Academic Papers, Candidacy Papers, and Dissertations
Blue, Red, and White Books and Check List
But I've Never Written A Dissertation Before: A User-friendly Guide for the Preparation of the Dissertation Proposal and Dissertation. Revised version of THE BLUE BOOK Word FILE November 3 2008 (BLUE BOOK PDF FILE) (only minor edits on Sept 2006 and March 2007 versions, see IRB requirements). Guide to Style and Mechanics, THE RED BOOK June 2009 (only minor edits, RED BOOK .pdf file). Expect to see revisions of both the revised Blue Book and the new Red book in the near future that will correct minor mistakes. Rough version of the Guide for Using the Template, THE WHITE BOOK. Instructions based on MSWord 2003.
Check list for Academic Papers, Candidacy Papers, Dissertation Proposals, and Dissertations (April 2009).
Templates
The templates provided by the Program for the dissertation, academic papers, and the candidacy paper are regular MS word documents with about 25 predefined styles, page and section formats, built-in Table of Contents, List of Tables, and List of Figures. DPLSdiss62.doc replaces DPLSdiss61.dot and includes corrections on the Title page to make Faculty lower case, adds space after block quotes, and the addition of new styles for the last item in block quote lists: "Block 1.5 List, Last in List" and "Block List, Last in List." These new styles add space after the last item in a block quote list. The first page identifying the version of the template will need to be deleted. If the template is being used for the Proposal, remove the copyright, signature, dedication, acknowledgments, and abstract pages (but save because they must be reinserted after the Proposal has been approved). The instructions that had been on the first page of the template are now part of the White Book. Both the dissertation and the paper template use the same formatting styles.
There are now two versions of the academic paper/candidacy paper template DPLSpaper62.dot and DPLSpaperTOCAbstract.dot . The DPLSpaperTOCAbstract includes a built-in Table of Contents and Abstract. Both are Based on DPLSdiss61.doc and use the same formatting styles. These templates were updated 6-29-05 to correct formatting of the date and move version identification information to the end of the file. The template that includes the Abstract and Table of contents was updated on 2-12-07 to correct the format for the page numbers and to remove the title of the paper from the Table of Contents.
Rubrics
Revised (June 30, 2008) Rubrics for evaluating (a) Academic Papers, (b) Candidacy Papers, and (c) Dissertations.
Resources
Course Planning Guide .pdf format
Paperformat.doc Doctoral Program in Leadership Studies, Instructions and Format for Academic Papers and the Candidacy Paper.
What is a Scholarly Paper? Based on the work of Karen Gocsik, Darmouth and adopted for the Doctoral Program in Leadership Studies
University of Iowa Introduction to MS Word 2007.
TestFileA.doc A file that has been deliberately messed up to provide experience with editing and the use of the template. Look for additional versions of TestFileA with TrackChanges and with Changes accepted showing what the edited document might look like. TestFileB.doc must be requested from beebe@gonzaga.edu
Request to Begin Candidacy Process. Used to begin the Candidacy process after the topic has been discussed with the advisor and should be submitted to the advisor. For students already in the process, provides information for the tracking process and revised information on submitting papers. Student already in the process should submit to Marnie Broughton.
Candidacy Process Form. Form used as part of Access 2007 to enter information into the tracking system. Form can be printed and used by the student for tracking progress through the process.
