Extended Essay: Formatting your EE

All final submissions must be made in pdf format to these 4 places:

• Turnitin

• Google Classroom

• ManageBac

• Emailed to your supervisor

All essays must follow this format:

• Standard Margins (1-inch or 2.5 cm margins)
• 12-point, readable font (Arial is recommended)
• Double-spaced
• Page Numbers start on the Table of Contents 
• No Candidate or School name is to appear anywhere in the document

• Title of the Essay
• Research Question
• Subject for which the Essay is registered
• Category - If a Language A or B Essay
• Theme & 2 Subjects utilized - If a World Studies Essay
• Word Count - must be between 3,900 - 4,000 words (no more, no less)
  • Do not include:
    • Contents Page
    • maps
    • charts
    • diagrams
    • annotated illustrations and tables
    • equations
    • formulas and calculations
    • citations and references 
      • parenthetical or numbered
      • footnotes or endnotes
    • Bibliography
    • Appendices
    • The RPPF Form

All essays must follow this format:

• Labelled "Table of Contents" in 12-point, readable font (Arial is recommended)
• Headings and page numbers for required components of the essay include:
  • Introduction
  • Body of the essay:
    • Headings and subheadings within the body of the essay may be included
  • Conclusion
  • References and Bibliography

All essays must follow this format:

• Topic, purpose and focus of the research clearly identified and explained
• Research Question bolded within the introduction and phrased as on the title page
• Methodology of research and insight into the line of argument

The body of the essay must:

• Present a reasoned argument
  • Examiners will not read appendices, endnotes or footnotes, so all essential elements to your argument must be included in the body of the essay
• Include headings and sub-headings as appropriate to the subject 

Your conclusion must be:

• A Summative conclusion based on the information presented in the body of the essay
• A Conclusion linked directly to the research question
• Notes of limitations and unresolved questions (as appropriate) can be included

Your References and Bibliography must follow this format:

• Standard form of academic referencing applied consistently throughout the essay including in-text citations or footnoting
  • MLA9
  • APA
  • Chicago
• All references in the bibliography must be cross-referenced
  • Cross-referenced: each reference in the essay is ticked off in the bibliography to ensure all references are included and no extraneous references exist
  • All tables, charts, diagrams, illustrations etc. must be clearly labelled and referenced in the body of the essay
• Bibliography:
  • References are presented alphabetically 
  • Use hanging indents for all entries
  • Include Date Accessed or Retrieved for websites (as outlined on the IB Requirements page)
  • Remove all hyperlinks

Appendices should only be used if required by the subject discipline:

• Appendices titled
• Headings labeled
• Included in the Table of Contents
• Reliance on external resources such as DVDs, music, specimen materials etc. is not permitted