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Your Equine related thesis will count towards your Master Diploma in Applied Equine Science.
Equine Thesis
Research paper
15,000+ words
9.0 credit units
Age: 15+ years
Pre-requisites: Diploma
For the curious of minds and for those wishing to advance their title, education, and contribute to the equestrian/equine community through advanced research and writing. It is FREE for IRA graduates. We are excited to read your research!
Research equipment is endless and up to the student’s discretion within the approval of the thesis board and the student’s affordability.
Steps:
1. Submit prospectus (1 page) to adviser for acceptance
2. Research, writes, submit
3. The board members will read it, present a defense, either accepting, or requiring changes.
4. Student defends it once before making changes
5. Repeat until accepted and published (ISBN), if authorized to be made available to the public
* Info is in Rider V and VI.
To obtain a Master of Equine Science diploma, you will have to complete a thesis and have 90 credit units.
Tips for Writing Your Thesis Statement
1.Determine what kind of paper you are writing:
An analytical paper breaks down an issue or an idea into its component parts, evaluates the issue or idea, and presents this breakdown and evaluation to the audience.
An expository (explanatory) paper explains something to the audience.
An argumentative paper makes a claim about a topic and justifies this claim with specific evidence. The claim could be an opinion, a policy proposal, an evaluation, a cause-and-effect statement, or an interpretation. The goal of the argumentative paper is to convince the audience that the claim is true based on the evidence provided.
If you are writing a text that does not fall under these three categories (e.g., a narrative), a thesis statement somewhere in the first paragraph could still be helpful to your reader.
2. Your thesis statement should be specific—it should cover only what you will discuss in your paper and should be supported with specific evidence.
3. The thesis statement usually appears at the end of the first paragraph of a paper.
4. Your topic may change as you write, so you may need to revise your thesis statement to reflect exactly what you have discussed in the paper.
Thesis Statement Examples
Example of an analytical thesis statement:
An analysis of the college admission process reveals one challenge facing counselors: accepting students with high test scores or students with strong extracurricular backgrounds.
The paper that follows should:
Explain the analysis of the college admission process
Explain the challenge facing admissions counselors
Example of an expository (explanatory) thesis statement:
The life of the typical college student is characterized by time spent studying, attending class, and socializing with peers.
The paper that follows should:
Explain how students spend their time studying, attending class, and socializing with peers
Example of an argumentative thesis statement:
“High school graduates should be required to take a year off to pursue community service projects before entering college in order to increase their maturity and global awareness.”[1]
The paper that follows should:
Present an argument and give evidence to support the claim that students should pursue community projects before entering college
Once you present your thesis statement and get approval, begin researching, writing, and most of all enjoy what you do!
THESIS TITLE
A thesis submitted to the graduate faculty
in the Department of Hippology
in partial fulfillment of the requirements for a Master Diploma
of Applied Science in Equine Studies
International Riding Academy
By First Last Name
Identification Number:
City, Province/State, Country
Month, Year
© Year Last Name
ISBN if applicable
Abstract
An abstract is a concise and accurate summary of the thesis that may not exceed two (2) double spaced pages and should include a statement or brief description of the problem, the methods or procedures followed in its solution, and important conclusions or results must not contain tables, graphs or illustrations, as well as summarize the thesis emphasizing what has been accomplished through research efforts and contain keywords that will facilitate automated information retrieval. It must be the only abstract in the thesis. Highlight the contributions of your thesis.
Acknowledgement & Dedication
It must not exceed a single double spaced page and must be included with the initial copy of thesis submitted for defense with reference to scholarships, teaching assistantships or research awards, and other sources of financial aid contributing to the study must be stated acknowledge the extent to which assistance has been given by members of staff, fellow students, data technicians, editors, and/or others to recognize the supervision and advice given by your supervisor and committee members and acknowledge colleagues with whom you have written journal articles. A dedication page may be included after the Acknowledgements
Dedication
Is used to recognize the support of others who have aided indirectly in the completion of the work and is a personal rather than an academic recognition.
Table of Contents
Abstract................................................................................................................................ i
Acknowledgements............................................................................................................. ii
Dedication (if required)...................................................................................................... iii
Table of Contents............................................................................................................... iv
List of Tables...................................................................................................................... vi
List of Figures or Illustrations............................................................................................ vi
CHAPTER ONE: Introduction....................................................................................... 1
1.1... Overview and summary.................................................................................. 1
1.2... Resources requirements.................................................................................. 5
1.3... Immediate action............................................................................................ 7
CHAPTER TWO: Background Information.............................................................. 10
2.1... Sector definitions.......................................................................................... 11
2.2... Separation and inclusions............................................................................. 12
CHAPTER THREE: Conditions of Theory, Solutions, Programs and Problems... 15
3.1... Environmental............................................................................................... 15
3.2... Pre-existing................................................................................................... 26
3.3... Superficial..................................................................................................... 42
CHAPTER FOUR: Implementations and Formalism................................................ 15
4.1... Environmental............................................................................................... 15
4.2... Pre-existing................................................................................................... 26
4.3... Superficial..................................................................................................... 42
CHAPTER FIVE: Results and Evaluations ............................................................... 55
5.1... Conclusions................................................................................................... 55
5.2... Recommendations........................................................................................ 60
CHAPTER SIX: Conclusions and Future Studies ..................................................... 55
6.1... Conclusions................................................................................................... 55
6.2... Recommendations........................................................................................ 60
BIBLIOGRAPHY, REFERENCES AND APPENDICES........................................ 69
List of Tables & Figures
Table 1. Details…………………………….……………………………000
Table 2. Details……………………………….…………………………000
Table 3. Details…………………………….……………………………000
Table 4. Details…………………………….……………………………000
Table 5. Details…………………………….……………………………000
Chapter One: Introduction
About 5 pages or 1175 words.
