Northern Michigan University Master's Theses
This is an electronic repository of the intellectual output of Northern Michigan University Master's graduates and provides an organized way to preserve theses in a digital format .
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For your convenience, the NMU Theses collection has also been organized into departmental collections. You may browse these sub-collections by clicking the links below:
Theses from 1977
A Comparative Study to Determine the Relative Proficiency in Mechanical Writing Skills Exhibited by Business Communications Students., Gail L. Cornel
F. Scott Fitzgerald's Gold-Plated Bitches, Frederick R. Defauw
Model Program to Meet the Needs of the Cerebral Palsied Residing in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan: An Interdisciplinary Diagnostic Team Approach, David Featheringill
Lead Concentrations and Isotope Ratios in Rocks from Marquette County, Cinderella Leung Gagnon
Dissociation and Self Condensation of Phthalides, Steven Dallas Gagon
A Follow-Up Study of the 1974, 1975, and 1976 Graduates of the Steno/Secretaroa; Co-op Related Class at Ishpeming, Michigan., Barbara M. Gauthier
Ethnobotany of Michigan's Upper Peninsula: A Limited Survey of Current Plant Uses, Steven J. Gill
Role and Training of Teacher Aides: A Teacher Aide Handbook for Joint School District No. 1, Silver Lake, Wisconsin, Perry K. Hellum
Parental Assessment of Educational Goals and Objectives in the Sault Ste. Marie Elementary Schools., Arthur H. Hutton
Reorganization Study, Adams Township and Portage Township School Districts., Paul D. Kimball
A Relationship Between Teachers' Contract Provisions and Individual Teachers' Needs Ranked According to Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs., Page N. Nicolson
A Survey of Parent and Teacher Attitudes Toward Discipline in the Public Elementary Schools of Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario., George W. Pateman
Catalysis Study of an Enzyme, Maureen Ross
A Study to Determine the Relationship of a Family Financial Management Mini-Course to First-Year Bookkeeping/Accounting Achievement., Patricia A. Rudness
Isolation of Some Neutral Compounds Associated with the Stem of the Flax Plant Linum usitatisssium, Robert J. Schock
A Study in Meditation: Implications for Learning., Franklin E. Shurtliff
An Evaluation of the Geography Program an Michigan Technological University Based on an Analysis of the Attitudes of Selected Graduates, Robert C. Stinson
Hamtramck, Michigan, A Study in Ethnic Geography., William J. Szpont
Theses from 1976
Locations of RNA Activity on Muntiacus muntjak Chromosomes, Robert Artwich
Force and Regulation in the History of East Asian Immigration to Latin America., Steven Bendfeldt
The Fish Community of the Lower Dead River, Michigan, a Tributary of Lake Superior, Richard E. Berg
Overview of the Health Maintenance Organization in Relation to Issues and Legislation, Roger E. Brooks
A Demographic Study of the Sault Ste. Marie Separate School Board, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada., Kenneth G. DeLuca
Food of Age I Coho Salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) and Age I and II Rainbow Trout (Salmo gairdneri) in Lake Superior Near the Huron River, Fred T. Fitch
Leeches (Hirudinea) of Isle Royale National Park, Michigan, Martin W. Grosnick
The Landolt Reactions., Yilma Gultneh
Analysis of the Housing Needs of the Eastern Upper Peninsula of Michigan., Clyde W. Hecox III
A Model Township Comprehensive Plan., John F. W. Hess
History of the Garden Peninsula., Thomas Edward Jacques
Study of Some Selective Reductions of 4-Androstene-3,11,17-Trione, Joseph Joel Kerbleski
Comparative Analysis of Multi-Spectral Aerial Photography of Urban and Physical Features, Lewis L. Kubicek
A Study of the Value of Professional Development Days, as Perceived by Selected Separate School Teachers in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario., Frank J. Orlando
Quantitative Photometric Determination of Proteins After Electrophoresis in Polyacrylamide Gels, Viswana Pazhedath
Student Absenteeism an Kingsford High School., Clyde D. Peterson
The Survey of the Fishes of the McCormick Forest, Ronald A. Raisanen
Electrophoretic Comparison of Cytoplasmic Proteins of Normal (+/+) and Tortoise (To/+) Mice, Mus musculus, Harold J. Sheedlo
History of the 107th Engineer Battalion, Michigan Army National Guard, Frederick Stonehouse
Morphology and Distribution of Fresh-Water Sponges (Porifera: Spongillidae) of Marquette County, Michigan, Susan E. Uecke
Study to Determine Trends in Problem-Solving Behavior of Post-Secondary Eletronics Students in an Open Laboratory, Ronald Leslie Way
Evaluation of Services Provided by the Sault College - North Algoma Campus., Donald Ralph Weeks
Habitat and Territorial Requirements of the Yellow-Bellied Sapsucker on Nesting Areas in Northern Michigan, Douglas B. Wilde
Theses from 1975
Cavalry in Hellenistic Greece, John G. Cebalo
A Study of Student Evaluation and Reporting to Parents in Michigan Intermediate Schools., Laverne M. Chappell
Ecology of the Terrestrial Vertebrate Fauna of the Huron Islands, Lake Superior, Carla W. Corin
Ecological Survey of the Terrestrial Vertebrates of Scott's Marsh, Leonard P. Corin
The Distribution and Ecology of the Aquatic Gastropoda of Marquette County, Michigan, Thomas E. Dingeman
