These are the style guides approved by each department. Please consult with your committee and program is you have any questions on which style to use or the acceptability of an alternate style guide. All matters of citations and references in the thesis should reflect the rules outlined in the department approved guide.
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Curriculum & Instruction: APA
Educational Psychology, Foundations & Leadership Studies: APA
Health, Recreation & Community Services: APA; AMA
Kinesiology: APA; AMA
Special Education: APA
Biology: CSE
Communication Sciences & Disorders: APA
Communication & Media Studies: APA; MLA; Chicago
Languages and Literatures: APA; MLA
Mathematics: Slade, Campbell, & Ballou; Turabian
Mathematics Education: APA
Music: APA; Irvine’s; MLA; Turabian
Science Education: APA
Technology: APA
Applied Human Sciences: APA
Geography: Chicago; APA
History: Turabian
Psychology: APA
Women’s & Gender Studies: Varies; Consult Advisor
After the body of the work, all students (with the exception of some creative theses) should have a page listing the full bibliographic information for all sources cited within the text. It should be labeled appropriately based on the style guide used to cite sources (ex: APA will have References, MLA will have Works Cited). This heading should be centered, bold, and located at the top of a new page.
The entries will be formatted according to the requirements outlined by the style guide and should be double spaced with a hanging indent.
To properly insert a hanging indent, please use the tab stops or indentation function rather than pressing the tab button.
In Word: open the paragraph dialog box (use pop out button on Windows or the Format menu on Mac) and select "hanging" for the indentation.
In Google Docs: under format, go to align & indent and open the indentation options. Select hanging.
