Honors thesis guidelines

Components of a Thesis

An honors thesis should replicate–on a smaller scale–the appearance of a dissertation or master’s thesis. For specific questions about formatting, check with your department about the style guide or citation style they would like you to follow. 

These are the typical components of a thesis: 

• Title page
• Signature page
• Abstract
• Acknowledgements
• Table of contents
• List of tables or figures
• Introduction
• Literature review
• Methodology
• Results
• Discussion
• Conclusion
• References/Works cited
• Appendices