
A. Research Background
B. The Formulation of Research Problems
C. The Limitation of Research Problems
D. Research Objectives
E. Contribution of Research
II.
III.
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The parts of thesis principally, have same parts as thesis proposal but with 2 additional
chapters; chapter IV and chapter V. Thesis also divided into 3 main parts; first, the beginning
part. Second, the main part, and the third is the final part. The followings are parts of the contents
of the thesis:
1. The Beginning Part.
Cover
Page of Title
Page of Approvals
Statement of Authenticity
Preface
Ringkasan (Summary in Bahasa Indonesia)
Summary
Page of Table of Contents
Page of List of Tables (if necessary)
Page of List of Image (if necessary)
Page of List of abbreviations (if necessary)
Page of List of Symbols (if necessary)
Page of List of Appendix (if necessary)
2. The Main Part
I.
Introduction
A. Research Background
B. The Formulation of Research Problems
C. The Limitation of Research Problems
D. Research Objectives
E. Contribution of Research
II.
III.
IV.
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This chapter provides a description of the parts of thesis. Explained earlier, what
differentiates thesis with thesis proposal is only the Chapter IV and Chapter V, besides that,
other parts is similar. Parts of the thesis can be described as follow:
A. The Beginning Part
The beginning part of thesis consists of:
i. Cover
The thesis cover consists of 2 parts; first, the outer cover (front cover/ hard cover) that
made by carton. Second, the inner cover that made by white plain HVS. The color of
outer cover is gray. What have to be written on the outside cover are:
1. THESIS or THESIS PROPOSAL for thesis proposal.
2. Title of thesis
3. Universitas Jenderal Soedirman Emblem
4. The full name of author (without title)
5. Student ID Number (SIN)
6. MINISTRY OF RESEARCH, TECHNOLOGY, AND HIGHER EDUCATION
7. FACULTY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS
8. UNIVERSITAS JENDERAL SOEDIRMAN
9. PURWOKERTO
10. The validated year
The example can be seen as follow:
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ii.
Page of Title
The title page of thesis is similar to the
emblem is not attached. In addition, In
needed to get a Bachelor degree from
Universitas Jenderal Soedirman has
emblem.
The example can be seen as follow:
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iii.
Page of Approvals
Page of approvals contains:
1. The title of Thesis
2. Authors name and the validation sentence
3. Signature of advisor 1 and 2
4. Approval from the head of department
The Example can be seen as follow:
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iv.
Statement of Authenticity
Statement of authenticity of the thesis contains a statement that the scientific work
thesis is the authors own work not the result of plagiarism, and consistent with the
format specified by the Faculty of Economics and Business UNSOED. This page is
accompanied by a stamp of duty (materai) consistent with the designation.
The example can be seen as follow:
v.
Preface
Preface contains the short speech and acknowledgement from the author for the thesis.
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vi.
Ringkasan
Ringkasan contains the summary of the research in Bahasa Indonesia. The page title
RINGKASAN typed middle top of the page in capital word.
The example can be seen as follow:
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vii.
Summary
Summary contains the highlight of the research. The summary includes the title of the
study, the research problem, purpose of research, research methods, the results of
research and implications. In the summary theres should be no quotation. Summary
prepared by the amount of 600-800 words (1 -2 pages) and the number line spacing is
1. The page title SUMMARY typed at middle top of the page in capital word.
The example can be seen as follow:
viii.
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ix.
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x.
xi.
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xii.
xiii.
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I.
INTRODUCTION
A. Research Background
Research background contains reasons for doing research. Research background
can be derived by the phenomenon on the field of study (applied research) and
based on research gap (fundamental research). To reinforce the reasons for
conducted research, the research background must be supported by adequate data.
It has to be ended by the affirmation of topics will be studied instead of the title of
the study.
B. The Formulation of Research Problems
Problem formulation is the essence of the problem that will be solved by the study
that will be conducted. The research problems are written in statement sentences
or interrogative sentence.
C. The Limitation of Research Problems
Research problem limitation limits the scope of the study so the research can be
done precisely and focused.
D. Research Objectives
Research objectives contains the objectives/ goals that expected to be achieved
through the study, such as; comparing the methods, evaluating a program / system
/ method, and prove a theory.
E. Contribution of Research
Research contribution reaffirms what has been described in the research
background. This part consists of theoretical contribution and applied
contribution. Theoretical contribution is the contribution for scientific
development and the applied contribution is the contribution used to problem
solving of the research object.
II.
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between variables based on the theory or the results of previous studies. If the
research is correlational and causal, the formulation contains correlation or causal
relationship between variables. If the research doesnt use hypotheses, this part
only contains a review of the relevant theory to explain the problems to be solved
through research.
III.
IV.
V.
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research, experience and consideration of writers that are intended for researchers
or others in similar fields who want to do further research.
C. The Final Part
This final section usually consists of: Bibliography / References, Appendix, and Authors
Biography.
1. References
The literatures included in references are the literatures that have been mentioned in
the thesis, while the literatures that not been mentioned should be written in the
references. The procedures for writing the references will be explained in the next
chapter.
2. Appendix
The appendix may consist of data or other information that serves to complement the
description that is presented in thesis. The appendix can be the example of the
calculation, questionnaires, images, photographs, supporting data, and others.
Basically, the appendix should be useful additional explanations that are not directly
addressed in text and if presented in the text, will interfere the context of discussion.
