We are proud to provide access to the theses and projects of successful graduate students at Cal Poly Humboldt. You can search for titles or authors in the search bar on the right.
For those submitting for Summer 2025, submit a PDF file of your thesis for committee approval using Adobe Sign's Graduate Thesis/Project Committee Approval Form. Please start this form as early as feasible but no later than Monday, July 28, 2025, to allow your committee members time to electronically register their approvals before the Tuesday, July 29, 2025, 11:59am deadline. Please see the Adobe Sign Form Instructions for assistance.
All committee members and the program graduate coordinator must have registered their signatures on the Adobe Sign Form before submitting your thesis here. Click HERE or use the Submit Thesis button on the right-side menu, then select the "CLICK HERE TO LOG-IN WITH myHUMBOLDT" button. The Summer 2025 submission deadline to submit a Microsoft Word file of your thesis for the official format review is Tuesday, July 29, 2025, 11:59am.
Deadlines, formatting, and accessibility requirements are strictly enforced. Please send us a draft to cfr@humboldt.edu for a courtesy review. The deadline for submission for a courtesy review is Monday, July 14, 2025.
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Theses/Projects from 1979
Watershed condition inventory of the Hoopa Valley Indian Reservation utilizing Landsat digital data, Kenneth E. Mayer
Vegetation on quartz diorite in the Bear Lakes area, Trinity County, California, John S. Palmer
Theses/Projects from 1978
A flora of the old Gasquet toll road, Del Norte County, California, Linda M. Barker
Theses/Projects from 1977
Summer water temperature conditions in the Eel River system, with reference to trout and salmon, Paul F. Kubicek
Activity patterns and escape behavior of the slender salamander (Batrachoseps attenuatus), Gary R. Meneghin
Theses/Projects from 1976
Biosystematic studies in the genus Piperia (Orchidaceae), James D. Ackerman
Winter ecology of black brant at San Quintin Bay, Baja California, Mexico, Gary W. Kramer
Behavior and energetics of ospreys nesting in northern California, Howard Levenson
Theses/Projects from 1975
A university student survey of sexual information, attitudes and concerns, Torun Almer
The rationalization for French involvement in North America : the role of seventeenth century eyewitnesses, G.T. Buckley
Zonation, species diversity, and redevelopment in the rocky intertidal near Trinidad, northern California, Robert Cimberg
Behavioral and predatory dynamics of American kestrels wintering in the Arcata bottoms, Michael W. Collopy
Habitat utilization and ecology of the black bear in northern California, David G. Kelleyhouse
Theses/Projects from 1973
Primary production in Humboldt Bay, Lawrence W. Harding
Nesting ecology and feeding behavior of bald eagles on the Alaska peninsula, Merlin F. Hehnke
The breeding biology of the common egret on Humboldt Bay, California, Jonathan H. Ives
Theses/Projects from 1972
Feasibility of artificial reefs in intertidal waters, Andre DeGeorges
Theses/Projects from 1971
Summer fog drip in the coastal redwood forest, Gary J. Freeman
Roosevelt elk utilization of redwood forest cutovers in relation to regrowth and forest management, James C. Lemos
Interception of rainfall by a redwood canopy in the north coast of California, Michael T. Rains
Theses/Projects from 1970
Larval Fish Survey of Humboldt Bay, Maxwell B. Eldridge
Biota of near-shore waters off Humboldt Bay and Trinidad Head, 1960-1964, as shown by diet of Pacific Salmon, Alexander Jr. Petrovich
Theses/Projects from 1969
The effects of logging road construction on insect drop into a small coastal stream, Lloyd J. Hess
The origins of the Marshall Plan : March 1947 to April 1948., Linda L. Hutchins
Theses/Projects from 1968
A snow hydrology study of the Horse Mountain ski area in Humboldt County, Ross A. Jr. Carkeet
Theses/Projects from 1965
Young-growth redwood site quality : the influences of certain environmental factors upon site quality of young-growth coast redwood, Douglas J. Jager
Theses/Projects from 1964
Benthonic marine algae of Humboldt Bay, California, Warren Marchioni
Theses/Projects from 1962
The biology of the marine copepod, Tigriopus californicus (Baker), Bernard L. Hawkins
Theses/Projects from 1958
The Roosevelt elk, Cervus canadensis roosevelti (Merriam), at Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park, Humboldt County, California, Joseph Harry Harn
Studies of Big Lagoon, Humboldt County, California, 1956-1958, James Joseph