Dissertations

Guidelines of a Dissertation

Nature of Degree Dissertation
Binding of Dissertation
Printing of Dissertation
How to Format a Dissertation
How to Write Citations and References

Nature of Degree Dissertation

Master’s Thesis

A master’s thesis must be based on sound basic knowledge of the field of study, and the subject must be organized with academic validity, and the theory must be clearly described.

Doctoral dissertation

A doctoral dissertation exhibits the ability to carry out independent academic research with sufficient knowledge of the major in the field of study, and clearly revise or extend basic knowledge or skill to a considerable extent.

Binding of Dissertation

A dissertation must be written using Hangul, MS Word, etc.

Dissertation for Assessment

Page size: A4 (21cm×29.7cm)
Margins: header 10 mm, footer 15 mm, top 38.5 mm, bottom 33.5 mm, left 35 mm, right 35 mm
Cover letter color: Black

Final Thesis (for submission)

Degree thesis book
- Size: 4×6 (19cm×26cm)
- Hard cover: Black is used, and letters are printed with gold foil.
- Paper quality: All except the label must be white paper (vellum paper).
Submission of degree thesis file: one degree thesis file
The degree thesis title must match the title of the thesis assessment referral submitted after completion of thesis assessment.

Printing of Dissertation

Printing of Dissertation
Dissertation structure	The final thesis must be in a one column layout and both sides, in principle.
Fonts and Point Size	Cover and abstract: see Attachment In principle, the font size of the main text is 10pt to 11pt. The format of the text is Shinmyeongjo font and the font color is black, in principle.

How to Format a Dissertation

Humanities and Social Sciences

Description Order

Table of Contents, Abstract (foreign text) and Keywords, Introduction, Main Text (theoretical background, research design, analysis results and interpretation), Conclusions, References, Appendices, Acknowledgments (if necessary)

Please note the following when writing a dissertation

Please note the following when writing a dissertation
Dissertation Title	In principle, the thesis title must be concise, without a subtitle. If possible, do not use “A study or research on … ”.
Language of the Dissertation	Korean, Korean and Chinese, other foreign languages or mixed languages. However, in a Korean and Korean and Chinese thesis, foreign text words that can be expressed in Korean or Chinese must be expressed in Korean or Chinese as much as possible. If it is inevitable to use an unfamiliar foreign language word, put the foreign language word in parentheses ( ) after the Korean or Chinese text, but do not use ( ) in the following description. (Example) “……에 상표자산(brand equity)이 있다. 상표자산은 ……”
Table of Contents	The table of contents must be printed on a separate sheet in the table of contents, list of tables, and list of figures.
Numbering of Chapter, Section, Paragraph, Sub-paragraph	Chapter Ⅰ, Ⅱ, Ⅲ …………………………………………………15pt Gothic font Section 1, 2, 3 …………………………………………………12pt Gothic font Paragraph (1), (2), (3) …………………………………………11pt Gothic font Sub-paragraph ①, ②, ③ ………………………………………10pt Gothic font
Tables and Figures	In principle, the titles and explanations of tables and figures must be written in the language written in the text. In addition, the titles of tables and figures must be written at the top of the tables and figures, but when written in a foreign language, the first letters of words must be capitalized. If you need to identify the source, please indicate it in detail at the bottom of the table and figure. (Example 1) <표 1> 실험설계의 개관 <그림 1> 관찰학습의 하위과정 (Example 2) Table 1 Overview of Experiment Design Figure 1 Subprocess of Observational Learning Numbers in tables and figures must be quoted in the main text.
Conclusion	The content of the conclusion should be expressed concisely.
Abstract	The abstract must be written on a new page without continuing to the space after the table of contents. The length of the abstract must be within two pages as much as possible. Abstracts of foreign texts (English, German, French, etc.) must be attached to the paper in Korean and Chinese text theses, and abstracts of Korean or Korean and Chinese texts must be attached to a foreign text thesis. For the titles of foreign text abstracts, the first letters of all words except articles, prepositions, and conjunctions must be capitalized. (Example) The Moderating Role of the Need for Humor in Advertising Responses At the end of the abstract, change lines to indicate keywords. In a foreign text abstract, add an asterisk (*) at the end of the title and a footnote indicating that the degree thesis is at the bottom (see Examples 6 and 13)
Restrictions on the use of footnotes	In principle, footnotes for citations are not permitted. However, if it is inevitable to use them in the text description, provide the number at the top of the part and draw a line at the bottom of the same page, and then briefly explain it below or describe it as shown in the description order of cited literature below. (Example) “What problem space1 consumers conceive can have a decisive influence on consumers' judgments and choices.” 1) According to Simon and Lea (1974), the problem space is a set of things that represent the knowledge state. Here, the state of knowledge means the set of … ….
Content	The content must be described in accurate and appropriate terms, and must be written without any defects in the composition, the method of presentation, and the method of describing references or citations. After understanding the theories or arguments in the relevant field broadly and deeply, try to make them your own, and refrain from relying excessively on or citing other peoples' theories or arguments. However, in cases where it is unavoidable, you can cite and disclose the source so as not to violate copyright law. When citing a specific page of a book, it is written in the main text and not in the references. (Example 1) “It refers to a state in which the view of the world has changed (Lee Hong-woo 1992: 172).” (Example 1) “It refers to a state in which the view of the world has changed (Lee Hong-woo 1992: 172).” (Example 2) “On this point, Krug (1967: 17) says as follows.” In the case of citation, it must be based on the original text (source), but re-citation of a citation is not allowed. (Example) “According to Seo Jeong-hee (2004), Robin et al. (1994) classified shopping value into utility value and pleasure value, and developed conceptual definition and scale and validated.” The description of author's name in the main text is as follows. (Example 1) “Kim Ae-soon and Yoon Jin (1997)… … .” (Example 2) “Dobni and Zinkhan (1990)… … .” (Example 3) “… … The addictive purchase is also an important issue in …. (Kwon Mi-hwa. Lee Gi-choon Lee 2000; An Gil-sang•Lee Kyung-hee1997).” (Example 4) “Kim Jeong-gu et al. (2002)… … .” (Example 5) “It has been evaluated as a key element for … (Moorman et al, 1992).” The name of a book or thesis author must be written only with the last name, and the author's name must not be omitted even if the book or thesis by the same author continues to appear. (Example 1) “According to Lee Si-hyeong (1993), there is … . However, referring to Lee Si-hyoeng (1993)… there is no … ." (Example 2) “The peer group… … has an important influence on the establishment of self-identity in adolescence (Erikson, 1968). Erikson (1968) defies self-identity as … .” For two or more works published by the same author in the same year, the year must be followed by a, b, c to separate them. (Example 1) Kwon Young-cheol (1996a), Kwon Young-cheol (1996b) (Example 2) Arndt (1968a), Arndt (1968b)

