The following is the order for which the components of your work should appear:
Title Page (required)
A title page is automatically generated upon submission of your work to William H. Hannon Library. The title page includes the title of your research, your name, date, and the following statement: "A [type of work] presented to the Faculty of the Department of [name of department] Loyola Marymount University in partial fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree [name of degree]."
Copyright Page (optional)
The copyright page offers you, the author, additional protection against copyright infringement as it eliminates any question of authorship and copyright ownership. You do not need to file for copyright to include this statement in your work. However, filing for copyright can offer protections.
Use page 3 of the Thesis and Research Project Submission Checklist as a template.
Thesis Advisor/Committee Page (required)
Your department may have a signature page for your advisor or committee to sign for the approval of your work. If your department does not have a standardized signature page, it will be automatically generated upon submission of your work to William H. Hannon Library.
Dedication and/or Acknowledgements (optional)
A dedication is a personal message from the author prefixed to a work to express their appreciation for significant people or groups in their life. Acknowledgements are the author's statement of gratitude to and recognition of the people and institutions that helped the author's academic career, research, and writing.
Table of Contents, with page numbers (required)
A table of contents will help readers navigate your document. The following links provide guides on how to create a heading to automatically generate and update a table of contents in Microsoft Word:
List of Tables, List of Figures, or List of Illustrations (if applicable)
Depending on the style manual of your discipline, you may need a list of Tables or Figures to provide readers an overview of your data visualizations.
Bibliography, References, or Work Cited (required)
Consult and follow a style manual used for formatting citations in your discipline.