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Section 6.4 of the graduate school handbook.

Document . A student pursuing the thesis option must submit a complete, written thesis document to the master’s examination committee. The thesis must conform to Graduate School format requirements as described in the “Graduate School Guidelines for Formatting Theses, Dissertations, and DMA Documents” available on the Graduate School website . The thesis must be approved by the master’s examination committee before the student takes the examination.

Approval . If the student satisfactorily completes the master’s examination and if the student presents an acceptable thesis, the master’s examination committee members indicate approval of the thesis by posting their decision on the Report on Final Document by the published deadline for the autumn or spring semester or summer term of graduation.

Restricted Material . Theses must not contain material that may never be allowed to be published. Students whose these contain material that can be published but requires a delay in public disclosure can request to delay public disclosure on OhioLINK (Ohio Library and Information Network). Please contact Graduation Services at the Graduate School for additional information.

Submission . The thesis must be submitted to the Graduate School by the published deadline for the autumn or spring semester or summer term of graduation. The final thesis must be submitted electronically as a PDF to OhioLINK , the Ohio Library and Information Network.

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The Ohio State University is a top tier research institution and Arts Administration, Education and Policy is proud of that research and the students who produce engaging, relevant documents that are submitted in support for an academic degree. The thesis marks the end of a master’s program while the dissertation signifies the end of a doctoral study. Ohio State has agreements with two organizations, OhioLINK  and ProQuest/UMI , that store and provide access to Ohio State theses and dissertations. These links are provided for your convenience to explore the topnotch research executed at The Ohio State University.

Ohio State University dissertation template

Updated LaTeX document class for Ohio State University (OSU) graduate school dissertation and thesis documents.

Source: phaseportrait.blogspot.com/2011/02/updated-latex-document-class-for-ohio.html .

This template was originally published on ShareLaTeX and subsequently moved to Overleaf in November 2019.

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OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations (ETD) contains over 58,000 theses and dissertations from students at 31 of Ohio’s world-renowned academic institutions. In 2012, Google thanked OhioLINK for making ETD open-access content easier to find by Google Scholar. Theses and dissertations from Ohio’s academic institutions were downloaded more than six million times from researchers around the globe in 2015.

Consider reading this blog post to learn more about the upload process for theses and dissertations. And also check out our overview flyer  about the ETD Center.

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Undergraduate Research Theses and Honors Research Theses

Instructions for students  |  Instructions for Honors Program Directors

The Ohio State University develops and supports an environment that promotes the intellectual and personal development of high-ability undergraduate students. Undergraduate students submit their  research theses and honors research theses  to the Knowledge Bank. If you have questions or problems with the procedures below, please send a message to  [email protected] .

  Instructions for students:

• MANDATORY:   Login (Auto-Register)  with the Knowledge Bank
• MANDATORY:  Fill out  authorization  form
• MANDATORY:   Convert thesis to PDF
• Delay of Dissemination  process , and  policy and request form  information
• Submitting an item to the Knowledge Bank

Delay of Dissemination (embargo)  policy and request form . (If you would like to delay dissemination of your thesis in the Knowledge Bank, you must request an embargo from the Honors and Scholars Center. Policy information and the request form can also be found at the  Honors and Scholars Center ).

Whether or not you request a delay, you must complete steps 1-5 to electronically submit your thesis. You will have an opportunity in the submission process to  alert the Libraries  that your thesis should not be made available in the Knowledge Bank immediately.

You can do steps 1 and 2 any time during the semester that you intend to submit your thesis to the Knowledge Bank.

1. Login to the Knowledge Bank to auto-register.

• Go to:  https://kb.osu.edu
• Click on the "Login" dropdown.
• Click on the "Login with Shibboleth" button.
• Sign in with your OSU account (lastname.# and password)
• OR if your OSU login is already in effect in your browser, you will be logged in automatically.
• Once logged in, click on the Profile icon dropdown and select "MyKB" to be taken to your Submissions page.

