Approval Sheet

Below is a sample of the format of the approval sheet that comes after the title page.

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Download template for Bachelors and Masters approval sheet here.

Download template for Doctorate approval sheet here

Title: APPROVAL SHEET (center, all caps, font 12, bold)

Title and author information:
This thesis entitled “TITLE OF THE STUDY HERE,” prepared and submitted by <<STUDENT 1, STUDENT 2 and STUDENT X>> in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of <<Place the name of the degree, followed by the major if applicable>>, has been examined and recommended for acceptance and approval for oral examination.

Name and signature of adviser (right side)

Mid Title: ORAL EXAMINATION COMMITTEE: (center, all caps, font 12, bold)

Approval and rating clause: Approved by the Committee on Oral Examination with a grade of ____.

Names and signature of panel members (chairman last in the byline, center)

Approval and degree clause: Accepted and approved in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of <<degree and major here>>.

Name and signature of the program chairperson (left side)

Name and signature of the dean (right side)

Notes on the approval sheet:

• The signing of this form will only be done when final revisions are made and approved. Adviser will sign first, followed by the panel members, then the panel chair, then the chairperson and last the dean. 
• You may only hard-bind the papers when all the signatures are complete.
• Make sure that the full names of all the signatories are complete (given name, middle initial and last name, together with the necessary prefixes and suffixes).
• Once this sheet is completely signed, save a pdf file of the scanned copy for saving later in the accompanying CD, before binding.
• Pagination is small roman numerals (ii).

Title Page

The title page is the first page of the research paper/proposal. Below is an example of a title page, together with the general formatting guidelines for its major parts.

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Download title page template here.

The title page has five parts: (1) title; (2) institutional affiliation; (3) degree information; (4) name of author, and; (5) month and year of publication.

Title. The guidelines in writing the title of the study is as follows:

1.     Ideally, the length of the title is 21 words. The presented should be an inverted pyramid. Ideally, the title will not occupy more than three lines.

2.     The title should articulate the variables and/or phenomenon examined by study.

3.     It may contain the population and/or locale of the study, especially if the disclosure of the context is important in the study.

4.     The title should give a clue on what the research design is. Examples are provided below:

a.     Some titles imply the design used:

                                                    i.     Family profile and parenting styles as correlates of learning attitudes among Paulinian Students (non-experimental, descriptive, correlational)

                                                  ii.     Effect of music therapy on the pain among children receiving influenza vaccination (experimental: remember, only use the word EFFECT if you are doing an experimental study)

                                                 iii.     Lived experiences of married Paulinian flight attendants (phenomenology)

                                                 iv.     Towards an understanding of the development of Christocentric Paschal spirituality among SPC aspirants (grounded theory)

b.     Some titles may indicate the design used, especially if the study is a mixed methods design, or the design is fairly new:

                                                    i.     Mental resilience and homesickness among OFW mothers in the Middle East: a sequential explanatory mixed methods study

                                                  ii.     Evaluation of the human resource practices of one and two star hotels in Malate, Manila: a multiple case study

                                                 iii.     Towards the development of nutritional and culinary guidelines for adolescents with diabetes type 2: a Delphi study

                                                 iv.     Aspiration of young Aeta girls in Botolan, Zambales: a Photovoice approach

5.     Studies with outputs must indicate the name of the output. Examples are as follows:

a.     Entrepreneurial skills and socioeconomic status of mothers in Barangay 123 as input for a livelihood training program (study focus, and then research output)

b.     Development of a media literacy scale for Filipino adolescents (research output only)

6.     Although creativity is welcome in constructing titles, a good title should be able to articulate the study objectives clearly, in a straight-forward manner, with or without figures of speech.

7.     Based on the design and results of the study, the proposal title may be different with the final title of the study.

Institutional affiliation. This is placed eight (8) single spaces after the last line of the title. Follow the box below for the general format:

A Dissertation	>Type of study/requirement*
Presented to	>“Presented to” clause
the Faculty of College of Education	>Name of the college
ST. PAUL UNIVERSITY MANILA	>Name of the school (All Caps)
*Changes in the first line: “A Proposal” (if you are submitting a proposal) “A Research” (if you are submitting a full paper as a class/work requirement) “A Thesis” (if you are submitting a full Bachelors or Masters paper) “A Dissertation” (if you are submitting a full Doctorate paper)

Figure 1. Parts of the institutional affiliation part of title page

Degree information. This is placed ten (10) single spaces (or less, based on the number of authors) after the last line of the institutional affiliation part. Follow the box below for the general format:

In Partial Fulfillment	>same for all
of the Requirements for the Degree	>same for all
Doctor of Philosophy in Nursing Education	>Name of degree
Major in Educational Leadership and Management	>Name of major (if applicable)

Figure 1. Parts of the institutional affiliation part of title page

Name of Author. Indicate full name of the author/s, all caps, bold, center-aligned.

·      If there is only one author, Given name should come first, followed by middle initial, followed by last name. The prefixes and suffixes of the name can be included (as in JOSE P. LAUREL, CPA).

·      If there are two or more authors, Last name should come first, followed by given name, followed by the middle initial (as in ALONZO, BEA G.). The names should be arranged alphabetically.

·      Foreign authors with English names should indicate their English names inside parentheses after their original name.

Month and year. Indicate the month and year when the proposal or final paper had been submitted. For the hard bound copy of theses and dissertations, the date should be when the all the panel members have signed the approval sheet.

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