Orientation for Writers
May 11, 2024
New Writing_Orientation_May112024.mp4
Thesis/Dissertation/Capstone Project/Practice-Based Writing
1st Enrollment in Writing (Academic Track)
Topic Presentation (Academic Track only)
Steps in requesting for presentation/defense schedule:
Prepare 3 topics and use the official template: https://bit.ly/Title_Presentation_Format
Prepare your PowerPoint presentation using this template: https://bit.ly/PPT_Title_Template
Pay your title fee at the Cashier's Office or pay thru GCash
(GCash: Pay Bills>> Schools>>Bulacan State University>>Thesis Fee or Dissertation Fee.)
Submit your softcopy, copy of the defense fee and COR in this link: https://bit.ly/Request_Schedule_Title_Pre_Final
Submit your hardcopies at the Graduate School Office:
Master's Degree: please pass 6-sets of hardcopies
Doctoral Degree: please pass 7-sets of hardcopies
Kindy wait for the email of graduate.writing@bulsu.edu.ph or phone call of the Associate Dean regarding your schedule.
2nd Enrollment in Writing (Academic Track)
1st Enrolment in Writing (Professional Track)
Pre-Oral Defense/Presentation ( For Academic and Professional Track)
Here are the templates you need for your writing:
Routing Slip for Consultation - https://bitly.cx/DJ2rj (Note: must be in fresh signature)
Preliminaries, Chapters I-III, and Appendices Format (Quantitative, Qualitative, and Mixed-Method Research) - https://bit.ly/Pre_Oral_Defense_Format
NOTE: Candidates under the Professional Track are exempted from the Topic Presentation requirement. Instead, they must undergo a Pre-Oral Presentation, which necessitates endorsement by either the Mentor/Program or Area Chair.
Practice-Based-Project Format (All Non-Thesis Engineering Programs only) - https://bitly.cx/o3He
If your paper is ready for presentation:
Have your Adviser and Critic sign your Endorsement Letter (Fresh Signature only): https://bit.ly/Pre_Oral_Defense_Endorsement
Prepare your PowerPoint presentation using this template: https://bit.ly/PPT_Pre_Oral_Template
Pay your proposal fee at the Cashier's Office or pay thru GCash
(GCash: Pay Bills>> Schools>>Bulacan State University>>Thesis Fee or Dissertation Fee.)
Submit the softcopy of your manuscript including your signed endorsement letter, copy of the defense fee and COR in this link: https://bit.ly/Request_Schedule_Title_Pre_Final
Submit your hardcopies at the Graduate School Office:
Master's Degree: please submit 6-sets of hardcopies (with 6 copies of signed endorsement letter), signed Routing Slip.
Doctoral Degree: please submit 7-sets of hardcopies (with 7 copies of signed endorsement letter), signed Routing Slip.
Kindy wait for the email of graduate.writing@bulsu.edu.ph or phone call of the Associate Dean regarding your schedule.
*After Pre-Oral Defense Request for Ethics
*Applicable to Academic and Professional Track (depending on the nature of project)
Accomplish all the required documents below and submit them to graduate.writing@bulsu.edu.ph
Endorsement Letter Template - https://docs.google.com/document/d/1dM-nNkpMGWPVBwxJSC8zOfsT-chNcpBe/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=112991404489547152378&rtpof=true&sd=true
Form-2A-Review Checklist Form - https://docs.google.com/document/d/1hLJ4XxORSN0_VMZhhw1W5lE29GuQdFQS/edit?usp=share_link&ouid=112991404489547152378&rtpof=true&sd=true
Form-2B-Registration and Application Form - https://docs.google.com/document/d/10j-jRta0ybFHQW64daRWGxn-JNCIE587/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=112991404489547152378&rtpof=true&sd=true
Form-2C-Study Protocol Assessment Form - https://docs.google.com/document/d/1dc8ON59kse5XV-Xhke-V-NctsUrXD9S6/edit?usp=share_link&ouid=112991404489547152378&rtpof=true&sd=true
Form-2D-Informed Consent Form - https://docs.google.com/document/d/1gocbUwN0a3KD-jpS3Qq7MKH_GIBkCojX/edit?usp=share_link&ouid=112991404489547152378&rtpof=true&sd=true
Form-2E-General-checklist-for-investigator - https://docs.google.com/document/d/1UN_kmIwxjRNdnT-TkB5yY6k1Fa8Rb3OV/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=112991404489547152378&rtpof=true&sd=true
Sample Consent Form - https://docs.google.com/document/d/119ViU9UsulBbGBuU2LWWhr5QngURg_IX/copy
3rd Enrollment in Writing (Academic Track)
2nd Enrolment in Writing (Professional Track)
Final Defense/Presentation (For Academic and Professional Track)
Here are the templates you need for your writing:
Routing Slip for Consultation - https://bitly.cx/DJ2rj (Note: must be in fresh signature)
Preliminaries, Chapters I-V, and Appendices Format (Quantitative, Qualitative, and Mixed-Method Research: https://bit.ly/Final_Defense_Format
Practice-Based-Project Format (All Non-Thesis Engineering Programs only) - https://bitly.cx/o3He
If your paper is ready for presentation:
Have your Adviser and Critic sign your Endorsement Letter (Fresh Signature only): https://bit.ly/Final_Defense_Endorsement
Prepare your PowerPoint presentation using this template: https://bit.ly/PPT_Final_Template
Pay your Final defense fee at the Cashier's Office or pay thru GCash
(GCash: Pay Bills>> Schools>>Bulacan State University>>Thesis Fee or Dissertation Fee.)
