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All doctoral dissertations authored by Washington University doctoral degree candidates are directly submitted to the UMI Dissertation Services , a division of the ProQuest Company. (For more information on submitting your dissertation through ProQuest, please see the Graduate School of Arts & Sciences' web pages on the Submission of the Dissertation .)

Beginning in 2009 (for degrees awarded in August, 2009) all theses and dissertations completed at Washington University were required to be submitted in electronic form. Print submissions are no longer accepted. Dissertations are submitted directly in electronic form to UMI / Proquest Dissertation Services. Master’s theses are locally submitted in electronic form directly into the Washington University Open Scholarship Repository. Please contact your academic department document for information on the preparation and formatting requirements of the thesis itself. D.Sc. and Masters Thesis Format Guidelines . See the Theses & Dissertations (ETDs) for more information on submission and access options and links to details for PhD Candidates and Master’s Candidates.

Theses/Dissertations from 2024 2024

Developing Novel High-Performance Protein-Based Materials , Jingyao Li

Integrating health equity into implementation science to advance chronic disease prevention and control , Callie Walsh-Bailey

Theses/Dissertations from 2023 2023

Grasping Type Affects Configural Encoding in Visual Working Memory , Shinhae Ahn

Plutarch on Marriage for Its Own Sake: What Makes Marriage Good and What Marriage is Good for in the Coniugalia Praecepta , Patrick Andrews

Prevalence, Sociocultural Risks and Protective Factors of Suicidal Behaviors: A Cross Sectional Study of Middle School Students in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana , Enoch Kordjo Azasu

Commercial adsorbents for CO2 Removal for Biogas Upgradation: An Experimental Study , Aakriti Bagla

Enhanced Fabrication of Microdroplet Generator Nozzle Arrays: Optimizing KOH Etching for Microfluidic Applications , Hongyu Bai

Three Models of Border Stability and Integrity , Afiq bin Oslan

UvrD1 Helicase of Mycobacterium tuberculosis that can be Activated by Multiple Unique Mechanisms , Ankita Chadda

Optical Perturbation of Protein Kinase A Activity via Photoactivatable Inhibitor Peptides , Peter Chen

Parent and Child Wellbeing in a Humanitarian Context By Flora Cohen, , Flora Cohen

Leveraging protein dynamics to drug filovirus protein-nucleic acid interactions using simulations and experiments , Matthew Alberto Cruz

Preparing Non-Human Primates to Study Hand-Eye Coordination in Frontal Eye Fields (FEF) During Delayed Movement Task , Juliusz Cydzik

Persistence of DNA from Biocontained Genetically Engineered Microbes , Wentao Dai

A Novel Approach To Detect Modified Cytosines In A Nanopore Sequencer , Benjamin Davidorf

Atrocious: Essays & Cartoons , Gina DeLuca

Application of Direct Simulation Monte Carlo Method to Computation of RF Signal Degradation During Hypersonic Flight , Andrew DeRubertis

Cardiovascular SARS-CoV-2 Tropism and Immunopathology , Oleksandr Dmytrenko

Opportunistic Exploration: Humans Consider Not Just Whether, but Also When, to Sample Unfamiliar Options , Jack Dolgin

Decentralized Computing for Reliable Home Automation , Rahav Dor

The Evolution of Transposable Elements as Cis-Regulatory Elements in Mammals , Alan Y. Du

Novel Bites , Fatima Elkabti

Investigating Cassava Susceptibility to Xanthomonas Induced Bacterial Blight Using Disease Phenotyping and Genome Engineering Strategies , Kiona Rajene Elliott

A General-Purpose Software Platform for Closed-Loop Neuromodulation , William Engelhardt

Development of Methods to Enhance Stem Cell Derived Islet Survival , AINING FAN

The Effect of Spinal Cord Stimulation and Video Games Training on Body-machine Interface Control , Jie Fei

Characterization of Subcellular Functional Domains in the Vesicular Glutamate Transporter 3-Expressing Retinal Amacrine Cell using Correlative Light and Electron Microscopy , Karl Friedrichsen

Song of Gray , Asha Futterman

Robust Analog Circuit Parameter Optimization with Sampling-Efficient Reinforcement Learning , Jian Gao

Emotion Regulation Flexibility: Investigating Perseverative Thinking as a Novel Context , Beatris Garcia

