Thesis Proposal

You should use this form to submit your thesis proposal after it has been approved by your adviser.

First Name

Last Name

Net ID

University ID

Type of Thesis

Thesis Title

Expected Graduation Month

Expected Graduation Year

Adviser First Name

Adviser Last Name

Adviser E-mail

Required Courses

Have you completed or are you currently enrolled in any of these courses?

Proseminar completed enrolled

Master's Thesis Seminar completed enrolled

Review of the Literature completed enrolled

Earned credits

How many credits have you earned toward your degree, as of the last complete semester?

(including transfer units and course equivalency)

Elective courses

List the courses and independent studies that you have completed during your program that prepare you for the proposed thesis.

Course/Section No.

Course Title

Experiential learning

Describe the paid employment or internship experience that you have had in the area of the proposed thesis.

Extracurricular activities

Describe other extracurricular experience that qualifies you to do this thesis.

Methods course

List the methods course(s) that you have taken in the area of your proposed thesis. (It is unlikely that the methods course will have the word "methods" in the title, but it is a course or independent study in which you have studied the analytic approach taken in the thesis. Examples of methods courses include: oral history; community studies, media analysis, techniques in art history, qualitative methods in sociology, etc.)

Course Number

Course Title

Style Guide

Indicate which of the following three style guides you will use in preparing the thesis. (If you have a good reason to use another style guide, you may.)

Modern Language Association Kate Turabian, Manual for Theses and Dissertations American Psychological Association

Please attach a copy of your thesis proposal (.doc, .docx, and .pdf formats accepted).

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