To find a master’s thesis or doctoral dissertation: Copies of theses and dissertations approved by the Graduate College are held by the University of Iowa Libraries and may be searched using the University Libraries catalog, InfoHawk+. Electronic theses and dissertations approved since 1999 may be accessed through the university’s institutional repository, Iowa Research Online, at http://iro.uiowa.edu/etd/.
Copies of theses and dissertations held by the University Archives do not circulate, but print copies may be viewed in the Special Collections and Archives reading room.
Additional information about borrowing or purchasing a master’s thesis or doctoral dissertation, or accessing a title in the ProQuest Dissertations and Theses Database, may be found on the University Libraries’ guide on dissertations and theses.
Titles approved between 1900 and 1950 are also described in: Edwards, Sarah Scott, comp. Theses and Dissertations Presented in the Graduate College of the State University of Iowa, 1900-1950. Iowa City: State University of Iowa, 1952. Titles listed in this work are arranged by subject and indexed by author. It is available online courtesy of the HathiTrust.
Related materials at the University Archives: Theses and dissertations pertaining to the history of the University of Iowa are listed by subject in A Bibliography of the History of the University of Iowa. Originally prepared by Earl M. Rogers as a printed guide (University of Iowa Libraries, 1997), the online resource includes additions through the current year.
- The School of Art and Art History Graduate Archive contains on-line representations of works of art by students who have attended the School’s graduate program. Works dated from 1963 to the present may be searched and viewed in this Iowa Digital Library database.
- For an inventory of theses and dissertations written in the UI College of Education between 1933 and 1946 that pertain to elementary, junior high and senior high social studies programs, see: Reeves, Stanley B. Digests of Social Studies Theses at the State University of Iowa.
- Titles of master’s theses and doctoral dissertations are included in the commencement programs and official graduate lists, issued at the end of each term and maintained by the University Archives (RG24.0001.001).
- Undergraduate Engineering Theses (Engineering Bachelor’s Theses) in the University of Iowa Archives, 1905-1918. Included are titles pertaining to public works projects throughout Iowa that were designed and, in many cases, implemented by College of Engineering undergraduate students. These titles may be viewed only in the Special Collections and Archives reading room (RG10.0007.001).
- Degrees Granted, Summary of. A statistical summary of all degrees conferred by the University of Iowa since 1847, listed by type of degree and including discontinued curricula. The list is updated annually by the Office of the Registrar.
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