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A '''thesis''' ({{IPA-en|ˈθiːsɪs}}; {{plural form}}: '''theses'''), or '''dissertation'''{{NoteTag|Originally, the concepts "dissertation" and "thesis" (plural, "theses") were not interchangeable. When, at ancient universities, the lector had completed his lecture, there would traditionally follow a disputation, during which students could take up certain points and argue them. The position that one took during a disputation was the thesis, while the dissertation was the line of reasoning with which one buttressed it.<ref>Olga Weijers: "The medieval ''disputatio''{{-"}}. In: [http://www.ascleiden.nl/Pdf/horaestklein.pdf ''Hora est! On dissertations''], pp.&nbsp;23-27. Leiden University Library, 2005</ref>}} (abbreviated '''diss.'''),<ref>{{cite web |last = Nieves-Whitmore |first = Kaeli |title = Subject Guides: Citation Help: Dissertations & Theses |url = https://guides.lib.uiowa.edu/citationhelp/chicago/dissertations |website = guides.lib.uiowa.edu |access-date = 15 February 2021 |language = en }}</ref> is a document submitted in support of candidature for an [[academic degree]] or professional qualification presenting the author's research and findings.<!-- Who knows what this source actually says? It's not publicly accessible and (especially if not even quoted from) needs to be replaced with one that is. --><ref name="iso7144">International Standard [[International Organization for Standardization|ISO]] 7144: Documentation—[http://www.iso.org/iso/en/CatalogueDetailPage.CatalogueDetail?CSNUMBER=13736&ICS1=1&ICS2=140&ICS3=40 Presentation of theses and similar documents], International Organization for Standardization, Geneva, 1986.</ref> In some contexts, the word ''thesis'' or a cognate is used for part of a [[Bachelor's degree|bachelor's]] or [[Master's degree|master's]] course, while ''dissertation'' is normally applied to a [[doctorate]]. This is the typical arrangement in [[American English]]. In other contexts, such as within most institutions of the United Kingdom and [[Republic of Ireland]], the reverse is true.<ref>Douwe Breimer, Jos Damen<!-- {{Q|58161949}} --> et al.: [http://www.ascleiden.nl/Pdf/horaestklein.pdf ''Hora est! On dissertations''], Leiden University Library, 2005.</ref> The term '''graduate thesis'''<!--boldface per WP:R#PLA--> is sometimes used to refer to both master's theses and doctoral dissertations.<ref>{{cite web |url = https://www.grad.ubc.ca/handbook-graduate-supervision/graduate-thesis |title = The Graduate Thesis |access-date = 22 October 2014 |archive-date = 28 April 2021 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210428080706/https://www.grad.ubc.ca/handbook-graduate-supervision/graduate-thesis |url-status = dead }}</ref>