CYPRUS INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY

Institute of Graduate Studies and Research

GUIDELINES for DISSERTATIONS, THESES, and PROJECT REPORTS

Nicosia

December 2017

CHAPTER 1 - FORMAT STYLE GUIDELINE

1 GENERAL DOCUMENT GUIDELINE

Type your Dissertation / Thesis / Project Report and print it out on A4 sized paper.

The logo of CIU will only be present on the outside cover page of the theses.

Set the margins of your document to 4 cm at the top, 3.5 cm at the left, 3 cm at the

right, and 2.5 cm at the bottom.

Use Times New Roman (12 point font size). Use italic and bold for emphasis within

the body text.

Alignment: create an even right margin by using ‘justification’ (except in headings).

Line spacing: use 1, 5 line spacing throughout the Thesis. Use single line spacing for

footnotes.

Headings: type number of Chapters and subsections with Arabic numerals according

to the decimal classification system (1 - 2 - 2.1 - 2.2 - 2.3 - 2.3.1).

Highlight the headings and subheadings of chapters in bold. Subheadings must also be

12 fonts in size. The headings of main sections should be formatted two fonts larger

than the rest of the text.

Tables: Table heading should be as concise as possible, and on top of the table.

Provide the source under the table. For the content of a table, use double-line spacing

and size 10 point. Tables which do not fit on one page have to be moved to the

appendices.

Figures: Number figures consecutively. The figure caption (above the figure) should

be short. Sources for figures should be placed below the figures.

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2 PAGE STRUCTURE

Number of words

* excludes references and appendices

Thesis supervisor should select the text, screenshot the “word count” and send a signed document to the Institute with the thesis. See an example below.

Parts of the Thesis / Project which must;

not contain page numbers;Outside Cover (Annex 1)First Inside Cover (Annex 2)Third Inside Cover (Annex 3)Thesis Approval Certificate / Project Commission Report CertificateDeclaration

contain roman pagination (i, ii, iii, iv…);AcknowledgementAbstract

Area # of Words for Master Thesis* # of Words for PhD Thesis*

Social Sciences 10.000-20.000 40.000-80.000

Basic Sciences 8.000-15.000 25.000-60.000

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EXAMPLE!

The contents page If applicable, the lists of tables and figures Abbreviations

contain normal pagination (1, 2, 3,4,5...):The text body ConclusionThe reference list If applicable, an appendix Curriculum Vitae (CV)

2.1 The Cover Pages

There are two cover pages: inside and outside. The outside cover page (Annex 1) is dark blue for English Master Theses, light blue for Turkish Theses, and burgundy for PhD Theses.The outside cover page has to be clothbound with gold ink, and include the following information:

- The name of the university and the name of the unit of the university where you submit the Project/Thesis (Cyprus International University, Institute of Graduate Studies and Research) and your Department. - The title/theme of the study, and the type of the study (PhD Thesis, Master Thesis or Project). Please use single spacing if the title is too long.- Your full name. - The city and year of submission. (e.g. Nicosia, 2018).

There must be 2 inside cover pages, the first one (see Annex 2) is identical to the outside cover page except with no logo. The second inside cover page (see Annex 3) is identical to the first inside cover page, with the addition of the supervisor name and co-supervisor if available. All information on these pages should be centered.

2.2 Thesis Approval Certificate Page (Annex 4)

Thesis Approval Certificate has to be filled in, signed and submitted to the supervisor and the jury, together with the Master Thesis. Whether the jury voted by majority or unanimity should be indicated by crossing out whichever does not apply.

2.3 Declaration (Annex 5)

The Decleratin must be the 4th page, which includes the students signed decleration regarding the research and information provided is in accordace with the academic principles and ethics.

2.4 Acknowledgement

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On this page you express gratitude to the people, institutions and advisors that helped you throughout your work.

