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The UBC Theses and Dissertations collection promotes open and comprehensive access to a significant body of unique knowledge created by graduate students to support further research and for private study. The authors retain copyright ownership and moral rights to their theses. The content of theses may not be re-purposed or exploited for commercial gain without the explicit permission of the authors.

UBC graduate students began submitting their theses online via cIRcle, UBC’s digital repository, in fall 2007, a practice that both simplified the submission process and also ensured the availability of this research to a global audience in a timely manner. As of March 2012, UBC Library has digitized and made openly accessible the full-text of more than 32,000 theses submitted by graduate students between 1919 and 2007. In addition to providing information about specific fields of study these theses also reveal important information about changes in pedagogy at the University and within academic disciplines. Authors concerned about having their pre-2007 theses included as part of this collection can notify [email protected] to have their thesis removed. Similarly, if copyrighted material appears in a thesis the copyright owner can request that material be removed.

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Master's Thesis Submission Error and Looming Deadline: Implications for PhD Funding

Hi All, I am wondering if anyone can speak to this and what the implications might be. I recently submitted my MA thesis to the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies for the purpose of the document being archived on cIRcle. I'm wondering what a delayed submission to the archive would mean -- in the event that the thesis office discovered a formatting error -- for my official completion of the MA program and MOST IMPORTANTLY, my receipt of September NSERC funds for subsequent continuation into the PhD program. I guess I am specifically wondering what G+PS will communicate to NSERC in the event that my submission ends up being late due to a formatting error being detected. I earlier spoke with the financial officer about what would happen in the event that my thesis committee required substantial revisions that led to my submission being delayed. I was informed that if the MA was not completed by August 31,2020 my NSERC funding would have to be delayed until Jan 1st, 2021.

I uncovered a formatting error after submitting and now I am quite anxious -- basically, my Results section was not properly segmented as a separate chapter heading (a consequence of my supervisor's edits, GO FIGURE!), and has now not been identified in the Table of Contents as a separate chapter. Its sections have been merged into the Method section. Technically speaking, this is not a formatting error per se, and it would only be recognized as such if the thesis reviewer knows that the results ought to be a separate 'chapter' (WRT the heading levels in the Table of Contents). I do not actually call my thesis sections chapters. It is written as a traditional scientific manuscript, following APA style. The problem is that ultimately that, at the level of the documents organization from the Result section is not separate from the Method section. This all sounds a bit ridiculous, I know, and that such a triviality should have bearing on a student's PhD funding is a somewhat ludicrous thought.

(Let me note that while the source of the formatting error was my supervisor's fault, I acknowledge that I was ultimately responsible for the final form of the document.)

Importantly, my committee has given me a pass (a 94, described 'above average') for the document/defence and has officially signed off on the MA thesis. All this documentation is submitted to G+PS before the archiving process begins.

Does anyone have an inkling as to what the worst-case scenario might look like here. Am I rightfully concerned about receiving my NSERC funding for September? How worried should I be? Because if this is an issue, I need to do something now! I can't afford to have my funding delayed. I am not eligible for emergency bursaries in BC because of previous issues with paper work in loan funding from my undergraduate work in another province.

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Dissertation & Thesis Formatting Frequently Asked Questions

By Allan Cho on July 30, 2020

[Updated August 1, 2020]

The following are frequently asked questions regarding dissertation and thesis formatting.   We provide the following information as further support to answering commonly asked questions.  

Using memos in the body of a thesis. I am not aware of any UBC-specific formatting rules for memos. In other words, the UBC Grad Studies page has rules for block quotes but not for other things like memos. What about consistency? What about “complete memos” at the end of the thesis as appendices, but a shortened memo as a block paragraph in one of her chapters. Is this permissible? 

• APA has its own rules about writing memos, so  this is a grey area where citation style may/may not affect formatting in the thesis
• Please check with your department supervisor and also with previous dissertations/theses in your area of research for examples and best practices

Are there any formatting rules for creating captions for images/tables/figures that are in appendices? And is it a requirement to have these captions included in the Table of images/tables/figures of a thesis?

• No, there are no specific rules for captions in the appendices 
• Appendices must be limited to supporting material genuinely subsidiary to the main argument of the thesis. They must only include material that is referred to in the thesis.
• The following are appropriate for inclusion in the appendices:
• Additional details of methodology and/or data.
• Diagrams of specialized equipment developed.
• Copies of questionnaires or surveys used in the research.

How does citation style its impact paragraph spacing?   In my thesis, there is a space between every new section, sub-section, et cetera. But how would this change if a student is required to follow a very specific citation format?  (e.g. APA format in the thesis). 

• APA recommends no additional spaces between the start of new paragraphs/sections
• As a recommendation, you can go to Open Collections [ https://open.library.ubc.ca/cIRcle/collections/ubctheses ], and find recent previous submissions from your department.  

If you are still unsure, please contact your supervisor/advisor 

What is the main distinction between th e Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies (G&PS) p re-review service and the RC Thesis Formatting service? 

• G+PS offers a general review to see if you’re on the right path with very general guidelines; it won’t answer any specific questions about formatting or other services
• RC service will help refer you to correct resources for more nuanced questions (e.g. Copyright, ethics approval, etc.)
• RC provides a pre-formatted dissertation template for you to populate with your content
• RC provides support using this template 
• RC offers one-on-one consultations for specific questions on your template

What is the turn-around time for G&PS pre-reviews?

• According to the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies (G&PS), it is 2-weeks.

What are the deadlines for Dissertation and Thesis Formatting submission?

• For most updated deadlines, go here: https://www.grad.ubc.ca/deadlines?type=deadline&deadline_type=571

Do I  have the option to embargo my work?

