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Theses and dissertations are scholarly essays incorporating original research on a topic and are usually written as part of the requirements for a graduate degree.

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Theses & Dissertations (2011 - present)

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This collection contains all theses and dissertations produced at the University of Guelph since 2011 when the requirement to submit electronic theses to the Atrium was adopted by the University.

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The MRP & Thesis Process

Proposal stage.

All students in the major research paper (MRP) or thesis stream are required to write a research proposal that is approximately 10-20 double-spaced pages (about 250 words per page), depending upon whether they are pursuing the thesis or MRP option.

Before beginning your proposal, it is important to sit down with your advisor to discuss particular content and length requirements and to discuss more detailed specifics about the proposal. It is strongly encouraged that students have a draft of their proposal submitted to their advisory committee before the start of the spring semester.

The student should discuss appropriate timelines with their supervisor to ensure that this occurs. After that, you will meet with your committee to discuss ways to strengthen your proposal.

When your committee has approved your proposal, they will sign a proposal approval form (available from the graduate program assistant). The graduate coordinator will also review this research proposal and sign the approval form. At this time, you are ready to proceed with your research.

A copy of your proposal and the signed approval form should be given to the graduate program assistant for your file.

Developing, Submitting & Defending Your MRP or Thesis

It is very important to remain in close contact with your supervisor (and committee member as appropriate) when working on your MRP or thesis. It is also important to be disciplined in managing your time and working on researching and writing your project.

You should anticipate having to submit multiple revisions of material, so it is important not to underestimate the amount of time it will take you to produce a finished product. Your advisory committee (which includes your advisor) determines whether your thesis is ready for oral defense or, in the case of MRP students, your paper is ready for a final submission.

Your MRP advisors will determine whether your paper is ready for a final submission. Based on the Graduate Calendar , your advisory committee is required to thoroughly review and comment on drafts of written material and to provide feedback to guide the student in satisfactory completion of the work.

Students should expect to submit at least two drafts of their MRP or thesis to their entire advisory committee. When students have successfully completed their thesis proposals or MRP proposals, the graduate coordinator must approve them.

Advisory committee members are required to inform the student of the approximate time it will take for submitted written material to be returned with comments. If the expected time exceeds the normal two-week turnaround (e.g. due to an absence from campus, an unusually heavy workload, or other reasons), advisory committee members must provide the student and the advisor with an estimate of the time required.

Students are responsible for learning about all appropriate deadlines, dates and regulations associated with registration and graduation requirements and are strongly encouraged to establish, as a goal, the completion of their MRP or thesis well in advance of the deadline date for submission of their thesis or the grade for the MRP.

The procedures for submitting your completed thesis and for the oral defence examination are in the graduate calendar. In addition, the thesis submission procedures can be found on the Graduate Studies website.

Students should thoroughly read the University’s policy on responsibilities of advisors, advisory committees and graduate students .

The Finishing Touches

If you have written a thesis, a set of forms provided by the Office of Graduate & Postdoctoral Studies at the time of the final defense must be completed and filed with that office. In the case of an MRP, only a Recommendation for Graduation form needs to be filed.

The Recommendation for Graduation form is prepared by the Office of Graduate & Postdoctoral Studies upon receiving a memorandum from the department indicating that your work has been completed. The form is then signed by the department chair and returned to the Office of Graduate & Postdoctoral Studies. Students do not submit this form.

Once a student has successfully defended their thesis, an e-copy is uploaded to the Office of Graduate & Postdoctoral Studies Atrium .

The CCJP program does not require a hard copy of your thesis (or MRP), but please email a digital copy to the graduate program assistant. The Office of Graduate & Postdoctoral Studies does not require a digital copy of a student MRP, just a thesis.

When students are ready to graduate, they submit the Application to Graduate form and, if eligible, an Early Completion Rebate form .

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Student and Faculty Resources

Thesis and graduation resources, thesis preparation.

• Do you know the difference between a monograph and manuscript thesis format? Did you know that there are specific requirements for each type of thesis? Read the file at the bottom of the page before preparing your thesis!
• Thesis Preparation Guidelines
• Thesis Submission Checklist
• The template at the bottom of this page conforms to the style and formatting guidelines required by Graduate & Postdoctoral Studies. There is no official thesis template provided by the Department of Mathematics & Statistics. The template provided is provided only as a resource. You can and should modify the template to suit your needs within the confines of the official formatting requirements. Your final thesis must conform to the official style and formatting guidelines. You are strongly encouraged to read through all of the links above to ensure that your final thesis satisfies all requirements.