Natural Sciences

Order of Description

Table of Contents, Abstract (foreign text) and Keywords, Symbols (if necessary), Introduction, Related Theories, Experimental Materials and Methods, Experimental Results and Discussion, Conclusion, References, Appendices, Acknowledgments (if necessary)

Please note the following when writing a dissertation

Please note the following when writing a dissertation
Dissertation Title	In principle, the thesis title must be concise, and no subtitle is attached. If possible, add “… … Do not post “research or consideration about.”
Language of the Dissertation	Korean, Korean and Chinese, other foreign languages or mixed languages. However, in a Korean and Korean and Chinese thesis, foreign language words that can be expressed in Korean or Chinese must be expressed in Korean or Chinese as much as possible. If it is inevitable to use an unfamiliar foreign language word, put the foreign language word in parentheses ( ) after the Korean or Chinese text, but do not use ( ) in the following description. (Example) “……에 건식(clam-on type)이 있다. 건식은 ……한다.”
Table of Contents	The table of contents must be printed on a separate sheet in order of list of tables and figures.
Numbering of Chapter, Section, Paragraph, Sub-paragraph	Chapter Ⅰ, Ⅱ, Ⅲ …………………………………………………15pt Gothic font Section 1, 2, 3 …………………………………………………12pt Gothic font Paragraph (1), (2), (3) …………………………………………11pt Gothic font Sub-paragraph ①, ②, ③ ………………………………………10pt Gothic font
Tables and Figures	In principle, the titles and explanations of tables and figures must be written in the language written in the text. In addition, the titles of tables and figures must be written at the top of the tables and figures, but when written in a foreign language, the first letters of words must be capitalized. If you need to identify the source, please indicate it in detail at the bottom of the table and figure. (Example 1) <표 1> 수직적재 <그림 1> 2단 1교직 틀 (Example 2) Table 1 Vertical Load Only Figure 1 Two Story One Bay Frame Numbers in tables and figures must be quoted in the text.
Conclusion	The content of the conclusion should be expressed concisely.
Abstract	The abstract must be written on a new page without continuing to the space after the table of contents. The length of the abstract must be within two pages as much as possible. Abstracts of foreign texts (English, German, French, etc.) must be attached to the paper in Korean and Chinese text theses, and abstracts of Korean or Korean and Chinese texts must be attached to a foreign text thesis. For the titles of foreign text abstracts, the first letters of all words except articles, prepositions, and conjunctions must be capitalized. (Example) The Moderating Role of the Need for Humor in Advertising Responses At the end of the abstract, change lines to indicate keywords. In the foreign text abstract, add an asterisk (*) at the end of the title and a footnote indicating that the degree thesis is at the bottom (See Example 6 and 13)
Restrictions on the use of footnotes	In principle, footnotes for citations are not permitted. However, if it is inevitable to use them in the text description, provide the number at the top of the part and draw a line at the bottom of the same page, and then briefly explain it below or describe it as shown in the description order of cited literature below. (Example) “Vensim PLE ³⁾ was used as a tool for creating a causal loop diagram.” 3) Vensim is a simulation program developed by Ventana, USA, and supports scientific decision making by conducting realistic experiments in virtual reality.
Content	The content must be described in accurate and appropriate terms, and must be written without any defects in the composition, the method of presentation, and the method of describing references or citations. After understanding the theories or arguments in the relevant field broadly and deeply, try to make them your own, and refrain from relying excessively on or citing other peoples' theories or arguments. However, in cases where it is unavoidable, you can cite and disclose the source so as not to violate copyright law. When citing a specific page of a book, it is written in the main text and not in the references. (Example 1) “>Figure 1< shows