Exploring the Complex Relationship Between Social Needs and Health , Rachel Catherine Garg

A Novel mRNA Delivery Strategy Employing Adenovirus Piggyback mRNA Binders via Catcher/Tag Molecular Glue , Kexin Geng

Homing , Kareena Gianani

TRPM5's Role in Vascular Development , Megan Goeckel

Analytical and Experimental Investigation of Interphase and Dispersion Effects on the Mechanical Stiffness of Cellulose Nanocomposites , Will Goldberg

A Phenome-Wide Association Study (PheWAS) of Late Onset Alzheimer Disease Genetic Risk in Children of European Ancestry at Middle Childhood: Results from the ABCD Study® , aaron gorelik

Non-adjacent anti Cyclobutane Pyrimidine Dimers as Intrinsic Probes of Non-B Form Secondary Structures of DNA , Natalia Eugenia Gutierrez Bayona

Projecting, Persuading, & Protecting: A Mixed Methods Analysis of Adult Children’s Predictions of Parents’ Quality-of-Life Valuations in Serious Illness States , Jessica Hahne

Emerging from the Darkness: Silicon Photomultipliers for Diffuse Optical Tomography , Will Hamic

The Physical Health of People with Co-occurring Serious Mental Illness and Substance Use Disorders , Mark R. Hawes

Biotic Interactions and the Maintenance of Biodiversity across a Tropical Elevational Gradient , David Henderson

How Prefixation, Onset Length, and Coda Length Determine Lexical Stress Assignment when Reading Aloud , Kayla Hensley

“Safe People and Safe Spaces:” Filipino American Identity Formation in Response to Local Social Contexts , Cilka Mayumi Hijara

Pragmatic Ambiguities: Aphoristic Thinking in the American Nineteenth Century , Thomas W. Howard

Single-Molecule Super-Resolution Imaging of Geobacter sulfurreducens under Anaerobic Conditions , Ziyi Hu

Reflectance Quantitative Polarized Light Imaging for Microstructural Evaluation of Musculoskeletal Soft Tissues , Leanne Elizabeth Iannucci

Between-Task Transfer of Learned Control Settings: How Far Can It Go? , Merve Ileri Tayar

“The Talk” The impact of police contact on youth reports of parental engagement in preparation for encounters with police among a racially diverse sample of youth , Ashley Nicole Jackson

WATCH: A Distributed Clock Time Offset Estimation Tool on the Platform for Open Wireless Data-Driven Experimental Research , Cassie Jeng

Silhouette , Safwan Khatib

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Students get the opportunity to present their master's theses in front of a broader audience in a conference-style format. In a preparatory session they get briefed about how to present research at a coference and how to provide constructive feedback as a discussant.

The course strengthens students' skills to

• present their own research,
• explain results clearly and concisely,
• answer questions related to their own research,
• deal with criticism,
• develop further their research projects based upon constructive feedback,
• provide constructive feedback on other students' projects.

As personal participation is essential for this course, attendance during the one-day event is required.

Each student presents her/his master's thesis and acts a discussant for the thesis of another student. In a preparatory session, students learn how to prepare a presentation at a conference and how to discuss constructively other people's research.

Presentations are thematically grouped into panels. The instructor of the course acts as the chair of the panels. After each presentation, a student discussant briefly comments on the research, and questions are taken from the audience.

Active participation is necessary. This includes a presentation of the thesis, commenting on another student's project, and being an active member of the audience. Students do not get a numerical grade for this course, but rather obtain a certification for having successfully completed the course (pass/fail).

As a prerequisite for the course, the thesis should be already completed or at an advanced stage: Students presenting at the Master's Thesis Conference have a supervisor, their research questions is clearly defined and the literature research is largely complete. 

This is an advanced course for students about to finish their studies in the Master's Program Economics.

Selected Seminar, Diploma, Bachelor and Master Theses

This is a (incomplete) list of PDF-available Master, Bachelor, Seminar Thesis/Papers, supervised by Prof. Rony G. Flatscher while at the Institute for Information Systems (Business Informatics) and Society , ( WU Vienna ).

Note: If looking/reading English papers/theses please bear in mind that the students usually have not had a lot of experience in writing such kind of text in English! They voluntarily agreed to write the text in English nevertheless, in order for others to be able to take advantage of their hard work.

