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.
2023
Relationships Between Muscle Characteristics and Step Outcomes in Young and Old Adults, Kareem Abubukker
Prefrontal Activation During Inhibition of a Balance Recovery Step, Ezinne Abugu
Gibberellic and Naphthalene Acetic Acid Effects on ‘Rupert’ Potato Variety, Logan Atkinson
Apotheosis, Zekiel Betzer
Hydroclimate Effects on Great Salt Lake Decline Since 1980, Siiri Joy Bigalke
Creating a Classroom of Access: Learner Identity and Intercultural Communicative Competence, Kallen Brunson
An Analysis of Costume Design: Getting Near to Baby, Spring Awakening; Hair and Makeup Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley, Amanda Cardwell-Aiken
Soil Health and Remediation for Urban Gardens in Utah, Melissa Chilinski
"Cry, Bitch, Cry": Thematic Explorations of the Weeping Woman of Logan Cemetery, Gillian Coldesina-Schroeder
Exploring Multiliteracies and Other Approaches to Second Language Teaching, Saralee Dunster
House of Grief, Megan Eralie
Multivariate Econometric Regression of Factors That Determine Form of Disposition of Human Remains Using Archival Death Certificates, Salt Lake County, Utah, Delphine T. Feigenbaum
Effects of Increased Motor Span on Reaction Time and Movement Time, Maia Garren
Becoming “Living Matter”: Alive Things in Octavia Butler’s Xenogenesis Series, Zackary Gregory
Guiding the Future of the Cache County Fairgrounds, Logan Hall
Perceptual Learning of Adolescent Dysarthric Speech, Taylor Hepworth
Implementing Sociocultural and Output-Oriented Pedagogical Practices in the Second Language Acquisition Classroom, Caston Holbrook
Tea Time With the Devil, Hamish Jackson
An Integrated Experimental and Modeling Approach to Design Rotating Algae Biofilm Reactors (RABRs) Via Optimizing Algae Biofilm Productivity, Nutrient Recovery, and Energy Efficiency, Gerald Benjamin Jones
It Happened Here: The Civil Rights Movement in Utah, Jace Jones
An Ideal Monarch: The Piety, Masculinity, and Kingship of King Louis IX of France, Tell Joyner
Immigrants’ Attitude Toward Immigration, Aflatun Kaeser
Methods for Preparing and Characterizing Granular Materials for Electron Yield Measurements, Tom Keaton
Building Intercultural Competence in the Lower Division Chinese Language Classroom: A Lesson Plan Analysis, Tzu-Hsin Lin
Alexander Wright Mission Journal, 1839-1842. A Transcription With Annotations, Interpretive Introductions, and Reference Material, Diane Livingston
Comparing Lower-Limb Muscle Activity During Gait Performed in Water Versus on Land, Christopher Long
The Day Before The Day, Marlaina Lutz
Teaching Reflection on Collaborative Writing in the Spanish Second and Third-Grade DLI Classroom, Lucía Martín García
Wanderer, Andrew McAllister
Effective Task-Based Language Teaching and Multiliteracies Approaches in Second Language Learning, Laura Medina
Personal Details, Ben Nathan
"The Observation of Trifles": Culinary Knowledge in Detective Fiction, Emily Powell
The Intermountain West LGBTQ+ Oral History Project: The Folklorization of Queer Theory, John Priegnitz
Sentence Complexity in Narratives of At-Risk Spanish English Dual Language Learners: An Exploratory Study, Bethany Pugh
Integrating Content, Culture, and Language for Portuguese Dual Language Immersion Learners, Aline Reis
An Exhibition of Women's United States Air Force Uniforms, Michelle Robinson
Ni de aqui ni de alla..., Jc Santistevan
Time-Inconsistent Preferences and the Welfare Effects of Financing Unfunded Social Security With Consumption Taxation, Emily E. Sorensen
Mediated Cheap Talk With an Uncertain-Biased Expert, Xianzheng Sun
Graduate Classes to High School Classrooms: A Collection of Lesson Plans Aimed at Teaching History Graduate Content to High Schoolers, Christopher Taylor
Digital Collaborative Language Learning and Augmented Reality, Matthew Taylor
Development of Secondary Special Education Science Assessments and Curriculum Map, Heather Thompson
Falling Into the Rhetorical Black Hole: Navigating Language, Terms, and Rhetoricity in Madness and Disability, Taylor Wyatt
In Search of Effective Second Language Arabic Vocabulary Teaching Strategies: Theory and Implementation, Asmaa Yazidi Alaoui
2022
Effects of IMU Sensor Location and Number on the Validity of Vertical Acceleration Time-Series Data in Countermovement Jumping, Dianne Althouse
Pocatello Downtown Development Plan: A Vision for the Twenty-First Century, James L. Anglesey