Yes, all information about delaying and embargo of your thesis/dissertation can be found on G+PS – https://www.grad.ubc.ca/current-students/final-dissertation-thesis-submission/delaying-publication-your-thesis

If I am an undergraduate student, should I still be using the Thesis Formatting template even though it seems to be intended for graduate students? Are there any formatting differences between an undergraduate thesis and a graduate thesis?

• Each undergraduate department may have its own specifications.  As undergraduates fall outside of the Faculty of Graduate + Postdoctoral Studies (G+PS), please contact your own department
• The Institutional Repository (cIRcle) has an archive of previous undergraduate theses with information on submission – https://circle.ubc.ca/submissions/submit-content/undergraduate/#fragment-5c201678217a9eeb6fca4f2cf24394f9-0

I found that in the thesis template, Chapter 1 doesn’t start at page 1 after the roman numerals.  I hope you can help me with this. It might be a problem with the Table of Content.  I am using the UBC thesis template.

• For your pagination issue, you can start with the two guides:
• How to guide:  PC (p.2)     Mac (p.2)
• Thesis Template User’s Guide: PC (p.4)     Mac (p.4)

I have an issue with converting my thesis into a PDF.  Some of the words (e.g. chapter headings in the table of contents and sub-section numbers) become blurry in the pdf format of the file. 

• The “blurriness” is indeed some sort of font formatting, and you can clear it as follows.  In the document, for each numbering level, click to select the number and press Ctrl+SpaceBar; this should revert font formatting to that of the underlying paragraph style.  Resource from: https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/office/forum/office_2013_release-word/list-number-blurry-multilevel-list/ddd957aa-d531-4711-88e2-66fd4d7594fc
• The problem can be the PDF converter program. Sometimes, the PDF converter program may need to be reinstalled on the computer.  Try it again after reinstallation.

I need to create sub-sections in my Appendix C (e.g., C.2.1, C.4.1.1), but I don’t know how to do that. The UBC Research Commons template seems to only program to Heading 8.

Secondly, I also don’t know why the figure name sequence does not work in Appendices.

• First, Copy the template caption into Appendix B as it shows Figure 0.1. 
• Second, Right click the “0” choosing “edit field” and then change the file properties to Heading 7 (this is the heading level for appendices in the template). 
• Third, right-click the “1” choosing “edit field”.   The original field code is “SEQFigure \* ARABIC \s 2 “, the 2 after \s resets the sequence after each Heading 2, but appendices are under Heading 7.
• Fourth, change the whole code to “SEQFigure \* ARABIC \s 7 “
• Lastly, update the table of figures 
• ** Remember to separate each figure/table with its own page so that the Table of Contents will reflect these new sub-appendices

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Essential Tips for UBC Thesis or Dissertation Submission

By Amber Saundry on Sep 19, 2023

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All UBC graduate students are required to submit their thesis or dissertation to cIRcle, UBC Library’s openly available digital repository, which currently holds more than 51,000 UBC theses and dissertations dating back to 1919.

If you’re a graduate student ready to submit your thesis or dissertation, we’ve outlined key steps on cIRcle’s Theses and Dissertations page . In this blog post, we’re highlighting some essential tips for a smooth process.

Who can help if I have questions?

Though cIRcle is the repository for UBC theses and dissertations, your Graduate Studies website is the first place to go for any questions about deadlines, preparation (including delay of publication & formatting), and submission (including account activation).

If the website does not answer your questions, UBC Vancouver students may contact Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies (G+PS, [email protected] ), while UBC Okanagan students may contact the College of Graduate Studies (CoGS, [email protected] ).

Thesis approval deadlines mean your thesis or dissertation must be approved in cIRcle by G+PS (UBC Vancouver) or CoGS (UBC Okanagan) before the deadline passes.

This means you need to complete post-defense finalizations, request any necessary permissions, complete formatting, submit, and complete any requested corrections before your thesis or dissertation can be approved.  Any and all of these steps can take time!

Check permissions and consider embargo requirements

As the author, you are responsible for ensuring your thesis or dissertation complies with Canadian copyright law.  In some cases, you may need time to request necessary permissions to include particular components that were not created by you.  The Copyright at UBC Office has extensive information about your copyright and your thesis or dissertation , and can be contacted if you have specific questions.

During your submission to cIRcle, you’ll complete the cIRcle Non-Exclusive Distribution License .  You’ll retain copyright, while providing UBC the rights necessary to distribute and preserve your thesis or dissertation. Your thesis or dissertation will be licensed for use under a Creative Commons (CC) license , which indicates how others can share, use, and/or adapt your work.

If you need more time to complete publications or patent applications based on your thesis or dissertation research, or there’s a significant reason your work should not be released immediately, you may need to consider application of an embargo period.  You must do this after your defense, but before you proceed with submission to cIRcle .  For more information, see G+PS’ How to Request a Delay in Publication (UBC Vancouver) or CoGS’ Post-Defence Submission (UBC Okanagan).

Review formatting requirements

Your thesis or dissertation must conform to the specifications of the university, in both structure and formatting.

For thesis or dissertation preparation and formatting, UBC Vancouver students should refer to  G+PS’ Dissertation & Thesis Preparation and Formatting Requirements , while UBC Okanagan students should refer to CoGS’ Thesis and Dissertation Preparation .

Create a cIRcle account and request authorization

Before you can submit your thesis or dissertation, you must:

• Ensure your completed forms are submitted to G+PS/CoGS (as applicable).
• Create a cIRcle account .
• Send an e-mail with your name and cIRcle account e-mail to G+PS/CoGS (as applicable) in order to be authorized to submit to a thesis/dissertation collection .

