ACM Thesis Requirement

 

Thesis Overview

 

    1. Every Applied Corporate Management (ACM) student is required to complete an undergraduate thesis on a topic that aligns with the research agenda of the Management and Organization Department (MOD). The thesis is the students’ personal contribution to the body of knowledge that allows scholarly discourse to prosper. The thesis is the reflection of a student’s sophisticated understanding and insights of a particular research question. The thesis itself is a written document that the University library shall catalogue and preserve for future access.

 

    1. This document covers the policies governing the ACM thesis. It outlines the overall policies as well as procedures students undergo to complete a thesis worthy of acceptance.

 

    1. The qualitative standards for an ACM Thesis are high in consideration of the stringent qualifications that the MOD used to accept a student into the ACM program.

 

    1. Moreover, quality output includes proper research conduct. Thus, MOD has taken time to prepare a Researcher’s Code of Conduct (ACM-S005-1).

 

    1. The MOD also believes that students must learn to prepare research work that maintains a professional look. The MOD also prepared the ACM Instructions for Thesis Preparation (ACM-S005-2). The document contains the detailed instruction for preparing the manuscript.

 

 

Thesis Standards

 

    1. The MOD sets high standards for its students. Consequently, the thesis paper should reflect the following:

 

    1. The thesis must be an original work. Plagiarism is a serious offense in the academe.

 

    1. The thesis should reflect a deep understanding by the students of the research topic. Thus, students must present their interpretation of the phenomenon that demonstrates insight and creativity.

 

    1. The thesis is a scholarly output and students must write it clearly. It must be free of typographical and grammatical errors.

 

    1. Further, all ACM students are required to take the “How to Recognize Plagiarism” online test prepared by the Indiana University School of Education.

 

    1. Students must log on to https://www.indiana.edu/~tedfrick/plagiarism/. They must first learn about plagiarism and then take the test. The test developers estimate that the learning process would take around two hours.

 

    1. Do note that the College of Education, Indiana University, shall issue a Confirmation Certification only if test takers are able to perfect the test. A student who receives the certificate must printout two copies. Submit one copy to the ACM Thesis Coordinator together with the Plagiarism Confirmation Certificate (ACM-F018) and retain one copy for your files.

 

  1. The Confirmation Certificate is a pre-requisite to the Thesis Proposal defense and students must submit it to the ACM Thesis Coordinator no later than the 8th week of the term.