Relationship of Eccentric Strength and Forward Perturbation Restabilization After Foot Contact, Leandra K. Ashworth
Analyzing Suicidal Text Using Natural Language Processing, Cassandra Barton
Evaluating Short Term Effects of Opportunity Zone Designation, Sarah M. Bennett
Organizational Culture and Communication Competence Workshop: Masters Plan B, Travis Bergon
The Tinker Bell Jar, Kayla Berryman
Do Board Diversity and Gender Quotas Affect Firm Value? Evidence from California Assembly Bill No. 979, Emily Kelleen Blake, Sepideh Raei, Katarzyna A. Bilicka, and Todd Griffith
A Bayesian Hierarchical Approach for Modeling Virtual Species with Realistic Functional Trait Relationships, Sarah Bogen
Pragmatics in Game Activities, Humor, and Technology in Second Language Learning, Zachary Brandon Brown
Power and Communication: A Literature Review and Course Proposal, Cody Clayton
Training Needs and Applications for Special Educators with Paraeducator Supervision Responsibilities, Joanna M. Cornejo
An Investigation of Active Learning on Students' Understanding of Infinite Series Convergence, Zachary Coverstone
Facilitating Second Language Development via Interaction in an Online Classroom, Jen Cummings
Development of an Excel Model to Evaluate The Stability of Slopes, Bradley Davis
A Welfare Comparison of Historical Cost and Fair Value Accounting Regimes, Palmer Edholm
Teaching Japanese as A Foreign Language with A Cultural Context, Naomi Fujii
Development of an Instructional Course on Fire-Protective and Low-Water Landscaping in Utah, Jordan Goff
Sacred Earth: The Role of the Natural Divine within Wendell Berry's "Manifesto", T. Greyson Gurley MA
Contributions of Vision to the Neuromotor Control and Biomechanics of Depth Jumping, Kenneth Harrison
Do Rational Agents Steal, Randy Hill
Authorial Agency: Investigating Composition Pedagogies Under A New Lens, Tyler Hurst
Building a Positive Teacher and Student Identity in the Chinese DLI Context, Lila Jensen
Sporkling, Mia Jensen
Developing and Piloting a Design Guide for Outdoor Classrooms in Utah, Derek Jenson
Teaching Chinese as a Second Language: Exploring L2 Reading Via Dynamic Assessment, Siyu Ji
The Santaquin Greenway System: Preserving the Future of Santaquin Trails and Open Space, Ian Kola
Oaths and Evasion: Variable Honesty in Tax Evasion Games, Logan Krebs
From Lesson Plan to Observation to Self-Assessment in a Chinese as a Second Language Class, Yu-Shan Lin
Student Centered Language Teaching: A Focus on Student Identity, Rachel Mano
The Monster Theory of Relativity: Triggering Supernatural Monsters, Maggie Mercil
A Study of Electron Plasma Oscillations Using the NIMROD Code, McKay Murphy
Understanding the Barriers to Carbon Farming on Private Lands, Harrison Naftel
Medicaid Expansion: Changes in Individual Health Outcomes, Julie Norman
Paranormal Investigators: Exploring a Positive Social Construct Through Paranormal Belief and Investigations, Meagan E. Oltman
Mountain States Oilseeds: Risk Management for Safflower Production in the Intermountain West, Jameson F. Packer
Predicting Order Status using XGBoost, Kegan J. Penovich
Oral and Written Corrective Feedback in Dual Language Immersion Portuguese Classes, Janaina Quadros
Sweet Nothing, Austin Riddle
Artifiact, Max Saunders
Acoustic Waves in the Upper Atmosphere, Geoffrey Blayne Schulthess
Selected Projects in Scenic Design, Sera Shearer
The Impacts of a Quagga and Zebra Mussel Infestation, Casey Silva
Diurnal Changes in Alfalfa Quality and the Effects on Revenue Maximization, Nelson Sip
The Moth Effect, Kylie Smith
Defending Difference: Translingualism in the Composition Classroom, R. Elle Smith
Recognizing and Reducing Ambiguity in Mathematics Curriculum and Relations of θ-Functions in Genus One and Two: A Geometric Perspective, Shantel Spatig
North Logan Active Transportation Plan, Lloyd Sutton
The Effects of a Mindfulness Curriculum on Sixth Grade Students in a Title I School, Jason A. Tackett
The End of the Known World, Madeline Thomas
Misinformation, Fact Checking, and Immigration Voting Preferences, Katherine Van Shaar
Methods in Costume and Projection Design for Theatre, Jessica Wallace
AAC Services for Emergent Bilinguals: Perspectives, Practices, and Confidence of Speech-Language Pathologists, Hannah Ward
Comparative Effects of Eccentric Overload Training On Muscle Function Measures When Combined With Aquatic Plyometric Training, Cassidy Weeks
Association Between Visuomotor Skills and the Effects of Stroboscopic Vision on Depth Jump Performance, Riley Welch