You will be notified when your cIRcle account has been authorized, and you can proceed with submission. See G+PS’s Final Submission Instructions (UBC Vancouver) or CoGS’ Post-Defence Submission (UBC Okanagan) for necessary forms and more information.

Once you are ready to submit your thesis or dissertation, cIRcle provides a step-by-step submission guide .

For Master of Fine Arts/Music students only, there is an option to submit to a campus wide login (CWL)-access collection in cIRcle.  You can follow the associated step-by-step submission guide .

After you submit

Once submitted, G+PS (UBC Vancouver) or CoGS (UBC Okanagan) will review your thesis or dissertation, and notify you if you are required to complete any changes and re-submit (so keep a close eye on your e-mail).  Once your thesis or dissertation has undergone approval by G+PS/CoGS, you will receive a confirmation e-mail, and cannot make further changes.

After approval by G+PS/CoGS, your thesis or dissertation will undergo final review by the Library, which takes 1-3 business days.  Upon approval by the Library, you will receive an e-mail notification with the persistent URL for your thesis or dissertation. You’ll be able to view your thesis or dissertation online (unless you’ve requested an embargo) and it’ll be assigned a digital object identifier (DOI) that can be used to share and cite your work.

Congratulations! Your work can now be viewed around the world and will be preserved for future generations in the UBC Theses and Dissertations collection.

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You’ve put a lot of work into considering your academic path ahead and you bring a unique set of experiences and academic history to the application process. At the Faculty of Medicine, our priority is to encourage and support diversity throughout our evaluation of applications to the MD Undergraduate Program to create a more inclusive, caring community of students who will go on to become an empathetic, diverse group of doctors in the future.

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Academic Criteria

Being evaluated can feel challenging but know that we have put in place a fair and equitable process in order to evaluate your academic history. There are many details to understand, so we’ve tried to present them as simply as possible.

How we calculate and evaluate your academic history

About your grade point average (gpa):.

Your GPA will be determined through these calculations:

• Overall academic average (OGPA): The OGPA calculation is based on all university transferable courses attempted with letter or percentage grades 1 , excluding courses taken in Term 2 of the 2019-2020 academic year (or equivalent term) and courses taken in the summer of the year of application 2 .
• Adjusted grade point average (AGPA):  If you are eligible for the AGPA calculation, up to 30 credits from the academic year with the lowest academic average will be dropped. If more than 30 credits are presented in the lowest performing academic year, up to 30 credits with the lowest grades will be removed, provided 90 graded credits remain. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, courses taken in Winter 2019-2020 Term 2 (or equivalent term) do not count toward the AGPA or the calculation of 90 graded credits, nor do courses taken in the summer of the year of application.

About your overall academic average and adjusted academic average calculations:

1  AP, IB and A Level credits are not included in GPA calculations.

2  Courses taken during the summer of the application year are treated as courses in progress. They are excluded from academic average calculations and do not count toward the credits needed for the AGPA, but will ultimately count for credit towards the 90 minimum credits and/or completion of the English requirement.  Summer courses from past years are included in the academic evaluation.

GPAs are calculated the same way for all applicants, with the exception of disability-related accommodations granted in coordination with the  Centre for Accessibility . Exceptional circumstances that are not adjudicated by the Centre for Accessibility are not considered for academic accommodations.

Adjusted Academic Average Calculations Examples

The application system will calculate your GPA for each academic year (September to August) and will identify the year with the lowest GPA. If you are eligible for the AGPA, up to 30 credits from that year will be excluded and the GPA will be recalculated.

GPA Scenarios

To determine your eligibility, here are various GPA examples:

Example 1: GPA credit total = 90 AGPA is not applicable to this applicant

Example 2: GPA credit total = 105 Lowest year credit total = 33 105 – 90 = 15, so we will remove up to 15 credits from the worst year

Example 3: GPA credit total = 120 Lowest year credit total = 33 120 – 90 = 30, so we will remove up to 30 credits of your lowest year of academic performance

Example 4: GPA credit total = 108 Lowest credit total for the year = 18 108 – 90 = 18, so we will remove up to 18 credits of the worst year (in this case, the entire lowest year of academic performance)

Example 5: GPA credit total = 152 Lowest year credit total = 30 152 - 90 = 62, we will remove up to 30 credits of the worst year (in this case, the entire lowest year of academic performance)

How the adjusted academic average calculation works:

• the academic year is considered to be the beginning of September to the end of August;
• credit totals are calculated using courses with grades only (no pass/fail, no thesis courses without grades, etc.) and are converted to UBC units. This applies to both the credit total of the lowest performing year and the GPA credit total,
• if the academic year with the lowest academic average includes more than 30 credits, no more than 30 credits (those with the lowest grades) will be excluded,
• if the academic year with the lowest academic average includes less than 30 credits, no further additional credits from other years will be eliminated,
• if an applicant has more than 90 credits following removal of the worst year up to 30 credits, no further additional credits from other years will be eliminated,
• if any English or recommended science courses are eliminated from the AGPA calculation, these do not have to be retaken.

COVID-Related Exceptions

Generally, Pass/Fail, Credit/No Credit courses do not count towards the GPA, nor the minimum 90 credit requirement. However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic we will be accepting courses that are Passed or received Credit from the Winter 2019-2020 Term 2 (or equivalent term) and including them in the calculation of your 90-credit minimum requirement in the 2020-2021, 2021-2022, and 2022-2023 application cycles. Grades from Winter Term 2 of the 2019-2020 academic year (or equivalent term) will not be included in the calculation of GPA.