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Since 1948 Western Libraries has kept a large number of Masters theses, Honors and Senior Project theses, and Huxley Senior Project and Internship reports published at Western Washington University.

Circulating copies of these papers are located on Wilson 4 East and West, and in the Music Library (music topics). Each series has the same beginning call number. The papers are then organized alphabetically by author within each series.

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For many of the Masters Theses, we have a circulating copy as well as an archived, non-circulating copy located in Special Collections . Here is the online version of the WWU Masters Thesis Collection .

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Guidelines MSc Thesis

General Learning outcomes In general, WU learning outcomes are categorized in four groups: research competence, thesis report, colloquium, and examination. More specifically, learning outcomes as formulated by AEW are: Research skills

• explore the problem by means of studying relevant literature
• critically reading literature
• formulate a theoretical framework
• delineate the research problem
• design a research strategy
• realistically plan all research activities
• collect empirical research data through experiments, measurements, observations, interviews or literature
• efficiently analyze (large) data sets also with models and statistics
• evaluate quantitative results with error propagation
• relate observations to your own theoretical framework
• draw conclusions
• formulate your own opinion on your research
• evaluate the research from a broader perspective

Communication skills

• discuss data and results during the course of a thesis
• discuss problems faced during the thesis
• be open for suggestions from supervisor(s) and/or other students
• accept and deal with criticism

Writing skills

• write a research report or a draft scientific paper
• structure the report or paper (does the title cover the content, are the different chapters in accordance with their importance, presence of readable summary)
• meet criteria for correct language use (choices of words, grammar, spelling)
• take care for scientific verification
• present tables, figures, maps and/or illustrations in the right way
• take care of a proper final lay-out of the report or paper

Presenting skills

• give a structured oral presentation
• schedule the content of an oral presentation
• give a presentation within a limited timeframe
• present readable graphs & tables

General set-up of a thesis The total period spent on a thesis can be divided into 3 phases: proposal writing, performing the research and thesis writing. Different activities will take place with different products for the phases (Table 2).

Proposal writing Usually you start with a general idea about the thesis and you may have had some discussion with your supervisor. A detailed project plan, however, still needs to be written. This phase lasts in general 4 to 6 weeks depending on the kind of topic, your knowledge etcetera. You will explore the background of a given research problem, critically review scientific literature, delineate your problem, formulate scientific questions and reflect on methodology. Table 3 shows most elements that should be in a research proposal. Length of proposal is 5 to 8 pages A4. Furthermore, you will present your plan orally for the chairgroup (start presentation: 5 min talk & 5 min discussion).

Performing the research

After writing the proposal, the practical work starts (field work, modelling, experiment). Data will be collected and analyzed. During this phase the supervisor will be informed regularly on the progress made. If thesis work is done abroad students have to adapt to working conditions such as institutional hierarchy, ethics, dress code etcetera that are often different from Dutch conditions.

Thesis writing

Usually 4 to 6 weeks are needed to write the final report or paper. In close co-operation with the supervisor the choice for a report or paper will be made. The report has to be written in English. When you have a first complete draft of your thesis ready (with all chapters and annexes but some smaller elements may still be missing) ask your supervisor for comments on structure and contents. The supervisor usually needs 1 week for this proof reading. After having discussed the comments with your supervisor, you have at least one chance to improve your draft. Together with your supervisor you make appointments regarding the procedure for proof reading. You have to ask the secretariat from the chair group for a thesis number, that appears on the cover of your thesis. The number of hardcopies will be determined in cooperation with the supervisor. A PDF version of the final report or paper is also required. The task of writing a thesis sometimes lures students into using other’s work, ideas, facts, texts etcetera and presenting it as their own. It is important to understand that plagiarism is considered as a very serious offence against academic norms and, hence subject to equally serious punishment. Therefore, read the Wageningen University & Research plagiarism policy in the Student Charter (2.8 Students and copyright, p. 24-25, and 5.3.3. Fraud and plagiarism, p. 56-47) and Appendices Student Charter (Article 33h, p.117)). The thesis report has the following contents:

• Preface (optional)
• Abstract (max 1 page)
• Introduction: problem definition, state-of-the-art, theory/concepts, objectives, research questions
• Material & Methods: description of how the problem was studied, which materials were used, type of statistical analyses
• Results: what where the findings?
• Discussion: Discuss your findings with those from literature, what are good/weaker points in your study
• Conclusions & Recommendations: answer your research questions and formulate recommendations
• References & Annexes

Click here ( Example Thesis report.pdf ) for an example report.