Submit the softcopy of your manuscript including your signed endorsement letter, copy of the defense fee and COR in this link: https://bit.ly/Request_Schedule_Title_Pre_Final
Submit your hardcopies at the Graduate School Office:
Master's Degree: please submit 6-sets of hardcopies (with 6 copies of signed endorsement letter), signed Routing Slip.
Doctoral Degree: please submit 7-sets of hardcopies (with 7 copies of signed endorsement letter), signed Routing Slip.
Kindy wait for the email of graduate.writing@bulsu.edu.ph or phone call of the Associate Dean regarding your schedule.
After Final Defense make sure to have these documents [ For Academic Track (all docx) and **Professional Track]
**Matrix of Correction Template (fresh signature): https://rb.gy/bqapwk
**Request for Certification of Final Defense
Download and fill out this certification: https://rb.gy/nr7guu
Send it to graduate.writing@bulsu.edu.ph
**Statistician's/Coder Review's Certification template
Statistical Certification Template - https://rb.gy/zxc69p
Code Review Certification Template - https://shorturl.at/3sOfX
**Language Certification template - https://shorturl.at/0Sauj
**Request for Plagiarism Certification
Fill out the Endorsement Letter for the Plagiarism Checking Certificate and send it to the graduate.writing@bulsu.edu.ph - https://shorturl.at/rFOsY
Attach to the email your Matrix of Correction signed by your Adviser, Critic, Chairman, and Member/s
Once you have a signed endorsement letter, answer the Google form and fill out the requirements. Use your BulSU GMail Account to access the form: https://shorturl.at/tWqqY
Library Forms (fresh signature)
Accomplish the certification below and bring it to the office together with your manuscript for the Final Checking: https://tinyurl.com/4d7e8fat
**Final Checking Certificate (fresh signature)
Accomplish the certification and bring it to the office together with your manuscript for the Final Checking : https://tinyurl.com/39vxbuav
CD Cover Format and Contents (to be submitted to E-Library): https://tinyurl.com/3r2n3b4k
Submission of Full Paper and IMRaD and Template
IMRaD Template - https://tinyurl.com/5n74rrwr
IMRaD Submission- https://tinyurl.com/38a37mda
Full Paper (Title Page to Curriculum Vitae) - https://forms.gle/zsho1vouK86YwjB78
**Final Evaluation Certificate
Send the link below to your panel members (exempt Adviser, Assoc. Dean & Dean)
Rating for Final Evaluation Certificate - https://forms.gle/fANzLvETJaVQqyGe9
Table of fees for Thesis/Practice-Based/Capstone Project/Dissertation Presentation
Defense Fee
You may pay through:
Landbank E-Payment Portal - https://www.lbp-eservices.com/egps/portal/index.jsp
GCash - Bills>School>Bulacan State University>Purpose of Payment: Thesis Fee or Dissertation Fee
Practice/Project-Based Format for Professional Track (Non-Thesis)
Candidates are expected to utilize the provided template for submission to the Graduate School, which should be signed by the panel members after the Final Presentation.
For all Programs (Except MEP/MS Engineering): https://tinyurl.com/mdr3uz7d
For all Non-Thesis Engineering: https://tinyurl.com/5n8yf7hp
Guidelines in Determining the Reputability of Journals
Excerpt from PASUC Memorandum on the Enhanced Guidelines for the Accreditation of Full Professors, issued on May 14, 2014.
Journals that are not Institute of Scientific Information (ISI)-/Scopus-indexed or CHED-recognized but are indexed in the working list below are considered reputable:
Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE)
Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI)
Medline, National Library of Medicine (NLM)
Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI)
Arts & Humanities Citation Index (AHCI)
PubMed, National Library of Medicine (NLM)
ASEAN Citation Index (ACI)
In case the publication is not indexed in the above working list, the following criteria would
be applied to determine its reputability. All items in the criteria must be fully satisfied.
CRITERIA
Publisher. Who is the publisher of the journal? Is there an established reputable publishing house (including Springer, Wiley, Taylor-Francis, Elsevier, Nature Publishing Group)?
Peer Review. Does the journal use rigorous peer review process in selecting manuscripts for publication? Correspondence during the review process must be provided.
Editorial Board. Is the international editorial board present? Are the members of the editorial board from established universities or institutions worldwide? Is the editorial board comprised of esteemed researchers (with high H Index) in their chosen field?
Editorial Policy. In addition to defining their editorial scope, the journal’s guide for authors, which should be easily found on the journal’s website, should describe its peer-review and editorial processes, and give detailed instructions on how authors are expected to prepare and submit their paper and publication ethics statement.
Publication Frequency. Does the journal publish at consistent intervals? The journal must be in circulation for at least two (2) years.
APA 7th Edition Format
Referencing Style - https://drive.google.com/file/d/1i3M5NpgxX6AaruH6FWEeMYy23PR2kbmu/view?usp=share_link
Table Set-up - https://apastyle.apa.org/style-grammar-guidelines/tables-figures/tables
Clip Art or Stock Image References - https://apastyle.apa.org/style-grammar-guidelines/references/examples/clip-art-references
Figure Set-up - https://apastyle.apa.org/style-grammar-guidelines/tables-figures/figures
Numbers and Statistics Guide - https://apastyle.apa.org/instructional-aids/numbers-statistics-guide.pdf
Tables - https://apastyle.apa.org/style-grammar-guidelines/tables-figures/sample-tables#demographic