Thesis Statement (one or two sentences) - What is your thesis about and what have you done? If you have a hypothesis what is it? How will you test (prove/disprove) your hypothesis?
Motivation - Why is this problem you've worked on important
Goals / Objectives - What are you trying to do and why? How will you or the reader know if or when you've met your objectives?
Contributions - What is new, different, better, significant? Why is the world a better place because of what you've done? What have you contributed to the field of research? What is now known/possible/better because of your thesis?
Conclusion or Outline of the thesis (optional)
Chapter Two: Background Information
About 8 pages or 1880 words.
More than a literature review of organize related work - impose structure. Be clear as to how previous work being described relates to your own. The reader should not be left wondering why you've described something!!
Critique the existing work - Where is it strong where is it weak? What are the unreasonable/undesirable assumptions?
Identify opportunities for more research (i.e., your thesis) Are there unaddressed, or more important related topics?
After reading this chapter, one should understand the motivation for and importance of your thesis. You should clearly and precisely define all of the key concepts dealt with in the rest of the thesis, and teach the reader what s/he needs to know to understand the rest of the thesis.
Chapter Three: Conditions of Theory, Solutions, Programs and Problems
About 15 pages or 3525 words.
Continuing from Chapter 2 explain the issues and outline your solution / extension / refutation.
Chapter Four: Implementations and Formalism
About 15 pages or 3525 words.
Not every thesis has or needs an implementation. It could include research technique and methodology.
Chapter Five: Results and Evaluation
About 15 pages or 3525 words.
Adequacy, efficiency, productiveness, effectiveness (choose your criteria, state them clearly and justify them), but be careful that you are using a fair measure, and that you are actually measuring what you claim to be measuring. If comparing with previous techniques those techniques must be described in Chapter 2. Be honest in evaluation, admit weaknesses.
Chapter Six: Conclusions, Future Studies and Recommendations
About 5 pages or 1175 words.
State what you've done and what you've found. Summarize contributions (achievements and impact). Outline open issues/directions for future work.
Bibliography, References and Appendices
Title. Last name, First name. Publisher, year. ISBN.
Include references to: credit others for their work, help to distinguish your work from others, provide pointers to further detailed readings, support your claims (if evidence can be found in others work).
Ensure that ALL bibliographic entries are complete including: authors, title, journal or conference, volume and number of journals, date of publication and page numbers. Be careful to at least be consistent in punctuation. Learn how to use a good typesetting program that can track and format bibliographic references (e.g., groff, latex, frame).
Within the text of the thesis, a reference with a number of people can be referred to as Last name et al. (where et al appears in italics and the al is followed by a period).
URL's are not valid bibliographic references as they and their contents change and often contain material that has not been referenced.
An appendix contains notes that would otherwise interrupt the flow of the thesis. The notes can be quotes from other people, leads to various information to help explain the context and likewise information.
[1] Click Reference tab and then insert Footnote to site copied text. Highlight this text to remove it with Author’s Name. (Year). Title. Place published, Publisher. ISBN. pp-#.
THE INFORMATION FOR THE THESIS IS LOCATED IN THE RIDER LEVEL WORKBOOKS. THE FOLLOWING IS A SAMPLE THESIS THAT WAS PASSED.
Defense Questions:
1. In few sentences, can you tell us what your study is all about? Restate your research questions.
This thesis is based on a biomechanical analysis of the dynamic relationship between horse and rider. It was conducted throughout various movements to determine the effects of the rider’s aids on the horse’s kinematics. The rider’s aids can greatly affect the outcome of a desired movement.
2. What is your motivation for this study? Why did you choose it?
I wanted to demonstrate and explain what happens if the rider’s aids are executed properly and improperly because many coaches teach different aids that can be contradictory to the horse, especially when ridden by another rider.
3. Why did you choose this title?
I chose the title because the thesis is based on the biomechanical interaction between a horse and rider when ridden.
4. Show how your results answer these questions.
The horse’s movement in the study showed the differences in each figure.
5. Show what contribution you have made. Did you bridge any gap from your study? What is the significance of the study?
The research proves that the master riders do the correct aids for the proper movement. If it is varied then the outcome of the horse’s movement is incorrect.
6. State any limitations to the work you have done. What limitations did you encounter?
The research was completed with only one horse do to time constraints and thesis word limit.
7. Suggest future research. Make any recommendations.
Future research could include the use of a variety of horses with proper training and those without as much training to further prove this thesis.
= Passed with revisions
The information for the thesis is located in the Rider level workbooks. The following is a sample thesis that was passed. You can find it in the Library
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