Learner Dissertation Page

How to Structure a Dissertation | Step-by-Step Guide

• The Dissertation House (DH) is a program of NSF’s PROMISE–Maryland’s Alliance for Graduate Education and the Professoriate (AGEP) developed to help underrepresented minority (URM) graduate students in STEM transition from PhD candidacy to completion.

• CDS assigns a Learner Dissertation Page (LDP) on the DC Network, where communication occurs with the chair and committee members. Learners are in charge of their dissertation, and the chair and committee members are there to help provide guidance through the process.

• “My dissertation examines” but “An exami - nation of . . .”). The page numbers before the text are in Roman numerals. The abstract page is the first page to be numbered, but as iii. All Roman numerals should be centered between the left and right margins, and 1 inch from the bottom of the page. The title of the page,