The Plan B paper is usually a review of literature with conclusions drawn after conceptualizing an area of inquiry, planning a systematic search, and analyzing and critiquing the acquired information. The summary and conclusions developed should enhance knowledge in the discipline. These papers and reports follow the same format specifications as theses and dissertations and are expected to reflect equivalent scholarship standards, even though they may be less intensive and not demand the originality of a Plan A thesis.
Some programs may not require a Plan A thesis or Plan B paper, but instead require a capstone report. Such reports may be found in this series.
Students requesting changes to thesis/dissertation:
Upon final deposit in the Institutional Repository (IR), a thesis/dissertation becomes part of the student’s official academic record. No changes may be made to the thesis or dissertation after it has been approved by the School of Graduate Studies.
A student may submit a request to include an addendum to the completed document. This requires the support of the thesis/dissertation chair and written approval from the Vice Provost for Graduate Studies. The author must submit a written request to the School of Graduate Studies including the proposed addendum and a letter of support from the dissertation chair. The School of Graduate Studies will forward the addendum and approval to the Library, and the addendum will be added to the record in the IR.
Students submitting a Plan B or other report:
Please go to All Graduate Reports and Creative Projects, Fall 2023 to Present and click on "Submit Research."
2017
Hanging From the Poplar Tree: Kanye West and Racism in Internet Folklore, Magen Olsen
Phonon Dispersion and Relaxation Time in Uranium Dioxide, Dallin Parkinson
Effect of an Aquatic Environment on Dual-Task Performance in Older Adults, Devin Patterson
Improving Comprehension for Students with Learning Disabilities Using The Comprehension Improvement Strategy, Ryun Payne
Parent Perspectives on Transition Services and Expectations for Transition-Age Students with Disabilities in a Virtual School Setting, Heather Raithel
Mormons and YouTube, Ryan Reeder
From Disaster to Sustainability: The Story of the Pacific Groundfish, Matthew Richards
Selected Projects In Lighting, Projections, And Scenic Design, Joshua Roberts
Making Connections Across Language Barriers, Aaron Salgado
Performance of Statistical Arbitrage in Future Markets, Shijie Sheng
Efficiently representing the integer factorization problem using binary decision diagrams, David Skidmore
Effects of Alternate Sustainable Soil Amendments on Organic Dryland Wheat Systems, Crista Sorenson
Code-Switching and Its Challenges: Perspectives on Translanguaging in the EFL/ESL Classroom, Michael Spooner
Point of Inflection, Jonathan D. Stein
A Comparison of Statistical Methods RElating Pairwise Distance to a Binary Subject-Level Covariate, Rachael Stone
Market Learning After Recurrent Meat and Poultry Recalls, Briana Thomas
Bloom, Madeline Walker
Stratigraphy, Petrology, and Paleontology of the Late Cretaceous Campanian Mesaverde Group in Northeastern Utah, Christopher Ward
Comparison of Survival Curves Between Cox Proportional Hazards, Random Forests, and Conditional Inference Forests in Survival Analysis, Brandon Weathers
A Comparison of the Aerodynamic Centers for Panel Code Compressible Corrections and OpenFOAM 5 FOR Mach 0.1 to 0.8, Dustin Weaver
Speech Rate Entrainment in Children and Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder, Camille Wynn
Application of Strand-Cartesian Interfaced Solver on Flows Around Various Geometries, Yushi Yanagita
Tree-based Regression for Interval-valued Data, Chih-Ching Yeh
Imputation for Random Forests, Joshua Young
Stratigraphy of the Middle Cambrian Lincoln Peak Formation and Evolution of the House Range Embayment, eastern Nevada, Ibrahim Zallum
2016
A Language Learning and Teaching Journey: Practicalities and Possibilities, Elizabeth Irene Abell
Language Teaching in the Secondary Education Classroom: Strategies for Teaching Spanish and English, Alexandria Adair
An Instructional Module on Permaculture Design Theory for Landscape Architecture Students, Keni Althouse
Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act Implementation: Ethical Considerations for Counseling Practice, Christine Anderson
The Manhattan Collection: A Study on Furniture Design, Gabriel Anderson
Development and Evaluation of a Mentoring Framework for Technology & Engineering Teachers in Alpine School District, Jay D. Anderson
The CAPM is Not Dead, Muhammad Ahmed Saleem Baig
Price Volatility and Structural Breaks In U.S. Dairy Markets, Morgan James Baldwin
Tutorial for Using the Center for High Performance Computing at The University of Utah and an example using Random Forest, Stephen Barton
Effect of Increasing External Loads on Countermovement Jump Landing Kinetics between NCAA DI Women's Soccer and Gymnastics on Land vs in Water, Paul Bryan Beachem IV
Assimilationist Language in Cherokee Women's Petitions: A Political Call to Reclaim Traditional Cherokee Culture, Jillian Moore Bennion
Scholarship On Robert Burton's The Anatomy Of Melancholy, Matthew Bishop
Effectiveness of Traditional Land-Based Therapy vs Aquatic-Based Therapy after ACL Reconstruction, Philip M. Boozer
Masculinities and Christian Metal: A Critical Analysis of August Burns Red Lyrics, Brian W. Bowler
The African American Community in Ogden, Utah: Teaching Local History Within a National Framework, Michelle Braeden
