
Elliott School of International Affairs
A Style Guide for the front pages for a dissertation and master's thesis provided below have been adapted for the Elliot School of International Affairs within the context of University formatting standards. This style guide is provided for illustrative purposed only and not intended to be used as a template. The MS Word template provided below is offered in a beta format. Feedback on these templates can be sent to etds@gwu.edu.
The body of the manuscript (chapters, bibliography and appendices) should be written in a style appropriate for your field of study or you school specific guidelines, with the exception of page margins, page numbering and page order. Styles for formatting bibliographies, footnotes, and/or endnotes should be consistent with the chosen style used to format the body of your document. For more information on citation styles and citation tools, please see the webpage Writing Styles.
Template: (Title Page-Abstract Page) (temporarily unavailable)
Instructions: Open the template and save it under a new name. The text highlighted in yellow on the new document may be edited with your specific information. Please delete the optional pages you do not wish to use. (The shading or highlight will not display when printed or converted to a pdf.)
Sample Format for ESIA Mater's Theses - DO NOT USE AS A TEMPLATE
Master's Thesis Sample Format