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count them and “amount” when you cannot; e.g., a “small number of artists” but “an
small amount of time.”
Try not to split up verbs; e.g., “began to work together intentionally” not “began
to intentionally work together,” and “the tactic is being used increasingly by” not “the
tactic is being increasingly used by.”
“Studies have shown that…” doesn’t cut it in a senior project. You need to
identify and cite the studies.
Do not mix description and prescription. To make it clear whether you are
wearing the hat of a scholar or an advocate, keep your pronouncements of what should
happen separate from your reports of what does or has happened. Otherwise, readers may
not be clear which role you are playing at any particular point in the project, and be
unnecessarily suspicious of your assertions of fact. It may be a good idea to confine your
advocacy to clearly labeled sections or even a separate (perhaps concluding) chapter.
Putting the Project in Final Form
For the final senior project, students should follow a standard format and produce an
original copy, plus two photocopies of the print version of the final project as well as the
electronic version. The original copy is for the student. One photocopy is for the project
advisor, and the other for permanent housing in the Windate Writing Center.
Paper: Use white, unlined, 20 lb. bond paper. The same paper must be used
throughout each copy. The copies should be permanently and sturdily bound using one of
the methods available at Miami Audio-Visual Services, Oxford Copy Shop or Copy
Nation. Do not use metal bindings. The cover should be of a heavier type of material or a
suitable cover stock paper. (See The Cover above, under Outside the Body of the
Project.)
Font and Style: Use plain or standard type, not script or italic. The font should be
twelve point (or ten point if the font is particularly large), and the style should be easy to
read. The text must be on only one side of the paper (the same is true for photocopying).
Double-space all textual material. Long quotations should be indented on the left margin,
five to eight spaces at each margin and single-spaced. Symbols and marks should be done
with the computer word processor when possible. Otherwise, they can be made by hand
with permanent black ink and a fine point pen.
Printing and Text Readability: Make sure you carefully spell-check and
proofread your manuscript before submitting it in final form. Pen and ink corrections are
not acceptable.
Only the highest letter quality or clean-copy laser printing is acceptable. Printers
should be carefully cleaned and serviced before using for the final version. If you do not
plan on printing the project on a laser printer, please show a sample page of the printer
being used to the workshop coordinator for review and approval.
Margins: Margins must be as follows: Left: 1.5 inch Top: 1 inch Right: 1 inch
Bottom: 1 inch note: margins and pagination cause the most errors and are most difficult
to correct. Be sure you understand the requirements and print out sample pages well
before the deadline.
Page Numbering: Every page is assigned a number. The preliminary pages are
numbered in lower case Roman numerals (i, ii, iii, etc.) at the bottom of the page, center,
3/4 inch above the edge. There is no number shown on the title page, but it is counted as
page i. Typed numbering actually starts at page ii. All pages of the body including plates