NOTE: You will not be able to select a collection to submit to until you are authorized to submit to the appropriate collection (see step 2 below).

2. Fill out the web form below and click on [Submit] to inform the Knowledge Bank staff that you have registered. They will authorize you to submit your thesis to the appropriate collection. Knowledge Bank staff will send you an e-mail when you have been authorized. If you have not heard back from Knowledge Bank staff within two business days, please email  [email protected] .

Once authorized, when you start a new submission after logging in you will see the name of your selected collection in the pop-up window dropdown. Before you are authorized this collection will not be available.

Note: This form will not automatically authorize you.  The Knowledge Bank staff will receive your request via this form and they will authorize you.

3. Convert your thesis to  PDF  format. (Microsoft Word documents will not be accepted.)

Note:  Please  do not use spaces or special characters in your PDF filename.  Spaces and special characters — such as [ , ] , ( , ) , ! , é , and ü — can prevent access to your thesis via the web once it is in the Knowledge Bank. Examples of properly named PDFs include: thesis.pdf, your_name_thesis.pdf, honors_thesis.pdf, HonorsThesis.pdf, myThesis_20080602.pdf. Also, please remember that the filename of your thesis  will be visible  to the general public.

4. Submit your thesis to the Knowledge Bank.

• Go to  https://kb.osu.edu
• Click on "Login".
• After logging in, hover over the plus sign at the top of the left-hand menu. Click "New" and select "Item" from the dropdown list.
• In the new pop-up window, click on the name of the desired collection listed below the search box. Note: you will not be able to select a collection until you are authorized to submit ( step 2  above).
• Follow the steps of the submission form.

NOTE:  During the submission process, you will be asked whether or not you requested an embargo (or delayed dissemination) for your thesis and for how long. You must request an embargo through the Honors and Scholars Center. Policy information and the request form are available online from the  Knowledge Bank  or the  Honors and Scholars Center .

Note:  As a repository for digital assets, OSU's Knowledge Bank acts as a permanent archive. All items submitted remain as is at the time of submission, just as books once published remain in the form in which they were printed.  PDF files once placed in the Knowledge Bank will not be modified.

Problems? Email us at  [email protected] .

5. Your work is done but it may take the Knowledge Bank staff 1 to 2 business days to add your thesis to the Knowledge Bank. The system will send an email to you when it has been added informing you of the web address of your thesis. If you have been granted an embargo, you will receive an email when your thesis is added to the Knowledge Bank after the embargo period. Items in the Knowledge Bank are indexed by Google but it may take two weeks before you will be able to find it in Google.

  Instructions for Honors Program Directors:

1. Near the beginning of every semester, send an email to your students with a link to the instructions above:  http://go.osu.edu/kb-honors-instructions . (Near the beginning of every semester, you will receive an email from the Honors & Scholars Center with a link to this page of instructions. This should prompt you to forward the email to your students that will be submitting a thesis that semester.)

2. Subscribe to your collection to get an email alert when a student's thesis has been added to the Knowledge Bank. You only have to follow the procedures below once. If you continue to be the Honors Program Director for your college, you will automatically receive email alerts every semester. If you would like to be notified by email when a student's thesis has been added to the Knowledge Bank follow the procedures below:

• Navigate to the desired collection home page and click the red bell icon at the top right. 
• In the pop-up window, select your preferred schedule for receiving email updates, then click "Submit." You should now be subscribed.
• To view your current subscriptions, click on the Profile icon dropdown and select "Subscriptions."

If you ever step down from being a Honors Program Director and do not wish to receive the email alerts any longer, you may unsubscribe from your collection:

• Click on the Profile icon dropdown and select "Subscriptions."
• Find the collection you wish to unsubscribe from, and click the red trash can icon to delete it from your list.