Final presentation

After the draft thesis is finished, the student has to give a colloquium. Reserve a date with your supervisor in time. Presentations at AEW are scheduled on Thursday mornings and reservations can be made at the secretariat. Twenty minutes are reserved for the oral presentation followed by 10 minutes discussion. It is strongly advised to have a test colloquium a few days before.

Final meeting

In a final meeting, your supervisor will question and discuss your thesis, its relevance, and your opinion about your own work. During this meeting the mark will be given.

The standard form Thesis evaluation Wageningen University & Research (click here for downloading) will be used. The standard rubric for the assessment will be applied by your supervisor (click here for downloading).

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Writing up publications and your thesis, publishing in scientific journals.

Please ensure that your publication comply with Humboldt-Universität's affiliation guidelines .

Please also inform yourself about the different types of publication in academic journals, legal principles and funding opportunities for publications. Useful information and advice can be found on the website of the University Library of the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin .

Formal guidelines for writing up your thesis

There are only a few formal guidelines that apply when you are writing up your thesis. The thesis must:

include a title page (please leave the name of the examiners and the date of the oral exam blank).

include a statement of authorship.

be submitted as a bound copy.

Apart from the above, there are no formal specifications regarding the font size or typeface, nor as to whether the thesis is printed single or double-sided etc.

Please ensure that you comply with  Humboldt-Universität's affiliation guidelines for publications written as part of your doctoral project - even if you will write your dissertation as a monograph.

Cumulative thesis

Please discuss with your supervisor whether you intend to write a monograph or a cumulative thesis.

For cumulative theses, please note:

•     Regulations of the Faculty of Life Sciences in addition to the Doctoral Degree Regulations of 10 October 2022

The Faculty committee has determined the following subject-specific regulations with regards to co-authorship of cumulative theses:

• The chairman of the Doctoral Degrees Committee cannot be a co-author.
• One reviewer can be co-author of a paper.
• The majority of the members of the Doctoral Degrees Committee are not allowed to be co-author.
• The two pieces of original work required with the candidate as lead author must have been accepted for publication by the publisher as a minimum requirement.
• Review articles and commentaries are not accepted as original work.
• Cumulative doctoral theses require at least two original works in peer-reviewed journals. The doctoral student must be the first author in at least two of the works. The Institute Council decides on the approval of publications with shared first authorship. The Institute Council can assign this to the Doctoral Degree Board of the Department or Institute. The doctoral student and the supervising professor are invited to attend the meeting concerning this. Doctoral students completing cumulative doctoral theses must clearly indicate the works which they have completed independently. The co-authors must confirm this in writing.

The above rules are valid for the following Doctoral Degree Regulations:

• Faculty of Life Sciences from 5th March 2015
• Faculty of Agricultural and Horticultural Sciences from 31st March 2014
• Faculty of Agricultural and Horticultural Sciences from 14th July 2005
• Faculty of Agricultural and Horticultural Sciences from 7th August 2002
• Faculty of Agricultural and Horticultural Sciences from 16th August 1994

For the Doctoral Degree Regulations of the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences  please use the information sheet of the MFN II Faculty.  

If parts of your doctor's thesis are co-authored, you must submit a declaration of your own contribution that has been signed by all co-authors. You may use the form which can found under "Forms, regulations."

Publication

Following successful defence of your thesis, you must make your work available to the academic community. The technical and formal standards of the University Library are available here:

Electronic publication

Document templates

It may be convenient to ensure that your work already conforms to the technical standards of University Library when you are preparing copies of the thesis for the initiation of the doctoral degree procedure.

You can find various publication options in the doctoral degree regulations.

Additional information regarding publication is available on the webpages of the University Library .

Legal questions

Please clarify any legal questions associated with the publication of your thesis independently before submitting your work. The Doctoral Office does not offer legal advice.

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Thesis and Dissertation Information

Getting started, thesis and dissertation committees.

Thesis and dissertation committees consist of at least three Graduate Faculty members, with one member serving as primary advisor and committee chair. See the policy on Graduate Faculty for descriptions of the three faculty types and their duties. Departments may have additional criteria for determining who can serve what role on a thesis committee.