the molecular dipole rearrangement process of dielectric heating (Kim Jong-gyeom et al. 2000: 141-144).” (Example 2) “According to Harrington's (1961: 106-110) equivalence principle… … .” In the case of citation, it must be based on the original text (source), but re-citation of a citation is not allowed. (Example) “According to Kim Yong-min et al. (2001), Hagen et al. (2002) said the low level of education and socio-economy reported … and emphasized the importance of …..” The description of author's name in the main text is as follows. (Example 1) “Lee Kyung-moo and Jang Yo-han (2002)… ” (Example 2) “Zheng and Zhang (1999)… .” (Example 3) “In order to examine the applicability of the nonlinear analysis method, the nonlinear analysis of the curved PSC cable-stayed bridge was performed and results were compared with the linear analysis results (Lee Jae-seok and Choi Gyu-cheon Choi 2004).” (Example 4) “Lim Seung-woon et al. (2001) reported that …. used for pain relief after surgery does not cause a periodicity tendency in female patients and can be used with confidence.” (Example 5) “In a construction database, duality is used to represent the trajectory for indexation (Agarwal et al. 2000).” The name of a book or thesis author must be written only with the last name, and the author's name must not be omitted even if the book or thesis by the same author continues to appear. (Example 1) “In the study of Choi Mi-kyung et al. (1991), iron concentration decreased significantly in colostrum…. Choi Mi-kyung et al. (1991) collect breast milk in the morning and analyze it using … .” (Example 2) “A bilingual dictionary is mainly extracted from existing paper dictionaries (Dagan et al. 1993). … … Among them, research is being conducted to build a dictionary from the corpus, and in particular, Dagan et al. (1993)… … we are interested in research to reduce the amount of computation and improve accuracy.” For two or more works published by the same author in the same year, the year must be followed by a, b, c to separate them (Example 1) Kim Young-min (1977a), Kim Young-min (1977b) (Example 2) Weber-Shirik and Dick (1997a), Weber-Shirik and Dick (1997b)

How to Write Citations and References

Humanities and Social Sciences

References

Literature that is not cited in the text cannot be included in the references.
For references, collect Asian and Western literature and list them on a separate page after the main text. The names of authors of Asian literature must be written in the order of 가, 나, 다 for domestic literature, and consonant and vowel order of the relevant language for other literatures, and alphabetical order for Western literature. However, for two or more works published in the same year by the same author, describe them in the order of a, b, and c.
(Example 1) Kang Hyo-seok (1991a), “Empirical Analysis on the Impact of Investment Banks on the Low Price of IPOs,” Financial Management Research, 8, 31-45.
Kang Hyo-seok (1991b), “A Study on the Inverse Selection Phenomena in New Public Offering Market,” Korean Economic Research, 5, 191-208.
(Example 2) Adams, J. Stacy (1965a), “Toward an Understanding of Inequity,” Journal of Abnormal and Social Psychology, 67(5), 422-436.
Adams, J. Stacy(1965b), “Inequity in Social Exchange,” in Leonard Berkowitz, (ed.), Advances in Experimental Social Psychology, 2, New York, NY : Academic Press, 267-299.
In the reference literature, all of the author's names must be listed. It must not be expressed as … Etc... … et al.
Names of books and academic journals (including magazine names) and scientific names in Korean or Korean and Chinese texts must be written in Gothic font. The number of volumes in the journal must be written in Gothic font.
Names of books and academic journals (including magazine names) and scientific names in foreign texts must be written in Italic font, and the first letters of all words except articles, prepositions, and conjunctions must be written in capital letters.
 For the author's name appearing at the beginning of foreign literature, put the first name (or the first letter of the first name) before the last name, and put the last name behind the first name in other cases.
(Example) Wright, L. and J. H. Borland (1992)