Submission and Defence Schedule

• Master's Thesis Submission and Defence Schedule
• Doctoral Thesis Submission and Defence Schedule
• Guidelines for Oral Examination (i.e. Defence) of Thesis (see attachments at bottom of page)

For other useful links and resources, visit the Completion and Graduation page on the Graduate & Postdoctoral Studies website.

Department Graduate Committee

(from September 2020 to August 2021)

• Zeny Feng (Chair Fall 2020)
• Monica Cojocaru (Chair Winter 2021)
• Hermann Eberl
• Tony Desmond
• Susan McCormick
• Kolja Kypke (Mathematics graduate student)
• Matthew Lowe (Statistics graduate student)

Graduate Representatives

GSA (Graduate Students' Association) Department Representative

• Kolja Kypke

Forms and Documents

Common forms and documents:

• Graduate Exam Request Form (see attachments at bottom of page)
• Advisory Committee Appointment & Graduate Degree Program Form
• Course Add/Drop / Course Waiver Request

All other forms can be found on the  Graduate & Postdoctoral Studies website .

Teaching Assistantships (TAs)

The Academic Staff Work Assignments website  is where you will find postings for available work assignments for Teaching Assistants (TAs & UTA's), Graduate Service Assistants (GSA-1s) and Sessional Lecturers (SLs), and where you will manage your Offers of Appointment.

Professional Development Resources

MyGradSkills.ca is a resource for graduate students and postdoctoral fellows to enhance the professional skills so that they can succeed during their studies and research, and in a range of career paths. MyGradSkills.ca includes a number of self-paced, online modules on a range of #GradProSkills topics, including teaching & learning, to career development, to community engagement, to entrepreneurship, and much more. As the site expands, they also will be offering blogs, virtual career panels, an information clearinghouse, as well as additional online modules.

The Graduate Student Learning Initiative (GSLI) is a collaborative endeavour that brings together key campus services that support academic and professional skill development for graduate students as learners, instructors, researchers and professionals.

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College of Social & Applied Human Sciences

Undergraduate Honours Thesis Guidelines (IDEV*4100/IDEV*4150)

Undergraduate honours thesis in international development studies guidelines.

The undergraduate thesis courses, IDEV*4100 and IDEV*4150,  provide an opportunity for undergraduate students in the IDS Honours Major to complete an undergraduate thesis on a topic related to international development. The thesis is an independent research project that takes place across two successive semesters, supervised by a faculty member. In IDEV*4100 students are required to undertake a literature review as well as plan develop and write a research proposal. In IDEV*4150, students will conduct research, write a thesis and defend their thesis in an oral presentation. The topic of the thesis will be selected in consultation with the student's faculty supervisor (see more below on finding a research topic and faculty supervisor). Read through the thesis course guidelines and registration information outlined below and contact the  IDS Academic Advisor  if you have questions.

Course Descriptions

Idev*4100    thesis in international development studies i   .

Supervised by a faculty member, students will undertake a literature review and plan, develop and write a research proposal. The topic of thesis will be selected in consultation with the supervisory faculty member prior to registration for the course. Students are advised to contact the IDS Academic Advisor for further information.

Restriction(s): Registration in BA.IDS with a minimum average of 80% in all IDS major course attempts. 

Prerequisite(s) :  14.00 credits including  IDEV*3000 ,  IDEV*3100  

Offered: Summer, Fall and Winter

Credits: 0.50

IDEV*4150    Thesis in International Development Studies II  

Students conduct, write and present an undergraduate thesis under the supervision of a faculty member.

Restriction(s):   Restricted to students in BAH.IDS

Prerequisite(s) :  IDEV*4100  

Use of these Courses

• IDEV*4100 and IDEV*4150 must be completed in sequence over two consecutive semesters. A different sequence is only possible if it is approved by the faculty supervisor.
• IDEV*4100 (0.50 credits) and IDEV*4150 (0.50 credits) are restricted electives in the IDS program's Areas of Emphasis, and the courses together will count towards 1.0 credits in a student's Area of Emphasis.

Finding a faculty supervisor and research topic

• It’s important to begin discussions with potential supervisors at least one semester before your registering in IDEV*4100. You are responsible for finding a supervisor.
• Your supervisor must be a faculty member at the University of Guelph.
• Before contacting potential supervisors, you should think carefully about what it is you want learn and research for the Honours thesis.
• Start with the GIDS faculty page for information on associated/affiliated GIDS faculty and their research interests. Determine which faculty have research interests that are similar to the topic you’re interested in researching for your project.
• Familiarize yourself with the faculty member’s work before you contact them so that you understand their research interests, their research and their published work.
• Contact potential supervisors to set up a time during to discuss the possibility of supervision and research topics.
• Once you've conformed a faculty supervisor, you will decide on a specific research topic for the research project, deadlines and method of evaluation.  You will use this information to complete the IDS Honours Thesis Agreement  for both IDEV*4100 and IDEV*4150.

