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1、<p>　　Graduation (Degree) Thesis Guidance for Students in the International School, Jinan University</p><p>　　1. Aim and Requirements</p><p>　　The writing of graduation (degree) thesis is a

2、n important part of the process in evaluating and reviewing the academic performance of graduating students. The aims are </p><p>　　(1) to teach the students to comprehensively apply the basic theories, kno

3、wledge and skills in respective majors, </p><p>　　(2)to help students develop their abilities in independent research, analysis and problem solving. </p><p>　　The graduation thesis should be a

4、n important reference in evaluating the width and depth of the students’ knowledge, as well as a criterion in granting the bachelor’s degrees.</p><p>　　The requirements of graduation thesis should include: &

5、lt;/p><p>　　(1)positive and serious attitude for independent research, </p><p>　　(2)theoretical research with implication to reality, </p><p>　　(3)writing styles that are clear, con

6、cise, smooth and logical, and </p><p>　　(4)no acts of plagiarism.</p><p>　　2. The Scope of Topics</p><p>　　The topics of graduation thesis must be within the scope of respective ma

7、jors, reflecting the latest development in theory or application. Topics should entail adequate amount of research for the students.</p><p>　　For details in choosing topic, please refer to “Jinan University

8、 Guidelines for Thesis or Design by Undergraduate Students.” (Available at the website of Academic Affairs Department) </p><p>　　3. Structure of Thesis</p><p>　　A graduation thesis should includ

9、e: title, declaration, abstract and key words, table of content, text, acknowledgement, appendix and references.</p><p>　　1)The title of the thesis should be precise, clear, and adequate in reflecting the s

10、cope of research, avoiding abbreviations.</p><p>　　2)A concise abstract should briefly state the purpose of the research and the main results. An abstract is often presented separate from the article, so it

11、 must be able to stand alone. The abstract should be about 150 words with 3-8 key words.</p><p>　　3)The main text should be the most important part of a thesis, with clearly stated viewpoints, data, and an

12、alysis. It should be written in formal English, with 5000 words.</p><p>　　4)Format of the thesis includes the following details</p><p>　　(1)The thesis should be word processed using software

13、such as Microsoft Word. It should be formatted on A4 size paper, one-sided. The margins for each page should be 3cm on the left, 2cm on the right, 2.5cm on the top and bottom, respectively.</p><p>　　(2)Cov

14、er for the thesis will be provided by the Academic Affairs Department of University. Students should type titles and names on the cover accordingly in English. An inner-cover will also be provided by the university, whi

15、ch contains the same content as the cover, and it must be typed in Chinese.</p><p>　　(3)The font of the thesis should be Times New Roman. Use font size 16 for the title, 12 for the rest of thesis. Only th

16、e title should be in bold letters. 1.5 times of line spacing should be used throughout the thesis. </p><p>　　(4)Page numbers should be printed on the lower right-hand corners of every page except cover.&l

17、t;/p><p>　　(5)Title of the thesis should be no more than 20 words.</p><p>　　(6)The abstract should be written in less than 150 words. Three to eight keys words should be listed at the end of the

18、abstract on a separate line, with semi-column (;) separating each word. </p><p>　　(7)A table of content should be constructed, including structure of the thesis, appendix, reference and respective page numb

19、ers.</p><p>　　(8)To present levels of subsections in the main text, the thesis should use numerical symbols such as “1”, “1.1”, “1.1.1”, and “1.1.1.1” for different levels respectively. Within the text, n

20、umbering of content should use brackets such as “(1)”.</p><p>　　(9)Tables and illustrations (charts): must be self explaining (readers can understand them without reading the text). Each table should have

21、table number, table title, and source of information. Each illustration (chart) should also have figure number, figure title, and source of data. All tables must be numbered numerically, so must the figures.</p>

22、<p>　　(10)Acknowledgements should be placed at the end of the main text, in expressing gratuity to institutions or persons.</p><p>　　(11)Appendix is a supplemental part of the thesis, which is not co

23、mpulsory. The following items can be placed in appendix:</p><p>　　a)materials that do not fit into the main text logically</p><p>　　b)materials that are too long or photo copied </p>&

24、lt;p>　　c)not interesting to ordinary readers, only valuable to professionals</p><p>　　(12)References to publications should be as follows: 'Smith (1992) reported that...' or 'This problem ha

25、s been studied previously (e.g., Smith et al., 1969)'.</p><p>　　The author should make sure that there is a strict one-to-one correspondence between the names and years in the text and those on the list.

