Honors Program Final Thesis Report Guidelines
PHR 479H

The style of the Honors Final Report depends partly upon the nature of the Honors Research Project. The Honors Final Reports are to be written in the form of a manuscript suitable for submission to a peer-reviewed journal. Each of the divisions in the College have identified the journals whose style should be followed:

The style for each of these journals is detailed in "The Instruction to Authors." Copies of these Instructions are appended to this handout. The styles for these journals consist of specific requirements for manuscripts, including the style and nature of artwork (Figures, Schemes, photographs, etc), the format for footnotes and references, characterization of new compounds, required experimental details, an so on.

In cases where the "Instruction to Authors" is not explicit concerning the formatting and/ording of particular sections of the manuscript, you should organize your Report according to the following guide. *NOTE: ALL Reports must begin with a Title Page followed by an Acknowledgement Page and an Abstract.

This Honors Final Report meets with my approval

Abstract*
 100-250 words maximum
Introduction
Materials and Methods
Results
Discussion
Conclusions
References
Figure/Table Legends
Figures/Tables/Schemes
Appendix (Additional Material)

Generally, a minimum of 12-14 double-spaced pages, exclusive of tables, figures, schemes, and references, will be acceptable to the Honors Project Review Committee.

Examples of past Honors Final Reports are included to help you with the overall style and scope of these Reports; however, these enclosed past Reports were not prepared to the guidelines set forth above. You should follow the above guidelines in preparing your Final Report.