3. Authors Biography
Authors biography should be presented in narrative form and use the third-person
perspective (do not use words I or we). Things that should be included in the
biography are authors full name, place and date of birth, home address, telephone
number, email address, education history, relevant organizational experience, and the
achievements that have been achieved. Biography is also important for the people who
read the thesis if they want to ask something related to the thesis.
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WRITING CONVENTIONS
1. Paper
Paper used should be HVS quarto size (A4s) 80 grams.
2. Margins
The top and left margins should be 4 cm and the left and bottom margins should be 3 cm.
3. Numbering
There are 2 types of numbering, mix numbering and decimal numbering. The examples of
the numbering can be seen as follow:
a. Mix Numbering
b. Decimal Numbering
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4. Page Number
The page number is placed in the upper right. Page that contain the title of chapter are not
numbered, but still being counted. Page number of the beginning part of the thesis is written
at the middle-bottom margin in approximately 1.5 cm from the bottom edge using small
Roman numerals.
5. Space
The distances between the lines from each other are two spaces. Space to write direct
quotations that have more than four lines is one space. In references the distance between the
lines from each other is one space. The distance between the chapter title and the subchapter
is four spaces. Between the section titles and the description and between the end of
description and new section title are three spaces. Furthermore, the space between the
paragraph title and the description after or before are two spaces.
6. Paragraph
There are 2 forms of paragraph writing; indented style and block style. In intended style, the
paragraph is written start from at 8th knock from the left margin. In block style, the sentences
are written aligned with the left margin line. To separate between one paragraph to another,
in block style, the space has to be wider than the space of sentences at the end of the
paragraph.
The intended style is used in thesis. At the end of the page, a paragraph consists at least 2
lines. If theres only one line, its better to put it at the next page.
7. Tables and Figures
Tables are labeled according to the chapter in which they appear. For example, tables in
Chapter 3 are numbered sequentially: Table 3.1, Table 3.2 etc.
The title is placed above the table, left justified and in the following format:
Table 3.1. Short Title (italic)
For example:
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Title table placed on top of the table. The first letter of the table title uses capital letter and
ended with no . (dot). If the table is more than one page, the continued table on the
following page should indicate that it is a continuation. If the table contains a citation, the
source of the reference should be placed below the table. The table should only use
horizontal stripes top and bottom edges.
Figures such as map, charts, graphs, diagrams, photographs should be labeled according to
the chapter in which they appear. For example, figures in Chapter 3 are numbered
sequentially: Figures 3.1, Figures 3.2 etc.
The title is placed below the figure, left justified and in the following format:
Figures 3.1.
Short Title (italic)
For example:
8. Quotation
Quotes taken need to be stated. It has to be done to respect the original author and obey the
scientific code of ethics. Quotation can be done in two ways; direct and indirect. The
elements that have to be included in quotation are last name of author, year of publication,
and page number (if provided). The elements are written in brackets (...), between name of
the author and the year give a comma (,), and between the year and the page number given a
colon (:). For example:
(Johansson, 2000:23)
If the author's name is written before the quote, only the year and the page number written
inside the brackets. For example:
Johansson (2000:23)
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If the authors are more than three people, then the last name of the first author should be
written followed by et al. For example:
(Setyadi dan Ghanafi, 2008:10)
(Setyadi, Ghanafi, dan Suhartono, 2008:10)
Setyadi et al. (2008:10)
Direct quotation is used if the author quotes the original statement without any changes in
the idea or language. Indirect quotation is used when the author quotes the idea but explain it
with his own words. The maximum length of direst quotation is 4 lines written with 2
spaces. The direct quotation that has more than 4 lines is written in intended style paragraph.
The quotes in direct quotation should be written between quotation marks ().These
rules do not apply in writing the indirect quote.
The example of 4 lines direct quotes:
Indriantoro (2002:23) explains that Deductive study is a
study that intended to test the hypothesis through
validation of theory or theory application testing in a
certain condition.
The example of more than 4 lines direct quotes:
Johansson (2006:19) explains advertising as:
Long well known for TV commercials depicting P&G
products as problem solver for the harassed
homemaker needing to impress her mother-in-law, the
teenager looking for peer approval, or the young man
who desperately need a date, P&G went into Jpang
displaying Pampers diapers as a solution to a
problem.
The examples of indirect quotation of:
1. Antonio (2001:120) defined riba as the additional
retrieval, whether in buying-selling and borrowing, that
contrary to the principles of Islam.
2. The profit sharing principle is the main characteristic and
for Islamic banking as whole (Antonio, 2001:137).
3. This uniqueness arises from the composition of its assets
and liabilities (Ahmad and Ahmad, 2004:12)
4. Some of Islamic banks products have indicated an
impressive growth such as the Islamic bond market, the
sukuks (Derbell et al., 2011:15)
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If the page of literature quoted cant be found, then only the author name and the publication
year are written. For example:
1. Christopher Pass (1997) definitively defined profit
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Sri
If the article derived from a personal e-mail with experts, the authors name is the sender
name, followed by the email address written inside the brackets (..), date, the topic of
the content of the material written in italics, receiver name and email address written inside
the brackets (..). For example:
Mavondo, F. (Felix.Mavondo@BusEco.monash.edu.au). September 1st
2008.Organizational
Learning.
E-mail
to
Suliyanto
(Suli_yanto@yahoo.com).
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