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A master’s thesis is required by certain programs. The preparation of a thesis demonstrates
the student’s ability to communicate and to evaluate critically. Information about
preparing an electronic thesis is available online at
www.etd.uc.edu. The Roadmap to a Successful Graduation should be used to guide the student through the thesis submission process. The student must obtain any special thesis requirements
of his or her specific program from his or her program office.
Evaluation Process
Each master’s degree student undergoes an individual evaluation process at the
end of his or her program. This evaluation process is defined as satisfactory
demonstration of mastery of subject matter in which the graduate student is
seeking the master’s degree. This demonstration is an individualized evaluation
of each master’s candidate that is monitored and documented by at least two
faculty members, at least one of whom must be a member of the graduate
faculty.
Faculty with emeritus status may remain on the committee if they were members
when the proposal was accepted and were full-time tenured, graduate faculty. A
faculty member originally on a student’s committee who leaves UC to take a
academic position elsewhere may also continue to serve on the student’s
committee if both the faculty member and the student agree to continue the
relationship. However, neither an emeritus nor a faculty member from another
institution may serve as chair of the committee. If the student has written a
thesis, he/she must submit the completed thesis to the thesis committee for
critical evaluation.
In some programs the final evaluation may be in the form of a comprehensive
exam or research project; in others, the final evaluation may appropriately be a
recital, performance, or exhibition. The specific nature of the final evaluation is
determined by the academic unit offering the master’s degree program. If
questioned, the appropriateness of a final evaluation will be decided by the
University Graduate Council. Students who have written a thesis are expected to
enter details of their thesis defense, such as time, date and location online.
Electronic Thesis and Dissertation (ETD)
All theses must be published in electronic format on
OhioLINK, a consortium of Ohio’s college and university libraries and the
State Library of Ohio. Students are encouraged to investigate the wide variety of
resources available on how to prepare their theses electronically. Information about
electronic theses can be accessed at Electronic Thesis
and Dissertation website. The Roadmap to a Successful Graduation should be used in conjunction with the reference material on the ETD website. For questions not addressed on this site, contact
the ETD Helpdesk (Room 110, Van Wormer Hall), phone 556-1496 or email: etd@uc.edu.
The Student Technology Resources
Center (STRC), located on the fourth floor of Langsam Library, is another
potential source of help for students preparing electronic theses and dissertations.
The STRC helps students with their instructional technology needs beyond the scope
of a typical on-campus computer lab. The Center’s workstations provide students
with access to a variety of computer software and hardware. The STRC can be contacted
at 556-1980.
Submission of Thesis
Once a thesis has been approved by his/her committee, the candidate for the master’s
degree will be required to submit their thesis via the Roadmap to a Successful Graduation.
Publication of Thesis
All theses developed and produced by students at the University of Cincinnati must
be made accessible to the public through publication. All theses must be submitted
in electronic format. Published works are works that have been made available to
the public in some way, usually by the sale or public distribution of copies. The
reproduction of a thesis through ProQuest/University Microfilms, Inc. (UMI) and
/or OhioLINK is regarded as publication.
At the University of Cincinnati, completed and approved electronic theses are available
through OhioLINK at the University of Cincinnati library and, if the student pays
an additional fee, through ProQuest/UMI. University of Cincinnati students are
required to submit their master’s theses electronically to OhioLINK. They are not
required to submit their master’s theses to ProQuest/UMI; it is an option. ProQuest/UMI
charges a fee for publication of an abstract of the thesis in Thesis Abstracts and
for preparation and storage of a microfilm master negative of the full text. OhioLINK
submits the thesis to ProQuest/UMI for the student upon request and payment of
a fee. The microfilm negative is kept on deposit by ProQuest / UMI, which lists
the abstract in its cumulative and annual indexes and services requests for copies
of the thesis from individuals or from libraries. A print of the microfilm is deposited
in the Library of Congress. The thesis abstract in text-only/plain-text on a computer
disk must accompany all full-thesis documents.
A student may apply to the Senior Assistant Dean of the Graduate School, in the
Graduate School, to embargo (delay) electronic publication of the thesis for up
to three years. Once the initial request has been granted, additional one-year extensions
may be requested. It is the student’s responsibility to request all extensions.
If an embargo period expires and no request for an extension has been granted, OhioLINK
will automatically release the document for electronic dissemination.
Information about electronic theses and dissertations, including a description of
the advantages of preparing a thesis electronically, can be accessed on the
ETD website. For questions not addressed on this site, contact the ETD Helpdesk
(Room 110, Van Wormer Hall), phone 556-1496 or email etd@uc.edu.
Students may opt to copyright their theses. To do so, the author of the thesis is
required to choose the copyright option when submitting their thesis at ETD Online.
The copyright law defines the date of publication as “the earliest
date when copies of the first authorized edition were placed on sale, sold, or publicly
distributed by the proprietor of the copyright or under his authority.”
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