26、 The list of references should appear at the end of the main text (after any appendices). It should be 1.5 times spaced and listed in alphabetical order by author's name or as by the order of appearance in main text.

27、</p><p>　　(13)References should appear as follows:</p><p>　　For monographs</p><p>　　[1] Hawawini, G., Swary, I., 1990. Mergers and Acquisitions in the U.S. Banking Industry: Eviden

28、ce from the Capital Markets. North-Holland, Amsterdam.</p><p>　　For contributions to collective works</p><p>　　[2] Brunner, K., Meltzer, A.H., 1990. Money supply, in: Friedman, B.M., Hahn, F.H.

29、(Eds.), Handbook of Monetary Economics, Vol. 1. North-Holland, Amsterdam, pp. 357--396.</p><p>　　For periodicals</p><p>　　[3] Griffiths, W., Judge, G., 1992. Testing and estimating location vect

30、ors when the error covariance matrix is unknown. Journal of Econometrics 54, 121--138.</p><p>　　Chinese names may be listed in the references with the surname first, as follows:</p><p>　　Liu Y.H

31、., Chew S.B., and Li W.Z., Education, experience and productivity of labor in China's township and village enterprises: The case of Jiangsu province, China Economic Review 9, 47-58.</p><p>　　Note that jo

32、urnal titles should not be abbreviated. Citing and listing of Web references. As a minimum, the full URL should be given. Any further information, if known (Author names, dates, reference to a source publication, etc.),

33、should also be given. Web references can be listed separately (e.g., after the reference list) under a different heading if desired, or can be included in the reference list.</p><p>　　4. Order of Binding<

34、/p><p>　　Thesis should be bound on the left-hand side. The order of binding should be: cover, inner-cover, Declaration, abstract and keywords, table of content, main text, acknowledgement, appendix, references

35、, and thesis evaluation form.</p><p>　　5. Process of Writing Thesis</p><p>　　(1)The graduating student submits a topic, a topic report form (along with the electronic file of this form) to the

36、class monitor. The class monitor then presents the reports to the department office. The department office designates supervisors to each student.</p><p>　　(2)The graduating student writes a one-page outl

37、ine for the thesis. The outline should be written after conducting extensive reading and discussing with supervisor. The following points should be clearly stated in the outline: the purpose of thesis, theories and cur

38、rent research related to the topic, the needed data/information, the intended research/analysis method, and conclusion intended to reach. The outline should be implemented after discussion with supervisor.</p>&l

39、t;p>　　(3)The student writes the first draft and discusses with supervisor.</p><p>　　(4)The graduating student rewrites the thesis and discusses with supervisor frequently until the final draft is finish

40、ed.</p><p>　　(5)The student should fill out a “Declaration” and hand it in along with final draft of thesis (in three printed copies and one electronic copy). The supervisor fills out a “Thesis Evaluation

41、Form” at the same time.</p><p>　　6. Jinan University Evaluation Criteria for Graduation Design/Thesis by Undergraduate Students</p><p>　　7. Grading Guidelines</p><p>　　8. Calculatio

42、n of Final Scores </p><p>　　Final Mark of Thesis = Supervisor’s Mark (20%) + Evaluator’s Mark (40%) + Defense Performance (40%)</p><p>　　9. The Defense Meeting</p><p>　　The supervis

43、or of each thesis should first write an evaluation upon completion of the final draft, including recommendation to participate the defense section. Each department should also designate an evaluator of the thesis to wri

44、te a second evaluation, also present recommendation regarding the participation of defense meeting. </p><p>　　During the defense meeting, each participant should spend 10 minutes explaining the main finding

45、s of the thesis and spend 5 minutes on answering questions from the judges.</p><p>　　10. Time Table to Complete Graduation Thesis (See Specific Major for Details)</p><p>　　Major