Sufficient for Herself: Women & Silence in Wilkie Collins's Novels, Shannon Branfield
Design Theory in Practice Selected Projects in Costume Design, Mandolynn S. Browning
Language Learning for Real-World Context, Jenifer Jones Burk
Reanalyzing The Political Stability of Britain's Democratization, Nathan R. Burton
The Politics of Proselytizing: Europe after 1848 and the Development of Mormon Pre-Millenialism, Jacob G. Bury
An Original Computer Game Incorporating Optical Illusions, Jacob Butterfield
Community Renewable Energy: The Potential for Energy Generation on Public Land In Cedar City, Utah, Betsy Byrne
High Speed Digital Sample Rate Conversion for a Real-Time Ground Station Receiver, Brian Joseph Carrick
Fine Mapping of a Major-Effect QTL Controlling Rhizomatous Growth in Perennial Wildrye Hyrbrids, Jenny L. Clements
A Sustainability Assessment of Utah's 29 Counties: Testing a Multivariate Graphical Method of Sustainability Assessment, Thomas Cluff
Form-content discrepancies in the narratives of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder in two elicitation contexts, Brigid M. Crotty
Effects of High Intensity and Sprint Interval Training Frequency on 1.5 Mile Run Times in Air Force ROTC Cadets, Jared Hill Dahle
The Role of Man's Best Friend: Assessing the Cultural Liminality of the Canis Lupus Familiars and Its Influence on Human Societies, Julianne L. D'Amico
Nothing Comes from Nothing, Nicholas Earle Danielson
Tone Deaf-I: A Practical Application for Amusia and a Reflection on the App-Development Process, Trina Coleen Dayley
Optimizing Dam Siting in the Paru River in Brazil Using a Multi-Objective Approach, Henrique de Paula
Energy Management System for Renewable Energy, Ashish R. Derhgawen
Comparison of Dynamic Stability between Gymnast and Soccer Players Following a Countermovement Jump on Land and in Water, Berangere A. Dwyer
The Art of Subjectivity: Understanding Unreliable Narration in Fiction, Terysa Dyer
Quilting in Children's Literature: an Analysis of Stereotypes, Megan Egbert
The Eyes Have It: Eye Tracking Data Visualizations of Viewing Patterns of Statistical Graphics, Trent Fawcett
Fathers and Sons, Garrett Faylor
Econometric Modeling of the Public Grazing Fee's Impact on the U.S. Sheep Industry, Ryan C. Feuz
The Slash Between, Tori Winslow Fica
Second Language Teaching in the ESL Classroom: The Role of the Teacher, Ariel Serrell Finlinson
Pyrosynthesis, Matthew Allen Fiske
Enhancement of Volumetric Specific Impulse in HTPB/Ammonium Nitrate Mixed Hybrid Rocket Systems, Jacob Ward Forsyth
Cleaning Up Nasty Nac: Vice, Race, and Social Reform in Nacogdoches, Texas, 1870 to 1915, Kayla L. Fox
Meeting Diverse Needs in the Adult ESL Classroom, Katie Reynolds Garcia
Breaking Traditional Ways of Teaching: Communicative Second Language Teaching, Nadiya M. Gifford
Comparison of Propulsive Power During Loaded Countermovement Jumps in Division One Female Soccer Players and Gymnasts, Kristin N. Gollofon
Best Practices in Second Language Teaching: A Holistic Doctrine Based on Research and Experience, Tarin Christopher Griswold
Selenate Uptake by Symphyotrichum ascendens Western Aster, Nathan Hankes
Object-Oriented Programming: A Method for Pricing Options, Leonard Stewart Higham
Techno-Economic Assessment of Micro-Algae Production Systems, Justin Hoffman
Conversational Alignment: A Study of Neural Coherence and Speech Entrainment, Kristen M. Jensen, Stephanie A. Borrie, Breanna E. Studenka, and Ronald B. Gillam
Assessment of the Impact of Reading Mastery Implementation on a Group of First to Third Grade Students Receiving Special Education Services, Christopher Martin Jones
Pre-holiday Anomaly: Examining the pre-holiday effect around Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Scott E. Jones
Teaching Arabic as a Foreign Language: The Role of Communicative Competence, Pragmatics, and Literacy, Yasmine Kataw
Rhetoric in mormon Female Healing Rituals during the Nineteenth Century, Carrie Ann King Johnson
Using Simultaneous Prompting and Computer Assisted Instruction with Pictures to Teach Narrative Writing Skills to Students with Significant Cognitive Disabilities, Bonnie J. Larson
The Role of a Beaver in Shaping Stream Channel Complexity and Thermal Heterogeneity in a Central Oregon Stream, Florence Consolati Machen
Understanding the Mormon War of 1838, Tabitha Merkley
The effect of inbreeding on Holstein-Friesian breed, Mahdi Nazokkarmaher
Options Pricing Through Computational Methods, Robert Petty
Design Through Discovery: Selected Projects in Lighting, Projection, and Scenic Design, Steven Richard Piechocki
Analysis of the Relationship Between Economic Freedom and the Stability of Stock Prices, Jinyu Qiu
A Monte Carlo Study on the Persistence of Variance with Garch, Aristides Romero Moreno
Struggling Students' Use of Representation When Developing Number Sense and Problem Solving Abilities, Allison L. Roxburgh
A Roof Overhead: Creating a Conceptual Long Term Day Facility for Street Children and Orphans in Tehran, Iran, Marjan Safdari
Continuing Conversations: The Image of Richard Nixon in Political Cartoons, Megan Sanderson
Catalytic Pyrolysis of Poly Vinyl Chloride as a Viable Way of Waste Management, Randy Santos and Foster A. Agblevor
Modeling of Mating Encounters: The Classical Mass Action Paradigm and an Application to Pest Control, Katherine R. Snyder
Effects of High Interest Opinion Writing Prompts for 5th Grade Students with Learning Disabilities, Emily Theresa Stanton