• Pass/Fail Credit/No Credit courses do not count towards the GPA or the 90-credit minimum requirement, including those taken in Winter 2019-2020 Term 2.
• Credits with grades from Winter 2019/2020 Term 2 will count towards the 90-credit minimum requirement.
• Credits and grades from Winter 2019/2020 Term 2 (or equivalent term) will not be included in the calculation of the OGPA or AGPA.

Students who took full year courses in the 2019-2020 academic year, and are not able to have grades listed on their transcript for Term 1 (or equivalent term), will have their final course mark included in the calculation of their GPA for the appropriate number of Term 1 (or equivalent term) credits.

• A 6-credit full year course with a grade of 80% will have 3 credits at 80% included in the GPA calculation
• A 24-credit full year course with a grade 87% will have 12 credits at 87% included in the GPA calculation

About Grade Conversion

These  Grade Conversion Tables will be used to convert your letter grades to a percentage. Depending on the grading scheme of the institution attended, each letter grade on your transcript will convert to the equivalent percentage grade as per the appropriate table. These conversion scales were approved solely for use in academic evaluations of applications to the UBC MD Undergraduate Program. The resulting averages may differ from those calculated by your institution. Grades from schools using a percentage system will not be converted.

These tables can be used to convert grades from your transcripts to the percentages shown. This will assist in determining your eligibility for the UBC MD Undergraduate Program. However, you should be aware that in the event of a discrepancy between your calculations and those of the MD Admissions Office, our decision is final.

Note: Table 1 is used for institutions that award an A+; Table 2 is used for institutions that do not.

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For your reference, you may find it helpful to use this GPA calculator . When calculating your GPA, please refer to the Academic Criteria above.

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The minimum MCAT requirement for applying to our program is a score of 124 in each section (CARS, BBFL, CPBS and PSBB) on one exam. Applications with scores lower than 124 in any section will be made ineligible. You should review our statistics for an indication of competitive scores. Please ensure your MCAT exam dates are valid.

If you have written the MCAT more than once, we will evaluate your best eligible exam . Please note that our evaluation is based on only one exam ; we do not take sub-scores from individual sections of different exams.

Pre-Interview

The cut-off for invitation to interview is based on a score derived from applicants’ Overall Academic Average or Adjusted Academic Average (if applicable) and a Non-Academic Qualities score. At the pre-interview stage, academic and non-academic scores are weighed equally. MCAT scores are not a factor in deciding who is invited to interview so long as minimum score requirements have been met.

Post-Interview

At this stage, all aspects of your files are reviewed together. The Admissions Selection Committee will consider whether you have demonstrated that you are likely to perform well in the rigorous curriculum and case-based format of the MD Undergraduate Program.

Non-Academic Criteria

The UBC Faculty of Medicine is comprised of a diverse community of people from around the world, and we want our future students and doctors to be as diverse as the communities they will end up serving. In an effort to select well-rounded, mature, empathetic and caring individuals who will be best suited for success in medicine, the Non-Academic Qualities (NAQ) section of the application is given significant weight in our evaluation.

To determine your NAQ score, we look at a number of criteria, including:

• Report of non-academic experiences
• Employment history
• Interview, when offered
• Two references (only for applicants invited for an interview)
• Indigenous Applicant Essay, if applicable
• Black Applicant Essay, if applicable
• Rural Remote Suitability Evaluation, if applicable

Non-Academic Categories

Non-academic activities and achievements are reported and evaluated using the following categories: leadership, service ethic, capacity to work with others, diversity of experience, and high performance in an area of human endeavor. Your NAQ score is determined by evaluating the degree of involvement, level of responsibility, significance of accomplishment, and duration of your non-academic experiences in each of these categories.

We value long-standing volunteer or employment commitments that showcase intentional, genuine concern for others. Generally, higher scores are assigned to activities that demonstrate significant levels of responsibility, initiative, and commitment over activities of minimal duration or responsibility. No preference is given to applicants with experience working or volunteering abroad, versus those with only local experiences. We value activities that feature significant involvement with people from various backgrounds beyond your normal peer group. We also consider additional skills, competencies, and understandings that are gained through diverse life experiences.

We value non-academic activities and interests which demonstrate the following aptitudes: Motivation, social concern & responsibility, creativity, scientific & intellectual curiosity, an attitude toward continuous learning, maturity, integrity, and realistic self-appraisal, among other qualities.

If applicants are intending to strengthen the non-academic portion of their application, they should pursue activities that are of interest to them and which will prepare them for a career in medicine. Intentional community involvement is valued and can encompass a variety of experiences within and outside of the healthcare setting, in paid or volunteer positions. The intensity of the activity as well as the time commitment are just two aspects considered by evaluators. Please note that just as applicants are required to demonstrate above-average academic abilities, a good NAQ score requires demonstration of above-average non-academic qualities.

Physician Shadowing

In accordance with  the guidelines  put forward by the College of Physicians and Surgeons of BC, the MD Undergraduate Program discourages individuals not enrolled as students of health professions regulated by the  Health Professions Act  or  Emergency Health Services Act  from participating in physician shadowing. Such activities pose significant concerns to patient privacy and confidentiality and will not result in an increased NAQ score or improved chances of admission.

About Verifiers

Verifiers for non-academic experiences (including activities and employment history) can be contacted at any time from the date of application submission until mid-April of the following year. Verifiers are contacted to confirm specifics of an activity and can also be contacted at random. Discrepancies between the details in your application and those confirmed by the verifier are noted and may affect your file. Applicants are required to ensure that all the information they provide on their application is accurate.