The order of writing and describing references is as follows.

The order of writing and describing references is as follows.
Book	a. Book: Author's name, year of publication, book name (Gothic font for Eastern literature, Italic font for Western literature), number of editions (Gothic font for Eastern literature, Italic font for Western literature except for the first edition), place of publication, publisher. (Example 1) Park A-chung Park (1990), World of Identity, Seoul, History of Education Science. (Example 2) Rokeach, M. J. (1974), The Nature of Human Values, New York, NY: The Free Press. b. Translated book: Original author's name (translator's name), year of publication, book name (Gothic font), number of editions (Gothic font, except for the first edition, place of publication, publisher. (Example) Susan Hayward (Translated by Lee Young-ki) (1999), Film Dictionary: Theory and Criticism, Seoul, Hannarae
Dissertation	Author's name, year of publication, title of dissertation (Gothic font for Eastern literature, Italic font for Western literature) Journal name, volume (or season), number of pages (Example 1) Cho Sung-pyo and Jeong Jae-yong (2001), “Analysis of Multi-period Profit of R&D Expenditure,” Business Administration Research, 30(1), 289-315. (Example 2) Dant, Rajiv P. and Patrick J. Kaufmann (2003), “Structural and Strategic Dynamics in Franchising,” Journal of Retailing, 79(2), 63-75. (Example 3) Anderson, L. F. (1991), “A Rationale for Global Education,” in K. A. Tye, (ed.), Global Education from Thought to Action, Alexanderia, VA: The Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, 13-34.
Degree Dissertation	Author's name, year of publication, title of thesis, university of publication (Example 1) Lee Jae-hee Lee (2001), The Relationship Between Mentoring Experience and Self-identity of High school students, Master's thesis at Chungbuk National University Graduate School. (Example 2) Honea, Heather (2001), Affect and Consumer Response to Promotions, Unpublished Doctoral dissertation, Ph. D., Berkeley, CA: University of California at Berkeley.

Cited Literature

The order of describing citations in footnotes is the same as the order of describing references.

(Example 1) Bock Geo-il (1999), Counting for Fairy Tales, Seoul, Literature and Intelligence
(Example 2) Jeong Hyo-gu (2001), “IMF Bailout System and Korean Literature,” Humanities Journal, 21, 45-69.
(Example 3) Kraut, R. (1984), Socrates and the State, Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.
(Example 4) Kaplan, S. and M. Sawhey (2000), “E-hubs: New B2B Marketplaces,” Harvard Business Review, 78(3), 97-104.

Natural Science

References

Literature that is not cited in the text cannot be included in the references.
For references, collect Asian and Western literature and list them separately on a separate page after the main text. The names of authors of Asian literature must be written in the order of 가, 나, 다 for domestic literature, and consonant and vowel order of the relevant language for other literatures, and alphabetical order for Western literature. However, for two or more works published in the same year by the same author, describe them in the order of a, b, and c.
(Example 1) Lim Hwa-kyung, Kim Hak-sung and Choi Jong-won (2000a), “Therapeutic Effects of Bergenin and Acetylbergenin on Carbon Tetrachloride-induced Hepatotoxicity Ⅰ,” Journal of the Korean Society of Applied Pharmacology, 8(4), 293-298. Lim hwa-kyung , Kim Hak-sung and Choi Jong-won (2000b), “Therapeutic Effects of Bergenin and Acetylbergenin on Galactosamine-induced Hepatotoxicity,” Journal of the Korean Society of Pharmacognosy, 31(3), 351-356.
(Example 2) Chakrabarti, K. and S. Mehrotra(1999a), “The Hybird Tree : An Index Structure for High-dimensional Feature Spaces,” in Proceedings of ICDE, 440-447.
Chakrabarti, K. and S. Mehrotra(1999b), “Efficient Concurrency Control in Multidimensional Access Methods,” in Proceedings of ACM SIGMOD, 25-36.
In the reference literature, all of the authors’ names must be written. It must not be expressed as … Etc... … et al.
Names of books and academic journals (including magazine names) and scientific names in Korean or Korean and Chinese texts must be written in Gothic font. The number of volumes of a journal must be written in Gothic font.
Names of books and academic journals (including magazine names) and scientific names in foreign texts must be written in italic font, and the first letters of all words except articles, prepositions, and conjunctions must be written in capital letters.
For the name of an author that appears at the beginning of foreign literature, put the first name (or the first letter of the first name) before the last name, and put the last name behind the first name in other cases.
(Example) Panina, L. V. and K. Mohri (1994)

