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- Dissertations & Theses Global
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Indexes two-million dissertations from over one-thousand institutions, with citations from 1861-1980 and abstracts from 1980 to present. Includes the full text of most post-1996 CUNY dissertations and many post-1996 dissertations from other institutions, as well as thousands of earlier ones. To limit your search to CUNY dissertations, include 0046 in your search statement, selecting the school name/code search field. Non-U.S.dissertations can be searched in the Center for Research Libraries' catalog. - Dissertations & Theses @ City University of New York Graduate Center
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CUNY dissertations dating back to 1965. Full text available except for embargoed works. - Graduate Center Retrospective Dissertations, 1965-2013
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Current CUNY students, faculty and staff can log in with their CUNYfirst credentials to access GC dissertations and capstones from 1965-2013. (Pre-2014 master's theses are available only in print).
If you want to move your dissertation or capstone into the publicly accessible CUNY repository, Academic Works, email the GC Dissertation Office at deposit@gc.cuny.edu. Making your dissertation free to the public helps broaden the reach of your scholarship and supports CUNY's mission of public service.
Dissertation Program Color Codes
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Department
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Binding
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Lettering
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Anthropology
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Green
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Black
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Art History
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Black
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Gold
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Biochemistry
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Green
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Gold
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Biology
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Green
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Gold
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Business (reading copy at Baruch)
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Olive to Brown
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Black
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Chemistry
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Green
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Gold
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Classics
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Blue
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Gold
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Comparative Literature
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Blue
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Gold
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Computer Science
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Orange
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Black
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Criminal Justice (reading copy at John Jay)
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Blue
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Gold
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Earth & Environmental Science
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Green
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Gold
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Economics
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Orange
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Black
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Educational Psychology
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Blue
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Gold
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Engineering (reading copy at City College)
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Black
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Gold
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English
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Blue
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Gold
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French
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Blue
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Gold
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German
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Olive to Brown
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Black
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Hispanic & Luso-Brazilian Literature
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Green
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Gold
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History
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Brown
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Gold
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Linguistics
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Light Brown
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Black
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Music
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Blue
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Gold
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Mathematics
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Red
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Gold
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Philosophy
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Blue
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Gold
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Physics
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Burgundy
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Gold
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Political Science
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Red
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Gold
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Psychology
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Blue
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Gold
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Sociology & Social Welfare
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Gray
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Gold
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Speech
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Light Brown
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Black
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Theatre
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Olive to Brown
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Black
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Master’s Theses - 2nd floor GC Library
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Blue
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Gold
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Finding CUNY Master's Theses
Finding CUNY Grad Center Master's Theses:
- Search CUNY+ by author: city university of new york masters program in [program name]
- CUNY Master's theses are shelved on the library's 2nd floor in blue hardcover.
- CUNY Master's theses are only selectively listed in PQDT and WorldCat.
- CUNY Master's theses in classics, comparative literature, German, liberal studies, linguistics, philosophy, and political science are listed in the CUNY+ catalog only, not in WorldCat or PQDT Digital Dissertations.
Library Locations
- 1989-- 1st floor Dissertation Reading Room
- 1965--1988 2nd floor
- Master's theses, 2nd floor