Applicants interested in pursuing medicine in northern, rural or remote communities are encouraged to complete the Rural and/or Northern Training section of the application, used to help determine the suitability of applicants for the Northern Medical Program and a select number of positions in the Southern Medical Program and the Island Medical Program. Experiences in rural/remote/northern/Indigenous settings, along with community ties and relevant activities, factor into the assessment. Learn more about the Northern and Rural pathway

Our invitations to interview are based on the results of both the academic and non-academic elements of your application. Our interview process follows the Multiple Mini-Interview (MMI) model, which connects you to approximately ten different interviewers and requires you to respond to carefully pre-selected questions/scenarios within a determined time frame. The interviewers are from diverse geographic areas of BC, and typically consist of clinicians, academics, community representatives, and 3 rd or 4 th year UBC medical students. Learn more about the interview process .

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The selection of candidates for admission to the UBC Faculty of Medicine MD Undergraduate Program is governed by guidelines established by the UBC Senate and is the responsibility of the Faculty of Medicine Admissions Selection Committee and the Associate Dean, Admissions. The selection process reflects the values of the UBC Faculty of Medicine and all university partners in the UBC distributed MD undergraduate program. The process is designed to choose well-rounded students from a variety of backgrounds who meet the goals of the expanded, distributed program; who can be expected to perform well in the rigorous curriculum and case-based learning format; and who can balance and enrich their academic experience with strong non-academic skills and interests.

The UBC Faculty of Medicine’s Vice Dean, Education oversees the selection process to ensure that all applicants are given careful consideration without regard to age, gender, sexual orientation, race, ancestry, place of origin, family status, physical or mental disability, political belief, religion, marital or economic status. The selection of candidates is made by consensus of the Admissions Selection Committee. Preference is given to residents of British Columbia. Up to 10% of seats (maximum of 33 in 2024/2025) may be available to out-of-province applicants in the medical program each year.

Each year, our admissions process is highly competitive. Due to the intense competition, and limits on the incoming class size, not all qualified applicants will be offered admission. Please know that your application is important to us and we encourage you to consider applying again even if your past attempts have not been successful.

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You will have the opportunity to indicate your site preferences after your interview. Members of the Selection Committee are not aware of an applicant’s site preference during the selection process. Following an admissions decision, you will be allocated to sites based on your preferences. Your site choice is given priority, unless the available positions at that site have been filled, in which case you will be added to a waitlist for your preferred site(s). Acceptance of admission to the MD Undergraduate Program is always site specific.

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Beginning in 2019, all of SALA's graduating theses/projects are available digitally via  UBC Library's Open Collections portal.  The collection can be  browsed by the series " University of British Columbia. ARCH 549 ".  To search the collection use the advanced search  with the "All of these words keywords" selected. Use the keywords SALA ARCH, and other additional keywords.  Additionally, use the  Genre,  "Graduating Project" limit, as shown below.

Older architecture theses and all MASA theses are also available digitally via UBC Library's Open Collections portal. The collection can be browsed by the thesis program " Architecture ". To search the collection use the advanced search  with the "All of these words keywords" selected. Additionally, use the  Program,  "Architecture" limit, as shown below.

 Listed below are MArch graduating projects recently submitted to cIRcle :

With the closure of the Architecture Reading Room, all SALA's graduating print theses/projects up to 2018 are being transferred to UBC Library.  As these materials are processed into the Library's Automated Storage & Retrieval System (ASRS) , they will become findable in the Library Catalogue , via a keyword search for: ARCH 549 .

The Reading Room online catalogue remains available.  To search for a thesis go to the online catalogue for UBC Archives, Bibliographies and Reading Rooms, limit your search to the location Architecture Reading Room  and type thesis  into the search box.

• ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global This link opens in a new window Includes millions of searchable citations to dissertations and theses from 1861 to the present day together with over a million full-text dissertations that are available for download in PDF format.

For general help in finding theses/dissertations, visit the Library's Theses & Dissertations guide .

For help with writing your thesis/dissertation, visit the Library Research Common's Resources for Dissertation Writing guide. 

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Graduate students can find "how to" guides and support information on our Workday support page .

IMPORTANT: We are not able to do pre-reviews at this time due to the number of theses being submitted for the July and August deadlines. If you are submitting your final thesis, it will be reviewed after you have submitted to cIRcle. Exception: Doctoral dissertations going out to external examiners will be reviewed, but please allow a minimum of five business days for a response. Do not contact the Library or the cIRcle office about a pre-review. They do not provide them.

NOTE ON DEADLINES: Thesis approval deadlines are for having your thesis fully approved in cIRcle, not just submitted. You are expected to submit at least five days ahead of any deadline in order to allow yourself time to make any needed corrections.

This section is only for final, post-defence submission of theses and dissertations.

Note on terminology: The term "thesis" in this section of the website is used collectively to refer to both master's theses and doctoral dissertations.

Final theses and dissertations are submitted electronically to the Library's electronic repository, cIRcle, where they will be open access.

[CREATIVE ARTS ONLY (Master of Fine Arts/Master of Music): As of October 21, 2017 , for MFA and MMus theses only, you may choose to submit to the collection in cIRcle “Electronic Theses and Dissertations in Creative Arts, 2017+ (CWL ACCESS)”. Access to this collection is permanently restricted to individuals who have a Campus-Wide Login (CWL). The collection is not available to the public. Please see cIRcle: Uploading Electronic Creative Arts Theses and cIRcle: File Format Guidelines . ]

You must submit your  final, defended thesis electronically to UBC's online information repository, cIRcle . PDF files must be compatible with Adobe Acrobat version 5, and must not be in "secured" format or password-protected . cIRcle does not accept secured or password-protected PDFs due to access and preservation concerns. A scan to PDF is not acceptable. If you have questions, please contact the cIRcle staff .

