Republic of the Philippines

EASTERN VISAYAS STATE UNIVERSITY

Tacloban City

COLLEGE OF ARCHITECTURE AND ALLIED DISCIPLINE

ARCHITECTURE DEPARTMENT

GENERAL INFORMATION AND REQUIREMENTS ON UNDERGRADUATE

ARCHITECTURAL THESIS PROPOSAL WRITING

A. POLICIES AND PROCEDURES

1. All BS Architecture students who are officially enrolled in the course DES 515
– Thesis Research Writing are required to prepare architectural thesis
proposals which need to be approved and recommended by the Thesis
Adviser for proposal hearing.

2. The Class Adviser assigns the students to qualified thesis advisers who are
members of the Architecture Department of the College of Architecture and
Allied Discipline. Advising services shall be free of charge.

3. In special cases and with the approval of the Class Adviser, the services of an
adviser who is not a member of the Architecture Department may be allowed
provided that he or she is an architect who, at the minimum, holds a master’s
degree. The agreement on the consultation schedules and fee of the
external adviser shall be between the adviser and the advisees.

4. Upon approval of the thesis proposal by the Thesis Adviser, the student
submits it to the Class Adviser who in turn will form the Thesis Committee for
the proposal hearing. The committee shall be composed of not less than
three (3) members with the Class Adviser as the Chairman and the Thesis
Adviser as one of the members.

5. The student must submit to the Class Adviser not less than three (3) printed
copies of the thesis proposal with the written endorsement or
recommendation of the Thesis Adviser for proposal hearing. These copies
will be distributed to the members of the Thesis Committee.

6. The Class Adviser must schedule the Proposal Hearing two (2) weeks at the
most after distribution of thesis proposal copies to the members of the Thesis
Committee for examination and/or review. Thesis Proposals submitted one
week or less before the end of the first semester will automatically earn an
INC (Incomplete) grade and the proposal hearing for such will be scheduled
in the next semester.
 7. Presentation during the proposal hearing must be limited to fifteen (15)
minutes focusing primarily on the problem, need, issue, and/or opportunity
that the study aims to address through the proposed terminal project,
objectives of the study or statement of the problem, and parts of the research
methodology.

8. Revisions required by the Thesis Committee during the proposal hearing

should be accomplished by the students before the end of the semester.
Approval of the proposal will only be conferred by the members of the
Committee upon presentation of the revised manuscript. Approval is
confirmed by the signatures of the Thesis Committee members in the
approval sheet. Their mean ratings will be the final exam grade for the
course DES 515.

9. Two (2) soft-bound copies of approved thesis proposal must be submitted to

the Class Adviser. The Thesis Adviser may ask for a printed or electronic
copy of the approved thesis proposal.

10. Students shall undergo another proposal hearing if the Thesis Committee
adjudged the proposals to be in need of major revisions.

B. MANUSCRIPT CONSTRUCTION

Paper

Good quality, white, unlined, non-punched, 8½” x11” paper must be used for the original
copy. The thesis must be printed on one side of the paper.

Typeface

Any legible font, except script, italic, or ornamental fonts, is acceptable for the body of
the text. The chosen font should be used throughout. Standard font size for text is 12.
For footnotes and endnotes, no font smaller than 10 will be accepted. Arial, Times New
Roman, Helvetica and Century Gothic are recommended. Italics may be used for
quotations and words in a foreign language. The print should be letter quality with black
characters that are clear and easy to read.

Spacing
Double spacing is required throughout the manuscript. Footnotes, bibliographic entries,
long quoted passages, figure and table captions, and items in lists and tables may be
single-spaced. If individual footnote or bibliographic entries are single-spaced, there
must be double-spacing between each entry. There are special spacing requirements
for some of the preliminary pages.

Margins

Margins must be uniform on all pages. Margin requirements apply to all materials
included in the thesis/dissertation such as figures, tables, photographs, etc., and all
material in appendices. The margins of the thesis page are:
• 1 inch minimum on the top and bottom
• 1.5 inches minimum on the left
• 1 inch minimum on the right
Page numbers must fall within the margins. Page numbers must be placed in the top
right-hand corner of the page. The body of the text must be in fully/double justified with
one inch indentation of each paragraph’s first sentence.

Pagination

Each page of the entire manuscript must be numbered, except where stated below.
There are to be no headings to the left of the page number. The placement of page
numbers must be consistent throughout the manuscript. Pages should be numbered
sequentially throughout the manuscript. Preliminary pages are numbered as follows:

 The Title Page is counted as page i (assumed, do not print number).

 The Approval Sheet is counted as page ii (assumed, do not print number).
 The main body of the text are consecutively numbered with Arabic numerals
beginning page “1” and continuing throughout including List of References.

C. ORGANIZATION OF CONTENT

Cover Page

Title Page
The title should appear like an inverted pyramid if it runs over one line. It
should be written in upper case letters using single spacing. The heading should
be 3 inches from the top of the page.
The full legal name of the student should appear in bold upper case letters
followed by the course, year and section, and the month and year when the
 manuscript is accomplished in uppercase-lowercase letters (See attached
sample).

Approval Sheet
 
Table of Contents (Only pages that come after the Table of Contents are listed.)

Part 1 Introduction
1.1 Background of the Study (This refers to the overview of the project discussing
the factors that lead to the conceptualization of the problem.)
1.2 Objectives of the Study (Includes main objective and specific objectives.) or
Statement of the Problem (This refers to the problems, both general and
specific which the research proponent/s hope/s to solve or offer solutions.)
1.3 Significance of the Study(This refers to the possible contribution of the study to
national goals/plans, national policies, regional or local goals/plans, community
goals/plans, and/or site planning, architectural design and relevant academic
exercises.)
1.4 Scope and Delimitation of the Study (This refers to the scope or inclusive
frame of reference, as well as, limits of the study.)
1.5 Definition of Terms (This refers to the contextual and operational
meanings of the variables in the study.)

Part 2 Review of Related Literature (This refers to the body of literature

related to the study and a discussion on how the study is related to the current
researches in the field.)
2.2 Related Readings
2.3 Related Literature 
2.4 Related Studies
2.5 Conceptual/Theoretical Framework of the Study (This includes a
discussion of the different theories and models that provide the conceptual
underpinning of the study or the legitimate bases for defining its parameters.)
Part 3 Methodology
3.1 Research Design
3.2 Research Instruments
3.3 Research Method and Procedure
3.3.1 Data to Be Collected
3.3.2 Data Collection Method
Examples of Methods:
Observations
Interviews
More literature review
Questionnaire Survey
Photographic Survey
Map making (GIS/Remote Sensing)
Retrospective-Prospective Study or Before-and-After Study 
Case studies method, etc. Comparison of local, as well as,
international case studies methods.
Experimentation (Practical Modeling)
3.3.4 Method/s of Data Utilization for Design

LIST OF REFERENCES

Prepared by: Archt. Charlotte B. Montaño, MArch

References: Clark University Thesis Format Guide (updated 1/2011); La Consolacion Manila
Undergraduate Thesis Writing Guide (2011); Blog archive of Ravindar Kumar, Assistant
Professor of the Department of Architecture and Planning of the NED University of
Engineering and Technology in Karachi.