Abstract/Copyright Pages

The title of the document matches exactly on the abstract, title page, and signature page--word for word and line for line--using all uppercase letters and an "inverted pyramid" shape (the longest line comes first followed by progressively shorter lines).

The Copyright page is not required. You can include a Copyright page in your document whether you have registered your manuscript with the Copyright Office or not. The page is a reminder to readers that you, as the creator of the document, have copyright privileges to the information within the document. The Copyright page does not have a page number and is not counted as a page in the document, so the numbering of pages that follow the copyright page is not affected by the presence of a Copyright page in the document.

NOTE: The templates were created using the 2013 version of Microsoft Word. If a template is downloaded in another version of Word or another word processing program, the formatting may be incorrect. Also, if a template is copied and pasted into another document, the settings of that document (margins, page number settings, font style, etc.) may affect the look of the template.

This Microsoft Word document can be saved to your computer to use as a template. It was created using Microsoft Office 2013 version of Word. Please email thesis@csulb.edu if you have problems with the download.

This Microsoft Word document can be saved to your computer to use as a template. It was created using Microsoft Office 2013 version of Word. Please email thesis@csulb.edu if you have problems with the download.