Your thesis will be reviewed for formatting by the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies and approved for inclusion in cIRcle. Your program cannot be closed and you will not be eligible to graduate until the content and formatting of the thesis have been officially approved and you have received an official email confirming final approval of your thesis. It is your responsibility to submit a thesis in the correct format and allow time for revisions to be complete in order to meet deadlines.

Note about pre-reviews: If you are preparing for final submission, your thesis will be reviewed more quickly if you submit directly to cIRcle rather than emailing it for review.

We recommend you submit your thesis a minimum of 3 - 5 business days before any deadline , as corrections may be required. Particularly around deadlines, the thesis team is exceptionally busy and there will be delays in activating accounts and reviewing theses. Additionally, you will need time to make any necessary corrections, as your thesis must be approved and accepted into cIRcle (not just submitted) in order for you to meet deadlines.

Thesis Availability

Your thesis will be available online in 3 - 4 days.

IMPORTANT:  If you would like to delay publication of your thesis , you must obtain approval from the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies before submitting your thesis.

Submitting Doctoral Dissertation for External Examination

For information on submitting a doctoral dissertation for transmittal to the External Examiner, please see the Final Doctoral Oral Examinations section of this website.

Checking the Thesis

Please use Resources for Thesis Checking to check formatting before attempting to submit your thesis.

Proofreading

Important: It is your responsibility to proofread your thesis carefully before submitting the final version, and to make sure that the thesis you submit is complete, accurate, and free of errors. You cannot make changes to your thesis after it has been accepted into cIRcle, so you will not be able to correct any errors after your final submission. Check for:

• consistent, sequential numbering of sections
• consistent abbreviations and units of measure
• correct symbols and special characters
• consistent headings and capitalization
• consistent line spacing and table formatting
• typographical errors
• grammatical errors

Proofreading is primarily your responsibility, but supervisors and examiners should not sign off on theses until they are free of errors.

The thesis team checks theses to ensure theses meet the formatting requirements, focusing on the preliminary pages and file names. If staff notice egregious mistakes elsewhere in a thesis they may require them to be corrected in the interest of ensuring a professional presentation of the work.

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Meet Zahra Gill! Zahra is a 4th year Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology major with a minor in Biomedical Research. Through her Biomedical Research minor prerequisite class (BR10H), Zahra was able to gain experience working with Drosophila, and credits this experience to her current placement at the Orsulic Laboratory. She was also involved in MCDB Departmental Honors, a year-long program where students conduct individual research under a faculty advisor, culminating into a full thesis. When asked about the impact of undergraduate research on her career path, Zahra says, “It completely changed my career path. I always had a passion for research but never believed I could pursue a career in research. My undergraduate research gave me the confidence that I can pursue my passion as a career.”

1. How did you first get involved in your research project?

I knew I wanted to gain research experience when I transferred to UCLA but knew how tough it can be especially for transfers to get a position in a lab. I signed up for a biomedical research minor prerequisite class (BR10H) and gained experience working with Drosophila. I loved this class and successfully applied to the biomedical research minor. I was able to get placed into my current lab, the Orsulic laboratory, with the help of the biomedical research minor. The faculty of the minor really helped me gauge my research interests and suggest labs that would be a good fit for me.

2. How would you describe your research experience at UCLA?

One word I would use to describe my research experience at UCLA is transformational. It is such a privilege to have access to mentors that are leaders in their field. I find even only as an undergraduate my perspective is valued and for me that has been quite empowering as a scientist.

3. What is your year and major?

4th year, Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology

4. What is one piece of advice you have for other students thinking about getting involved in research?

Getting involved in research can be a very intimidating process, and if you have even a sliver of interest in research try to pursue it one step at a time. The experience will be so valuable regardless of the outcome.

5. Have you attended a conference before? If so, can you describe your experience on preparation, presenting, etc.?

Yes, preparing was a bit stressful getting all my data together and creating a fluid story about my research project. However, once I was fully prepared, presenting was so much more fun that I expected. It was exciting answering questions about my research project and it even helped me think about my research in new ways.

6 .Have you had your work published? Can you talk about what that process was like?

7. What are your future career goals?

I hope to attend graduate school after taking a gap year or two.

8. Please list any URC/departmental programs you are/were involved in.

MCDB departmental honors, Biomedical research minor

9. What was the impact of undergraduate research on your career path?

It completely changed my career path. I always had a passion for research but never believed I could pursue a career in research. My undergraduate research gave me the confidence that I can pursue my passion as a career.

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Srinivas Katkoori

Dr. Srinivas Katkoori teaches and conducts research in the broad areas of VLSI design automation, cybersecurity, and Internet-of-Things (IoT). To date, Dr. Katkoori has directed 19 doctoral dissertations and 44 MS Theses and published over 160 peer-reviewed journal and conference papers.  Dr. Katkoori obtained competitive research funding $9M+ funded by NSF, DoD, MDA, NASA, FL DOT, etc. Eight (8) peer-reviewed international conference papers were nominated for the best paper recognition with four (4) papers recognized at IEEE iSES 2023, IEEE iSES 2022, IFIP IoT 2021, and IEEE iSES 2020. Dr. Katkoori served/serving as ACM SIGDA Board Treasurer, Vice-Chair of IFIPWG 10.5, Chair of IFIP IoT committee and AE of IEEE Transactions on VLSI, IEEE Transactions on Consumer Electronics, IEEE Embedded Systems Journal, Springer Nature CS (IoT Section), Integration VLSI Journal, etc. He is/was the General Chair and Program Chair of several international conferences (IEEE ISES, IFIP IoT, GLSVLSI, ISVLSI, ICCE, etc.). Dr. Katkoori received 2007 USF Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award, 2013 USF Krivanek Distinguished Teacher Award, 2005 IEEE-USA Professional Achievement Award, 2003 USF Outstanding Faculty Research Achievement Award. He is a Senior member of ACM and IEEE.  As per Google Scholar (07/2024), he has 3,234 citations (h-index 25 and i10-index 60).

