Graduate capstones are NOT submitted to ProQuest.
However, your final approved capstone/gradaute paper will be send to RIT Digital Institutional Repository by your academic advisor when your Google Drive Submission is cleared by RIT Dubai Library. The Digital Institutional Repository is an Open-Access digital library where your work will be preserved and made available globally.
If your department does NOT require specific style guidelines, use the Chicago Manual of Style and follow these general requirements. Please indicate the nature of your work on the title page ("A Capstone Project").
The digital institutional repository for the Rochester Institute of Technology, managed by RIT Libraries.
Your graduate paper or capstone project must include the following components
I. a proper TITLE PAGE
II. UNSIGNED SIGNATURE PAGE
III. ABSTRACT with KEYWORDS
IV. Complete SIGNED SIGNATURE PAGE (as a separate submission)
I. The Title Page must include:
Title of your work
Your Name
Designate “Graduate Paper” or “Capstone Project”
Designate specific degree being received (e.g., Master of Science in Electrical Engineering)
Department Name
Full Name of College (e.g., Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences)
University Name: Rochester Institute of Technology or RIT (Indicate global campus location, i.e., RIT Dubai)
Date approved
II. The Unsigned Signature Page must include:
The names and titles of all your committee members, advisors, department chair, etc. typed below each signature line along with lines for the Date Signed. This page, which is included in the PDF of your paper should remain unsigned.
III. Abstract Page with Keywords:
An abstract is a summary of your entire work and its arguments for the reader that is no more than 300 words. It is located on a separate page AND titled ABSTRACT. On the same page below the abstract, please include up to 5 Keywords that you would want included in the metadata of your work to allow your paper to be searchable.
IV. Signed Signature Page (To be submitted separately):
A signed Signature Page should be uploaded separately from the PDF of your paper. This is the same Signature Page as mentioned earlier, but must also include:
Handwritten signatures of all your committee members, advisors, department chair, etc. and be accompanied by the date signed with their names and titles typed below each signature line.
These signatures indicate the approval and acceptance of your research.
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For information about what is accepted to RIT Scholar Works and how to submit your work.
Look for RIT Dubai Scholars' subsmissions here.
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and staff for academic and teaching purposes only.
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