Self-taught undergraduate students should write their graduation thesis and conduct defense evaluation after passing the professional course examination, which is one of the important links to obtain the graduation certificate of self-taught higher education examination. In order to do a good job in the graduation thesis of Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, the following work arrangements and requirements are made:

First, the graduation thesis work arrangement

1. At the end of February (or the end of June) every year, self-taught candidates choose topics for their graduation thesis. After that, the name and contact number of the instructor will be notified to the self-taught candidates.

2. Every year 1 mid-July (or mid-July), publish the time and place of centralized tutoring by tutors on the Internet.

3. 1 Every year in late June (or late July), the thesis writing guidance is given by the thesis guidance teachers in groups.

4. Before the end of 1 every year (or at the end of July), the graduates contact the thesis supervisor to determine the topic of graduation thesis writing.

5. Submit the outline or the first draft of the thesis to the instructor before March 20th (or September 20th) every year.

6. Submit the final version (in triplicate) to the instructor before April 20th every year (or165438+1October 20th).

7. Every year at the beginning of June (or at the beginning of February of 65438+) thesis defense. (See online notice for specific time)

Second, the format requirements of graduation thesis

Graduation thesis should generally consist of the following parts.

1. Cover. Use the unified cover of the self-taught examination paper of Caida University and fill it in. The title of graduation thesis should be short, clear and general; The number of words should be appropriate, generally no more than 20 Chinese characters.

2. Review books. Fill in the review of the graduation thesis of the self-taught examination of Caida University.

3. content. The table of contents is the subtitle of each part of the paper, and the text should be concise. The table of contents is arranged by chapters, indicating the number of pages for easy reading. Chapters, sections and subsections are marked with the numbers 1, (1) 1. ( 1)。 Need a clear title hierarchy.

4. Abstracts and keywords. Summarize the content of the research topic in condensed form, with a Chinese abstract of about 300 words. Keywords are words or terms that express the content information of a paper, and the number of keywords generally does not exceed six.

5. Text. The text is a detailed statement of the research work, which generally consists of titles, words, charts, tables and formulas. The number of words is required to be around 8000 words.

6. References. Reference is an indispensable part of graduation thesis, and it is also the author's recognition and respect for other people's knowledge achievements. References should be based on serial number, author, title (title, publication name), version, etc.

7. Binding: the paper is printed on A4 paper and bound in the order of (1) to (6).

Third, other relevant requirements for graduation thesis

1. Topic selection: The topic selection should have certain academic and practical significance, be scientific and feasible, and be moderately difficult. Self-taught candidates should first draw up the direction of the thesis topic in order to designate the thesis instructor. The topic is decided by teachers and students through discussion. Once the topic is decided, it shall not be changed at will.

2. Self-taught candidates: We should humbly accept the guidance and inspection of the tutor, report the progress and ideas of the graduation thesis work to the tutor actively, and complete the graduation thesis task independently. Don't cheat, don't copy other people's achievements, and finish the graduation thesis work within the specified time.

3. Instructor: Help self-taught candidates to choose topics, guide self-taught candidates to write graduation thesis, regularly check the progress and quality of self-taught candidates' thesis, communicate with self-taught candidates to answer questions, participate in graduation thesis defense, write comments, and give grades according to the quality of graduation thesis.

4. Defense: The thesis instructor and staff form a defense team. According to the content of the paper, around the basic concepts and theories, prepare questions with different difficulties and ask questions in the defense. According to the type of questions, the self-taught candidates prepare for about 10 minutes before replying, and ask and answer about 10 minutes.

5. Achievement: The achievement of graduation thesis is generally evaluated by five-level system: excellent, good, fair, passing and failing. After the graduation thesis defense work, the candidates will be notified of the results after being examined and approved by the defense team, and go through the relevant formalities before graduation.

Shanghai university of finance and economics self-study exam office

65438+February 20, 2005