IDEV*4100 and IDEV*4150 Course Registration

Submit a copy of the signed IDS Honours Thesis Agreement to the IDS Academic Advisor  for both IDEV*4100 and IDEV*4150 prior to course selection for the semester in which you plan to register in each of the courses. Once the agreement has been submitted, the IDS Academic Advisor will provide a signed course waiver that will enable you to register in the course through Enrolment Services.

Course Outlines and Regulations

IDEV*4100/IDEV*4150 are intended to be an independent research project. Once accepted into IDEV*4100, students should meet with their faculty supervisor early in the first semester to develop the research topic and scope of the research. It's expected that students will meet with their advisor at least bi-weekly to discuss and get feedback on the continuing progress of their research. The agreed-upon meeting schedule should be formalized in the IDS Honours Thesis Agreement (use Word document below). Students and faculty supervisors will need to complete the Honours Thesis Agreement before both IDEV*4100 and IDEV*4150. Students submit the Honours Thesis agreement to the IDS Academic Advisor for approval.

IDEV*4100: Thesis in International Development Studies I Course Outline

Literature review (idev*4100).

Students will complete a literature review, and develop and write research proposal. Early on in the research process, students will read widely and extensively around the topic of their proposed research. As part of this stage of the thesis development, students will be required to prepare a 3,000 word literature review identifying and summarizing key issues and questions in the existing academic literature related to their chosen topic area. This secondary analysis of what has already been written is not concerned about discovering new knowledge or information, but sets the foundation for further research. The literature review should focus primarily on the relevant academic literature, not the "popular press" or other non-academic sources. The draft literature review will be returned to the student with feedback from the faculty supervisor to allow for refinement and preparation of the research proposal.

Research Proposal (IDEV*4100)

A formal research proposal of 5,000 words (excluding title page and references) will be prepared and will consist of an abbreviated literature review, a summary of the proposed research project and associated research questions, the planned methods and time frame of the analysis to answer the questions, and a list of references. Students must submit their research proposal to their supervisor by the end of week 11 of the first semester. An approved research proposal/plan, as signed by the supervisor, is then submitted and logged with the IDS Academic Advisor by the end of week 12 of the semester.

Ethics Application

The faculty member supervising the student thesis assumes responsibility for ensuring the research project complies with university regulations, policies and procedures.

If the research will involve human participants, or the use of live animals, the research project must include approval from either the Research Ethics Board (REB) (https://www.uoguelph.ca/research/services-divisions/ethics ), or the Animal Care Committee (ACC) ( https://www.uoguelph.ca/research/services-divisions/animal-care-services) , as appropriate. The preparation of the documentation required for REB or ACC approval can take several weeks. In accordance with the Canadian Council on Animal Care, anyone handling animals for purposes of teaching or research must have appropriate training which is provided by the University of Guelph. When a project involves risk—including handling dangerous materials—the advisor (and student, as appropriate) should consult with Occupational Health and Safety to ensure compliance with standards of health and safety.

A student whose thesis research involves international travel must contact the Centre for International Programs ( https://www.uoguelph.ca/cip/safe-travel-information ) and ensure that they have completed the University’s mandatory pre-departure orientation (DepartSmart) in order to be prepared appropriately to travel outside Canada.

IDEV*4150: Thesis in International Development Studies II Course Outline

Draft and final thesis (idev*4150).

The final thesis should be in the order of 12,000 words (excluding abstract, references and appendices) and consist of an abstract, introduction, methods, results, discussion, conclusion, references and appendices. An electronic copy of the thesis is submitted to the Faculty Supervisor and a Second Reader. The thesis is evaluated and graded by the Supervisor and a Second Reader. The name of the Second Reader should be provided to the IDS Academic Advisor by the 6th week of classes.

A draft of the full thesis is due by the end of week 9 of the second semester.  The Supervisor will review and provide feedback to the student within one week of the draft submission, to enable the student to revise the draft and prepare the final thesis document for the thesis defence. The final written thesis presents the major findings of the project and is due by the last day of exams. See the detailed timeline below.

Oral Presentation/ Thesis Defense (IDEV*4150)

The student will present and defend the major findings of their thesis through a public presentation.

Students will be required to prepare and deliver a 15 minute presentation covering their research questions, methods and findings. The examining panel, consisting of the Faculty Supervisor, Second Reader and the IDS Academic Advisor, will then ask two rounds of questions. Following this, the panel will deliberate and determine the final grade for the presentation.  The public presentation must be completed by the final week of classes.

