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THESIS WRITING
FACULTY OF PHILOSOPHY
GADJAH MADA UNIVERSITY
YOGYAKARTA
2013
FOREWORD
Students of undergraduate program at the Faculty of
Philosophy, UGM, are required to have the capacity to
conduct scientific research that subsequently compiled into a
thesis which should be defended in front of thesis jury.
As an effort to provide guidelines for undergraduate
students of the Faculty of Philosophy in writing proposal and
research finding that subsequently compiled into a thesis
properly, this guide is meant to help students and thesis
adviser lecturers, as well thesis examiner lecturers.
We would like to thank our team of lecturers for their
continuing support and for providing relevant materials that
are relevant to this guide book. This book is expected to
provide students with standardized guidelines for thesis
writing.
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TABLE OF CONTENT
FOREWORD............................................................ iii
CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTION................................... 1
A. Thesis Definition ....................................... 1
B. Objective of Thesis Writing........................ 1
CHAPTER II. THESIS STRUCTURE.................. 3
A. The First Part ................................................ 3
B. The Main Part ............................................. 3
C. The Last Part .............................................. 4
CHAPTER III. DETAILED STRUCTURE OF THESIS 5
A. The First Part ............................................... 5
B. The Main Part............................................. 7
C. The Last Part.............................................. 12
CHAPTER IV. FORMAT GUIDELINES................... 13
A. Material and Dimension ..................................... 13
B. Layout .................................................. 14
C. Numbering ................................................. 17
D. Tables (List) and Figures....................... 18
E. Language ........................................................ 18
F. Writing the Names.......................................... 20
Appendix 1. Example of Cover Page ...... 22
Appendix 2. Example of Validation Page ........... 23
Appendix 3.Example of how to write Title, Subtitle, etc
24
Appendix 4. Example of References Page ..... 29
Appendix 5. Example of the Structure of Thesis Proposal .. 27
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CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION
A. Thesis Definition
Thesis is a piece of scientific writing on important
subject in one discipline, in this case Philosophy, with
materials compiled from references or fieldworks
conducted by every student as one of the requirements to
earn bachelor degree. Theses in philosophy have
common characteristics like those in other disciplines,
yet they also posses special characteristics relevant to
philosophy. Descriptions in this book include general
and special aspects in writing philosophical papers.
A decent and proper thesis has the following
characteristics:
1. Logical substances, systematic, argumentative,
and comprehensive, as well as having the
required elements, as stipulated in the provisions
presented in chapters II, III, and IV.
2. Writing format that complies with the principles
of scientific writing as required for all scientific
papers common to universities.
4. As communication activities
Thesis writing is expected to generate scientific
papers that present and convey valuable original ideas of
the students to the readers.
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CHAPTER II
THESIS STRUCTURE
e. Research Method:
i. Model or Type of Research
ii. Research Material or Subject
iii. Research Methodology
iv. Result Analysis
f. Results to Achieve
g. Systematic of Writing
2. Results and Discussion
3. Conclusion and Suggestion
a. Conclusion
b. Suggestion/Recommendations
CHAPTER III
DETAILED STRUCTURE OF THESIS
CHAPTER IV
FORMAT GUIDELINES
4. Size
The paper size is 21 X 28 cm (quarto).
B. Layout
The layout includes font, number and unit,
spacing, margin, filling in the space, first line of a
paragraph, sentence beginning, title and subtitle,
downward detailing, and symmetrical position.
1. Font
a. A single font must be used throughout the thesis
which is Times New Roman 12. Italics are used to
denote special meaning, such as foreign book title
and foreign terms.
b. Symbols, Greek alphabet or other characters not
found in the Microsoft word, must be neatly
handwritten with black ink.
2. Number and Unit
a. Numbers must be written in numeric, for example
10, with the exception that it lies in the beginning
of a sentence, for example: Ten.
b. Decimals must be written with comma (,), for
example: 10,5.
c. Units must be expressed in official abbreviation
without any dot at the end. For example: m,kg,cal.
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3. Spacing
The thesis must be 2-spaced, except the abstract
(1-spaced), direct quotes, title of list (tables, figures)
with more than 1 line, and also the references.
4. Margin
The margin for theses, based on paper size, should
be as follows:
a. Top : 4 cm
b. Bottom : 3 cm
c. Left : 4 cm
d. Right : 3 cm
5. Filling in the space
The area of the page must be fulfilled, that is, the
text must be written from the left margin to the right, and
if possible, no space left empty, except for the paragraph
beginnings, equations, list of figures, subtitles or other
special elements of writing.