2.5 Abstract

The Abstract is a brief explanation of the purpose of the following work, indicating the main steps that will lead the author to demonstrate his/her point. In order to do so, you must begin by explaining the context in which your work will take place. Then, you will be able to detail the necessity and purpose of your research. Then you briefly analyze your research model. You conclude your abstract with your findings. The abstract should not be longer than 400 words, using one (1) spacing. You must also note keywords relating to your thesis below the abstract.

2.6 The Contents Page (Annex 7)

The table of contents should include the headings of all the main sections and subsections with their numbers and the respective page numbers. Place lists of figures and tables as separate contents and pages.

2.7 Table List (Annex 8)

If you use tables, you need to list them separately. In-text, Table description (e.g. Table 3: Economic Development across Europe) must be above the table and the source (if available) (Source: OECD, 2017) must be stated at the bottom. In-text sample (table format may vary):

Table 1 – Top 15 countries by total wind installations

Position

Country Total capacity 2015 [MW]

Added capacity [MW]

Growth rate 2015 [%]1. China 148,000 32,970 29.0

2. United 74,347 8598 13.13. Germany 45,192 4919 11.74. India 24,759 2294 10.25. Spain 22,987 0 0.06. United 13,614 1174 9.4

Kingdom7. Canada 11,205 1511 15.68. France 10,293 997 10.79. Italy 8958 295 3.4

10. Brazil 8715 2754 46.211. Sweden 6025 615 11.112. Poland 5100 1266 33.013. Portugal 5079 126 2.514. Denmark 5064 217 3.715. Turkey 4718 955 25.4

Rest of the 40,800 5000 14.0World

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TOTAL 434,856 63,690 17.2Source: Igliński et al., 2016

2.8 Figures List (Annex 9)

If you use figures and/or lists, you need to list them separately. In-text, Figure description and source must both be below the figure. (E.g. Figure 3: Global Income Inequality) (Below the description, Source: OECD, 2017). In-text sample:

Figure 2: Overall primary energy supplies for 2014 fuel shares around the globe

Source: Iea.org, (2016)

2.1 Abbreviations (Annex 10)

In most thesis works, abbreviations are used to avoid losing space with frequently used words, or names [e.g. European Union (EU)]. Following the figures/tables pages, an abbreviation table must be present.

3 HOW TO CITE SOURCES

Citing is the process of giving credit to the sources used to write papers. It is essential to give proper credit to another author’s work which you use for your own research. If you do not, this is considered as plagiarism (and the Project Report/Master Thesis will be graded as ‘failed’). The maximum accepted plagiarism is %20 in total and no more than %2 from a single source. A plagiarism report must be submitted to the Institute together with the bound thesis and a `Thesis Submission Form`, available on ` http://www.ciu.edu.tr/en/academic/institute/forms `.

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The preferred referencing styles of the Institute is either Harvard or APA referencing style, however, other styles are accepted.

3.1 In-text Citations

You may refer to someone else's ideas or work either by repeating the exact words that another author has written (‘quoting’) or by expressing what somebody has written by using your own words (‘paraphrasing’).

In-text citations differ upon the referencing style chosen. Amongst numerous styles, the most popular referencing styles used are; AMA, APA, Chicago, Harvard, IEEE, ISO 690, MHRA, MLA, OSCOLA, Turabian and Vancouver. For details, click on www.citethisforme.com and choose the preferred referencing style. For an example, you can choose what type of source you will reference (e.g. article, book, website, dissertation etc.), after enter the details of the source and add the reference to your list. This way you can see how to in-text reference.

The most important aspect of referencing is that the same style must be used throughout the thesis. Starting from the beginning of the thesis to the end, in-text references must be compatible with a specific style (APA, Harvard etc.).

Checklist of what to include for the most common information sources:

Pears, R. and Shields, G. (2010) Cite them right: The essential referencing guide. 8th ed. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.