Link to this page: http://go.osu.edu/kb-research-and-honors-theses-instructions

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Graduate School Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Accessibility Plan

The Ohio State Graduate School is committed to an inclusive Thesis and Dissertation Accessibility plan that aligns with  OSU's Digital Accessibility Policy  to support the scholarship of Ohio State graduate students and its dissemination to diverse audiences, including those with disabilities. The purpose of the plan is to remove barriers to the accessibility of OSU’s theses and dissertations by implementing guidelines that support The Ohio State University’s accessibility initiatives.

The Graduate School approves approximately 1,200 theses and dissertations each year. With this volume, applying accessibility will be a combined effort on the part of students, faculty, and program staff while also identifying other campus resources that can assist students in making their thesis or dissertation accessible and to meet submission guidelines. Communication concerning this initiative to the graduate community, which is comprised of 130 graduate programs, will be ongoing from the initial phase of implementation through the application of more advanced accessibility standards that are applied as technologies and appropriate resources within the university are developed.

As accessibility is a university initiative, the Graduate School will look to identify and establish partnerships with campus entities that can provide various levels of accessibility support. These offices include but are not limited to the Digital Accessibility and ADA Coordinators Offices, and the OSU Libraries. The Graduate School will also encourage individual graduate programs to establish resources and processes to support their students in accessibility applications.

While the Graduate School is committed to the enhancement of accessibility measures applied by student authors on theses and dissertations, presently no student will be withheld from graduating based on the level of applied accessibility. After publication, any document that requires additional accessibility measures due to a request will follow the remediation plan set forth by OSU’s Digital Accessibility Policy. This also applies to any document submitted by a student before the implementation of the Thesis and Dissertation Accessibility Plan.

Accessibility Guidelines Recommended Beginning Spring 2023

As of spring 2023 the Graduate School will recommend the implementation of the following for all theses and dissertations:

• PDF file includes full text
• PDF accessibility permission flag is checked
• Text language of the PDF is specified
• PDF includes a title
• Images, figures, and tables have descriptive captions and/or alt tags explaining content

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More information and links to resources to support students, advisors and programs with implementing digital accessible practices into the creation of electronic theses and dissertations can be found on the Document Preparation page .

For questions about the OSU Digital Accessibility Policy please contact  OSU's Digital Accessibility   Center.

For digital accessibility needs around content developed by the Graduate School please contact email  [email protected]

Implementation Timeline

Due to the large size of our campus community, the Graduate School will initially focus its implementation efforts on an education campaign to increase awareness and provide information to assist students in the integration of accessibility standards as they prepare their theses and dissertation. This will progress over time as accessibility standards evolve and will allow for appropriate planning by students and faculty, and an alignment of campus resources to help support this endeavor.

Spring-Summer 2023

During spring term 2023, students and programs will be notified of the need to integrate accessibility standards in the development of theses and dissertations. The following process will also be implemented:

• The Graduate School will implement five basic accessibility standards (see below) that Spring 2023 graduates will be encouraged to incorporate into their final document.
• The guidelines will be posted on the Graduate School’s web page, along with links to related resources, in sections pertaining to theses/dissertation formatting.
• The formatting template and corresponding guidelines will contain updates to accommodate the majority of the posted accessibility guidelines.
• Graduate School staff will run an accessibility checker at the time of draft format reviews and will share the results with students to encourage application.

Autumn 2023-Summer 2024

As of autumn term 2023, the Graduate School will aim to implement the following actions:

• The Graduate School will review the status of education, communication, and campus resources on an ongoing basis to determine the adoption level of accessibility standards and how this impacts thesis and dissertation development and processes moving forward.
• Related impacts of the document review process as well as graduation clearance will determine resource needs within the Graduate School, the graduate programs, and any related campus partners.
• Adjustments to the related guidelines and processes will be implemented during this time to establish an accessibility level with a goal of requirements being implemented in all documents beginning Autumn 2024.
• The Graduate School will assess on a yearly basis if additional accessibility standards shall be encouraged or required to ensure compliance with OSU’s Digital Accessibility Policy.

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