The Thesis Topic Approval  or Dissertation Topic Approval form should be completed as early in the graduate program as possible given department timelines and requirements.

Please note: if a committee includes an Affiliate Graduate Faculty member (a volunteer not employed by Western), that person will not be able to sign the topic approval esign form. They should email [email protected] with a statement agreeing to participate on the committee. The email should come from their professional email address and include a CV or enough information in the signature to determine whether the individual meets the criteria for Affiliate member.

Human or Live Vertebrate Subjects

Using humans or live vertebrates as research subjects requires prior approval separate from thesis topic approval. Please see  Research Compliance  for more information. RSP is in the process of updating its research compliance webpages including forms, templates, checklists, and general information specific to human subjects research as we migrate to the Drupal platform. Please contact  [email protected]  for more information.

Topic approval forms that indicate human subjects, live vertebrate subjects, or scientific diving activities will be forwarded to the appropriate offices for review.

Register for Thesis or Dissertation Credits

• Have a complete topic approval form on file.
• For thesis (690) credit, you need a registration override from the Graduate School each quarter you register.
• For EDAD 670, Doctoral Proposal Defense (dissertation credits), contact your department.

Track Your Registration

• Check the number of required and/or allowed thesis/dissertation credits for your program.
• Make sure that your registration over multiple quarters adds up to the total you need to meet program requirements. If the maximum allowed is 12, you can take 4 + 4 + 4, but not 4 + 4 + 5 (for example).

Thesis grades are reported as incomplete (K) each quarter, until the final thesis is submitted and approved. Faculty should not submit thesis grades at the end of the quarter like grades for other courses.

After the final thesis or dissertation defense, the faculty advisor should report the grade on the Degree Recommendation form. 

If you take more credits than are allowed in the catalog requirements for your program, those credits will not be assigned a grade. They will remain K on your transcript.

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Manuscript Guidelines

The guidelines outlined here define minimum standards and point out common problems. Responsibility for final review of the thesis manuscript prior to submission rests with the committee. Manuscripts may be returned by the Graduate School for revision if they do not adhere to format requirements or contain excessive spelling, grammatical, or typographical errors.

Because the final thesis will be viewed primarily online, prepare your PDF document for optimal viewing on a screen. If your thesis includes landscape-oriented pages, save the PDF with mixed page orientation.

Signature Pages

During the disruption in operations due to the coronavirus pandemic, hardcopy signature pages are not required.  The degree recommendation esign form will serve as approval of the final thesis by all committee members.

The thesis PDF should still contain a signature page with typed names (no scanned signatures), and a library authorization with the student's typed name and the date of submission.

Library Authorization Page

Choose the library authorization appropriate for your document type (thesis or field project) and the access level you have chosen. See the sections below on "Templates" and "Embargos and Limiting Access" if needed.

Make sure that your title matches exactly on both pages where it appears, the Committee Signature Page and the Title Page. If your title is long, you may wish to check current cover printing capabilities at Haggard Hall Print and Copy Services to make sure it can be printed on your bound copies.

Format according to the style manual for your discipline.

Acknowledgements (optional)

The language used in the acknowledgement should be consistent with that used in acknowledgements in journal articles in your field. You may use this page to acknowledge those who contributed to the academic endeavors or research of your thesis. Limit the acknowledgements to a single page.

Table of Contents

The first three preliminary pages do not appear in your Table of Contents. The first item to appear should be your Abstract.

Do   not  include the Table of Contents page in the Table of Contents, but  do  include the Lists of Tables and Figures. Lists of Tables and Figures should include page numbers.

Supplementary Material

Additional material may be included in appendices or as separate files to be submitted with your PDF. CEDAR can take many file types. Maps, datasets, sound clips, short films, images, and other items can be included. See the  CEDAR FAQ  for more details.

Margins should be a minimum of one inch on all sides. Use the same margin dimensions throughout the manuscript, except for indented lengthy quotes.

Page Numbers

Page numbers may be located according to the style commonly used in your discipline, or any standard word processor location. The numbers should appear alone, without any bracketing, dashes, etc. Refer to the chart above for numbering requirements.

