The acknowledgments are brief notes of appreciation for assistance given to the candidate in the research and preparation of the thesis or dissertation. The thesis is a scholarly paper written in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Masters degree under the Plan A option.Theses authored using this structure will need to include acknowledgement of prior publication within the respective chapter. Many of the components following the title and copyright pages have required headings and formatting guidelines, which are described in the following sections. You can download these guidelines and the thesis example document as a PDF to. The ACKNOWLEDGMENTS page is optional but strongly recommended. Edu) at Wayne State University (wayne.edu). I invite you to read a copy of my thesis, which is available from this web page. There are some guidelines to help you out for writing thesis acknowledgement. When entering your degree name on the title page, don't write "Master's", "Master in____" or "Doctor inPhilosophy".