A Study of the Sault Ste. Marie Separate Schools' In-school Professional Development Days., Sam A. Fera
Synthesis of the Esters of cis-2-Phenylcyclopropane Carboxylate, Robert Guiliani
Biosynthesis of Anabasine in Nicotiana glauca, Pawan K. Gupta
Interpersonal and Intrapersonal Communication: A Descriptive Analysis of Humanistic Speech Communication Education in Michigan and its Application an Elk Rapids High School., Howard Jerry Hockstad
Study of the Oxidation of Phenols and Catechols by Copper-Amine Catalysts, Joyce V. Niessen
Effects of an Increasing Deer Herd on Vegetation in a One Mile Square Enclosure, Duane Philipps
Public Television Viewer Reaction and Implications for Broadcast Administration in Michigan's Upper Peninsula., Scott King Seaman
Classroom Utilization of the Results of the Michigan Educational Assessment Program in the Breitung Township Schools., Robert J. St. Louis
Study of Goal Priorities for the Iron Mountain School District., Phyllis Terwilliger
Food of Larval Alewives in a Lake Michigan Bay and Notes on Their Distribution, Abundance and Growth, Wilbert C. Wagner
Sex Differentiation and Hormone Directed Sex Determination in the Lake Trout (Salvelinus namaycush), John Charles Wenstrom
Detection of a Blue-Green Algal Virus in Various Freshwater Habitats of Marquette County, Michigan, Gary R. Youmans
Theses from 1974
The Effect of Business Mathematics Instruction on Student Performance in Learning to Operate Office Calculating Machines., Oluremi Raphael Aina
Investigation of Several Aspects of the Landolt Reaction, Peter A. Behnke
Genetic Effects of the Recessive Sex-Linked Lethal Gene, Tortoise, on the Prenatal Mortality of Mice, Francisco O. Calvo
Competitive Physico-Chemical Studies of Some Ni (4--Methylpyridine) 4(SCN)2 Clathrates, Pay-hung Chiu
Study of the Homogeneous Isomerization of Substituted Phenylcyclopropanes with Di-mu-Chlorotetracarbonyldirhodium (I), Pak-Wing Chum
Initial Constructions of Double Oc Mutants by Double Episome Matings in Escherichia coli, Donna M. Jaksic
Degree of Client Comfort as a Function of Dyadic Interaction Distance in the Counseling Setting., Phillip H. Knight and Carolyn K. Bair
Ecological Survey of the Mammals of the Huron Mountain Area, John W. Laundrѐ
Field Study of an Administrative Position: Director of Services, Northern Michigan University., Robert J. Nystrom
Reactions to the Use of the APEX Simulated Office Program by Business Teachers in Selected High Schools in Michigan., Dennis Puisto
Comparison of Selected Adult Business Education Programs in the Upper and Lower Peninsulas of Michigan., Richard P. Smaniotto
Study to Determine the Effects of the APEX Office Simulation Program on Typewriting Speed and Accuracy, Sally A. Waak
Experimental Translocation of the Eastern Timber Wolf, Thomas F. Weise
Analysis of Organochlorine Pesticides and Polychlorinated Biphenyls in Lake Trout Taken from Michigan Department of Natural Resources, Marquette Fish Hatchery, Chii-ling Jeang Wu
Theses from 1973
Absorption Studies of the Ni(4--Methylpyridine)4 (SCN)2 A˙ C6H6 Clathrate System, M. A. Brault
Physico-Chemical Studies of Some Werner-Complex Clathrates, S. W. K. Chick
The Thrust of Career Education Programming and its Implications for Business and Office Education., Lowell W. Ellsworth
Genetic Effects of the Recessive Sex-Linked Lethal Gene, Tortoise, on Preweaning Body Weight and Growth Rate of Mice, Michael D. Erdman
Isolation and Comparison of Elastin from the Aortas of Normal and Tortoise Mutant Mice, Charles E. Hansen
A Study of Population Densities, Habitats, and Foods of Four Sympatric Species of Shrews, James R. Haveman
Study of the Incidence of Stuttering Among Juvenile Diabetics, William Ogden Haynes
Influence of Winter Weather Conditions on the Survivorship of "Canachites canadensis" in Northern Michigan, Robert J. Kueber
Syntheses of Some Cyclopropenes and a Study of the ir Mode of Rearrangement Using Homogeneous Catalysts, Arudi Lakshminarasimhaiah Ravindra
A Report on the Implementation and Operation of the Integrated Office Laboratory and Lester Hill Program an Menominee Area High School, Menominee, Michigan., Mary Kay Schwartz
Thermatode Parasites of Some Amphibia from the Cyrus H. McCormick Experimental Forest, with Notes on Their Ecology, Incidence, and Zoogeography, James A. Spence
AN Evaluation of the Business Area of the Exploratory Arts Program an Mason Senior High School., Amy Weiler
Teaching the Fundamentals of Speech at the Detroit College of Business Administration: Three Approaches, Nancy Karen Wichar
Theses from 1972
Investigations of the Knoevenagel Condensation of 4- Nitrohomophtalic Acid with Various Aldehydes., Richard Allan Balding
A Study of Cooperative Education Programs in the Class "C" High Schools of Michigan., John D. Bowsman
Practice in the Teaching of Shorthand in the High Schools of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, Gloria J. Braamse
Analysis of Nuclear and Cytoplasmic Proteins from Normal (+/+) and Blotchy (Blo/+) Adult and Embryonic Mice (Mus musculus), Robert C. Briggs
Analysis of Nuclear and Cytoplasmic Proteins from Normal and Mutant Adult and Embryonic Mice, Diana M. Constance
Comparison of Student Performance in Beginning Typewriting Based on Sex and Grade Level, James K. Dellies
Impulse Approximation in Compton Scattering, Vesa Halonen
Effects of the Recessive, Sex-Linked Lethal Gene, Blotchy, on the Connective Tissue of the Mouse (Mus musculus L.)., Eldon M. Handrich