Thesis Copies

Following the thesis defense and final edits, an electronic copy of the thesis, is to be submitted to the Faculty Supervisor, Second Reader and the IDS Academic Advisor, to be retained by GIDS.

Timeline for IDEV*4150 (2nd semester):

• 6th week of classes: Second Reader (faculty) name provided to IDS Academic Advisor.
• 9th week of classes: Thesis draft due to faculty advisor.
• 10th week of classes: Faculty advisor to provide feedback to the thesis draft.
• 11th week of classes: Thesis provided to Second Reader and IDS Academic Advisor.
• 12th week of classes: Thesis Defence.
• The final electronic copy of the thesis is due by the last day of exams.

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Pria Mahabir's PhD Defence

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Pria will present her thesis, "Environmental and ecological factors, but not agricultural activity, are associated with brain form in a wild stream fish". 

The examination committee includes: Chair - Dr. Kevin McCann Advisor - Dr. Fred Laberge Advisory Committee Examiner - Dr. Ryan Prosser Additional Examiner - Dr. Sarah Alderman External Examiner - Dr. Barbara Zielinski (University of Windsor)

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2024 3MT - Three Minute Thesis

Come out to watch the 2024 university of guelph three-minute thesis (3mt ® ) campus finals.

Where: The ARC Arts Auditorium (in the new extension of the MacKinnon Building), Mackinnon 113

When: April 24, 2024, 1:00 - 3:00 pm

The Three Minute Thesis (3MT ® ) is an academic research communication competition developed by The University of Queensland (UQ), Australia. Graduate students from all seven University of Guelph colleges have earned a chance to compete in the 3MT® campus final. 

Questions? If you have any questions about the University-wide 3MT ®  finals please email  [email protected] .

Welcome from the Assistant Vice-President (Graduate Studies)

"Graduate students have three minutes to present a compelling oration on their thesis and its significance. The 3MT is not an exercise in trivializing research, but instead challenges students to consolidate their ideas and research discoveries so they can be presented concisely to a non-specialist audience." — Ben Bradshaw | Assistant Vice-President (Graduate Studies), University of Guelph  

3MT Judging Panel

Meet the judges for the 2024 3MT® University of Guelph final.

Bronwen Buck

With a background in outreach, volunteer management and stewardship, Bronwen has elevated community engagement for organizations such as the Guelph Neighbourhood Support Coalition (GNSC), the Grand River Conservation Authority and the Carolinian Canada Coalition. In her current role offering neighbourhood-focused support, Bronwen coordinates food, community care, recreation and partnership services in Guelph’s east end. Her work extends beyond service provision; she employs an assets-based approach to recognize and develop the strengths of individuals and local groups. In this capacity, she seeks to increase belonging, spark creativity, and deepen connection to place and community.  Bronwen is also active on the Equity Committee and Board of Reep Green Solutions, an environmental charity focusing on collectively shifting our community to a resilient, low-carbon future.

The Honourable Lloyd Longfield, MP

Lloyd has since served the Member of Parliament for Guelph since 2015.  He is the current Chair of the Science and Research Committee, a member of the Standing Committee on the Environment and Sustainable Development and a past member of the Standing Committee for Industry, Science and Technology, and the Standing Committee for Agriculture and Agri-Food, as well as past Vice-Chair of the Standing Committee on Public Accounts.  In addition to his committee roles, Lloyd has served as Chair of the Parliamentary Health Research Caucus, he has chaired the Innovation Caucus, Co-Chaired the Automotive Caucus and has also been an active member in the Social Innovation caucus and the Mental Health Caucus.  Lloyd is a proud Guelphite who is focused on collaborating locally on priorities such as the environment, housing, mental health, Indigenous reconciliation, early learning, entrepreneurship and economic development-and of course a huge supporter of the students and research at the U of G.

Sara Stricker

Dr. Sara Stricker is the Communications and Outreach Coordinator at the Guelph Turfgrass Institute. Her role involves planning events, managing social media, designing the website, conducting outreach, hosting a podcast, presenting at conferences, and instructing courses in Turfgrass Management. Sara is proud to be a graduate of the University of Guelph and previous winner of the 2020 3MT Competition at the U of G. She also enjoys gardening and various crafty activities.

Lindsey Thomson

Lindsey is the Manager of Community Engaged Teaching and Learning at the Community Engaged Scholarship Institute (CESI). She is passionate about community engagement and anti-oppressive research practices and is also a 2nd-year student in the Social Practice and Transformational Change doctoral program. Her research stretches across critical autism studies, queer studies, and disability justice and looks at the lived experience of femme-identifying autistic communities.

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