Front Matter

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• Front Matter

Front matter includes

• Abstract (required)
  (Double spaced)
• Acknowledgments (optional)
  (Double spaced)
• Dedication (optional)
  (Double spaced)
• Table of Contents (required)
  (Spacing and style as recommended by style guide)
• List of Tables/Figures/Terms/Abbreviations (optional)
  (Spacing and style as recommended by style guide)

These pages will remain unnumbered

• Heading placement/style for all front matter should be consistent
  Bold/not bold, left or center aligned. It does not matter what you choose, as long as all headings are the same.
• All headings must start at the top margin, including the dedication.
• All text must be double spaced.
• Table of contents entries that have multiple lines should use the same rule as references – single spaced, with double spacing between entries.
• Each new section/heading should start on a new page.
• Use a section break after the last line of the last page of front matter in order to start page numbering on the next section.