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The Department requires APA formatting for your report/thesis. APA style guidelines can be found in local campus bookstores, or at the APA website. The format instructions on the OGS website do the OGS website do not necessarily reflect APA format requirements, so you will need to take extra care in preparing your report/thesis. EDP students use APA style for headings, references, and citations of their dissertations. Everything else will be according to the Graduate School template. The Graduate School provides templates for reports and theses, which include the requirements for that office’s formatting for the rest of the document. A specific page length is not required; however, between 30 and 70 pages is typical.
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- Introduction and Statement of the Problem. This section should provide an overview, laying out the big picture and indicating its importance. The specific focus of the report should also be identified and related to the general area of inquiry, along with the plan or organization of the report.
- Review of the Literature. The review should include general and up-to-date research addressing the topic of the report. In most cases, pertinent theory or conceptualizations of the topic should also be described. Depending on the nature of the topic, this review may include theoretical articles, published reviews on the topic, and/or empirical studies. Your critical evaluation of the literature is also important.
- Applications to Practice. This section should present an integration of theory/research and practice in your specialization. If the topic is drawn primarily from the literature outside your specialization, special attention should be paid to exploring and evaluating implications of the topic your specialization.
En-route Master’s Report
Special information for students preparing an en-route master's report.