Quoting: Place quotation marks (“…”) around the words being taken from another author. Give publication dates (the name of the author, the year of publication of the text being quoted and the page number of the text from which the quote has been taken) in brackets after the second quotation mark. Example: The metaphor “the sun was crying tears from hell” is linked to that of “devilish spawns erupted from under the ground to calm the Gods…” (Neve, 1996, p. 27).

Paraphrasing: Provide publication dates (the name of the author, the year of publication of the text being paraphrased and the number of the page the paraphrasing is based upon) in brackets after the sentence or paragraph in which the ideas written down by somebody else are paraphrased. Example: (Rees, 1998)

If the name of the author is referred to in the text is mentioned, the year of the author’s publication has to be given immediately after the author’s name. Example: Rees (1998) explains…

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Author Year Title of article Title of publication Issue Place Publisher Edition Page number(s) URL Date accessedBook Y Y Y Y Y YChapter Y Y Y Y Y Y Y YJournal article Y Y Y Y Y YE-journal article Y Y Y Y Y Y Y YInternet site Y Y Y Y Y YNewspaper article Y Y Y Y Y Y[Ty

When a source has no known author, use Anonymous as the name.Example: (Anonymous, 2005, The Weekly Traveler).

Please note that the above specified examples are not obligatory as citing in text may vary from Harvard Style to APA style. The most important aspect of in-text citation is that it must be the same all the way through. Weather you prefer to write it as (Rees, 1998) or (A. Rees, 1998) or (Rees, 1998, p.26), it must be in the same format throughout the thesis. If the source you are using has 2 authors, you will cite it as (Soyer and Kucuksener, 2018), whereas if the source has 3 authors you will cite it as (Soyer, Kucuksener and Ozgit, 2018). If the source has more than 3 authors, you will in-text cite it as (Soyer et al., 2018). Below, these are detailed.

3.2 List of References (at the end of the Dissertation/Thesis / Project)

The structure of the list of references will differ upon the referencing style chosen. Amongst numerous styles, the most popular referencing styles used are; AMA, APA, Chicago, Harvard, IEEE, ISO 690, MHRA, MLA, OSCOLA, Turabian and Vancouver. For details, click on www.citethisforme.com and choose the preferred referencing style to see the different methods.

Journal or Magazine Article: In-text: (Uzunoglu, 2017)

Your References List: Uzunoglu, S. (2017). Evaluation of style preferences in architectural design among the undergraduate students from different nationalities in North Cyprus. New Trends and Issues Proceedings on Humanities and Social Sciences, 4(4), pp.184-194.

For Electronic journal article :

In-text: (Saidi, Rahman and Amamri, 2017)

Your Bibliography: Saidi, K., Rahman, M. and Amamri, M. (2017). The causal nexus between economic growth and energy consumption: New evidence from global panel of 53 countries. Sustainable Cities and Society, [online] 33, pp.45-56. Available at: http://www.sciencedirect.com [Accessed 14 Dec. 2017].

Book:

In-text: (Plum et al., 2008)Your Bibliography: Plum, E., Achen, B., Dræby, I. and Jensen, I. (2008). CI. London: Middlesex University Press.

Chapter in a Book:

In-text: (EL-Shimy, Soyer and Balcıoğlu, 2017)

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Your Bibliography: EL-Shimy, M., Soyer, K. and Balcıoğlu, H. (2017). Renewable Energy– Background. In: E. Mohamed, ed., Economics of Variable Renewable Sources for Electric Power Production. Germany: Lambert Academic Publishing / Omniscriptum Gmbh & Company Kg, pp.17-33.

Further information: APA Manual (Publication manual of the American Psychological Association) (2010). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.

Pears, R. (2011). Cite them right. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.

The most important aspect of referencing is that the same style must be used throughout the list. Starting from the beginning of the list, the same type of source must be referenced the same.

3.3 Footnotes

When referencing by using footnotes, please do not forget to specify the page of the source you are using. Depending on the referencing style, instead of using footnotes, you could prefer to use definitions in the first chapter. However you could choose footnotes too.