6. First line of a paragrap
The first line of a paragraph starts from the 6 th
character from the left margin.
7. Sentence beginnings
Numbers, symbols, or formulas that begin a
sentence must be spelled, for example: ten, equals to.
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C. Numbering
This section is divided into page, table (list),
figure, and equation numberings.
1. Page
a. The first part of the thesis, from the title page to
the abstract page, uses low case Roman numerals.
b. The main part and the last part, from the
introduction (Chapter 1) to the last page, uses
Arabic numerals.
c. Page numbers are placed on the top-right corner,
with the exception that in the first page of new
chapter the number is written on the bottom-right
corner.
d. Page numbers are written 3 cm from right margin
and 1.5 cm from top or bottom margin..
2. Tables (lists)
Tables (or lists) use Arabic numerals.
3. Figures
Figures use Arabic numerals.
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E. Language
2. The sentences
The sentences should not be in active form with
first and second person pronouns (saya, aku, kami, kita,
engkau), but in passive form, for example: Penelitian
ini dimaksudkan ...
In the preface on the acknowledgment page,
saya should be replaced with peneliti.
3. Terminology
a. The terms to use should be in bahasa Indonesia,
but foreign Indonesianized terms can also be used.
b. If foreign term is the only term available, it should
be written in italics.
4. Common mistakes
a. Conjunctions like sehingga, and sedangkan,
are not allowed to place at the beginning of a
sentence.
b. Preposition such as pada is frequently misplaced,
i.e. placed before the subject, thereby impair the
sentence structure.
c. The words di mana and dari are, more of than
than not, less accurately placed, and treated
similarly as the English words where and of.
In Bahasa Indonesia, it is in standard use and
should be avoided.
d. Prefixes ke and di should be differentiated
from the prepositions of ke and di.
e. Punctuation must be used correctly.
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Oleh:
Rajendra Agastya Al-Amin
08/ 55555/ Fi/ 55555
FAKULTAS FILSAFAT
UNIVERSITAS GADJAH MADA
YOGYAKARTA
2013
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Yogyakarta, ...............................
Dosen Pembimbing
_________________
Nama Dosen
Telah dipertahankan dalam ujian
yang dilaksanakan oleh Tim Penguji Skripsi
Fakultas Filsafat Universitas Gadjah Mada
pada tanggal :
__________________
Tim Penguji :
Nama Tanda Tangan
1. Ketua/ anggota ..................... .....................
2. Sekretaris/ anggota ..................... ....................
3. Pembimbing Skripsi/
Anggota ..................... ....................
4. Anggota ..................... ....................
Mengetahui
Dekan Fakultas Filsafat UGM
.................................................
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Appendix 3.
Example of how to write Title, Subtitle, etc
BAB
JUDUL
A. Sub Judul
Kalimat pertama sesudah Sub Judul ditulis
sebagai alinea baru.
1. Anak sub judul
Kalimat pertama sesudah Anak sub judul mulai
dengan alinea baru.
a. Sub anak sub judul. Kalimat pertama ditulis
satu baris di belakang Sub anak sub judul.
atau
a. Sub anak sub judul dapat juga ditulis
berupa kalimat, tetapi yang berfungsi sebagai Sub Anak
Sub Judul, ditempatkan paling depan. Sub Anak Sub
Judul merupakan bagian suatu kalimat.
BAB III
PANCASILA SEBAGAI SUMBER DARI SEGALA
SUMBER HUKUM YANG BERLAKU DI
INDONESIA
DAFTAR PUSTAKA
USULAN SKRIPSI
_____________________________________________
I. NAMA :
NO. MHS :
JURUSAN :
ANGKATAN :
_____________________________________________
II. JUDUL SKRIPSI :
_____________________________________________
III. PEMBIMBING SKRIPSI :
PEMBIMBING AKADEMIK :
_____________________________________________
IV. BIDANG ILMU FILSAFAT :
_____________________________________________
V. LATAR BELAKANG PERMASALAHAN
_____________________________________________
VI. TUJUAN PENELITIAN
_____________________________________________
VII. TINJAUAN PUSTAKA
_____________________________________________
VIII. LANDASAN TEORI
_____________________________________________
IX. METODE PENELITIAN
_____________________________________________
X. HASIL YANG AKAN DICAPAI
_____________________________________________
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Yogyakarta, ...............................
(......................) (......................)
Disetujui/ ditolak
1 ............... 2 ............. (Dosen Pembimbing Akademik)
1 ............... 2 ............. (Calon Dosen Pembimbing
Skripsi)
Catatan
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