{"id":415,"date":"2024-05-06T14:39:12","date_gmt":"2024-05-06T21:39:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.astro.uvic.ca\/~pagsa\/?page_id=415"},"modified":"2025-05-31T18:12:28","modified_gmt":"2025-06-01T01:12:28","slug":"writing-a-thesis","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.astro.uvic.ca\/~pagsa\/writing-a-thesis\/","title":{"rendered":"Writing a Thesis"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Last updated: July 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>UVic\/the department has a strict timeline that you <strong>must<\/strong> follow if you want to graduate within a specific semester. Luckily, Cindy has made a very handy spreadsheet to help you figure out when these deadlines are. You can download this spreadsheet below, instructions are provided in the green cells.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file aligncenter\"><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-e6f9c722-8ebb-4301-a9ef-2b8819e91b7f\" href=\"https:\/\/www.astro.uvic.ca\/~pagsa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Proposed-Defense-Dates-Spreadsheet.xlsx\">Proposed-Defense-Dates-Spreadsheet<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.astro.uvic.ca\/~pagsa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Proposed-Defense-Dates-Spreadsheet.xlsx\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-e6f9c722-8ebb-4301-a9ef-2b8819e91b7f\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>We have prepared a thesis template for physics and astronomy grad students. This is available on GitHub: <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/PAGSA\/ThesisTemplate\">https:\/\/github.com\/PAGSA\/ThesisTemplate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>You may also want to use a UVic PowerPoint template for your defence presentation (or any other presentations). You can find that <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uvic.ca\/brand\/templates\/downloadable\/index.php\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.uvic.ca\/brand\/templates\/downloadable\/index.php\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>More info will be coming soon!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last updated: July 2025 UVic\/the department has a strict timeline that you must follow if you want to graduate within a specific semester. Luckily, Cindy has made a very handy spreadsheet to help you figure out when these deadlines are. You can download this spreadsheet below, instructions are provided in the green cells. We have [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.astro.uvic.ca\/~pagsa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/415"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.astro.uvic.ca\/~pagsa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.astro.uvic.ca\/~pagsa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.astro.uvic.ca\/~pagsa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.astro.uvic.ca\/~pagsa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=415"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.astro.uvic.ca\/~pagsa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/415\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":935,"href":"https:\/\/www.astro.uvic.ca\/~pagsa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/415\/revisions\/935"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.astro.uvic.ca\/~pagsa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=415"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}