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The use of letters in parenthesis in the main body for e.g., (a), (b), (c) is appropriate as
a means of differentiating sub-topics of the same topic. However, it is not required to
be listed in the Table of Contents.

If a chapter title or chapter sub-title at any level exceeds a single line, the spacing
between the lines must be the same as that of the text (double-spacing). Subsequent
sub-chapters beyond the fourth nesting level must be numbered using alphabets; (a),
(b), (c), and so on.

3.7 Footnotes
There are differences in the use of footnotes in various disciplines. For example,
footnotes are commonly used in Social Sciences research but rarely in Sciences
research. However, candidates are advised to limit the use of footnotes unless they are
proved necessary to the document. Footnotes are used to elaborate or provide
additional information regarding matters discussed in that page.

Footnotes are recorded using Arabic numeric and numbered consecutively. Raised
superscript numerals in the text refer to explanatory notes and documented sources
appearing either at the bottom of the page as footnotes or at the end of the thesis as
endnotes in a notes section. The advantage of using notes is that explanatory type of
information can be presented along with source citations on the same page or place.

Footnotes should use a smaller font than the text (font size 8).

When using footnote, a number formatted in superscript is inserted following the
punctuation mark in the text. Footnotes should be placed at the bottom of the page on
which they appear (Figure 3.2). Please refer to the faculty for the recommended
convention for writing of footnotes.

Western ideas of art, civilization, and philosophy was first discussed by Plato
in The Republic (381 BC).
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93 Gardner, Sebastian. Routledge Philosophy Guidebook to Kant and the Critique of Pure Reason. Psychology
Press, 1999.

Figure 3.2: Example of footnote

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