The order of writing and listing references is as follows.

The order of writing and describing references is as follows.
Book	a. Book: Author's name, year of publication, book name (Gothic font for Eastern literature, italic font for Western literature), number of editions (Gothic font for Eastern literature, italic font for Western literature except for the first edition), place of publication, publisher. (Example 1) Kim Do-hoon, Moon Tae-hoo, Kim Dong-hwan (1999), System Dynamics, Seoul, Daeywong Culture (Example 2) Fudenberg, D. and J. Tirole (1991), Game Theory, Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press. b. Translated book: Original author's name (translator's name), year of publication, book name (Gothic font), number of editions (Gothic font, except for the first edition), place of publication, publisher. (Example 3) Michael L. Schuler • Picret Kargi (translated by Oh Kye-hyun ) (1996), Microorganism for wastewater treatment, Seoul, Donghwa Technology.
Thesis	Author's name, year of publication, title of thesis (Gothic font for Eastern literature, italic font for Western literature), journal name, volume (or season), number of pages. (Example 1) Han Seong-geun, Song Jeong-han, Chang Jae-woo, Kim Hyun-ki, Jang Hyun-gyu (1999), “Design and Implementation of SGML Index Manager Suitable for Dynamic Environment,” Journal of Korea Information Processing Society, 6(10), 12-24. (Example 2) Henze, M. (1991), “Capabilities of Biological Nitrogen Removal Processes from Wastewater,” Water Science Technology, 23(4-6), 669-679. (Example 3) Karypis, G. and V. Kumar (1993), “Efficient Parallel Mappings of a Dynamic Programming Algorithm: A Summary of Results,” in Proceedings of 7th International Parallel Processing Symposium, 563-568. (Example 4) Belyaev, Alexander G., Elena V. Anoshkina, Runhe Huang, and Tosiyasu L. Kunii (1995), “Ridges and Ravines on a Surface and Related Geometry of Skeletons, Caustics, and Wavefronts,” in RA Earnshaw and JA Vince, (eds.), CG International 95: Visual Computing-Multimedia, Visualization, and Virtual Reality, 311-326.
Degree Thesis	Author's name, year of publication, title of thesis, university of publication. (Example 1) Won Seong-yeon (1999), Effect of environmental factors on nitrification reaction, Doctoral thesis in Chungbuk Nation University Graduate School (Example 2) Choudhury, D.(1986), Analysis of Curved Nonprismatic Reinforced and Prestressed Concrete Box Girder Bridges, Unpublished Doctoral Thesis, Ph. D., Division of Structural Engineering, Mechanics, and Materials, Department of Civil Engineering, Berkeley, CA: University of California at Berkeley.

Cited Literature

The order of listing citations in footnotes is the same as the order of listing references.

(Example 1) Kim Young-sik, Lim Gyeong-soon (1999), Science History and the Doctrine of God, Seoul, Dasan Publishing House.
(Example 2) Nam Jeong-hyun. Kim Chi-kyung, Lee Jae-goo, Lee Gil-jae (1994), “Analysis of the homology of biphenyl and 4-Chlorobiphenyl degradation genes by Southern Hybridization,” Journal of the Korean Society for Microbiology and Biotechnology, 22(1), 37-44.
(Example 3) Newton, Isaac, I. Bernard Cohen, and Anne Whitman (1999), The Principia: Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy, Berkeley. CA: University of California Press.
(Example 4) Poulsen, H. E., H. Prieme, and S. Loft (1998), “Role of Oxidative DNA Damage in Cancer Initiation and Promotion,” European Journal of Cancer Prevention, 7, 9-16.

※ For an example of writing a thesis, please refer to the Archive.