The first MSU graduate thesis was submitted in 1968. Since then over 3,600 theses have been submitted as part of graduate work at MSU.
Since the fall of 2008 graduate students have been required to submit their thesis in electronic form. Online access to most theses from 2008 to the summer of 2015 is available only on campus. Print copies of all theses up to summer 2018 are available in Meyer Library and in most cases through inter-library loan.
Did you submit a thesis as part of your graduate studies at MSU before 2015? If you would like to see the text of your thesis on this site please contact BearWorks@missouristate.edu
Theses/Dissertations from 1975
Eastern-Western Thought and Rhetoric: a Question of Degrees, Suad Ali Raja
A Study of the Effect of Direct Instruction on Fifth and Sixth Graders' Abilities to Use Five Contextual Clues, Bevely Rossetter
Finite Groups Acting on Sets With Applications, Alvin Joseph Rushing
The Joplin Reading Program in Historical Perspective, Pamela Ses
Abolition as Obedience to the Higher Law, Glenda B. Stevens
The Vascular Flora of Lost Valley, Newton County, Arkansas, Ralph Luther Thompson
The Political Activities of Jeremiah and the Pro-Babylonian Party, Christopher A. Torrisi
Food Size And Foraging Site Selection In A Breeding Population Of Red- Winged Blackbirds (Agelaius Phoeniceus), Stephen Wallace Wilson
Theses/Dissertations from 1974
Should Accounting Be Divided into Two Sectors, Based on Ownership Structure?, David B. Byrd
Orientation and the Quality of Consensus Decisions in Small Groups, Charles K. DeBerry
A Method of Coordinatizing an Affine Geometry, James S. Evans
Effects of Calcium Cyclamate on the Immune Response in Rabbits, Cecil Monroe Hampton
The Effects of Cyclohexylamine on Antibody Production in Rabbits, John David Lloyd
A Survey of Selected Springfield, Missouri Business Firms to Determine Employment Standards For Entry-Level Office Positions, Rose Ann Moore
A Design For Garcia Lorca's Yerma: Creative Project, Timothy T. Reynolds
Billy James Hargis and the Christian Crusade: a Study in Message Adaptation, Frank Brown Roome
Hepaticae of the Interior Highlands, North America, Patricia Eggee Thomas
Theses/Dissertations from 1973
Charting The Quest Of Demian Through The Medium Of Interpreters Theatre, Diane Anderson
An Analysis of the Problems and Responsibilities of Corporate Managers in the Abatement of Industrial Air Pollution, Ben Clayton Betzer
Logography: An Appraisal of Rhetorical-Critical Implications, Isaac Edward Catt
The Effect Of Adrenal Hormones On Plasma Electrolyte Levels In Thamnophis Sirtalis After Bufo Marinus Parotoid Venom Ingestion, James D. Early
The Carrizal Affair: a Study of United States Diplomatic Relations With Mexico, 1916, Reginald S. Farrington
The Impact and Implications Derived From the Restructuring of the Children's Theatre Conference, Kenneth D. Morris
Kinesics as Applied to Interpreters Theatre, Sharron Henry Pelham
The Influence of Captive Finance Subsidiaries upon Corporate Financial Structure, Glade A. Wisler
Motivational Aids and Devices for the Secretarial or Clerical Practice Class, Barbara Kay Wommack
Theses/Dissertations from 1972
A Study of Equal Employment Opportunity Legislation and Agencies Affecting Missouri's State and Local Government Employees, Robert James Carroll
Conversion of Anaerobic Digester Liquor Into Yeast, John David Clarke
A History of Legitimate Theatre in St. Joseph, Missouri, 1865-1900, Lawrence J. Karasz
The Old Reliable: the History of the Springfield Wagon Company, 1872-1952, Steven Lee Stepp
Gestalt Psychology as Applied to Interpreters Theatre, Judith Ann Ten Eyck
Standards For Judging Refutation in Intercollegiate Debate, Charles Stuart Wasser
The History of Forensics At Southwest Missouri State College, 1906-1971, Leonard Wyrick Westphal
A Quantitative Comparison of the Evaluative Criteria Employed By Participants and Critic-Judges in Intercollegiate Debate, Terrence C. Winebrenner
Theses/Dissertations from 1971
Mcnary-Haugenism: a Proposed Solution to the Agricultural Problems of the Calvin Coolidge Era, Gregory L. Barnard
The Effects of Aeration on Mixed Digester Liquor, Paul James Cameron
An Interpreters Theatre: Adaptation of Nothing Gold Can Stay, Betty Jean Dayoub
The Reliability of the Win-Loss and Quality Rating Systems in Measuring Debate Achievement, David H. Dunlap
A Sharpening of Hansen's Inequality, Willa Victoria Hubbard
The Landers Theatre in Springfield, Missouri, 1909 to 1921, Menno John Kraai
The Effects of Hypertonic Media on Various Serum and Urine Constituents of the Hellbender, Cryptobranchus Alleganiensis, John Walter Stone
Some Applications of Linear Algebra to Quadratic Field Extensions, Vonna Sage Vahldick
Plant Succession on Gravel Bars Along the Jacks Fork and Current River in the Southcentral Missouri Ozarks, John T. Witherspoon
The Effect of Bufo Marinus Parotoid Venom on Thamnophis Sirtalis, Charles Kent Wollard
Theses/Dissertations from 1970
The Value to Retention of the Use of Metaphor in Public Address, Jess Bair
The Effect Of Richard Nixon's Effort To Overcome The Loser Image On His 1968 Presidential Campaign, Kay Alden Brace
An Experimental Study of the Effects of Programmed Learning Upon Cognitively Experienced Stage Fright, Norma Jean Gillming
Teaching Verbal Communication Skills In The Kindergarten, Sophia Griesbaum
The Effect Of Pancreatic Hormones On Blood Glucose In Ambystoma Annulatum, Joseph Eugene McMillian
Prime Numbers In Arithmetic Progression, Robert Charles Taylor
The History and Criticism of Oral Roberts as a Public Speaker, Bob J. White
Theses/Dissertations from 1969
Three Generations of Baptist Come-Outism: the Baptist Bible Union, the World Fundamental Baptist Missionary Fellowship, and the Baptist Bible Fellowship, Billy Vick Bartlett
A Study Of The Cyanophyta Of Greene County, Missouri, Sharon Hope Brkich
The Effects Of Speech 126, Public Speaking, On Organizational Skills And Critical Thinking Abilities, Warren Dale Decker
A History of the Southwest Missouri State College Summer Tent Program, 1963-1968, Will Craig Hutchison
An Investigation Of Mathematical Systems Definable In The Propositional Calculus, Bruce Kurt Kelley
Application Of Continued Fractions To The Diophantine Equation, X3+Y3+Z3+ T3=1, John Allen Lawrence
Theses/Dissertations from 1968
Origin and Structural Development of the Assemblies of God, Mario G. Hoover
The Effect of Mental and Physical Practice on a Unique Motor Skill Involving the Nonpreferred Limb, Joe N. Hornbeak
