NU6515 Research Dissertation Assignment: A Journal-Ready Submission on Advancing Health Sciences Research

Option B:

Your thesis should be structured according to the guidelines of the peer-reviewed journal to which you would like to submit the paper for publication. [Please indicate the journal name in your dissertation]. Normally it will include an abstract, introduction, background/rationale, methods, results/findings, conclusion/discussion, and references.

You must submit only one document to Turnitin on Canvas in MS Word format, which should contain at least the following parts (you may include additional appendices if needed):
• A title page with your name and student number, thesis title,
 title of degree (Masters in Health Sciences (See
 Appendix Two), and declaration page (see Appendix
 Three).
• Your 5,000-word ready-for-publication paper.
• Appendix 1 (2,000-word defence of methodology)
• The text should be:
 v. 12 font
 vi. line spacing 1.5
 vii. Pages numbered consecutively

How and When to Submit your Thesis

Your thesis should be submitted to Canvas by Friday 24ⁿᵈ of April 2026, by 2pm under the course page “25-26 – NU6515 (or NU6522) – Research Dissertation” Please submit only one document.

Marking scheme Option A:

Introduction and Literature review: 20%
Methodology: 20%
Results: 20%
Discussion: 30%
Presentation to include spelling, grammar, and references: 10%

Marking scheme Option B:

Ready-for-publication paper: 70%
Appendix 1: Methodology: 20%
Presentation to include spelling, grammar, and references: 100%