Math Co-op Work Reports - Formatting Booklet

Front Materials (FM)

Title Page (TP)

  • "University of Waterloo" must be bold
  • "University of Waterloo" must be in all capital letters
  • Faculty must be written out correctly in full (not a plan name)
  • Report title must be bold (italics is acceptable)
  • Employer’s name and location must be included 
  • Full name must be included
  • ID number must be included 
  • Previous academic term and program/plan name must be included
  • Month and year that the report was completed
  • All text must be centred
  • All text must be single-spaced
  • Images, colours or borders must not be included

Letter of Submittal (LS)

  • Date must be written out in full
  • Date must be consistent with date on the Title Page
  • Must include a Statement of Originality in the final paragraph
  • Must be left justified

Content Lists (CL)

Table of Contents (TC)

  • "Table of Contents" must be bold
  • "Table of Contents" must be centred
  • Must include decimal numbers before appropriate headings
  • Major words in headings/subheadings must be capitalized
  • Subheadings must be indented
  • Page numbers must be right aligned
  • Must contain tab leaders
  • Must not include bold, italics, extras

List of Tables and Figures (L)

  • List of Tables and Figures must be present if and only if a table or figure appears in the body of the report
  • Title must be bold
  • Title must be centred
  • "List of Figures"/"List of Tables" must be labeled correctly, depending on what the list contains
  • Each figure/table must be titled and numbered

Body (B)

Spacing and Paragraphs (SP)

  • Report body must be double-spaced
  • Additional spacing must be provided between paragraphs
  • There must be no large spaces between numbered sections
  • Use block format; do not indent sections, subsections, and paragraphs

Headings and Section Numbers (H)

  • Headings must be emphasized using bold, not italicized or underlined
  • Headings must be consistent with Table of Contents

Format (F)

Fonts and Margins (M)

  • Entire report must be written in 12pt font
  • Ensure margins are consistent on all sides in all sections

Page Numbers (PN)

  • No page number appears on the Title Page, it is considered page “i”
  • No page number appears on the Letter of Submittal, it is not considered a part of the report itself
  • Table of Contents must have Roman numeral 'ii' centred at the bottom
  • If included, List of Table and Figures must have Roman numeral 'iii' centred at the bottom
  • Summary must have Roman numeral 'iv' (or 'iii' if no List of Tables and Figures included) centred at the bottom
  • The page with the introduction must be numbered '1' and the others must follow in sequential order
  • Arabic numerals (1, 2, 3, etc.) must be right-aligned at the bottom
  • Page numbers in report must match those in the Table of Contents

Back Materials (BM)

Appendices (A)

  • Appendices are included at the end of the report, after Acknowledgements

References (R)

  • Personal communication must be cited in-text only
  • References should be cited in APA format

Last updated: 21 November 2021