Dr. Yao Liu is a Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of South Florida. She received her Ph.D in Computer Science from North Carolina State University in 2012. Dr. Liu has been active in serving in the organization and technical program committees in premier network and security conferences, including ACSAC, CCS, CNS, INFOCOM, NDSS, S&P, USENIX Security, and WiSec. She has also been in the editorial boards of leading academic journals, including IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security, IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing, IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, and ACM Transactions on Privacy and Security. Dr. Liu is an NSF CAREER Award recipient in 2016. She received USF Outstanding Research Achievement Award in 2017. She also received the ACM CCS Test-of-Time Award by ACM SIGSAC in 2019.

David Simmons

Dr. David S. Simmons is a Professor of Chemical, Biological, and Materials Engineering at the University of South Florida. His research group at USF combines computer simulations, machine learning, theory, evolutionary algorithms, and experiments to design and understand polymers and other next-generation advanced materials. Major research areas in the Simmons group include nanomaterials with advanced properties for applications ranging from next-generation batteries to ultra-tough tires, sequence-specified synthetic polymers that ‘import’ the chemical control of biological molecules into synthetic materials, and the physics of the glass transition – a poorly understood process through which a large fraction of engineering materials solidify without crystallizing. Dr. Simmons earned his B.S. in Chemical Engineering at the University of Florida before completing his Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin. He then completed a National Research Council postdoctoral fellowship at the National Institute of Standards and Technology and spent six years on the faculty of the Department of Polymer Engineering at the University of Akron, before joining the University of South Florida in 2018. Beginning in August 2024, Dr. Simmons serves as President of the USF Faculty Senate.

Arash Takshi

Dr. Arash Takshi graduated in Electronics from Amir Kabir University of Technology in Iran in 1993. He received his M.Sc. in Analog Electronics from Sharif University of Technology in Tehran in 1996. During his Ph.D. at the University of British Columbia, UBC, Canada, he worked in the field of Organic Electronics. After his graduation, from 2007 to 2009, he was a postdoc fellow at UBC working on biological-based photovoltaic devices. Shortly before joining USF in 2010, Takshi was a Research Assistant at the University of Maryland, where he collaborated with a research group to develop an energy harvesting system for wireless sensors.

Since 2010, Takshi’s research group at USF (Bio-Organic Electronics Lab) has been active in the field of advanced energy materials, using conducting polymers, perovskite, and nanomaterials (Ag NW, ZnO NW, TiO2 nanoparticle, graphene, MoS2) for energy conversion, energy storage, wearable electronics, and chemical sensor applications. His research activities cover materials synthesis, device fabrication, characterization, and optimization. He has more than 100 publications in scientific journals and conference proceedings. Also, he has received over $2M in research grants during his work as an Assistant and Associate Professor at USF. Additionally, he has been the inventor of several patents related to the technologies being developed in his lab. In 2024, Takshi was promoted to a full professor.

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Shaun Canavan

Dr. Shaun Canavan received his PhD in Computer Science from Binghamton University in New York. He is an Associate Professor in the Computer Science and Engineering Department at the University of South Florida. His research focuses on Affective Computing, Computer Vision, Pattern Recognition,  and Human-Computer Interaction. He has over 60 publications in top conferences and journals such as CVPR, ICPR, ICMI, ACII, FG, Pattern Recognition Letters, IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, and IEEE Transactions on Affective Computing. He was the program chair for Face and Gesture 2024, and the publications chair for Affective Computing and Intelligent Interaction, 2023. He is the current general chair for FG 2025, and tutorial chair for ACII 2024. He is an associate editor for Pattern Recognition and Pattern Recognition Letters. His work has been supported by the DIA, Army, IARPA, NSF, and Amazon. He is a senior member of the IEEE and a member of the AAAC.

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Dr. Albert Kim earned a B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Purdue University in 2008, 2011, and 2015. From 2015 to 2017, he joined Intel Corp. as an R&D engineer. Prior to his current position, he was an Assistant Professor of the Electrical and Computer Engineering department at Temple University (2017-2022). His research interests are in a range of clinically promising smart implantable biomedical microdevice system that combines acoustic waves, micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS) and nanotechnology, flexible bioelectronics, and/or machine learning-enabled systems. His research has been supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF), the National Institute of Health (NIH), and the Florida Department of Health, a total of over $8M. As a faculty member, Dr. A. Kim received the most prestigious award, the NSF CAREER Award, in 2022. He is also a full member of Sigma Xi.

John Licato

John Licato, PhD is an Associate Professor of Computer Science and Engineering at USF, Director of the USF Advancing Machine and Human Reasoning (AMHR) Lab, and founder of AI startup Actualization AI, LLC. Originally from Wahiawa, Hawaii, he earned his PhD in 2015 from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) in Troy, NY. He started at USF in 2017, establishing the AMHR lab. He designed and teaches the natural language processing course (NLP is the field that created ChatGPT) at USF, and his lab's mission is to not only make AI smarter, but to use those advances to make people reason better as well. His research expertise lies in AI, NLP, human reasoning, cognitive modeling, and legal / regulatory reasoning, with over 100 peer-reviewed publications. He regularly gives talks and interviews on how to responsibly approach AI in industry, and he has been featured in outlets such as NPR's Marketplace Tech, ABC Action News, and the Tampa Bay Business Journal.

