Topic: Role of Cooperation in Business Development Title: Contribution of Co-operatives to Business Development in the Emerging Economies in Nigeria

The length of the thesis should be 40-45 pages (including illustrations and charts, but without the references and the table of contents) typed on A/4 sized sheets with 1.5 spacing, font 12, Times New Roman. The margins should be the following: 2.5 cm on the right, top and bottom of the page, 3.5 cm on the left.

• Page numbering should be at the bottom of the page on the right.

• The tables, charts and photos should be labeled with a number preceding the table title. The author should refer to the tables, charts and photos with the numbers in the thesis.

• The references should be in alphabetic order.

3. STRUCTURE OF THE THESIS:

Cover Page

The cover should include the following: thesis, name of the author, year. See appendix 1.

First Title Page

The first title page should include the title of the Thesis, the name of the author, the name of the supervisor, the academic titles of the supervisor, and the name of the Department concerned and the student’s degree program. See appendix 2.

Table of Contents

The Table of Contents should be on a separate page follow the First Title Page.

The text of the thesis

The main part of your thesis should include the following chapters:

1. Abstract/ Summary of the thesis (a maximum of 1 page),

2. Introduction

3. Research objectives

4. Methods

5. Results

6. Discussion and Conclusion

7. References/Bibliography

8. Attachments – optional (diagrams, figures, list of tables)

With reference etc.