To cite a book previously cited in footnotes, you can use “ibid” with the number of the footnote the book was first mentioned in, then put the page number. For example: 1 Sturgeon, T. (1995). Science fiction. In The Encyclopedia Americana (Vol. 24). Danbury, CT: Grolier, pp. 390-392 2 Ibid, 1, 394

3.4 Sample References List

REFERENCES

Aydin, G. (2014). Modeling of energy consumption based on economic and demographic factors: The case of Turkey with projections. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 35, pp.382-389.

Beneking, A., Ellenbeck, S. and Battaglini, A. (2016). Renewable energy cooperation between the EU and North Africa. International Journal of Energy Sector Management, 10(3), pp.312-336.

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Chen, W., Kim, H. and Yamaguchi, H. (2014). Renewable energy in eastern Asia: Renewable energy policy review and comparative SWOT analysis for promoting renewable energy in Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan. Energy Policy, 74, pp.319-329.

Dii GmbH, (2013). Desert Power: Getting Started. The manual for renewable electricity in MENA Full Report. [online] Munich: Dii GmbH, pp.1-262. Available at: https://www.db.com/cr/en/docs/Desert-Power-Getting-Started-Full-Report-English-Screen(1).pdf [Accessed 2 Apr. 2017].

Energy.gov. (2017). Hydrothermal Resources | Department of Energy. [online] Available at: https://energy.gov/eere/geothermal/hydrothermal-resources [Accessed 25 Mar. 2017].

Energybc.ca. (2012). High Temperature Geothermal Power - Energy British Columbia. [online] Available at: http://www.energybc.ca/hightempgeo.html [Accessed 25 Mar. 2017].

Exposing the New Energy Realities. (2017). [online] Wales: World Energy Council 2017, pp.1-40. Available at: http://file:///C:/Users/user/Pictures/1.-World-Energy-Issues-Monitor-2017-Full-Report.pdf [Accessed 1 Apr. 2017].

Hawila, D., Mondal, M., Kennedy, S. and Mezher, T. (2014). Renewable energy readiness assessment for North African countries. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 33, pp.128-140.

Haugen, D. and Musser, S. (2012). Renewable energy. Detroit: Greenhaven Press.

IEA Bioenergy, (2012). Energy recovery from renewable content of waste: incentives and methodology for analysing biogenic content of mixed waste. Task 36. [online] Milano: RSE S. p. A. Ricerca sul Sistema Energetico – RSE S.p.A., pp.1-68. Available at: http://task36.ieabioenergy.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Energy-recovery-from-the-renewable-content-of-waste-2.pdf [Accessed 1 Apr. 2017].

Iea.org. (2016). July: Renewable energy continuing to increase market share. [online] Available at: https://www.iea.org/newsroom/news/2016/july/renewable-energy-continuing-to-increase-market-share.html [Accessed 1 Apr. 2017].

Iglinski, B., Buczkowski, R., Cichosz,, M., Iglinska, A. and Plaskacz-Dziuba, M. (2015). SWOT analysis of the renewable energy sector in Poland. Case study of Wielkopolskie region. Journal of Power Technologies, 95(2), pp.143-157.

Igliński, B., Iglińska, A., Koziński, G., Skrzatek, M. and Buczkowski, R. (2016). Wind energy in Poland – History, current state, surveys, Renewable Energy Sources Act, SWOT analysis. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 64, pp.19-33.

Kalogirou, S. (2014). Solar Energy Engineering: Processes and Systems. 2nd ed. Oxford: Elsevier, p.1.