Dr. Mia Naeini is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering at the University of South Florida. She earned her Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering, with a minor in Mathematics, from the University of New Mexico in 2014. Her research interests include leveraging network science, stochastic processes, graph signal processing and machine learning to integrate security and reliability measures into the design and control of cyber physical systems with a focus on smart grids. Her research has received support from various funding agencies including National Science Foundation (NSF), Defense Threat Reduction Agency, and Florida Center for Cybersecurity. In 2023, she received the prestigious NSF CAREER award. She is a senior member of IEEE and has served as the associate editor of the IEEE Communication Letters and as the chair and technical program committee member of several workshops and conferences in the area of power and communication systems.

Tempestt Neal

Dr. Tempestt Neal is an Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) at the University of South Florida. She holds a Ph.D. from the University of Florida (Computer Engineering, 2018), M.S. from Clemson University (Computer Science, 2014), and a B.S. from South Carolina State University (Computer Science with a minor in Mathematics, 2012). She leads the Cyber Identity and Behavior Research (CIBeR) Lab, which conducts both quantitative and qualitative research on mobile-based sensing for biometrics and human behavior understanding in interdisciplinary applications. In addition, the lab focuses on cybersecurity awareness among populations historically underrepresented in science and engineering. Dr. Neal is also a faculty researcher within CSE’s Natural Language Processing Group, where her research includes the study of linguistic cues as a cognitive biometric trait and implicit opinion mining tasks.

Dr. Neal has held numerous roles in her professional service. She is the Program Chair for the IEEE International Conference on Automatic Face and Gesture Recognition (IEEE FG 2025) and serves on the IEEE Biometrics Council Education Committee. Previously, she was an Associate Editor for the IEEE Biometrics Council Newsletter and a Guest Editor for the MDPI Electronics Special Issue on Recent Advances in Biometric Security in IoT Based on Machine Learning. Dr. Neal has been an active member of organizing committees for several workshops in Artificial Intelligence and Biometrics, including the Workshops on Applied Multimodal Affect Recognition (AMAR 2020, AMAR 2021, AMAR 2022) and the Workshop on Interdisciplinary Applications of Identity Science and Biometrics. She was a recipient of the University of Florida’s Delores Auzenne Dissertation Award and the National Science Foundation’s CyberCorps Scholarship for Service Fellowship. She was also recognized as a 2021-2022 McKnight Junior Faculty Fellow and received an NSF CAREER Award in 2023.

Professor of Instruction

Alexandro Castellanos

Dr. Alexandro Castellanos received his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from University of South Florida in 2006. He is a faculty member in the Electrical Engineering Department at University of South Florida. His research interests lie in the area of cyber physical systems, embedded systems, Internet of things (IoT) and control theory for industrial applications in the areas of Mechatronics, Robotics and Industrial Automation.  

Dr. Castellanos has 25 plus years of distinguished research, education, and service experience. He has been awarded with the "Latin Faculty of the year 2018", and the “Kosove’s distinguished teaching and service 2023 award” from the University of South Florida. His academic activities include collaboration with institutions in Latin America and Europe. He’s been published in IEEE Spectrum.  

Associate Professor of Instruction

 Jim Anderson

Dr. Jim Anderson received his Ph.D. in Computer Science from Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton. He then went on an earned an MBA from The University Of Texas, Dallas. He has published over 125 books including CRC Press's "Software Defined Networking". Jim has worked for 16 different companies during his 33 year career including startups as well as Boeing, Siemens, Alcatel, Verizon, AAA, and Amgen. He has had opportunities to teach at Florida Atlantic University, Florida Polytechnic University, and The University of South Florida. Despite his busy work schedule, Jim has been able to publish 5 papers and has been an invited speaker 8 times. Jim has been an active member of the IEEE for over 30 years, is a senior member, and has held numerous leadership positions at both the local and regional level.

Jamie Chilton

Dr. Jamie Chilton is an Associate Professor of Instruction in the Department of Industrial and Management Systems Engineering at the University of South Florida (USF) (Tampa, FL). She received her BA in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology from Agnes Scott College (Decatur, GA) and her PhD in Biomedical Engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology (GT) and Emory University (Atlanta, GA). Dr. Chilton has 20+ years of experience in a variety of research, technology, business, teaching and consulting roles in higher education, government, and the biotech industry. Her previous biotech project management work received multiple grant awards to develop innovative cell culture systems for disease modeling and drug discovery for academic, government, large biotech, and pharmaceutical clients. As a professor, Dr. Chilton is deeply passionate about instilling a systems thinking mindset in her students and enhancing their career development both in and out of the classroom. Her current research focuses on engineering management and engineering education. Dr. Chilton currently serves as Co-Faculty Lead of USF’s first Engineering Education Abroad Program, Program Director for COE’s Interns Present Scholarship Program, and Co-Faculty Advisor for USF’s Chapter of the Society of Women Engineers (SWE). Dr. Chilton resides in the Tampa Bay area, loves to garden, and takes every opportunity to travel and embark on outdoor adventures with her family.

Goni Rodrigo

Dr. Goni Rodrigo studied Mechanical Engineering at the Public University of Navarra in Pamplona, Spain. He then continued his education by pursuing a Masters degree also in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Rhode Island, Kingston RI. This was a thesis Masters that involved research in the field of solid mechanics. Dr. Goni Rodrigo studied sound propagation in particulate composites consisting of spherical ceramic particles embedded in a polymer matrix. After that, Dr. Goni Rodrigo pursued a PhD degree in Mechanical Engineering at Boston University, Boston MA. This time he switched to the energy field studying conductive heat transfer in electronic devices at the nano and micro scales. He joined the University of South Florida in 2018 where he has been a professor of instruction in the department of Mechanical Engineering. He has taught multiple courses such as: thermodynamics, thermal systems, instrumentation, programming, numerical analysis, foundations and machine design.