OUTLINE STRUCTURE

The overall structure and layout of your FYP will depend partly on Departmental requirements, but generally speaking, an FYP could be composed of the chapters and sections listed below. Some of these categories may be combined or omitted.

title page
acknowledgements
contents page
list of illustrations, figures, tables or charts
abstract
introduction
literature review
methodology
results
explanation or analysis of results
discussion
conclusion
bibliography and references
appendices

This website helps you in developing an FYP outline
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/general/gl_outlin.html
(Accessed 7 February 2003)

Click here to see a contents page from a PolyU student's FYP, showing the components of the full FYP.