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4. THE SUBMISSION OF THE THESES AND PROJECTS TO THE INSTITUTE

Requirements;

THESES:

2 copies of clothbound theses4 copies of CD’s (including theses in Pdf format and please write your name and student number on the actual CD (not the CD cover))Plagiarism Report (minimum %20)Thesis submission form (downloadable from http://www.ciu.edu.tr/en/academic/institute/forms)

PROJECTS:

Are not submitted to the Institute. Students who completed their projects need to submit a “Master Project Completion Form” (downloadable from http://www.ciu.edu.tr/en/academic/institute/forms) (Please see Annex 6) before the deadline stated on the Institute’s Academic Calendar (accessible on http://www.ciu.edu.tr/en/academic/institute/academic-calendar). Attached to the Project Completion form, a plagiarism report must also be submitted.

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Annex 1

Example Outside Cover (Clothbound: 22,5cm*31cm)

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3,5cm

CYPRUS INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITYINSTITUTE OF GRADUATE STUDIES AND RESEARCH

3cm Business Administration Department(14 font)

4cm

RESEARCH METHODS USING HEURISTICS IN THE DIGITAL ERA

3cm (16 font)

3,5cm

(MBA Thesis) 1cm (14 font)

3,5cm

Johnny JAMESON 1cm (14 font)

4cm

Nicosia – 2013 1cm (14 font)

3,5cm

CIU

Research M

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BA

Thesis)

Johnny JAM

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ICO

SIA - 2013

Annex 2Example of First Inside Cover Annex 2Example of First Inside Cover

CYPRUS INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITYINSTITUTE OF GRADUATE STUDIES AND RESEARCH

Business Administration Department (14 font)

RESEARCH METHODS USING HEURISTICS IN THE DIGITAL ERA

(16 font)

(MBA Thesis)(14 font)

Johnny JAMESON(14 font)

Nicosia - 2013

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(14 font)

Annex 3 Example of Second Inside Cover

CYPRUS INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITYINSTITUTE OF GRADUATE STUDIES AND RESEARCH

Business Administration Department(14 font)

RESEARCH METHODS USING HEURISTICS IN THE DIGITAL ERA

(16 font)

(MBA Thesis)(14 font)

Johnny JAMESON (14 font)

Supervisor Prof. Dr. Yu Ken DUIT

(14 font)

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Nicosia - 2013 (14 font)

Annex 4

CYPRUS INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITYINSTITUTE OF GRADUATE STUDIES AND RESEARCH

(14 font)

THESIS APPROVAL CERTIFICATE(14 font)

The thesis study of Business Administration Department graduate student Johnny Jameson with student number 20123456 entitled Research Methods Using Heuristics in the Digital Era has been approved with unanimity / majority of votes by the jury and has been accepted as a Master of Business Administration Thesis.

Thesis Defense Date :

Jury Members Signature

1) Thesis Supervisor ……………....Prof. Dr. Yu Ken DUIT (10 font)

2) Member .......................Assoc. Prof. Dr. Kon TINYU

3) Member .......................Asst. Prof. Dr. Yu DIDIT

Prof.Dr.Hasret BalcıoğluDirector of the Institute

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Annex 5

Declaration

Name and Surname:

Title of Dissertation:

Supervisor(s):

Year:

I hereby declare that all information in this document has been obtained and presented in

accordance with academic rules and ethical conduct. I also declare that, as required by these

rules and conduct, I have fully cited and referenced all material and results that are not

original to this work.

I hereby declare that the Cyprus International University, Institute of Graduate Studies and

Research is allowed to store and make available electronically the present Dissertation.

Date:

Signature: __________________

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Annex 6

Date:

PROJECT SUPERVISOR APPROVAL

[Name] , student number [Student Number] from International Relations has completed and submitted her Term Project – [Code of Project] on [Date] certify that I have read this report and that in my opinion it is fully adequate in scope and quality as a term project for the degree of Master of [Area].

Project Supervisor

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Cyprus International UniversityInstitute of Graduate Studies and Research

Annex 7Sample Table of Contents

Annex 8Sample Table List

Annex 9 Sample Figures List

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Annex 10Sample Abbreviations List

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