Choose a font that is clearly legible on screen as well as in print. Font should be 10- to 12-point type. Use the same font throughout the manuscript. You may bold, italicize or underline words where appropriate. Italicized type may not be used for the entire body of the text.

Double space the text. Block quotes may be single spaced. Thesis projects in poetry, mathematics, and music may be spaced as appropriate to the discipline.

Captions should be in the same font as that used in the text. Locate captions according to the publication style you are using.

Section headings must correspond to the Table of Contents. Heading font and location on the page should be consistent throughout the thesis. Ensure that headings appear on the same page as the corresponding text (i.e. watch for headings orphaned at the bottom of pages). Do not use a running head.

Style differs considerably among disciplines, and even among different journals in one discipline. Confer with your thesis chair to select the appropriate style for your thesis, and be consistent with this style throughout your manuscript.

References and Citations

Be consistent in citation and reference style throughout the thesis, according to the style manual you are following. There must be a reference for every citation in the text. The spelling of the author’s name and the publication year must match between the text and reference entry. Multiple citations between parentheses must be in either chronological or alphabetical order.

Western Libraries offers online  quick guides to the most common citation styles  and other helpful information.

You can use this template  as a starting point for your document, or refer to it for instructions and tips on formatting.

The thesis/dissertation template is also available on Canvas along with additional formatting help.

Defenses and Final Submission

Defense notification requirements.

• Schedule your defense with your department
• Submit an  Oral Defense Schedule  form at least two weeks prior to your defense
• If requested, submit a draft of your thesis or dissertation to the Graduate School one week before your defense date

The Graduate School will announce your oral defense to Graduate Faculty Governance Council. If a Graduate Faculty Governance Council member volunteers to observe your defense, you will need to include that person in your meeting, presentation, and/or video conference. We will ask you to provide a copy of your draft for the representative to review.

Create Your CEDAR Account and Submit Research

• Go to  http://cedar.wwu.edu  and click “Submit Research” in the sidebar, under Contributors. Follow the instructions to create an account and submit to the WWU Graduate School Collection.
• Use a permanent email address for your account, not your @wwu.edu email address, so that you can keep track of your work after graduation.
• Upload your complete PDF and any supplementary files you wish to include.

Thesis and Dissertation Approval and Publication

Graduate School staff will communicate with you via CEDAR (you will receive emails) about the status of your thesis or dissertation submission and any necessary revisions.

Once your submission has been approved, you will be notified through CEDAR. Your thesis or dissertation will be published and made available right away on CEDAR, as part of the Digital Commons for your discipline, and through Google and Google Scholar.

If you need to delay public posting of your document, or keep access to your content permanently limited, email the Graduate School for options.

Completion of your degree still requires one hardbound copy of your thesis or dissertation for archiving in Special Collections. We do not require original signatures for the bound copy. Once your thesis or dissertation is approved, you will need to place a binding order with Print and Copy Services using the Thesis Order Request Form or Dissertation Order Request Form . This order must be placed and paid before your degree can be awarded. Individual departments may have requirements for additional copies; check with your thesis chair or program adviser if you are unsure.

Instructions for placing your order with Print and Copy Services will be included in your CEDAR approval letter. For assistance with the Thesis Order Request Form, contact Print and Copy Services directly at  [email protected]  or 360-650-3762

Occasionally a graduate student may need to delay the posting of their thesis or dissertation to CEDAR, or limit the audience to Western students and faculty. There are two options to choose from.

An embargo delays the public release of the document while the author or faculty researcher pursues publication or copyright of the work in the thesis/dissertation. At the end of the embargo period, the document is posted.

To request an embargo, email [email protected] with details. An embargo can be requested for six months or one year, and may be renewed if necessary.

If you might want to renew your embargo, set a reminder on your calendar around the time the embargo is set to expire. Let the Graduate School know if you need to renew.

Campus Only Access

Limiting access to the Western community is a good option for those wishing to preserve First North American Serial Rights (publication rights). A current WWU login is required to view the thesis, and the limited access status does not expire like an embargo does.

To choose this option, use the limited access library authorization form instead of the standard one, and make a note in CEDAR when you upload your thesis. Library authorization forms are available in the Templates section above, and on Canvas.

Forms and Links

Thesis Topic Approval

Dissertation Topic Approval

Research and Writing Studio

Western CEDAR

Print and Copy Services

Thesis Order Request Form

Dissertation Order Form

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